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New Jobs C NTENT Page 11 www.contentasia.tv l www.contentasiasummit.com 2-15 November 2020 2020 winners at www.contentasiaawards.com 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. The full story is on page 4 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. The full story is on page 6 5-18 october 2020 page 1. C NTENTASIA 2-15 November 2020 Page 2. 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. 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Woody flies with Ellen adaptation Covid-19 delays come to an end for Thai celebrity The Woody Show 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). CONTENTASIA And the winners are... AWARDS https://contentasiaawards.com/winners-2020/ 2020 www.contentasiaawards.com 2-15 november 2020 page 7. C NTENTASIA 2-15 November 2020 Page 8. 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.