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1-14 DECEMBER C NTENTASIA 2014 www.contentasia.tv l https://www.facebook.com/contentasia?fref=ts facebook.com/contentasia l @contentasia l www.asiacontentwatch.com Mad About You heads to China Sony JV Huaso, Croton Media greenlight local comedy A local version of long-running U.S. sitcom series, Mad About You, heads for China in 2015 in a first of its kind deal for rights holder Sony Pictures Television (SPT). The series is being co-produced by Huaso Film/TV Digital Production, SPT’s joint-venture production company with CCTV6’s HuaCheng Pictures, and Croton Media, which belongs to the Zhejiang- based Huace Film & TV. Huaso and Croton have begun cast- ing the two lead roles and supporting characters; production is slated to start in More on page 16 Scripps’ HGTV debuts in Asia this week Newbie channel kicks off with StarHub carriage Scripps Networks Interactive debuts home and lifestyle network, HGTV, in Asia at 9am this Thursday (4 December). The HD channel’s first carriage deal is with Singapore platform StarHub. The launch schedule includes Property Brothers, with real estate experts Drew and Jonathan Scott (Sunday, 7 Dec, 9pm); Rehab Addict, which follows Ni- cole Curtis saving and restoring historic houses (Thursday, 4 Dec, 9pm); Cousins on Call with construction experts Antho- ny Carrino and John Colaneri (Friday, 19 Dec, 9pm); and The High-Low Proj- ect with Sabrina Soto (Monday, 8 Dec, 7pm). Local content is based on Scripps format Extreme Homes. More on page 5 JUSTIN CHE WEI JIANBO BARRY CHOI SHREYA KAPDI Managing Director VP, Sales Liaison Director, Sales Liaison Director, Sales Liaison Asia Pacific China Korea South Asia RAJIV DHAWN MIKE MENDELSOHN PAULINE BOHM ATSUSHI MIYASAKA SVP, TV Distribution Director, Sales Operations SVP, International Marketing VP, Sales Liaison Asia Southeast Asia & Commuincations Japan CHRIS TAYLOR JESSY TSE MARTINE DRUELLE IRELAND VP, International Television Director, Sales Liaison VP, Sales Liaison Australia/New Zealand North & Southeast Asia Australia & New Zealand SEE YOU AT ATF NBCUniversal 1-14 DECEMber page 2. C NTENTASIA 1-14 DECEMBER 2014 Page 3. Lose Asia stations pick up 80 factual hrs Yourself Broadcasters load up on dogs, food, planes & danger To Find Yourself Bondi Rescue, TCB Media Rights National Geographic Channel Asia has doc, Treblinka: Hitler’s Killing Machine, picked up three titles – Dog Patrol, Pet which will air on NHK Japan. Hoarders and World’s Most Extreme – Hong Kong free-TV broadcaster, Televi- from U.K. distributor TCB Media Rights. sion Broadcasts Ltd (TVB), bought seasons The deals are part of an 80-hour slate eight and nine of Bondi Rescue, about TCB sealed for Asia Pacific in the run up to the lifeguards who patrol Australia’s busi- this year’s Asia Television Forum market, est beach. which opens in Singapore on Wednes- Out of Singapore, Discovery Asia ac- day, 10 December. quired Snap TV’s 10-part Ainsley Eats the Broadcasters in China, Japan and Streets, in which TV chef Ainsley Harriot Hong Kong acquired a range of factual explores back-street food traditions of an- titles, including one-part special feature cient cities, such as Istanbul and Osaka. Thailand’s Workpoint celebrates #3 Digital TV “beyond our expectations”, CEO says 100% first run, fresh and exclusive original Listed Thai production company Work- Workpoint has so far invested THB1.2 programming point Entertainment moves into the year- billion/US$37 million in its digital TV opera- end holiday period in third place in the tions, including licence fees and studios. country’s TV rankings, ahead of MCOT For the first nine months of this year, the Channel 9 for the first time. company’s TV segement revenue grew Nielsen Thailand ratings put Workpoint 102% to THB460 million/US$14 million. The TV at 5% of total TV viewership, with shows digital TV operation is expected to gen- such as The Singer Thailand, Let Me In Thai- erate THB550 million/US$16.7 million this land and Indian series Gautama Buddha. year, rising to THB1.8 billion/US$55 million Local daily, The Bangkok Post, quot- next year. ed Workpoint chief executive, Panya Production priorities are more female- www.multichannelsasia.com Nirunkul, as saying that “this result on digi- focused content to run across weekdays tal TV is beyond our expectation”. for the first quarter of 2015. 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Asia media fest nigh TV, film festival frenzy kicks off on 3 December Two weeks of media frenzy in Asia kicks off on Wednesday, 3 December, with the opening of this year’s Asian Anima- tion Summit in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi. The three-day animation fest presents 18 projects from Korea, Malay- sia, Thailand, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. In Singapore, the 10-day Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) opens Property Brothers, HGTV/Scripps Networks Interactive on Thursday, 4 December, with Unlucky From page 1: HGTV Food Channel and the Travel Channel. Plaza and The Crossing. Zhang Ziyi and HGTV will be part of the Lifestyle Basic HGTV Asia – Scripps first HGTV channel John Woo will be among the celebrities HD Upsize, with a free preview from De- outside of North America – will be de- on the red carpet. The festival, which cember to the end of June 2015. livered across Asia by Malaysian satel- runs to 14 December, will screen 147 films StarHub also carries Scripps’ three oth- lite operator Measat and Globecast in from 50 countries. er Asia channels – Food Network, Asian Singapore. The SGIFF will run alongside simultane- ous events in Hong Kong and Singapore – film festival CineAsia in Hong Kong (9- Asian channels pick up Canadian kids slate 11 December) and the Asia Television Broadcasters from Taiwan, Korea, Sin- Thailand’s TrueVisions was the biggest Forum and ScreenSingapore in Singa- gapore and Thailand have picked up buyer, with almost 200 half hours, includ- pore (9-12 December). at least nine kids titles from Canadian ing Peg + Cat, Almost Naked Animals The Singapore events have been producer and distributor 9 Story Media and Turbo Dogs. Taiwan’s Good TV and grouped together for the first time un- Group in the run up to the Asia TV Forum Korea’s EBS and Asiana Licensing bought der a Singapore Media Festival banner, in Singapore from 10-12 December. multiple seasons of Arthur. backed by the regulator/industry devel- opment authority, the Media Develop- ment Authority (MDA). The regional film industry’s attention ABU backs 2004 Tsunami doc turns to Australia on Thursday, 11 De- The Kuala Lumpur-based Asia Broadcast- broadcasters in the Asia Pacific. The tsu- cember, for this year’s 8th annual Asia ing Union (ABU) is backing a five-minute nami killed more than 230,000 people in Pacific Screen Awards in Brisbane. 36 docu short, 10 Years Later (working title), 14 countries. The short is being produced films from 21 Asia Pacific countries have to mark the 10th anniversary of the Indian with support from the UN Trust Fund for been nominated for awards this year. Ocean tsunami on 26 December 2004. Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Prepared- The programme will be offered free to all ness set up in 2005. 1-14 DECEMber page 6. C NTENTASIA 1-14 DECEMBER 2014 Page 7. Wong argues for Toggle ditches in-house linear channels licence-free mobile TV Would-be Hong Kong free-TV broad- Bye bye Eve, Kids, Movies; Hello Disney Movies on Demand caster, Ricky Wong, was back in court in Singapore’s monopoly broad- gapore. Titles include Toy Story 3, November saying Hong Kong’s broad- caster, MediaCorp, is ditching Mickey’s Once Upon A Christ- casting regulations did not cover mobile three in-house online linear mas and The Princess Diaries. TV services and that a licence was not channels from its over-the- New HD titles on Toggle for required for his mobile TV services. top platform Toggle. December also include The The Office of the Communications Toggle Eve, Toggle Kids Tigger Movie, Snow White Authority has already ruled that Wong and Toggle Movies go dark and the Seven Dwarfs and needs to obtain a licence to launch on 31 December, followed on The Hunchback of Notre his mobile TV services using the Digital 31 January 2015 by third-party Dame. Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast transmis- Amit Malhotra, General Man- Korean service KBS World. A Toggle spokesperson sion standard. ager, Studio Entertainment, The old linear services are The Walt Disney Company says the increased focus on Wong’s legal team argued that the Southeast Asia being replaced by Disney on-demand will continue as ordinance was aimed at regulating static and Pixar movies on the Disney Movies the platform’s early emphasis on linear services that reached large audiences, on Demand platform from Monday, 1 channels winds down. and that mobility was a key differentiator. December. Subscribers to Toggle Prime (S$9.90/ Toggle will carry 34 Disney/Pixar titles US$7.58 a month) will not have to pay Don’t renew ATV’s as part of the new deal, brokered by additional fees to access the new slate licence, HK regulator says Amit Malhotra’s Disney team out of Sin- of movie titles.