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Woody flies with Ellen adaptation Covid-19 delays come to an end for Thai celebrity

Asia’s first adaptation of Warner Bros’ The Ellen DeGeneres Show went live on Thailand’s free-TV network Channel 7 at 5pm on Sunday (1 Nov), bringing to a close months of Covid-19 delays and upsizing local celebrity Woody Milint- achinda’s national profile.

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q Zee5 onboards Bangladeshi content industry First originals greenlit and a lot more on the way, Indian streamer promises

Indian streaming platform Zee5 Global has unveiled a push into originals out of Bangladesh, adding four series to the global line up and promising more as it expands its South Asian production foot- print. The Bangladeshi originals are led by Abrar Athar’s dark-comedy thriller, Main- kar Chipay, which premieres on 9 Nov.

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7th Nippon TV Where is Izham Omar going?, industry asks drama adaptation Salleh adds production to TV networks leadership role for Turkey Malaysia’s Primeworks of the day on Friday the Medyapim/MF Yapim Studios is being folded 13th of November. pick up I’m Mita, into parent company Salleh officially adds Media Prima’s televi- Primeworks to his TV Your Housekeeper sion networks division, Networks on 14 Nov. with both divisions under Omar shifted from A Turkish version of Japanese broad- newly appointed MD of TV Izham Omar a role as CEO of TV caster Nippon TV’s prime-time drama, Networks, Khairul Anwar Salleh. Khairul Anwar Salleh Networks to head up I’m Mita, Your Housekeeper, is going While departing chief executive, Primeworks about five ahead in a new deal with Turkey’s Me- Media Prima lifer Izham Omar, says he’s years ago. dyapim and MF Yapim. taking a break after 17 years with the Salleh, who joined Media Prima from The series, which has been adapted company, rumours are rife about a new Astro at the beginning of August this in South Korea as well, is about a content role at, among others, Disney+. year, is no stranger to production in perfect housekeeper who seems to There is absolutely no comment or Malaysia. For a decade before his exit in harbour a dark secret. confirmation on any of it yet beyond the July this year, he was Astro’s VP of Malay This is the seventh deal between the official “leaving to pursue new chal- and Nusantara content business, respon- companies. The previous six are Moth- lenges in the media and entertainment sible for, among other shows, Maharaja er, Woman – My Life for My Children, business”, and we don’t expect any- Lawak and Gegar Vaganza, as well Mr. Hiiragi’s Homeroom (The Teacher), thing to be disclosed until after Omar as theatrical movies Hantu Kak Limah, Abandoned, My Son and Oasis – a has officially left the building at the end Paskal and Polis Evo 2. love story.

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Woody flies with Ellen adaptation Covid-19 delays come to an end for Thai celebrity

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Asia’s first adaptation of Warner Bros’The Ellen DeGeneres Show went live on Thailand’s free-TV network Channel 7 at 5pm yesterday (Sunday, 1 Nov), bringing to a close months of Covid-19 delays and upsizing local celebrity Woody Milint- achinda’s national profile. Debut episode guests on The Woody Show included 17-year-old Thai rap queen, Milli, who became an overnight sensation when her debut song, Pakkorn (You Need to Calm Down) went viral; the video has more than 20 million views on You- Tube. Milli performed her latest single, Pang, for Woody’s studio audience. Her sur- prise was a visit from one of her celebrity crushes, Jaonaay Wattanasin. Thai actor/model Mick Thongraya, actor Yotsawat Tawapee (Euro) and model/ singer/actor Krittarit Butporm (Big M) were in the audience, coming forward for a game of “spill the tea” with Woody. The Woody Show replaced Shark Tank season two on Channel 7. Milintachinda, a long-time fan of Ellen DeGeneres, has been working on the show for more than a year. “I’ve always been inspired by Ellen,” he told ContentAsia. “Her energy and direction of the show really moved me and so I thought what better than to bring the show as it is to Thailand,” he said. Talking about acquiring Asia’s first rights to the format, he described the show as “very well thought-out and inspirational” and said: “I don’t see how we could de- liver the Ellen energy in Thailand any other way”. The Woody Show joins a heaving environment for entertainment formats in Thai- land, which is Asia’s second largest formats market by volume, according to Con- tentAsia’s Formats Outlook research. Titles include True CJ Creations’ Thai version of game format From Start Till Clear, which has a presence across platforms; NBCUniversal’s World of Dance S2; Dori Me- dia’s The Best Of All S3; ITV Studios’ The Voice, Banijay’s Celebrity MasterChef; Fuji TV’s The Next Iron Chef S2; and CJ ENM’s I Can See Your Voice. Rap music contest, Show Me The Money, has also returned, courtesy of the Bangkok-based True CJ Creations, a joint venture between Korea’s CJ ENM and Thailand’s True Group. The Woody Show was Thailand’s most high-profile Covid-related delay. 2-15 november 2020 page 4. 2-15 november 2020 page 5. C NTENTASIA 2-15 November 2020 Page 6.

Zee5 onboards Bangladeshi content industry First originals in production and a lot more on the way, Indian streamer promises

Indian streaming platform Zee5 Global has unveiled a push into originals out of Bangladesh, adding four series to the global line up and promising more. The first four Bangladeshi original series are led by Abrar Athar’s dark-comedy thriller, Mainkar Chipay, which premieres on 9 Nov. Mainkar Chipay stars Afran Nisho, Sari- ful Razz and Shamol Mawla as a cop, a drug dealer and an addict caught in a situation inside a car. Filmmaker Shihab Shaheen is at- tached to another of the new projects, romcom Jodi, Kintu Tobuo, which start- ed shooting on 28 Oct with Ziaul Faruq Apurba and Nusraat Faria in lead roles. Up and coming director Anam Biswas is working on What The Fry?, starring Bidya Sinha Mim; and Tanim Noor and Krishnendu Chattopadhyay are involved in Contract, a series starring Arifin Shu- Mainkar Chipay, Zee5 voo, Chanchal Chowdhury, Zakia Bari Mamo and Iresh Zaker. “Everything we are doing in Bangla- “Quality has become a big problem The originals will be available on Zee5 desh is in collaboration with the local in Bangladesh,” the country’s former globally and are being produced in creators and artists. That’s a conscious minister of cultural affairs, Asaduzzaman partnership with Bangladeshi content call,” she said. Noor, said during a Zee presentation on agency, Good Company Limited. Zee has not disclosed its originals bud- its Bangladeshi strategy. Zee5, launched globally in Oct 2018, get for Bangladesh. Describing Bangladesh as Zee5’s was the top platform in Bangladesh The Bangladeshi originals are part of “most important” market, Anand said within six weeks of launch and has re- Zee expanded South Asian production partnerships were being forged across tained pole position in the market, ac- focus. Projects include Asim Abassi’s the spectrum, from telcos to production cording to Zee5’s chief business officer, female-focused drama, Churails, set in houses. Archana Anand. Pakistan and created with the backing Zee5’s competition in Bangladesh The enthusiastic take up shaped of the Motion Content Group; and light- includes Netflix, which has featured Zee5’s local investment and content de- hearted family series, Ek Jhoothi Love Bangaldeshi films on its platform since velopment strategy in Bangladesh, she Story, also from Pakistan. its early days. Titles include Impress added, outlining the revenue and skills Zee5’s new initiative comes against Telefilm’s anthology Iti, Tomari Dhaka benefits for the country’s entertainment growing concerns in Bangladesh about (Sincerely Yours, Dhaka) by 11 local film- industry. upgrading content quality. makers; and Komola Rocket (2018).

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Korea’s KCC order MBN Channel A emerges from drama obscurity shuttered for six months in Record ratings for cable channel’s Lie After Lie accounting fraud penalty

South Korean telecoms regulators have suspended cable channel Maeil Broadcasting Network (MBN) for six months in an unprecedented penalty for accounting fraud related to its 2011 balance sheet. The penalty will run from May to Oct 2021. The Korea Com- munications Commission (KCC) also said it was pursuing criminal charges against MBN’s top management. MBN has already been fined along with some of its executives. The commission said MBN had manipulated its bal- ance sheet in order to meet minimum capital requirements to secure a cable TV licence and continued submitting the falsified documents in subsequent years. It’s not yet clear whether MBN’s licence will be renewed. The channel airs news and a range of entertain- ment programming. Lie After Lie

Korea drama Lie After Lie ended its lowed a grim start of 1.169% (Nielsen q 16-episode run at the end of Oct with Korea, nationwide) on Friday, 4 Sept. an average nationwide rating of 8.2%, Although ratings doubled for episode Nation-building birthday giving Korea’s Channel A its high- two, the show hovered below 5% until est drama ratings ever and lifting the episode 11. fest for Indonesia’s domestic cable service out of series/rat- Channel A’s previous dramas include MNC Group ings nowheresville for the first time. Twelve Nights, Goodbye Dear Wife, The finale put Channel A in top rat- Color of Women and Eccentric! Chef Indonesia’s MNC Group celebrates its ings spot for the day among pay-TV Moon. 31st birthday on 2 Nov with a week- households nationwide, Nielsen Korea Lie After Lie’s finale beat tvN’s Sat- long virtual festival, which the compa- said. Viewership also put Channel A urday/Sunday drama, Start-Up, which ny describes as a nation-building exer- well ahead of rivals TV Chosun, JTBC rated 4.468% on the same night. cise, that incorporates the company’s and MBN. Start-Up, which followed tvN’s hugely media, financial services and lifestyle/ The Friday/Saturday night series anticipated return of hit 2017 series property divisions. The theme of this ended just behind broadcast giant SBS’ Stranger, reached its series high of year’s fest is “MNC Beyond Imagina- sci-fi time-travel mystery Alice, which 5.425% on Saturday (31 Oct), dropping tion”. MNC said this “illustrates that the also ended on 24 Oct. to 4.136% on Sunday (1 Nov). MNC Group continues to innovate to Alice closed with an average rating The second season of Stranger ended meet the diverse needs of the Indone- of 9.1% nationwide for its finale, which on 4 Oct with a rating of 9.408% – a sian people,” the company said. The failed to hit its series high of 10.6% for long way from Crash Landing on You, festival, which will live stream on RCTI+ episode four on 5 Sept. which ran in the same Sat/Sun slot and and Vision+, includes a tech career Lie After Lie, which airs exclusively on ended on a rating high of 21.683%. day and job fair, a celebrity esports regional streaming platform Viu in Viu Meanwhile, JTBC’s 16-episode Friday/ match, and a birthday cake decora- markets, is about a woman who marries Saturday romcom, More Than Friends, tion challenge, plus online shopping. into a powerful family, ends up mur- is dying, with national ratings of 1.442% dering her husband and, when she is half way through its run. The story released from prison, goes to extremes about two friends who fancy each www.contentasia.tv to get her daughter back. other but never get together ends on The Lie After Lie finale on 24 Oct fol- 21 Nov.

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Taiwan’s NCC ponders 1st brand deal for Outdoor, Jeremy Tong CTi News renewal, pro & Outdoor backs Singapore mountaineer’s expeditions anti camps ramp up fight

With a little over a month until Taiwan- ese news station CTi News’ broadcast licence expires, the tug of war be- tween the country’s deeply political pro- and anti-renewal camps has reached fever pitch. Communities against the renewal are calling on the National Communications Commission (NCC) to reject the renewal appli- cation because of CTi’s pro-Beijing stand. Pro-China groups are backing a renewal. Some are using a freedom-of- speech argument to keep the channel on air; the irony is not lost on critics, who point out every way freedoms are being curtailed.

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Philippines’ Globe super- sizes fibre investment Jeremy Tong Multi Channels Asia’s Outdoor Channel highest peaks on each of the seven Philippines’ telco Globe has upped has tied up with Singaporean mountain- continents. investment in fibre to the home by eer Jeremy Tong in the first-ever brand/ So far, the veteran mountaineer has almost 190% this year compared to last sponsorship agreement for the 10-year- climbed three: Everest (Nepal), Kiliman- year in an aggressive move to fast- old video service. jaro (Tanzania) and Kosciuszko (Austra- track connectivity across the country. The alliance involves Outdoor Chan- lia). Tong is also the first Singaporean In addition to expanding broadband nel becoming Tong’s official sponsor to summit two 7000m Snow Leopard fibre capacity in a big way, the telco and TV partner, while Tong becomes Peaks and climb Mount Everest twice to is also shifting broadband customers brand ambassador for the Singapore- raise funds for charity. He has climbed a to higher-speed networks, saying that based regional channel. total of 44 mountains to date and was 40% of targetted customers had been Outdoor Channel will air the Media- awarded the Singapore Silent Heroes upgraded since the beginning of this corp/Channel NewsAsia documentary, Award in 2019 for his charitable fund- year. Globe said the shift to home- On the Red Dot: Surviving Everest, in raising efforts. based usage meant its first priority was early 2021 and will include video high- Outdoor Channel’s alliance with Tong to continue to invest in the network to lights of future mountaineering quests. follows the channel’s debut in Hong service soaring demand. The sponsorship covers Tong’s 2021 Kong at the end of October as part of adventures in his quest to climb the Hong Kong Cable TV’s line up.

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Korea’s Naver, CJ seal HK’s digital services thrive thru Covid share swap deal PwC’s new report tracks deep impact on E&M

Korean conglomerate CJ Group and the country’s top portal operator, Naver, have signed a US$530 million Hong Kong entertainment and media Hong Kong’s box office spend in 2020 to share-swap deal they say will increase industry’s digital segments – including reach US$231 million. their edge in entertainment and e- streaming video, games, music, radio, In comparison, Asia Pacific’s growth is commerce. The deal involves Naver podcasts – are thriving through Co- estimated at 12.9% CAGR and revenue acquiring a stake in delivery company vid-19, according to PwC’s new Global estimate of US$31.9 billion by 2024. CJ Logistics Corp as well as a 5% stake Entertainment & Media Outlook 2020- In mainland China, the pandemic ac- in CJ ENM and a stake of just over 2024. celerated digital entertainment of OTT 6% in CJ’s production house Studio That’s the optimistic view of Hong video at a forecast CAGR of 12.2% and Dragon. In return, CJ ENM and Studio Kong, where traditional media – still revenue growth of US$6 billion between Dragon will acquire stakes of 0.32% dominant in the territory – was already 2020 and 2024. each in Naver. CJ Logistics’ stake will hard hit by 2019’s protest movement. “The surge in demand is met with be 0.64%. The share swaps are expect- And then came Covid... increasing self-produced content that ed to be complete in November. PwC says the Hong Kong’s entertain- increases engagement, and member- ment and media industry has been ship plans moving from free to premium “deeply impacted” by the pandemic. services,” PwC says. q Revenue is down 11.8% between 2019 Video games is Hong Kong’s third fast- and 2020 – a bigger margin compared est growing segment. Rob Bradley shifts to Asia to global and Asia Pacific performance. In the coming five years, the video Like everywhere, streaming video con- games segment continues to rise at 6.2% in latest CNN International sumption in Hong Kong has soared dur- CAGR to reach US$1.1 billion in 2024. Commercial reorg ing Covid. Social/casual games accounts for 46% As a result, the report forecasts rapid of total video games revenue in Hong growth for the segment at 10.1% CAGR Kong, compared to 70.4% in Mainland CNN International Commercial’s (CN- by 2024, with expected revenue of China. NIC) Rob Bradley is shifting to Asia in US$373 million in 2024. Video game revenue in Hong Kong 2021 as part of a re-org that puts him Rise in demand is driven by more mo- will approach US$518 million by 2024. and Cathy Ibal at the head of CNN’s bile video consumption, supported by China’s video game revenue is forecast international ad sales business. The HD content and better user experience. to reach US$26.8 billion over the same new structure is designed to “super- Entertainment and media players with period. charge putting audiences at the heart OTT platforms “were able to prolong Traditional gaming is growing margin- of every campaign rather than focus users and advertisers’ screen time by ally faster than social/casual games. on platform or geography”. The two developing higher quality, meet niche Mainland China continues to extend its new co-lead roles combine oversight content preferences and design moneti- lead as the largest video games market of ad sales, client development, digital sation methods for mass-market users,” in the world over the next five years, with and data capabilities, branded con- the report says. revenues rising from US$28.4 billion in tent, trade marketing and events. Both Subscription video on demand (SVOD) 2019 to approaching US$38.5 billion by Bradley and Ibal continue to report revenue accounts for most of the Hong 2024. The pandemic-led spike in usage into Rani Raad, president, CNN World- Kong market at 92.3% by 2024. and spending continues as gaming be- wide Commercial. PwC forecasts that SVOD will overtake comes the online social space.

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In numbers Population...... 54.8 million Households...... 11.1 million Avg. household size...... 4.3 TV households...... 6 million TV penetration...... 54.5% TV relay stations...... 258 Internet users...... 40.27 million Mobile phone users...... 48.9 million Mobile phone penetration rate...... 91% Fixed tel users...... 521,233

Source: Myanmar Statistical Information Service (2019 TV households, 2018 TV relay stations, 2018 internet/fixed tel/mobile phone stats, as of Jan 2020), Myanmar Central Statistical Organisation (household size, TV households in 2018), Depart- ment of Population (Oct 2020)

Free TV ​​​ Dancing with the Stars Myanmar, BBC Studios Myanmar National TV (MNTV)/ MITV/Channel 9 Shwe Than Lwin Media operates three Myawaddy Television (MWD-TV) Digital Free to Air free-TV channels – Myanmar National Myanmar’s Ministry of Defence estab- TV (MNTV, since 2012), Myanmar Inter- lished Myawaddy Television (MWD-TV) in Myanmar issued five free digital TV li- national TV (MITV) and Channel 9. The Mar 1995. MWD-TV broadcasts seven TV cences in April 2017, alongside 5plus group is also involved in subscription sat- channels, offering music, variety, movies Channel, which launched in 2015. The ellite platform Sky Net DTH and radio. and factual. Acquisitions incude Korean five digital channels, using state-owned drama and documentary. broadcaster MRTV’s infrastructure, start- Myanma Radio and Television ed transmitting in early 2018. Myanmar’s Ministry of Information set up Pay TV Myanma Radio and Television (MRTV) in 5plus Channel 1980, and started broadcasting in 1981. Canal+ Myanmar FG 5plus offers local and foreign content, MRTV owns/operates 10 TV channels. France’s Canal+ Group launched including Indian programming and TV MRTV started digital broadcasting (DVB commercial DTH services in Myanmar drama series from the Philippines, India T2) in Oct 2013. in early 2018 following a 2017 deal Thailand and Korea. Broadcasting na- with the Forever Group. Canal+ Myan- tionwide, 5 Plus is owned by the Family MRTV-4 HD/Channel 7 HD mar FG is the reincarnation of Forever Entertainment Group. The Forever Group launched digital/an- Group’s pay-TV service 4TV (launched alogue entertainment service MRTV-4 in in 2005 as MRTV-4 International). The DVB TV May 2004, broadcasting for two hours a service offers 80 channels with lan- The DVB Multimedia Group (Democratic day, migrating to a 24-hour schedule in guage-customised content, including Voice of Burma), initially operating from 2010. Second free-TV service, Channel 7 nine in-house channels. Canal+ rolled Norway/Thailand and set up in Myanmar (launched 2012), targets younger audi- out an OTT extension, MyCanal, free to in 2014. The group operates a 24-hour ences. Both are available in HD (DVB- its subscribers in 2019. satellite TV channel DVB TV and an on- T2/DTH nationwide). Forever Group line news network. launched two digital free-TV channels, Sky Net DTH Maha Bawdi (Buddhist) in 2013 and DTH satellite platform Sky Net DTH, Fortune TV Readers Channel (literature), and on- owned/managed by the Shwe Than Launched in 1991 as a lift installation/ line service Pyone Play (launched 2016) Lwin Media group, launched in Nov 2010 servicing company, Fortune Inter- offering free access to on-demand/ adding multi-play services in Feb 2011. national’s diversified business now live streaming content. Forever Group Sky Net broadcasts over 100 SD/HD includes digital TV & telecomms. The is also involved in drama and formats channels, packaged from MMK7,200/ company rolled out its TV services in productions. US$5.60 a month. Feb 2019, offering mostly local, with a C NTENTASIA countryprofile 2-15 November 2020 Page 15.

few international movies and Chinese Mahar Mytel TV series. Mahar (launched June 2018) offers over Myanmar’s fourth telco, Mytel, launched 4,500 titles, including local movies/series in 2018, offering nationwide 2G/4G ser- Channel K from India and Korea, and animation. vices. Mytel is owned by Myanmar Na- Kaung Myanmar Aung’s Channel K (or Mahar had 4.5+m registered (Jan 2020). tional Tele & Communications (MNTC), Kaytumadi) offers business content, The 2020 aim is for 10+ drama series (200- formed in Jan 2017 by Vietnam’s Viettel movies, music and culture content 250 eps) produced in-house by ABC (49%) and a consortium (51%) of local targeting the 18-38 demographic. Content Solution. Distribution partners companies operating under MNTC. Launched in Feb 2019, Channel K cov- are MPT, Telenor, Ooredoo, MyTel and ers all 15 states of Myanmar and is also Ananda. Monthly subscription costs Ooredoo Myanmar available on OTT app. The vision is to MMK1,999/US$1.33 in Myanmar; US$3.99 Ooredoo was awarded a licence in collaborate with local and international for international users. June 2013 and began operations in Aug partners to produce movies, dramas, 2014. The telco has upwards of 14.8m news and variety shows. MyCanal Myanmar subs (1H 2020). An OTT extension of DTH Canal+ Myan- Mizzima TV mar. Live TV channels, VOD and catch- Telenor Myanmar Mizzima TV launched in 2018 offering a up free for Canal+ subscribers. Telenor has been providing mobile and mix of news, entertainment, and youth-/ internet services using 2G/3G GSM tech- children-oriented content. Pyone Play nology since 2014. The telco launched Online video service by Myanmar Radio 4G/LTE services in Oct 2016 and now YTV and Television. Launched in 2016 offering has 4G/LTE coverage in 29 major cities Launched in Jan 2019, YTV offers foreign free access to on-demand/live streaming and towns in Nay Pyi Taw union terri- movies, TV series, animation, religious TV content/catch up via iOS/Android. tory and all states and regions except series, game and talk shows. YTV is man- Kayah, Chin and Ayeyarwady. Telenor aged by My Multimedia Group, a subsid- Viu Myanmar Myanmar had 23.3 million subscribers in iary of conglomerate Young Investment Mobile streaming platform Viu launched Mar 2020. Group. YTV reaches 151 towns covering in Myanmar in Sept 2018, offering int’l 70% of Myanmar. content with local subtitles. Regulators

Streaming/OTT Telcos Ministry of Information (MOI) The Ministry of Information is made up of Cookie Myanmar Posts and the Minister’s Office, two departments Launched in Jan 2019, Cookie is an Telecommunications (MPT) (Myanmar Television and Radio, Infor- online video service offering live in- State-owned MPT provides internet, mation and Public Relations) and three terlive TV channels and VOD content, fixed-line and mobile services to more enterprises (printing and publishing, news including Hollywood movies with lo- than 20 million subscribers. The telco and periodicals, motion picture). The cal subtitles. Subscriptions cost from launched fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) ser- Myanmar Television and Radio Depart- MMK2,000/US$1.35 for 30 days for the vices in Yangon in Aug 2017. MPT oper- ment (TRD)’s key objectives are to inform, Movie Album plan. ates under the Ministry of Transport and educate and entertain the public. Communications. Adapted from ContentAsia’s The Big List 2020

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Philippines’ free-TV network, TV5, contin- ues to step up, this quarter filling the gap left by the death of ABS-CBN with a multi- genre line up led by the 1st local version King of Masked Singer. See page 2 q 1. Cover layout.indd 1 WarnerMedia admits defeat India linear entertainment A POLITICIAN OF OUR TIMES exit caps decades of disaster 1. WarnerMedia is killing HBO and WB – its 5-18 october 2020 page last two linear entertainment channels in @all3media_int South Asia – bringing to a close decades all3mediainternational.com of valiant, costly but ultimately lacklustre efforts. See page 12 C NTENTASIA events 2-15 November 2020 Page 17.

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Editorial Director Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys topped if some complain that it’s not as good as Janine Stein the list of shows being tracked in Taiwan it used to be. [email protected] by data science company Parrot Ana- Other than The Boys and Netflix’sAsk Assistant Editor lytics for the week of 21-27 Oct, streaking The Storybots, none of the digital origi- Malena Amzah ahead of digital competitors by a giant nals available in Taiwan broke through [email protected] margin and beating overall rivals such as the double digit demand barrier. Events Manager kids series Peppa Pig and anime favou- The top 10 list of digital originals sees CJ Yong rite One Punch Man. Netflix at four, topped byAsk The Story- [email protected] Of the titles being measured, seven of bots, The Witcher & Emily in Paris. Prime the top 10 are kids shows, including Ko- Video, CBS All Access and HBO Max had Design rean animated series Robocar Poli. This two titles each. None of the Taiwanese Rae Yong indicates the high appetite for animat- original dramas, including The Victims’ Associate Publisher ed/kids acquisitions in Taiwan, which has Game, appear on the list. (Americas, Europe) and VP, a vibrant domestic drama market, even Additional info at www.contentasia.tv International Business Development Leah Gordon Top 10 overall TV shows: Taiwan [email protected] Rank Title Average Demand Expressions® Sales and Marketing (Asia) 1 The Boys 17.2 Masliana Masron [email protected] 2 Peppa Pig 15.2 3 M Countdown 14.6 To receive your regular free copy 4 PAW Patrol 13.3 of ContentAsia, please email [email protected] 5 Masha And The Bear 12.2 6 Ask The StoryBots 11.9 Published fortnightly by: 7 One Punch Man 11.8 Pencil Media Pte Ltd 730A Geylang Road 8 Spongebob Squarepants 11.7 Singapore 389641 9 Robocar Poli 10.6 Tel: +65 6846-5987 10 Sesame Street 9.8 www.contentasia.tv

Copyright 2020 Pencil Media Pte Top 10 digital originals: Taiwan Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Rank Title Platform Average Demand Expressions® 1 The Boys Amazon Prime Video 17.2 2 Ask The StoryBots Netflix 11.9 3 The Witcher Netflix 6.4 4 Emily in Paris Netflix 6.3 5 Star Trek: Picard CBS All Access 6.1 6 Raised by Wolves HBO Max 5.5 7 Doom Patrol HBO Max 5.5 8 Star Trek: Lower Decks CBS All Access 5.2 9 Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Amazon Prime Video 5.2 C NTENT 10 Stranger Things Netflix 3.7 Daily news with ContentAsia Insider Date range: 21-27 Oct 2020 email [email protected] Demand Expressions® (DEx): The global TV measurement standard devel- for subscription details oped by Parrot Analytics, which represents the total audience demand being expressed for a title, within a market. Audience demand reflects the desire, engagement and viewership, weighted by importance; so a stream/ download is a higher expression of demand than a ‘like’/comment.