16-22 november C NTENTASIA 2015 www.contentasia.tv l https://www.facebook.com/contentasia?fref=ts facebook.com/contentasia l @contentasia l www.contentasiasummit.com Celestial launches Philippines channel CTE, Viva, Cignal partner on movie channel Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE) is part- nering with Philippines’ producer/distrib- utor Viva Communications and direct- to-home satellite platform Cignal TV to launch a first-of-its-kind movie channel. Story on page 6 GMA, now TV tie up on Pinoy OTT for Hong Kong PCCW’s now TV & CSL to carry Pinoy TV app Philippines’ free-TV broadcast network GMA is expanding its Hong Kong foot- print in a mobile deal that puts its new app on PCCW’s now TV OTT platform as well as on telco CSL. Story on page 5 Stingray fast-tracks Asia investment with MCA stake New push into specialist services, Creevey says Multiplatform music provider, Stingray Digital Group Inc, is fast-tracking its Asia- Pacific plans in a new tie up with Gregg Creevey’s Singapore-based Multi Chan- nels Asia (MCA). Story on page 7 C NTENTASIA 16-22 november 2015 Page 2. AXN greenlights Business as usual for Nat Geo Asia Cash Cab Philippines Ward Platt exits FIC channels for new role Sony Pictures Television Networks Asia has It’s business as usual for National Geo- Former Fox International Channels (FIC) green lit the first Asian in-country version of graphic Channels in Asia as the new Asia head, Ward Platt, takes a new post all3media format Cash Cab. National Geographic Partners leader- as chief operating officer of National Production kicks off in Manila this week. ship structure in the U.S. takes shape, Geographic Partners. Platt is currently The 13-episode show premieres in De- the company said on Tuesday morning FIC’s chief operating officer and chief ex- cember. following the overnight announcement ecutive of National Geographic Channels Cash Cab Philippines is produced by out of the U.S. International. Michael McKay’s activeTV, which acquired The announcement said U.S. channels Word that central command for both rights from the U.K.-based all3media. ac- head, Courteney Monroe, had been ap- channels and production was being con- tiveTV also produced the regional version pointed chief executive of National Geo- solidated under Monroe in the U.S. started of Cash Cab for AXN in 2011. graphic Global Networks. The role covers circulating about a week ago. Local actor Ryan Agoncillo hosts the channels’ global programming, operations Naysayers warn of a potential loss of show as the faux-cab driver. The format and marketing. programming relevance in Asia. involves passengers agreeing to answer Monroe also takes over National Geo- Monday night’s announcement was general knowledge questions to win cash graphic Studios, the in-house television pro- made by National Geographic Partners prizes. If they get three answers wrong, duction studio previously part of National chief executive, Declan Moore. Additional they are booted out wherever they are. Geographic Ventures. appointments are expected soon. ATF 2015 BOOTH J26 DOCU REALITY dorimedia.com C NTENTASIA 16-22 november 2015 Page 3. Dragon Ball Super SCTV greenlights Turkish drama heads for Screenplay to make local version of Elif Toonami Asia 1st and exclusive rights for SEA, India Elif Indonesian free-TV broadcast- gramming and had such an er SCTV has greenlit a local unforeseen impact on our version of Turkish daily drama audiences. We now want Elif following ratings success to remake the show to give with the first two seasons of it more of a local flavour in the original series. order to widen the appeal of The deal is the first an- the show here in Indonesia”. Dragon Ball Super nounced by Swedish distributor Elif, produced in Turkey by Nixon Yau Lim Eccho Rights under new Asia Pa- Green Yapim for Kanal 7, more than Toei Animation’s new Dragon Ball Super cific head Nixon Yau Lim after the exit of doubled SCTV’s audience share when it heads for Turner’s kids channel Toonami in Gary Pudney to join Keshet International. aired earlier this year. South and Southeast Asia in mid 2016. The local version is being produced by The series is the story of a girl whose Turner acquired first and exclusive rights SCTV sister company Screenplay Produc- mother sends her away to live on a farm for the 52-part half-hour series, the first tions. Production is scheduled to begin to protect her from her dangerous step- new Dragon Ball production in almost two later in November for broadcast in Janu- father. Only the head of the household decades. ary 2016. staff knows where Elif comes from, but not Mark Eyers, chief content officer for SCTV’s general manager for acquisi- even she knows that Elif is the daughter of Turner’s Kids Networks in Asia Pacific, called tions, Banardi Rachmad, says the Turkish the son of the rich farming family. As time Dragon Ball “a cornerstone” of Toonami’s series “turned around our daytime pro- goes by Elif’s secrets start to unravel. programming strategy since the channel launched in 2012. The channel previously aired Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Z Kai. Reuniting iconic characters, Dragon Ball Super follows the aftermath of Goku’s asia battle with Majin Buu as he attempts to C NTENT maintain earth’s fragile peace. Dragon Ball’s original creator, Akira Daily news with ContentAsia Insider Toriyama, is involved in the new season, email [email protected] for subscription details produced with Fuji Television. 16-22 november 2015 page 4. C NTENTASIA 16-22 november 2015 16-22 november 2015 Page 5. Page 5. Philippines’ GMA goes mobile in HK PCCW’s now TV & CSL to carry Pinoy TV app 24 Oras Philippines’ free-TV broadcast network about 10% of Filipinas in Hong Kong via GMA is expanding its Hong Kong foot- traditional channels. “We want to reach print in a mobile deal that puts its new the other 90%,” Francia says. app on PCCW’s now TV OTT platform as In addition to access to the GMA Pinoy well as on telco CSL. TV channel, the app offers 16 hours of The now Pinoy TV app, developed by catch-up video on demand a month. now TV, is scheduled to be available on now TV carries three GMA-branded lin- CSL mobile before the end of the year. ear channels – GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life now TV rolled out the app on its OTT TV and GMA News TV International – on platform on 19 October. its pay-TV service and has just launched The app’s subscription tier will be avail- its own OTT platform. able via pre-paid cards for HK$48/US$6 a “The launch of this new now Pinoy TV month. app further demonstrates our commit- Other markets are being explored as ment to providing even more flexible GMA looks at additional ways to reach content access for Hong Kong’s Pinoy Philippines’ nationals living abroad, says community,” says Loke Kheng Tham, PC- Joseph T. Francia, GMA first vice president CW’s executive vice president of pay TV. and head of international operations. The now Pinoy TV app is available for “We intend to roll this out in other mar- Android and iOS users. kets, specifically where we have substan- The app offers access to GMA Pinoy tial unserved or underserved segments of TV shows such as Beautiful Strangers, My our target subscribers in the Asia Pacific, Faithful Husband, The Half Sisters, Celeb- MENA and Europe,” Francia says. riTV, Wowowin, Sunday PinaSaya and Hong Kong is home to about 200,000 Fil- Eat Bulaga, along with flagship news ipinos, most of whom have some access programme 24 Oras, late night newscast to broadband/wifi. Saksi, and hourly news bulletins through Francia says GMA currently reaches Flash Report. C NTENTASIA 16-22 november 2015 16-22 november 2015 Page 6. Page 6. Celestial launches Philippines channel CTE, Viva, Cignal partner on movie channel Lady of the Dynasty Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE) is part- schedules. nering with Philippines’ producer/distrib- CTE isn’t saying how many additional utor Viva Communications and direct- titles it has acquired only for the Philip- to-home satellite platform Cignal TV to pines. “Like with all of our Celestial Movies launch a first-of-its-kind movie channel. feeds, we are actively acquiring to cater Celestial Movies Pinoy (CM Pinoy) de- to local tastes while utilising our econo- buts in January 2016 with exclusive car- mies of scale for regional acquisitions,” riage on Cignal TV’s basic tier, reaching said Ofanny Choi, CTE’s executive vice more than one million subscribers. president, TV networks. The channel, offered in a mix of Tagalog Choi said the Philippines was one of and English, is the first fully localised Chi- Asia’s most dynamic markets on both a nese movie channel in the Philippines. macro-level and for pay TV. The launch schedule includes the lat- “We wanted to launch a Chinese mov- est hits such as Lady of the Dynasty, an ie channel there that had mass-appeal epic drama with Fan Bingbing; Little Big so localisation was key. We had to find Master, 2015’s highest-grossing Chinese the right partner to create a fully loca- film in Hong Kong; and romantic drama lised Celestial Movies and we found such Paris Holiday, starring Hong Kong’s Louis a partner in Viva,” she added. Koo and Taiwan’s Kuo Tsai Chieh. “Filipinos, in general, love movies and CM Pinoy will also showcase classic are now beginning to appreciate Asian favourites such as Jackie Chan’s New productions and actors,” says Viva Com- Police Story, Rob-B-Hood, The Medallion munications’ chairman and CEO, Vicen- and The Myth.