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Telkomsel, CatchPlay roll out in 2GB data sweetener for SVOD movie package

Indonesian telco Telkomsel has added ’s CatchPlay SVOD to its - MAX entertainment platform, bundling movies with a 2GB data sweetener and the promise of “smooth streaming” on Telkomsel’s 4G mobile network. The package costs Rp66,000/US$5 a month. CatchPlay has also acquired exclusive digital rights for award winning Indo- nesian movie, Solo, Solitude, which will stream on the platform in May. In addition to the monthly subscription option, a multi-layered pricing strategy offers consumers in Indonesia mem- bership and one free CatchPlay movie a month, with a pay-per-view option for lo- cal and library titles at Rp19,500/US$1.50 each or new releases for Rp29,500/ US$2.20 each. CatchPlay CEO, Daphne Yang, de- scribed Indonesia as a market of “huge potential in terms of individuals who use the for video streaming”. CatchPlay titles include La La Land, Lion and Lego: Batman Movie. New titles this month are Collateral Beauty, starring Will Smith; Sing with Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon; and Fences with Denzel Washington and Viola Davis. CatchPlay also has a distribution deal with Indihome in Indonesia. The platform is available in Taiwan, where it launched in 2007, Singapore and Indonesia.

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Korea’s JTBC GMA bets on love triangles in new drama breaks new ground 3 wives, 3 husbands, 3 mistresses drive day-time hopes with 21 April global debut ’ broadcaster GMA Network global linear network GMA Pinoy TV on has premiered its new afternoon drama, 18 April. for Man x Man in D’ Originals, testing -studded dram- D’ Originals is scheduled to run for 13 20+ languages edy in the prime-time day-time slot weeks to mid July 2017. instead of the usual melodrama. Prime-time drama, My Destiny, remains The new series, starring 2016 Cannes GMA’s top selling drama. The 2014 series Best Actress Jaclyn Jose, is about three has been sold in 14 territories and script- wives and their tussles with the three ed format rights were sold to . women – their husbands’ mistresses – who disrupt their lives and marriages. This is the first time the controversial issue of marital infidelity is being tack-

Picture courtesy of Netflix , led in the afternoon block, says GMA D’ Originals Worldwide vice president, Roxanne Barcelona. Another differentiator is the doc- umentary-style interviews injected by GMA’s news and public affairs division, which produced the series. GMA has also ramped up the afternoon star power for its lat- est series. In addition to Jaclyn Jose, the D’ Originals cast includes 2016 Urian Best Actress Lj Man x Man Reyes and online sensa- tion Kim Domingo, to- Netflix airs Korean broadcaster/produc- gether with Katrina Halili, tion house JTBC’s weekend series, Man Jestoni Alarcon, Mark x Man, in more than 20 languages on 21 Herras, Meg Imperial, April. Archie Alemania and The series will be live on Netflix globally Lovely Abella. (excluding Korea and the U.S.) an hour D’ Originals, directed by after its domestic Korean telecast. Adolf Alix, debuted on In the U.S., Man x Man will be offered in domestic free-TV chan- two parts of eight episodes each. Debut nel, GMA-7 on Monday (17 April), dates have not been announced. stripped from 4.20pm to 5pm This is the first time Netflix has simulcast Mondays to Fridays. a Korean drama globally in so many The show replaced family mel- languages. odrama Envy, about a husband Man x Man, directed by Chang-min and wife and their two children, Lee (Giant, Bride of the Sun, Birth of a living in the slums, happily, until Beauty), stars Park Hae-jin (My Love from a fire breaks out and daughter the Star) as a ghost bodyguard for a top Glenda dies. Hallyu star. The free-to-air domestic pre- miere is followed by a slot on OUT !

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HK’s i-Cable Jackie Chan unveils US$6m series halts trading 3D animated series targets young Chinese consumers Speculation rife about new investor for ailing platform

Hong Kong’s i-Cable Communications halted trading on ’s Stock Ex- change on Tuesday (18 April) pending the release of an announcement the com- pany said involved “inside information”. The suspension comes a little more than a week before the 26 April dead- line for i-Cable’s decision on whether or not to proceed with its licence renewal. Speculation is rife about potential new investment in the ailing platform, which has been for sale but so far unable to secure a buyer. Local media outlets say a potential investor may be on the horizon. Chinese daily Ming Pao has mentioned Forever Top as a potential investor. If i-Cable doesn’t accept the new licence, the platform will likely go dark by June this year.

Prime Video boosts Jackie Chan at the launch in of All New Jackie Chan Adventures Action film star Jackie Chan has unveiled lows the American animated TV series, Bengali titles his new US$6-million animated series – All Jackie Chan Adventures, which aired seals exclusive New Jackie Chan Adventures, featuring from 2000 to 2005 and was distributed in deal with the epic adventures of an animated about 60 countries. Jackie Chan. “With young children increasingly Shree Venkatesh Films The show airs later this year on at least searching for new role models to look three children’s satellite TV channels up, it is imperative that celebrities in Amazon has acquired long-term exclu- and 200 terrestrial TV channels in , China use their influence to help shape sive streaming rights to a slate of titles including Hunan TV Children’s Chan- the values of today’s young Chinese from major Bengali producer, Shree nel, BTV’s Kaku Children’s Channel and children and indeed people in ,” Venkatesh Films (SVF). Toonmax TV. Chan said at an event in Beijing just be- Titles include upcoming releases, The 3D-animated series, with Kyana fore Easter. including detective thriller Byomkesh Poppy Downs as Chan’s partner and The new series was created after about Pawrbo, as well as films such as Zulfiqar classmate, kicks off a new initiative to 18 months of research, which found that and Gangster. appeal to young Chinese audiences and Chinese children between six and eight SVF and Amazon have already worked includes TV and consumer products. years old in seven cities prioritised com- together on Khawto, which premiered The 104-episode show was produced edy, magic and adventure. on before its televi- by Zhejiang Talent & Film, Khor- Chan said series promoted positive val- sion premiere. gas JJ Culture Media and VJ Animation ues, with storylines embodying Chinese Select titles going forward will also stream Studio. etiquette and traditional virtues, teach- on Prime Video before their TV window. All New Jackie Chan Adventures fol- ing good habits and discipline. c ntentasia 17-30 April 2017 Page 5.

VIU rolls out in , Sony launches kids channel in Songkran special offer ! rolls out with four animated originals Hong Kong telco PCCW’s mobile stream- ing platform, , has soft launched in Thailand with local telco AIS. The commercial launch is scheduled for May. Subscription through AIS is THB99/ US$2.90 a month. No details on direct subscription are immediately available. The launch slate includes Running Man, The Return of Superman, Song Ji Hyo’s Beauty View, King of Mask Singer, Descendants of the Sun, Infinite Chal- lenge and Doctors. To celebrate the Thai festival of Song- kran, AIS and VIU are offering a 15-day free VIU Premium trial “with no charge and no obligation”. Trial registration runs from 18-19 April and is open to AIS custom- ers only. Successful registrants will be sent a confirmation message on their phones between 25 April and 3 May and the free trial has to be activated by 9 May. Sony Yay! brand ambassador Tiger Shroff, with Networks India’s Leena Lele Dutta The VIU Premium offer is limited to the first and NP Singh at the channel launch in 200,000 who sign up via a link on VIU Thai- Sony Pictures Networks India’s kids enter- to Friday; animal show Sab Jholmaal land’s page, according to AIS. tainment channel, Sony Yay!, went live Hai, stripped Mondays to Fridays at 9am; on Tuesday, 18 April, with four animated Prince Jai Aur Dumdaar Viru, stripped originals and the promise of “unlimited weekdays at 11am; and ghost comedy Fear the Walking Dead happiness” for children in India. Paap-O-Meter, which airs weekends at heads back to Asia The new linear service targets kids be- noon. The fourth season of Fear the Walking tween two and 14 years old. Sony Yay!, one of Sony Pictures Networks Dead will air on AMC channel in Asia as The four original homegrown produc- India’s 29 channels in India, is available in part of a 125-country roll out announced tions are musical comedy Guru Aur , Tamil and Telugu across direct-to- on Good Friday. The season four re- Bhole, which airs at 10am from Monday home and digital cable platforms. newal comes ahead of the season three premiere on 4 June. HBO Asia tours Cunningham in Bangkok adds US$4 Game of Thrones star in Asia ahead of 17 July S7 premiere TVOD in Singapore Streaming service HOOQ has added a pay-per-view movie option to its Singa- HBO Asia toured Game of Thrones’ Liam airs exclusively on HBO Asia at the same pore service. Movie titles are S$6/US$4 Cunningham around Bangkok this month time as in the U.S. The 9am (Singapore/ each. TVOD titles mentioned are 2016 ahead of the season seven premiere on Hong Kong) premiere will be followed by movies Arrival, Underworld: Blood Wars, 17 July. Cunningham plays Ser Davos a prime time encore at 9pm. The series Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them Seaworth, the Onion Knight and Hand of will also be available on HBO and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. King Stannis Baratheon. Game of Thrones and HBO GO in selected territories.

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Indonesia’s Indosat - Fibre tops Netflix’s Speed Index for Asia Singapore flies the flag for Asia on global list of Top 10 Countries

Singapore is the sole country in Asia on Netflix’s global Speed Index for March 2017, with providers in three markets – Taiwan, India and the Philippines – singled out for significant growth in the speed of delivering the premium service. Singapore placed 10th in the world in the March rankings, down from ninth in April last year. was first, fol- lowed by and the , all of which topped the 4 Mbps average mark. The handful of individual providers in Asia that topped the 4 Mbps mark in Japan include Japan’s KDDI Fibre (4.30 Mbps) and Indonesia’s Indosat - Fibre. In- dosat - Fibre delivered Netflix at 4.42 Mbps – significantly higher than any of the pro- viders in Singapore or , both often presented as the most advanced internet markets in Asia. StarHub Fibre tops the Singapore lead- erboard for March, delivering Netflix at a speed of 3.98 Mbps in peak times during March. StarHub Fibre toppled MyRepub- lic, which ranked first in March last year. In second place on this year’s March list is M1, with MyRepublic pushed down to third. Singtel Fibre is fifth after StarHub Ca- ble, with last place of six providers going to Singtel DSL. In Taiwan, Netflix said Taiwan Broad- band continued its gains through March with an increase of 0.42 Mbps, increasing average monthly speed to 2.75 Mbps, up Source: Netflix ISP Speed Index from 2.33 Mbps in February. At the same time, Taiwan Broadband didn’t make the top five providers list in Taiwan in March, limping in behind So- (3.28 Mbps), are among the slowest in Asia, along with experienced the largest decline, decreas- HiNet (3.19 Mbps) and Hoshin Multimedia India’s MTNL (1.34 Mbps) and BSNL (1.15 ing average monthly speed to 2.87 Mbps, (3.07 Mbps). Mbps). down from 3.29 Mbps in February 2016. Netflix singled out SKYcable in the Phil- India’s Syscon Infoway also rose two Slowing speeds at Tokai Communications ippines, which rose two spots to number spots as its speeds climbed by 0.3 Mbps, and IIJ also contributing to the dramatic two by improving its speed average to reaching a 1.8 Mbps monthly average for drop down the country rankings. 2.51 Mbps, up from 2.19 Mbps in Febru- March. India’s fastest provider is Airtel at South Korea’s fastest provider in March ary. At the bottom of the Philippines’ list 2.61 Mbps. was KT (3.23 Mbps), followed by D Live is Bayan, which delivered 1.26 Mbps, and Japan dropped seven spots to 24 in the (3.22 Mbps), LG U+ (2.92 Mbps) and SK Smart, which recorded 1.30 Mbps. These March country rankings. Japan’s BIGLOBE Broadband (2.80 Mbps). c ntentasia #onething2017 17-30 April 2017 Page 8. The Big Influence is... ContentAsia asks media execs about the one thing they think will make the most difference to the content industry this year. With 4G There is only services rolled one path to out, Asian high-quality telcos may be less likely to subsidise OTT dubbing – Create beyond this year. The content, not just low tide will hurt some sounds.” players.” Andrei Zinca Iskandar Samad President, Voxx Studios Chief Executive Officer, Tribe

The growing It’s not the brand importance of that shouts loud- having robust est – it’s the OTT rights, including brand that listens concurrencies, multi- hardest; that spends more screening, and download time talking about the rights, to the content on things that matter to its your channels.” audiences.” Ofanny Choi Angela Cheung Managing Director, APV Executive Vice President, TV Networks Celestial Tiger Entertainment

Content will If only the net- always remain works could king but I trust their own believe that 2017 will programming strategy see more emphasis on enough to commission telling stories that are based on ideas instead relevant and appealing of ROI - now that would to the Asian audience.” make a difference!” Lim Siu Min Zafira Shareef Head of Production, Double Vision Head of Content Acquisition, HOOQ ()

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India In numbers Population...... 1.27 billion Households...... 277 million TV households...... 175 million TV penetration...... 72% Registered DTH subs...... 92 million Cable/Satellite HH...... 145 million Active DTH subs...... 58 million DTH operators...... 6 Pay TV channels...... 275 Registered satellite TV channels...... 892 Mobile phone users...... 1.03 billion Internet subs...... 350 million Wireless internet subs...... 330 million

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Strictly Come Dancing India (Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa) season nine

One thing dominated conversations hoping for nor expecting any miracles look ranked India sixth by volume among about India going into 2017: Demoneti- any time soon, citing a long list of reasons 15 countries in Asia. 17 formats (airing, sation (and the end of doubt as to the (including infrastructure challenges; mea- signed and commissioned for 2017/2018) lengths prime minister Narendra Modi will surement, which is not robust enough yet; were recorded for the first three months go to try to curb corruption, strangle the and regulatory impediments to investor of the year. supply of forged currency and “black” exits). By genre, game shows made the bulk money, and cut funding to groups that The majority believe there is money to of the Q1 formats offering, with seven support terrorism). be made in digital. It’s just that the share titles (41%), including three Indian lan- The debate was fierce over the good, going into 2017 is disproportionate to the guage versions of Who Wants to be a Mil- bad and ugly of Modi’s early-November size of the audience. lionaire? (Marathi, , Telugu) 2016 move. Supporters praised the ef- While some are adamant that Indian and two versions of Minute to Win it (Kan- fort to cleanse the economy and crack consumers will pay for video entertain- nada, Malayalam). down on corruption. Opponents pointed ment, there’s also some scepticism The rest were reality (3 social experi- out, among many many other things, the over how much subscribers are willing ment, 1 modelling titles), singing compe- hardships to ordinary people, and called to spend on streaming video services. tition (3), drama (2), and dance compe- the initiative everything from “breathtak- “If users can pay US$4 or US$5 for 300 tition (1).

ing in its immorality” (Forbes) to a “loopy channels, why would they pay for OTT,” Dance competition 6% idea” (South China Morning Post). And asks Emerald Media managing director, that’s not even mentioning the execu- Rajesh Kamat. tion. At the same time, India has never been The impact on the TV/video industry? short of innovation and, for all the uncer- Drama 12% Anecdotes abound about radical con- tainty about everything else, no one is

sumer spending curbs, empty malls and questioning content’s value across every G a m e s h o w Singing Game show 41% Reality - Modelling competition the knock-on negative impact on adver- screen. Neither is there any doubt about Singing competition competition 18% Drama tising. A potential upside mentioned was the ability of the domestic production Dance competition a new openness to digital currency and sector to rise to the content creation payments, and a boost for e-commerce. challenge across a swathe of genres, This may be, maybe, good news for the from the rising generation of online stars Reality 24% booming (in number if not in revenue – to high-end scripted drama and talent/ yet) streaming/OTT/online players. game show formats. Those players, meanwhile, are neither ContentAsia’s Q1 2017 Formats Out- Source: ContentAsia’s Formats Outlooks Q1 2017

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Who’s who in India...

Terrestrial/Free TV

Doordarshan Established in 1959, (DD) is In- dia’s national broadcaster, transmitting to 88% of the population via 1,412 terrestrial transmitters. DD also operates DTH DD Free Dish service since 2004, offering about 80 TV and 24 radio channels. DD is overseen by public broadcast corporation, Prasar Bharati, an autonomous body that also looks after All India Radio (AIR).

Multi-channel Programmers

​​Discovery Communications India Discovery Communications India operates 11 , Zee TV channels in India – Discovery Channel, Ani- mal Planet, Discovery Kids, TLC, ID-Investiga- tion Discovery, Discovery Science, Discovery channels in eight languages, reaching 650+ distributing 10 channels, including Colors Turbo, Discovery Tamil, Discovery HD World, million viewers a month across India and 100 (Hindi general entertainment), Rishtey (gen- Animal Planet HD World and TLC HD World. other countries. The network’s entertainment eral entertainment) and MTV (youth). Via- slate includes Star Gold, and Star- com18 also operates Viacom18 Motion Pic- NDTV World. Star also operates eight sports chan- tures and runs ’s consumer products New Television (NDTV) distributes four nels, as well as OTT service, . business in India. NDTV-branded services: NDTV 24x7 (English- language news), NDTV India (Hindi news), Sun TV Network Zee Entertainment (ZEEL) NDTV Profit+Prime (Profit: business news, Sun TV Network operates 33 satellite TV Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) Prime: male-targeted infotainment) and channels in four languages (Tamil, Telugu, owns 222,000+ hours of television content NDTV Good Times (lifestyle). , Malayalam) to more than 95 mil- and rights to more than 3,818 Hindi movie lion households in India. The channels are titles. Zee claims a reach of more than one Reliance Broadcast Network also available in 27 countries, including Sin- billion viewers across 171 countries. Brands Reliance Broadcast Network owns and dis- gapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. include Zee TV, Zee Cinema, Zee Anmol, Zee tributes (comedy); Big Magic Smile, and &TV. Regional channels include Ganga (regional entertainment for Bihar and Taj Television India , and . Jharkhand); and Big Thrill (action/adventure). A wholly owned subsidiary of Zee Entertain- Reliance Broadcast Network is also involved ment Enterprises Limited (ZEE), Taj Television in radio and TV production businesses. India distributes Zee and Turner channels, Direct To Home (DTH) including Zee TV/HD, Zee Cinema/HD, Zee Satellite Sony Pictures Networks India Cafe, /HD, Zing, Zindagi, Zee Marathi, , Pogo, CNN and Sony Pictures Networks (formerly Multi Airtel Digital TV Screen Media/MSM) is a subsidiary of Sony Warner Brothers. Global telecommunications provider Bharti Corporation, which owns and operates the Airtel launched India’s fifth direct-to-home Sony Entertainment network of TV channels. Times Network (DTH) satellite TV platform, Airtel Digital TV, in In August 2016, Sony Pictures Networks India Times Network, the television arm of Ben- Oct 2008. The DTH service carries 535 chan- acquired the TEN Sports Network (TEN 1/ nett, Coleman & Co Ltd (BCCL) distributes nels (480 SD and 55 HD) to 12.6 million sub- HD, TEN 2/3, TEN Golf HD, TEN Cricket, TEN Zoom (general entertainment), Romedy scribers (Dec 2016). Sports) for US$385 million from ZEE Entertain- Now (entertainment/comedy/romance), ET ment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL); the deal Now (business news), /2, MN+ was approved in Jan 2017. (movies) and (news). DD Free Dish State-owned broadcaster, Doordarshan Viacom18 (DD), launched free-TV DTH service, DD Free Dish (formerly DD Direct Plus), in Dec A wholly owned subsidiary of 21st Century Viacom18 is a 50/50 joint venture in India be- 2004 with 33 channels. The Ku-band plat- Fox, Star India broadcasts more than 40 tween Viacom Inc and ,

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form now offers up to 80 TV channels and cept Delhi) areas range from Rs99/US$1.50 24 radio channels. The aim is to have 250 TV a month for the Flexi pack to Rs680/US$10.50 channels by 2017-2018. DD Free Dish trans- a month for the Platinum HD pack. mits via the GSAT-15 satellite since Feb 2016 to about 20 million subscribers (Jan 2017), and is available nationwide (except for An- Multi-system Cable daman and Nicobar Islands). Operators Dish TV Dish TV enters 2017 with a possible almagation Asianet Satellite Communications with Videocon . The merger, announced Established in 1993, Asianet Satellite Commu- in Nov 2016, is subject to regulatory approval nications is a provider of digital cable TV and season nine and is expected to close in H2 2017, following broadband internet services in . The which, the merged entity will be branded as company offers more than 200 digital chan- Dish TV Videocon, with target net subscribers nels, including six in-house services (ACV, broadband plans cost from Rs2,399/US$36 of 27.6 million. Pre-merger, Dish TV offers 600+ Rosebowl, Jukebox, Medley, ACV News and for three months for the Infinite 2Mbps Unlim- channels/services, including 30 audio chan- ACV Utsav). Asianet also operates an OTT ited plan to Rs4,499/US$68 for three months nels and 60+ HD channels/services, to 15.3 service, Asianet Mobile TV, accessible world- for the HD4 Stream50 plan. In addition to million subscribers (Dec 2016). Dish TV was wide for about US$12/two months or US$50/ and broadband services, launched by Zee in Oct 2002. year for 58 Malayalam live TV channels and operates in-house channels Hath- 20 radio channels. The aim is to add other In- way Music, CCC-Cine Channel, Hathway Reliance Digital TV dian languages content and provide catch- Shopee, H-Tube, Hathway Life, Hathway up and on-demand features. Movies and Hathway Entertainment. Reliance Digital TV provides 300+ SD/HD channels to about five million subscribers. Monthly subscriptions for the Reliance South DEN Networks Home Cable Network India pack start from Rs200/US$3 for the Value Established in July 2007, DEN Networks is a Established in 1991, privately held multi- Pack (174 channels) to Rs550/US$8.25 for the cable TV service provider with a reach of system operator, Home Cable Network pro- Max HD pack (249 channels). Established in about 13 million households (including 10.2 vides cable TV services. The operator offers August 2008, Reliance Digital TV is managed million digital subs) in over 200 cities across more than 300 channels, bundled in basic by Reliance Big TV, a digital TV subsidiary of 13 states. Monthly packages for Delhi start free package and paid plans. A la carte . from Rs100/US$1.50 for the BST pack to channels cost from Rs5/US$0.08 a month. Rs280/US$4.20 for the Superb pack. DEN Home Cable also has interests in broad- also provides broadband internet services band internet and IP-OTT businesses. to 159,000+ subscribers (Feb 2017). Established in Dec 2007, Sun Direct is an 80:20 joint-venture between India’s Maran Group IndusInd Media & Communications and Malaysia’s Group. The DTH plat- Digicable Network Established in 1995, IndusInd Media and form offers 200+ channels in multiple Indian Digicable offers more than 500 local/interna- Communications (IMC), majority owned by languages (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and tional digital channels and 100+ cable chan- Hinduja Ventures, carries 370+ digital chan- Kannada) and claims 10+ million subscrib- nels to households in 46 cities and 14 states. nels (INdigital) and 95 cable TV channels ers. Monthly subscription packages cost Channels range from general entertainment (INcable) to about 8.5 million subscribers in from Rs1,690/US$25 a month for the Tamil to movies, kids, news, sports and infotainment 36 cities in India. The INdigital TV basic pack- Cinema+Sports pack (172+ channels) to services. Monthly packages start from Rs82/ ages range from Rs100/US$1.50 a month for Rs1890/US$28 a month for the Mega Pack. US$1.25 for 30 free-to-air channels. A la carte 115 TV channels to Rs385/US$5.80 a month channels start from Rs5.35/US$0.08 each. for 304 TV channels for subscribers in Mum- Tata Launched in June 2007, Digicable also offers bai. IMC also operates a broadband inter- broadband internet service brand, Pacenet net service, 1n2Cable, in 12 cities. Launched in August 2006, is a joint- to about 52,000 subscribers. venture between Tata Sons and 21st Cen- tury Fox, offering upward of 600 TV chan- Ortel Communications nels and services. Monthly subscription fees Hathway Cable & Datacom Cable TV provider Ortel Communications range from Rs99/US$1.50 for the My99 plan Established in 1995, Hathway Cable & Data- operates analogue platform Ortel Home (243+ channels/services) to Rs560/US$8.40 com is a digital cable TV and broadband Cable, digital platform Ortel Digital, and for the Ultra pack (237+ channels/services). service provider. The platform has deployed HFC network Ortel Broadband. The Ortel more than 12.2 million CATV digital set-top Home Cable service is provided in 33 loca- Videocon d2h boxes (Dec 2016) in 200+ cities and towns. tions via 29 analogue head-ends. Ortel Digi- Subscriptions cost from Rs160/US$2.40 a tal carries up to 200 digital TV channels and Commercially launched in Feb 2010 by the month or Rs1,760/US$26 a year for the Basic 30 radio channels, available in eight loca- , Videocon d2h offers 580+ Service tier (117 channels) to Rs550/US$8.30 tions via six digital head-ends. Monthly sub- channels/services, including 60 HD and a a month or Rs6,050/US$91 a year for the scription fees for digital packages in Bhu- host of regional channels to 12.8 million net Royal HD tier (279 channels). The platform baneswar city cost from Rs210/US$3.15 for subscribers in India (Dec 2016). The aim is to also had 860,000 broadband subscribers 143 TV/23 radio channels to Rs350/US$5.30 have a total of 100 HD channels. Subscrip- and reported 4.1 million broadband homes for 205 TV/23 radio channels. Services are tion fees in the North/East/West India (ex- passed at the end of 2016. Pre-paid fibre grouped into English-language entertain-

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ment/movies, Hindi entertainment/movies, BoxTV.com paid subscribers and over 58 million regis- music, lifestyle, kids, knowledge, Hindi news, Commercially launched in Feb 2013, BoxTV. tered users worldwide (Dec 2016). Monthly English-language news, religion, sports, re- com offers 17,000+ hours of Hollywood, Bol- premium plan costs US$5.98. gional and Odia, among others. lywood and regional movies/TV content. BoxTV is operated by Times BoxTV Media, HOOQ (India) which is owned by Times Internet Ltd (TIL), a HOOQ, a start-up established in Jan 2015 by ’s multi system operator, SITI Net- subsidiary of The Times Group. Singapore telco Singtel, Sony Pictures Tele- works Limited (formerly SITI Cable Network vision and Warner Bros, launched in India Limited/Wire and Wireless India), operates DEN TV+ in June 2015. The VOD service offers more 20 analogue and 17 digital head ends and Cable TV provider DEN Networks launched than 35,000 hours of Hollywood and local a network of more than 30,000km of optical live streaming platform DEN TV+ in Feb 2017, content via streaming/download. HOOQ in fibre and coaxial cable in 387 cities (1.19 offering 130 live channels, 2,500 movies and India costs from Rs79/US$1.20 for seven days million home passed) in India. Monthly sub- 10,000 hours of VOD content in Hindi, English- (via standalone app/online) and is also of- scription rates for digital cable TV service, language and other Indian regional lan- fered via Airtel, Idea, Vodafone, Reliance SITI Digital Cable Television, cost from Rs100/ guages. The OTT service is offered for free to and ACT. US$1.50 for 100 channels to Rs285/US$4.30 DEN’s cable/broadband subscribers. for 248 channels. A la carte costs from Hotstar Rs150/US$2.30 a month. SITI also bundled Direct to Mobile (d2m) Novi Digital Entertainment, a subsidiary OTT Ditto TV and radio services in its monthly DTH operator Videocon d2h launched mo- of /Star India, launched packages. The aim is to roll out more local bile TV app, Direct to Mobile (d2m), in July ad-based/SVOD platform Hotstar in Feb TV channels. SITI’s broadband offerings start 2015, offering 80+ select live TV channels and 2015. The platform offers 100,000+ hours from Rs449/US$6.80 a month for a 1-Mbps more than 1,000 movies/VOD for DTH Video- of drama/movies in English and multiple internet connection to Rs1,499/US$22 a con d2h subscribers. The app is offered as a Indian languages; and major sports prop- month for a 100-Gbps connection. The value-add service for Rs60/US$0.90 a month. erties such as football, tennis, cricket and network had a total of 12.2 million TV view- kabaddi. Hotstar also carries original con- ers, of which 9.2 million are digital TV subs DishFlix tent. Premium subscription costs Rs199/US$3 and 120,000 HD TV subs, as well as 213,000 DishFlix is a VOD service by DTH Dish TV of- a month. Claiming 175+ million downloads broadband subs and 1.57 million homes fering ad-free Bollywood/Hollywood mov- (Mar 2017), Hotstar is Star/News Corp’s third passed at the end of 2016. ies. The service does not require an internet serious foray into India’s OTT TV space after connection, as movies are beamed to Dish Indya.com (2000) and Star Player (2009). TV’s STB via satellite. 15 new movies are up- Channel Distributors loaded monthly. Subscription costs Rp100/ Netflix (India) US$1.54 a month. Netflix launched in India in Jan 2016 as part IndiaCast Media Distribution of its global roll out. The standalone service IndiaCast is India’s first multi-platform ‘Con- DishOnline is offered directly to consumers. Monthy tent Asset Monetisation’ entity, and is jointly plans (ad-free/no contract) cost Rs500/ Launched in 2013 as a collaboration be- owned by TV18 & Viacom18. IndiaCast US$7.99 for one SD screen, Rs650/US$9.99 for tween Dish TV and Ditto TV, DishOnline is manages subscription and placement ser- two HD screens) or Rs800/US$11.99 for four an OTT streaming service, offering 50+ live vices for 51 channels, including nine HD HD/UHD screens. channels spanning general entertainment, TV channels, catch-Up TV and 1,000+ Bol- kids, news, music, infotainment and movies. lywood and Hollywood movie titles for Rs69/ US$1 a month. NexGTv/HD Mobile TV app NexGTv, offers 155+ live TV dittoTV channels and movies/TV series/Indian Pre- Online/mobile/OTT mier League (IPL) matches via connected Established in Feb 2012 by Zee Entertain- devices to about 25 million users. Subscrip- ment as a SVOD service, dittoTV relaunched Airtel Pocket TV tion plans cost Rs349/US$5.40 for three in June 2016 as a live streaming TV service ’s TV Anywhere app, Airtel Pock- months, Rs699/US$11 for six months and with distribution partnerships with telcos et TV, offers DTH/IPTV subscribers live stream- Rs1,199/US$19 for a year. Launched in 2011, Airtel, Vodafone and Idea. The service of- ing of 150+ TV channels, catch-up of 13+ NexGTv is a unit of Digivive, a Media Matrix fers 80+ live TV Hindi, English and regional channels and 10,000+ VOD titles for Rs45/ Worldwide subsidiary. language channels to about two million US$0.70 a month. Bharti Airtel’s DTH Airtel subscribers (June 2016). The aim is for four Digital TV service had 12.6 million subscrib- million subscribers in 2017. Subscriptions start OZee ers at the end 2016. from Rs20/US$0.30 a month. Freemium/ad-supported VOD service OZee launched in March 2016 offering Zee net- Amazon Prime Video (India) ErosNow works’ (including sister’s OTT dittoTV original U.S.-based e-commerce/cloud company Am- content) TV shows, entertainment, movies, ErosNow is Eros International’s on-demand azon.com rolled out its online shopping service lifestyle and music , among others in entertainment portal developed in 2012 Amazon Prime in 100 cities in India in July 2016 the Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Bangla and Kan- and commercially launched in July 2015. and added video streaming Prime Video in nada languages. Content is made avail- ErosNow offers 5,000+ Hindi, Tamil and other Dec 2016 at no extra cost. The Amazon Prime able on OZee as early as 10 minutes after regional language films/TV content, includ- membership promo costs Rs499/US$7.40 a the TV telecast. Targeting mainly 18 to 24- ing in-house programming to two million year (standard is Rs999/US$15 a year).

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year olds, OZee is offered for free across all 50:50 joint venture between the Viacom internet-connected devices and platforms group and the Mukesh Ambani-led Reli- Tata Communications provides interna- (Android, iOS) globally as of April 2016. ance Industries, is managed by Via- tional long distance, enterprise data and OZee is operated by Zee’s digital arm Zee com18 Digital Ventures, the digital arm of internet services and global international Digital Convergence Limited (ZDCL), which Viacom18 (a joint venture between Viacom wholesale voice services. also manages dittoTV. Inc and India’s Network18). Planetcast Viu (India) Vodafone India is a wholly owned subsid- Tech company Planetcast (formerly Essel Viu launched in India in March 2016 offer- iary of the Vodafone group. The company Shyam) heads into Q2 2017 with an undis- ing 42,000+ hours of Bollywood, English- started operations in 1994 when predeces- closed launch date. The promise is an OTT language, regional and music content. The sor Hutchison Telecom acquired the cellular service, available as a portal and mobile standalone app costs Rs99/US$1.50 a month licence for Mumbai. The Vodafone brand app, with live TV/VOD features. The offer- for the premium/ad-free option, which in- launched in India in Sept 2007, after Voda- ing will consist of international and local HD cludes a download function. fone acquired a majority stake in Hutchinson content; spanning kids, animation, factual Essar in May 2007. The company now covers entertainment, infotainment, lifestyle, trav- YuppTV (India) all 22 telecom circles and has about 198 mil- el, cooking, sports, news and web series. YuppTV delivers 250+ live TV channels in 15 lion customers. Mobile services include post-/ Started in 1996, Planetcast is a technology languages (Hindi, English, Telugu, Tamil, Ma- pre-paid, live TV, catch-up TV and internet. service provider specialising in uplinking/ layalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Gujarati, Mara- downlinking services for the broadcasting thi, Bengali, Oriya, Urdu, Bangla, Sinhala, Ne- and satellite communication industries. pali), original content, TV shows and 5,000+ Regulators Bollywood/regional movies from India, PressPlay TV short films, web series and videos, for Rs100/ Department of Ad-based PressPlay TV offers online/offline US$1.50 a month. Telecommunications (DOT) video content from 150+ local content part- The Department of Telecommunications ners, including Lehren TV, Sun Network, Sony is responsible for setting growth strategies, India and Fever 104FM. Established in Au- Telcos/mobile granting telecoms service licences, includ- gust 2014 and launched in June 2015, Press- ing Unified Access Service Internet and Play TV is backed by investment company Bharti Airtel VSAT, and for spectrum management. Sequoia Capital and claims more than one Established in July 1995, Bharti Airtel, a Bharti million active users a month (June 2016). Enterprises subsidiary, offers 2G/3G/4G, mo- Ministry of Information and bile commerce, fixed-line, high-speed DSL Broadcasting (MIB) Sony LIV broadband, IPTV, DTH and enterprise ser- The Ministry of Information and Broadcast- Launched in January 2013, ad-based Sony vices, including national and international ing formulates and administers rules/regu- LIV offers 40,000+ HD videos of select Sony long-distance to 266 million subscribers lations/laws relating to information, broad- content/channels and Hollywood movies across operations (Dec 2016) in India. casting, the press and films in India, and is as well as original web series, live sports and responsible for administering Prasar Bharati, music, among other content to 20+ mil- Mahanagar Telephone Nigam the Indian government’s broadcasting arm, lion users in India. Premium plan costs Rs9/ Limited (MTNL) which in turn oversees national broadcaster US$0.14 a day or Rs49/US$0.74 a week and Established in April 1986, MTNL is a state- Doordarshan (DD). Rs149/US$2.24 a month. owned telecommunication company of- fering fixed-line, GSM/CDMA cellular and Prasar Bharati Corporation Triple Play broadband among other services, in and Prasar Bharati is an autonomous body es- Triple Play offers services (over FTTH): TV (DTH, around Delhi and Mumbai. tablished in 1997 under the Prasar Bharati IPTV, OTT and multiscreen), basic telephone Act. Objectives include safeguarding citi- and high-speed internet. Value-added ser- Reliance Communications zens’ rights to be informed on all matters of vices include e-gaming, e-commerce and Reliance Communications is Reliance public interest; creating awareness about VoIP. Triple Play has more than 100,000 FTTH Group’s flagship company and the hold- women’s issues; protecting the interests of subscribers and more than 300,000 home ing company for Reliance subsidiaries, in- children and the aged; and ensuring ade- passed (Feb 2017). cluding DTH arm Reliance Big TV. Reliance quate coverage to diverse cultures, sports/ Communications provides wireless, wireline, games and youth affairs. Voot broadband, multimedia and internet ac- Launched at the end of March 2016, Voot cess services and long-distance services in Telecom Regulatory Authority of is an ad-supported VOD platform offering India and overseas. Reliance has about 111 India (Trai) 17,000+ hours of original webseries and se- million mobile subscribers, of which 24.2 mil- lect latest/library content from Viacom18’s The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India lion are 3G subs and about five million are (TRAI) was established in Feb 1997 to regu- Colors (Hindi), , MTV, and Via- DTH subs. com18 Motion Pictures, among others. A late telecom services, including tariffs.

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What’s on where... ContentAsia’s list of events for the rest of the year.

When Event Venue April 2017 25-27 APOS Bali, Indonesia May 2017 10-12 Busan Contents Market, BCM Busan, South Korea 16-24 L.A. Screenings Los Angeles, U.S. 17-18 PromaxBDA India Mumbai, India 22 CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum Singapore 23-25 BroadcastAsia Singapore 23-25 CommunicAsia Singapore 23-25 MIP China Hangzhou Hangzhou, China June 2017 8-10 Telefilm Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 28-30 Content Tokyo Tokyo, Japan August 2017 30 Aug-1-Sep BCWW Seoul, South Korea September 2017 6 ContentAsia Production Singapore 7-8 ContentAsia Summit Singapore October 2017 10-12 APSCC Tokyo, Japan 14-15 MIP Junior Cannes, 16-19 MIPCOM Cannes, France 25 Oct-3 Nov TIFFCOM Tokyo, Japan November 2017 6-9 CASBAA Convention Macau 29 Nov-1 Dec Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) Singapore 29 Nov-1 Dec Asian Animation Summit Brisbane, Australia 30 Nov-1 Dec PromaxBDA Asia Singapore December 2017 12-14 CineAsia Hong Kong January 2018 11-12 vdontx asia Mumbai, India 16-18 NATPE U.S. April 2018 7-8 MIP Doc Cannes, France 7-8 MIP Formats Cannes, France 9-12 MIP TV Cannes, France

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