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Indovision chief executive and presi- dent director, Rudy Tanoesoedibjo, exits MNC Sky Vision (Indovision) this month after 12 years. He is succeeded as president director of MNC Sky Vision by Hari Susanto, who has been VP direc- tor and director of MNC Sky Vision since May this year. The company described Tanoe’s decision as “a great loss for us”, and said Pak Rudy had estab- lished strong partnerships with affiliates and led ’s pay-TV trends.

Endemol fast-tracks 360º strategy MasterChef pop-up kicks off new footprint

Endemol Shine Group takes mega-format MasterChef off screen for the first time in Asia at the end of this month as part of a 360-degree brand strategy the company will fast-track from 2017.

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Boomerang breaks CJ expands Southeast Asia ambitions through 200m Anne Chan joins CJ E&M as COO, new movie channel rolls out in Vietnam POPS phase 2 rolling out over the next few months

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Turner’s Boomerang has hit 200 million views and more than 23 million hours of video consumption in Vietnam six months after the brand went live on the POPS Worldwide platform. Turner and POPS are rolling out the next phase of their agreement over the next few months with Dexter’s Laboratory, Mike, Lu, and Og, Life and Times of Juniper Lee and Operation Chromite Chowder. The original content deal, an- Veteran Asian east Asia rights to a slate of Korean nounced in March 2016, streamed pay-TV exec titles, including Train To Busan, A Vio- language-customised versions of shows Anne Chan has lent Prosecutor, The Age of Shadows, such as Scooby-Doo, The Tom and Jerry joined the Southeast Inside Men and Operation Chromite. Show, Ben 10 and The Powerpuff Girls on Anne Chan Asia regional unit of Ko- Together, the five blockbusters earned both the Boomerang Vietnam channel rean broadcaster CJ E&M as COO, over- combined gross box office of US$300 as well as on POPS Kids. seeing affiliate and advertising sales. million and 43 million admissions in Ko- The two-year-old platform says it has Chan reports to Samey Lee, CJ E&M rea alone. 700,000 subscribers and more than a HK’s CEO, and relocates from KL to Hong If CJ E&M’s commitment to killer titles billion views. Kong to take up the role. Before Li TV, seems obvious, it’s also clear that the Chan worked for the Asian Food Channel fight for first and exclusive rights to box and satellite operator Measat. office hits will be fierce and that titles will Canada wins The announcement of Chan’s appoint- be split between rival Asian movie net- ment comes days after the network said works across the region. First and exclu- Prize 2016 it would be rolling out its new Korean sive rights for Train to Busan, for movie channel – tvN Movies – from Janu- instance, went to FOX Networks Group, This year’s Grand Prix Japan Prize has ary 2017, beginning with Singapore. while tvN took and Indonesia. gone to the National Film Board of CJ E&M said it expects the HD channel tvN’s movie line up also includes The Canada’s The Amina Profile, about a gay to be in Malaysia, the , Hong Throne, A Man & A Woman, Time Ren- dissident from Syria. The annual interna- Kong and Indonesia in 2017. egades, Phantom Detective, One Way tional contest is for educational media. The new channel has acquired South- Trip and Like for Likes. c ntentasia 14-20 NOVEMber 2016 Page 3.

iflix picks up Turner boosts Asia syndication biz Michael Moore’s Korea, Japan, U.S. originals drive new licensing sales Trumpland Turner’s syndication business acquisition of all rights to high- Asia-based SVOD platform iflix has just became a whole lot more profile Korean period mega- added exclusive rights for Michael visible in Asia, riding a larger drama, Saimdang, based on Moore’s new feature-length documen- and more ambitious slate of the life of artist Shin Saimdang tary, Michael Moore in Trumpland, to its originals from TNT, TBS and truTV during the Joseon era. Southeast Asia platform. in the U.S. as well as strong rela- In Japan, Turner Japan pro- The film takes the controversial award- tionships in Korea and a boom- duces more original content Michelle Dockery in winning filmmaker deep into conser- ing pipeline out of Japan. TNT’s Good Behavior than any other international vative America with a one-man show The latest sale is TNT original broadcaster in the country for that is at first banned and then lands in series, Good Behavior, to Stan Australia, Mondo TV and TABI Channel, and cur- Clinton County, Ohio. and SKY New Zealand’s SoHo channel. rently distributes more than 800 hours of Michael Moore in Trumpland pre- The series starring Michelle Dockery as Japanese content around the world, miered in the U.S. just before the elec- petty criminal Letty Raines, premieres in the including Europe Walk & Stroll and Tokyo tion. Moore is a staunch Democrat and U.S. this week (16 Nov) and will be avail- Towns along with a series of reality shows Bernie Sanders supporter before Hillary able on both platforms at the same time. about charismatic Japanese custom Clinton was nominated. The new syndication deals follow the car tuners.

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Endemol Shine fast-tracks 360-degree strategy in Asia MasterChef pop up in Singapore kicks off expanded regional footprint

Endemol Shine Group (ESG) takes super- The chefs involved in the inaugural ment project from the 50-50 joint venture format MasterChef off screen for the first event are Marco Pierre White from the with Korea’s CJ E&M. time in Asia at the end of this month as U.K., Reynold Poernomo and Audra Mor- Both are part of a broad industry-wide part of an expanded 360-degree brand rice from Australia, Luca Manfe from the effort to layer value on top of traditional strategy that the company will fast-track U.S. and Woo Wai Leong from Asia. businesses that have in the past relied on from 2017. The concept will roll out in other markets licensing and production. Emerging initia- The MasterChef Dining & Bar pop-up, in Asia in 2017. tives include domestic IP content creation driven out of ESG’s Singapore-based “This event highlights the means by across all platforms, including social, and regional office, brings five celebrity chefs which we mean to go on... Taking our a focus on consumer experience, interac- from across the MasterChef global playlist content off screen and creating 360 live tion and engagement. to Singapore from 25 Nov to 9 Dec. experiences for our viewers, users & con- MasterChef has aired in 58 countries. The restaurant will accommodate a sumers,” says ESG’s managing director for Versions – including Junior MasterChef total of 3,900 people for lunch and din- Asia, Fotini Paraskakis. – have been produced in seven Asian ner over the 15 days. The event also The MasterChef pop-up dining experi- markets. One season of the regional pro- includes a walk-in cocktails and tapas ence follows ESG Asia’s launch in October duction, MasterChef Asia, aired on A+E bar element. of The Society Game, the first co-develop- Networks Asia’s Lifetime channel in 2015.

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Fuji, SMG kick off Operation Love 2nd co-development drama starts filming in China © Fuji Television Network, Inc.

Operation Love, Fuji TV

Japanese network Fuji Television Guangzhou and will shift to Shang- and China’s Shanghai Media Group hai, with a Fuji TV producer joining (SMG) have started production on the all-Chinese production crew. the second of their five-series drama Filming is scheduled to wrap by co-development slate. February 2017, with a release date The five titles are all based on Fuji set for March next year. TV dramas. Operation Love aired on Fuji TV’s The new drama, Operation Love, is Monday night prime time drama slot the story of a young man who, with from April through to June 2007. the help of a fairy, gets to go back A Korean remake, Operation Pro- in time to fix his regrets, including posal, aired in Korea in 2012 starring not telling his true love how he really Seung Ho Yoo and Eun Bin Park. feels. Operation Love follows Dating: The China version stars Zhang Yix- What’s It Like to be in Love?, which is ing (The Mystic Nine/iQiyi), South Ko- scheduled to premiere on streaming rean singer Aka Lay, and Chen Dul- platform in China in January ing (The Left Year). 2017. Shooting started in Shanghai in Shooting started this month in September and wraps this month. GLOBAL LEADERS OF 4K CONTENT

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SVOD journey in Asia will be “long and arduous” – MPA New report tracks the love between consumers and streaming video in six Asia markets

Consumer demand for on-demand vid- The importance of bundling eo and broadband bundles in Asia may be increasing, but SVOD-based stream- with telecom and IP-based ing platforms have a long way to go and pay-TV operators to drive the journey is proving to be “long and ar- online video adoption is duous”, Media Partners Asia (MPA) latest report shows. becoming critical.” MPA’s first “Asia Video Consumer Panel” research found Netflix, iflix and Viu were Aravind Venugopal the top streaming performers among the Vice President, Media Partners Asia (MPA) regional majors, and said local pay/free- TV incumbents, such as TVB and PCCW’s Now TV in and Astro in Malay- and Hollywood HD have positive scores. In three triggers in Indonesia and Malaysia. sia, were doing “well”. Singapore, Netflix fares worst. In , Documentaries and factual programmes The research covers six markets – Hong the bottom spot is held by , while in are in the top three in the Philippines and Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Malaysia, Escape comes last. Thailand. Singapore and Thailand – with 1,000 users In four of the six markets, local players The survey also found that the shift from in each spread across all demographics have taken the lead in building aware- traditional access to TV screens via set- and skewing towards mobile consump- ness and conversion from a free to pay- top boxes to multi-screen streaming ser- tion in emerging markets (Indonesia, Ma- ing model. This is led by incumbent op- vices has been swift. laysia, Philippines and Thailand). Another erators with strong local and regional In homes that have both pay-TV and 6,000 respondents will be added between content and, in some cases, sport. streaming, 42% of consumers in Hong now and MPA’s APOS 2017 event. The majority of respondents are buying Kong said they use streaming (including Key findings include the relationship be- OTT services through their existing telco or on-demand through smart TV sets and tween existing and new video players. pay-TV providers. Netflix is the exception, set-top boxes) more than pay-TV (de- “The importance of bundling with tele- with a high proportion of respondents say- fined as traditional access to linear chan- com and IP-based pay-TV operators to ing they have signed up directly. nels through the set-top box and scrolling drive online video adoption is becoming Talking about how they found out about through the EPG). In Thailand, streaming critical,” says MPA vice president, Ara- OTT services, most respondents said their was 36% of all viewing, and in Singapore vind Venugopal. awareness was driven by word of mouth, 27%. The lowest of the six countries was “As we are still very much in the first in- TV commercials, online/social media Indonesia at 23%. nings of the SVOD online video cycle in and SMS/emails direct marketing from Although this indicates that traditional most Asian markets, the journey for most telcos and pay-TV platforms. Actual sign- viewing remains dominant, the speed at platforms from building awareness to ups are being driven by offers (bundles or which consumers have shifted is signifi- generating trial users, and then to finally free trials) from existing operators. cant. “It’s early days still,” Venugopal says, converting them to regular users, is long Conversion from free to subscription, in adding that the current set-top-box-based and arduous,” he adds. general, has been low. Asked what con- business models, without a two-way inter- For now, consumers’ perceptions of tent would prompt them to start paying active option, are under threat. SVOD – the Net Promoter Scores (NPS) – for streaming services, consumers put Piracy continues to be a concern in all are on the whole negative in Hong Kong, new Hollywood movies and TV series, re- six markets. The problems seem worst in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. leased simultaneously with the U.S., at the Thailand, where 9% of respondents admit Netflix leads in four of the six markets, top of the list. Korean drama is, perhaps to watching video through illegal boxes. including Hong Kong and Malaysia. Indo- surprisingly, in the top three demands only Singapore is second at 7% and the lowest nesian consumers aren’t convinced, with in Indonesia. Consumers in Hong Kong is 3% in Indonesia. negatives all round. Results are mixed in and Singapore say new Chinese drama Philippines and Thailand, where only Netflix is key. Lifestyle content made it to the top more at www.contentasia.tv 14-20 NOVEMBer 2016 page 8. c ntentasia 14-20 NOVEMber 2016 Page 9.

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Lee unveils wide-ranging plan for Korea Former FOX North Asia boss casts his biz net from original IP to a digital theme park

Joon Lee’s under-the-radar “bit of this, bit of that” story is coming to an end. A few weeks ahead of his first regional roadshow and six months after he set up in Seoul, FOX Networks Group’s former North Asia EVP and head of original pro- ductions for is unveiling a coordinated plan that runs from creating original IP to a digital theme park. Lee’s new outfit, LYD Networks, has also become a first port of call for international brands with North Asia ambitions, eager to tap the media solutions Lee has consol- idated under V Plus E.NM. These include M&A activities, direct investment consul- tancy, production, channel distribution/ content syndication/L&M. V Plus, already the biggest agency for Joon Lee foreign media in number of brands/chan- nels it represents, has two subsidiaries – pany specialises in developing digital significant change in Korea’s approach to wholly owned production house Studio experiences, and is working on a digital the international market in the past year. LYD and LYD Digital Space, in which the theme park project in Oppo (near Seoul). “Korean companies are definitely looking company has an equity investment. “Basically, we convert TV content into a for new revenue streams,” Lee says. Studio LYD specialises in producing Ko- fully enhanced five-senses experience “In addition, major Korean rights holders rean drama/movies with international IP/ via digital technologies such as VR, 3D, have been actively engaging with both in- formats, and is in discussion to co-devel- hologram, games, etc. in an analogue ternational and regional studios and broad- op/co-produce unscripted content. space,” Lee says. casters to export/co-develop their IPs/ The production initiatives come against While Korean co-production/co-devel- formats. They have made visible progress, a backdrop of high excitement over Ko- opment is a top trend in Asia, Lee says although it’s not yet massive,” he adds. rean co-productions such as Scarlet Heart the focus on China is cooling because of International brands are also adjusting with NBCUniversal and the Korean ver- political issues between the two countries. their tactics, realising the challenges in- sion of CBS Studios’ The Good Wife and “This will lead Korean companies to look volved in distributing finished foreign con- despite the politically driven backlash in for new opportunities,” Lee says, predict- tent in Korea, where demand is overwhelm- China against Korea’s decision to deploy ing more activity in other parts of Asia as ingly local or for Hollywood blockbusters. the THAAD missile defence system. well as within Korea. Lee says international players “see growing Three Korean drama projects based The challenges are already well known, opportunities and potential in working with on international formats/IP are already and Lee highlights the ongoing learning Korean companies to create content in in production. One of these is scheduled curve. “There are significant gaps in pro- their own markets or within Korea”. to start shooting in early 2017. Details are duction culture and EQ between the Ko- Lee says previous attempts at adapt- expected to be announced by year end. rean system and others,” he says. ing Korean IP/formats, including feature Lee is also developing original IP with For Korean companies, the priority is films, for international markets worked to partners gathered under the LYD Alliance, new revenue streams from new markets, some extent, “but the real success is yet to which includes Sun Hee Kim’s Aftertoon, and a dilution of their overwhelming focus come”. He plans to be there when it does. Fingerprint and Sun Moon Creative. on China. The need to replace dwindling LYD Digital Space is a partnership be- China investment, which could carry on A version of this interview appeared tween V Plus and JS Kim, the former CEO through 2017, has already started to drive online at www.contentasia.tv on of CJ E&M and KT Media Hub. The com- global expansion and is, perhaps, the most 1 November 2016 14-20 NOVEMBer 2016 page 14. c ntentasia 14-20 NOVEMber 2016 Page 15.

Tokyo Docs wraps Entries open for The Asian Pitch 2017 with wide range 1st Bhutanese doc makes this year’s top three of topics Entries for The Asian Pitch (TAP) 2017 Gaba. The programme looks at what re- Documentaries about prisoner rehabilita- opened this month, marking the annual ally happens inside an industry that has tion in Japan, polygamy in Indonesia, and event’s entry into its second decade. been built around fierce competition the story of a boy who killed his family The new call comes at the end of among students for acceptance into in an extended-suicide attempt in war- the 10th anniversary celebrations the Indian Institutes of Technol- ravaged Okinawa were among the “best for the documentary event, ogy (IIT), which have 10,000 pitch” winners at this year’s Tokyo Docs, which is backed by Japa- places a year and 1.3 million which wrapped in the Japanese capital nese public broadcaster applicants. on 10 November. NHK, ’s PTS, Korea’s This year’s TAP, hosted Yo Umezaki’s Dr Maaya and the Colors KBS and Singapore’s gov- by Taiwan’s PTS, comes of Life, about a Japanese neurosurgeon ernment-funded station as public broadcasters with a double life as a designer, was also Mediacorp. across the region look at among this year’s winners, along with The three projects select- ways to attract young au- Stories from the Field, the story of a Bhu- ed this year out of 136 entries diences. tanese girl Tashi whose dream is to be a included the first ever pro- PTS will executive produce gramme from Bhutan. All three Arun Bhattarai, TAP’s first Kelden along with Korea’s KBS. boy and to play football. When she fails, selection from Bhutan she turns her attention to taking over the will be fully funded and will be PTS’ international department family’s monastery, a role traditionally aired by TAP broadcasters. director, Jessie Shih, says she reserved for men. Kelden, directed by Arun Bhattarai and chose Bhattarai’s story because “Bhutan Other prize winners were I’m a Child Dorottya Zurbo, is the coming-of-age story is the so called happiest country in the of Deaf Adult (Coda), a coming of age of a girl who lives and breathes football. world... We found the idea of a happy story about a girl who can hear in a fam- Currently in production, the programme ending compelling”. ily of deaf people; and China’s Forgot- tracks Kelden through to the Asian Foot- 31-year-old director Arun Bhattarai says ten Daughters, about women who go ball Confederation Cup 2017. Kelden’s he realised after months spent building in search of their families decades after story mirrors progress in Bhutan, which is relationships with the football team that they were abandoned during China’s slowly breaking traditional moulds and the sports academy was an escape from one-child policy era. shifting towards modernity. often hard conditions at home. The film, A total of 37 projects were pitched over Another of the programmes selected in he says, is less about football and more two days in the main event at Tokyo Docs Taipei in this year’s pitch was Tears of Ele- about a young girl growing up in Bhutan, this year. Eight projects were pitched in phant Boy from ’s Hwan Park. which is slowly opening up to modern the separate Colors of Asia, which match- The programme looks at the lives and values. es indie producers/production houses times of elephant trainers – mahouts – in The biggest challenge in making Kelden, from Japan and the rest of the world. This through the eyes of Chrishina and he adds, is that Bhutanese are “really shy year’s theme was “Children, Seize the Fu- his nine-year-old son as they struggle with and don’t want to talk about their prob- ture”. The three projects that topped the the dark side of the elephant business. lems in their lives. They keep everything Colors of Asia pitch were from Indonesia, The third programme that will be pro- inside and don’t even share with friends. Nepal and . duced under the auspices of TAP 2016 is When an outsider goes to interview them, Kota Coaching Factory by ’s Hemant it’s even more difficult”.

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SIX My Little Pony Friendship is Magic This new series is inspired by the real Twilight Sparkle has been assigned an important missions of Navy SEAL Team Six, the task by Princess Celestia. A studious unicorn intent unit best known for killing Osama Bin only on enhancing her magical abilities, Twilight Laden. With a former Sparkle has been tasked to “get your muzzle out of Special Operations those books and make some friends!” In Ponyville, team member she meets five new ponies, and learns about the ensuring au- most powerful magic of all, the magic of friendship! thenticity while Length: 169x22 mins Hasbro Studios 4 The Square, preserving Stockley Park, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB11 1ET, U.K. the secrecy W: www.hasbrostudios.com ATF Stand # F28 of classified missions, SIX de- Need to Compete picts the A rare glimpse at the spirit of competi- emotional truths of tion celebrated in communities and what it means to be in cultures around the world. Discover tra- SEAL Team Six, their complex personal ditions like the Highland Games, where lives and the life and death deci- Scottish clans see sions that protect the world. The key who can heave members of the team are the cynical massive logs the ladies’ man Caulder, the deeply farthest. Expe- religious Graves, family man Ortiz, rience Italy’s and Taggart, the veteran leader 16th-Century of SEAL Team Six. Length: 8x60 mins gladiator A+E Networks 235 East 45th Street, tournament, Love and Defiance New York, NY 10017, U.S. T: +1 212 where teams In Love and Defiance, Rachel and 210 1400 ATF Stand # G20 battle on a Junjun face the hardships of marriage public square and of raising a child very early in life. in a sport that To add to their difficulties, they also combines rugby and have to deal with the dark secrets that street fighting. This series also introduces have created a major conflict be- you to a competition featuring Chinese tween their families. Length: 45x45 mins fighting crickets, with the tiny insects (approx) GMA Worldwide Inc 10th Flr., costing thousands of dollars. Find out GMA Network Center EDSA corner what makes these events so special and Timog Avenue Diliman, , why so many have lasted generations. Philippines T: +63 2 333 7572 Length: 6x30 mins Deutsche Welle – Tran- ATF Stand # J01 Welcome to the Wild: Amazon stel Asia PIK Film, 30 Lorong Bukit Pantai, In the first season of Welcome to the Lucky Garden, Bangsar, 59100, Kuala Wild, which takes place in the Amazon, Lumpur, Malaysia T: +60 (3) 2093 0866 18 contestants enter the world’s largest ATF Stand # E20 jungle in a cross-river competition, each determined to be the first to emerge on Space Ranger Roger the other side as the winner. During this Space Ranger Roger is a brave little alien sent to explore wild adventure, they will face an obsta- a strange, faraway world…Earth! His mission? Help Earth cle course along the banks of the mighty friends in need! Each day, Roger scans the surface of our Amazon River. They will not only discover small blue planet from his home base, the Friend Ship. If he the great beauty and danger of the ter- picks up a distress signal from an Earth creature, it’s his job as a rain, its fascinating lost tribes and cultures Space Ranger to identify the problem and gear up his team of rambunctious Ranger – but also, ultimately themselves. Length: Bots to fix it. Though his alien point of view and the bots’ enthusiasm often lead to 21x70 mins Keshet International 1204 Kai more trouble, Roger’s determined spirit and creative thinking will save the day. DHX Tak Commercial Building, 317-319 Des Media Ltd 207 Queens Quay West, Suite 550, Toronto, Ontario M5J 1A7 Canada Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong T: +852 T: +1 (416) 363 8034 ATF Stand # H29 3703 5983 ATF Stand # J19 10 years ago Page 19.

#flashback: 10 Years Ago This Week

ContentAsia celebrated its 10th anniversary in March 2016. Among other things, we’re marking the occasion by looking back (and maybe marvelling a bit at everything that’s happened since) at what happened this week in 2006....

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NEWS Singapore gears up for mega media fest

• Malaysia’s MiTV axes 200, Organisers claim 600,000 expected at public & industry events slashes services Singapore’s fifth annual Asia three key festival events – the ing in the ATF for the first time, • Dec. 12 launch tipped for Media Festival kicks off on Mon- Asia Television Forum (ATF), Asia the MDA said at a joint press Measat-3 day (Nov. 13), with three weeks Film Market & Conference and conference with organisers Reed of media fest that includes eve- Asia Animation Conference. Exhibitions. • Tan leaves MediaCorp TV12 rything from deep-insider trade First time participants in the Also attending the market functions to public events. festival this year include Korea’s this year are NBC Universal Tel- • Vietnam plans youth channel Organisers claim more than four major television broadcast- evision Distribution, Sony Pictures 600,000 people will attend me- ers – Educational Broadcasting Television International, Buena • Thai booze ban toned down dia fest events, which run until Fri- System (EBS), Korea Broadcast- Vista International Television day, Dec. 1, but have declined ing System (KBS), Munhwa (Asia Pacific), CBS Paramount • Philippines SkyCable testing to supply a breakdown listing Broadcasting Corporation International Television and pre-paid cable options how this enthusiastic number (MBC), and Seoul Broadcasting Twentieth Century Fox Television of attendees was reached. In System (SBS). Distribution. • Singapore exchange bars 2005, the Media Development Another first-timer at the Asia 40 countries were registered Richard Li from PCCW sale vote Authority of Singapore (MDA) Television Forum market – one of as of 2 Nov., including five new said 4,500 people attended the six key festival events this year – is countries – Greece, , • Hong Kong’s Q3 pay-TV ad the Taiwan Animation Pavilion. Qatar, Lithuania and . This revenues hit HK$1 billion Participation from Central and is three less than the final count India sweeps Promax Eastern Europe is up significantly, for last year, according to Reed • True boosts IPTV platform with with companies like Mosfilm Cin- Exhibitions’ figures. local content BDA 2006 Awards ema Concern, Kazakh Cinema Quoting Pricewaterhouse- Distribution and RUSCICO (Rus- Coopers’ report, Global Enter- Sony’s SET India topped the sian Cinema Council) participat- Continued on page 11 PLUS MORE IN ... list of this year’s PromaxlBDA Award winners, with five Pro- C NTENTASIA max golds and nine silvers, “From ringtones to remakes” crowing an evening that The headlines above along with clearly belonged to Indian Malaysia’s Celestial Pictures is the full news stories and more creative teams. stretching its Shaw Bros. mov- were delivered this month to MTV Asia dominated the ie rights in unprecedented subscribers to ContentAsia’s BDA Design Awards, taking five directions as it puts in place Insider – a PDA-friendly serv- of the 10 gold Isis statuettes, a 2007 strategy that includes ice that gets you your Asian including one from the MTV In- everything from ringtones to media news first, fastest and dia team. Star India’s Channel remakes. The Twelve Gold Medallions more frequently. Fully search- [V] took three BDA golds. Plans also include a third able archive access to all The Awards were handed television channel, sched- not been disclosed. ContentAsia magazine and out at a ceremony in Singa- uled to launch in March 2007. The Hong Kong-based movie ContentAsia Insider articles is in- pore on Thursday (Nov. 9), the Details of the new service, producer/distributor and chan- cluded in your paid subscription. final day of the annual two- which brings Celestial’s pack- nel operator has also begun For more information, please email day PromaxlBDA event. age to three channels, have reversioning films from its Shaw [email protected] Continued on page 4 Continued on page 11

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Drama, manga tops in Thailand U.S. & Japan command 80% of video demand C NTENTASIA

Big-budget U.S. drama top Thailand’s de- Cage continues to be the top digital Editorial Director Janine Stein mand ratings, with 40% of the online activ- original series in Thailand. The Netflix se- [email protected] ity around video titles taken by The Walking ries has only 13% more demand than Assistant Editor Dead, which tops the list, Westworld (2), Stranger Things and (more surprisingly) Malena Amzah Game of Thrones (6) and Prison Break (8). Amazon’s Goliath, which was released [email protected] Japanese anime/manga also took four on 14 October. Unlike most markets, Research Manager of the top 10 spots, but at lower positions. which are dominated by Netflix titles, CJ Yong Long-running manga title, One Piece, Thailand has three Amazon Video se- [email protected] came in second, behind The Walking ries among its most in-demand digital Editorial Research Dead, with Attack on Titan at number four, originals, even though Amazon’s Prime Aqilah Yunus Naruto: Shippuden seventh and Pokemon Video is not available in this country. [email protected] closing the list at number 10. Other popular titles include the recently Design Rae Yong As in many other markets, Marvel’s Luke released Black Mirror and The Crown.

Associate Publisher (Americas, Europe) and VP, Top 10 Overall TV Shows International Business Development Rank Title Average Demand Leah Gordon Expressions™ [email protected] 1 The Walking Dead 9,767,100 Sales and Marketing (Asia) 2 One Piece 6,779,342 Masliana Masron 3 Westworld 6,456,734 [email protected] 4 Attack on Titan 5,936,135 5 Running Man 5,667,260 To receive your regular free copy 6 Game of Thrones 4,725,374 www.contentasia.tvof ContentAsia, please email 7 Naruto: Shippuden 4,350,876 [email protected] 8 Prison Break 3,689,352 9 The Voice 3,173,668 Published fortnightly by: 10 Pokémon 2,923,035 Pencil Media Pte Ltd 730A Geylang Road Singapore 389641 Top 10 Digital Originals Tel: +65 6846-5987 Rank Title Platform Average Demand www.contentasia.tv Expressions™ 1 Marvel’s Luke Cage Netflix 1,210,408 MCI (P) 091/11/2015 2 Stranger Things Netflix 1,072,646 3 Goliath Amazon Video 1,071,837 Copyright 2016 Pencil Media Pte 4 Black Mirror Netflix 953,911 Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 5 Narcos Netflix 891,854 6 The Collection Amazon Video 798,602 7 The Crown Netflix 729,608 8 The Get Down Netflix 652,250 9 House of Cards Netflix 638,426 10 Good Girls Revolt Amazon Video 625,640 c ntentasia

Source: Parrot Analytics Daily news with Date Range: 3-9 November 2016 ContentAsia Insider Market: Thailand email [email protected] Demand Expressions™: Total audience demand being expressed for for subscription details a title, within a country. [Audience demand reflects the desire, en- gagement and consumption of content, weighted by importance; so a stream/download is a higher expression of demand than a ‘like’/comment.]