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Singapore’s media regulators officially start their new jobs this month, ending an era of separate media and info tech oversight and development. The new IMDA, unveiled on Friday night (30 Sept), is designed to take a holistic approach to industries changed beyond recognition and where the biggest certainty is that no one knows for sure where the next great disruption is going to come from. The full story is on page 6

Fetch TV eyes Asia Win the HDMI-1 or don’t play, Fetch’s Lorson says

Australian OTT service, Fetch TV, is explor- ing expansion options into Asia. The effort brings the Malaysian-owned platform closer to home with an integrated offer- ing and a turnkey promise. Fetch’s eye on Asia comes against a backdrop of the by-now usual industry disruption and uncertainty of which bets will fly, which will flop, and which will leave operators with massive investment in short-lifespan infrastructure. The full story is on page 12

PLUS • New free-TV war looms in Hong Kong • Wanda scores global badminton rights • KIX BROs take to HK streets • Asia’s buyers are looking for ... • Interview: Cora Yim talks originals • & more c ntentasia 3-16 October 2016 Page 2.

TV war looms in Wanda scores global badminton rights Hong Kong BWF centralises commercial rights for the 1st time Phoenix bids for free-TV terrestrial licence, promises US$80m programme spend

A new free-TV war is looming in Hong Kong with a multi-billion dollar bid for a domestic free-TV licence from veteran broadcaster, Phoenix Satellite Television. If granted, at least one of the new BWF president, Poul-Erik Høyer (left), and Philippe Blatter, president/CEO of Wanda Sports Holding, free-TV channels could significantly sign the agreement between the Badminton World Federation and Wanda boost regional and international content acquisition in the territory. China’s Wanda Group has stepped onto Major Events. Phoenix Hong Kong Television said in its the badminton court in a big way with a Additionally, the partners said Infront application that content for the English- new eight-year deal that centralises Bad- would “review BWF’s digital landscape language service would be mostly minton World Federation (BWF) commer- to ensure all channels are being maxi- acquired. Content for the Cantonese cial rights in a single global partnership mised to reach badminton’s 500 million channel will be a mix of local produc- for the first time. fans globally”. tions and commissions. The exclusive agreement, announced BWF president, Poul-Erik Høyer, said the The licence application commits in Beijing on Friday (30 Sept), gives the partnership would “give badminton new spend of HK$623 million/US$80.3 million group’s subsidiary, Infront Sports & Media, momentum”. on programming for the two channels. worldwide media distribution and spon- Wanda Group chairman, Wang Jianlin, The Cantonese general entertainment sorship rights to BWF events from 2018 to said the agreement was a “further step channel will air a 24-hour schedule of 2025. Rights include (media, marketing, towards developing Wanda’s influence news, finance, documentary, current digital and betting). in the international sports landscape”. affairs and lifestyle programmes, reality Events include BWF Major Events Wanda’s sports ambitions run alongside shows and programmes for the elderly, (Sudirman Cup, Thomas & Uber Cup Finals the group’s aggressive play on the global children and young persons. and the World Championships) and for a entertainment field. The 18-hour a day English-language revamped BWF Series to be relaunched This includes a US$1-billion bid for Dick channel programming will prioritise for the 2018 season. The new BWF series Clark productions, and follows the acqui- documentary, current affairs, arts and encompasses the current BWF World Su- sition of production/finance company culture content. perseries and Grand Prix Gold events. Legendary Entertainment for US$3.5 bil- Phoenix’s application, originally Infront will support the federation with lion at the beginning of this year. lodged in May and accepted in Sep- television production operations – pro- On Friday, the Wall Street Journal said tember, involves a six-year investment of viding host broadcast, post-production Wang was “buying Hollywood, one piece HK$2.37 billion/US$306 million in the two and broadcaster servicing across all BWF at a time”. digital terrestrial channels. Hong Kong’s Communications Author- c ntent ity (CA) has opened public consulta- ContentAsia Formats tions, which run to 3 November. The CA Outlook @ MIPCOM 2016 will forward recommendations to the Chief Executive in Council, which is the Formats Be included! licence-granting authority. No timetable Outlook Contact Aqilah at [email protected] or +65 6846-5987 for the process has been given. to add your formats deals and productions in Asia Phoenix will also spend HK$131 million/ 2016 US$17 million on capex and HK$1.6 billion/ www.contentasia.tv @contentasia /contentasia US$206 million on opex in its first six years. 3-16 October 2016 page 3. c ntentasia 3-16 October 2016 Page 4.

ABS-CBN’s TV KIX BROs take to Hong Kong streets premieres Cast Me! Celestial Tiger rolls on new reality original

From left: Myx TV GM/EP Miguel Santos, Cast Me! EP Harlan Freedman, David Kang, Becky Wu, Ger- man Legarreta, EPs Charles Kim and Raymond Watt, and actress Ajay Rochester

The Philippines’ ABS-CBN-owned U.S.- based Asian American entertainment network, Myx TV, premiered new original reality series, Cast Me!, at the end of Sep- tember. The show, pitting aspiring actors against each other for a big break, is set at Hollywood talent agency, David Kang Casting (DK Casting). Judges include DK Casting co-owners David Kang and Bjorn Shen, Philip Ng, DJ PK, SonaOne and Billy Crawford in The Ultimate BROcation Becky Wu, The Biggest Loser Australia’s former host Ajay Rochester, and former Latino child Germán Legarreta. Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE) is up award-winning Malaysian songwriter, pro- and running on its new reality original, ducer and rapper SonaOne; and Singa- The Ultimate BROcation, which started porean maverick chef and restaurateur Asia leads internet shooting in Hong Kong at the weekend. Bjorn Shen. Hong Kong martial arts star The five-episode show, announced dur- Philip Ng makes a cameo appearance. speeds, Akamai says ing the ContentAsia Summit at the begin- The debut series for CTE channel KIX is ning of September, follows four Southeast backed by the Hong Kong Tourism Board The Asia Pacific region continued to lead Asia celebs – the “bros” in BROcation – and others. Rights belong to CTE and can the world in average peak connection around Hong Kong on the “ultimate guys – like CTE’s Are You Tough Enough? – be speeds in the second quarter, with the playground”. adapted for different sponsors. top three global leaders all found in the The “BROs” are Filipino-American singer, The Ultimate BROcation is produced region, Akamai’s Second Quarter, 2016 dancer and actor Billy Crawford; Thai TV by Celestial Tiger Entertainment and En- State of the Internet Report said. and radio host DJ PK (Piyawat Kempetch); demol Shine Group.

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Hello, IM [your Monday morning rise & shine for HBO new regulator] 9am premiere for $100-million series Westworld S’pore ventures forth with new media/infotech body

Singapore’s media regulators officially start their new jobs this month, ending an era of separate media and info tech oversight and development. The new Info-Communications Me- dia Development Authority (IMDA), unveiled on Friday night (30 Sept), is designed to take a holistic approach to industries changed beyond recognition and where the biggest certainty is that no one knows for sure where the next great disruption is going to come from. Launching the new body, Minister for Communications and Information, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, outlined strategies to “spearhead Singapore’s transition into a digital future by helping businesses, workers and the community to har- Westworld ness the opportunities from Infocomm Media convergence and technological HBO Asia’s big deal this week is the pre- prime-time encore Monday night at change”. miere of new sci-fi drama series West- 9pm (8pm Thailand/). “Simply put, [convergence] refers to world simultaneously with the U.S. on New episodes of the dark odyssey how infocomm and media are com- Monday morning (3 October). about the dawn of artificial conscious- ing together to transform our lives,” the The 9am Asia premiere of the 10-epi- ness and the evolution of sin premiere minister said. sode series is part of the Singapore- on Mondays at the same time. Part of the plan is to “build an environ- based regional network’s anti-piracy Westworld is being closely watched ment of trust through regulations,” he efforts. Asia morning premieres have in the U.S. not only because of original said, adding that “businesses, especial- also included Game of Thrones. production delays and competition ly our converged licensees like Singtel Based on Michael Crichton’s book, from the likes of Netflix, but also as part and StarHub, can look forward to clear Westworld stars Anthony Hopkins as Dr of the path forward by new program- and streamlined regulations”. Robert Ford, the brilliant, taciturn and ming president Casey Bloys. “IMDA will ensure that our content complicated creative director, chief ”It would be an understatement to regulations keep pace with chang- programmer and founder of Westworld; say that HBO has a lot riding on West- ing social norms and technologies in a Ed Harris as the villanous Man in Black; world,” The Hollywood Reporter said at digital age,” he said. Evan Rachel Wood as Dolores Aber- the weekend. The IMDA replaces the Info-commu- nathy as a provincial, beautiful and The U.S. trade paper also quoted in- nications Development Authority (IDA) kind rancher’s daughter; and James side sources as saying that the pilot had and the Media Development Authority Marsden as Teddy Flood, a new arrival cost US$25 million, and that the series (MDA). to a small frontier town. budget was in the region of US$100 mil- The morning debut is followed by a lion. Follow us... @contentasia /contentasia contentasia.tv company/ContentAsia 3-16 October 2016 page 7. c ntentasia 3-16 October 2016 Page 8.

Zee returns #iwant reality dance show What buyers in Asia are looking for at the moment in Singapore Sunday prime time for Who Buying Rights Dance Singapore Dance Winnie Ngai Animation* OTT Deputy Controller, Programme Arts Admin Documentary* Reality show Dance Singapore Dance Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), Drama* ...buys local and Hong Kong Education international returned to Zee Television Asia Pacific Entertainment* content for a second season at the weekend (2 Feature Film October). The show will air Sundays at Food/ Lifestyle/Travel 8pm, with encores on Wednesdays at Japanese Anime Kids* 5pm and Saturdays at 8pm. Judges this season are Bollywood choreographer Music* Mudassar Khan, and dancer Sreedevy News Sivarajasingam. They are joined by guest Reality/Sci-Fi Sports* judges from Singapore’s arts scene. The Telenovelas series is an adaptation of Dance India Youth Dance. The top prize is US$11,000. Gunawan Animation* Free TV Acquisition & Distribution Manager Documentary PT Cakrawala Andalas Televisi - Turkish/Middle East/Indian ANTV drama* ...buys local and Entertainment international HK sports fans’ Feature Film content. Looking Formats* specifically for my- online time up 40% Kids thology, fantasy Reality and long-running Morning activity highest, Sci-fi series new report shows Ginnie TY Animation/Japanese anime Free TV Acquisition Manager/ Arts Online Senior Acquisition Officer Documentary OTT Hong Kong’s “sports fanatics” time on- PCCW Media Limited (now TV), Drama* Pay TV line is up 40% year on year, according Hong Kong Education Entertainment/Variety* to new research on Hong Kong’s mo- Feature Film ...buys local and bile market from data outfit Vpon. The Formats international September report shows that sports fans Food/Lifestyle/ Travel content. Seriously are more likely to be online via mobile Kids/Youth considering trend- Korean Drama ing entertainment on Mondays and Tuesdays, and more Reality and formats for active from 7am to 9am compared to Music 2017 other mobile users. 80% of Hong Kong’s News market share is dominated by Apple Michael Bishay Animation Cable TV and Samsung, and big screens trounc- Acquisitions and Contracts Arts OTT ing small-screen models. Tracking Manager Documentary Satellite TV online behaviour also showed that 70% ABC International – Australia Plus Drama Pay TV Australia Education of the sports group were also categor- Entertainment* ised as “finance gurus”. Vpon Big Data Formats ...buys local and Group’s HK GM, Arthur Chan, said “ad- Kids* regional content vertisers were trapped in the common Food/Lifestyle/Travel* Reality pitfall of thinking sports fanatics simply Sports as ‘sports-loving’ people when planning Youth their advertising strategy”. Source: Buyers, ContentAsia. *Buying more this year 3-16 October 2016 page 9. c ntentasia c ntentwomenasia 3-16 October 2016 Page 10.

FOX Nets Asia doubles down on Asian originals Chinese and Korean content will continue to dominate Asian channels, Cora Yim says

lenge in executing her original ambitions is the mismatch between mainland China demand and production talent. Yim says there is “definitely” not enough talent to drive the boom. Political tension between China and Korea over a new missile de- fence shield is expected to take a further toll. Yim says she is tapping U.S. and Euro- pean scriptwriters and leveraging FNG relationships to drive new projects. “We’re trying to use FNG worldwide resources and partners to help our Chinese content business,” she says, adding: “We are mix- ing our skill sets and resources because Zhou Xun stars in Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace we see Chinese and Korean will dominate Asian channels and content”. Asia’s Chinese enter- sive global rights (outside of China) to tainment SVP, Cora Yim, heads to the end US$50+-million epic period series, Ruyi’s Adapted from ContentAsia in-print & on- of 2016 with her hands on the network’s Royal Love in the Palace, from mainland line, published for MIPCOM 2016 in Cannes biggest Asian titles ever, her heart set on Chinese production house New Classics and TIFFCOM 2016 in Tokyo. an ambitious originals slate for 2017, and Media (NCM). her eyes fixed on global distribution. Yim beat out fierce competition forRuyi , The vision, she says, is “being the desti- said by insiders to be the biggest bet FNG nation for premium Chinese content”. The has made on Chinese content ever. The vision’s extension is to deliver premium Chi- 90-episode series, a sequel to 2011’s Em- nese content to global audiences. “FNG is presses in the Palace, was FNG’s first epic becoming a bridge between China and period drama acquisition for markets the world,” Yim says. outside China. Previous TV/film deals with Driving the domestic Asian program- NCM include contemporary titles Tiger ming agenda for a group at the height of Mom, May December Love 2 and Meet its original content power, Yim is also tap- Miss Anxiety. Ruyi, which started produc- ping Korea’s IP might, with shows such as tion in August this year, will air on FNG’s Go Princess Go, a 2015 Chinese time travel flagship general entertainment service, web/gender identity series, created by ; in China, the show China’s LeEco and being adapted for Ko- will air on Dragon TV and Jiangsu TV and rea with former FOX exec Joon Lee’s pro- stream on Tencent. duction house V Plus. FNG’s original content slate includes sci- This is in addition to the acquisition in fi comedy series,My Date with a Vampire, September this year of first and exclusive a remake of the 1998 cult classic acquired Singapore rights to three record-breaking last year from defunct Hong Kong broad- Korean box office hits – The Wailing, the caster Asia Television (ATV). Rights were animated Seoul Station and train-bound part of an 840-hour drama acquisition zombie thriller Train to Busan – from Clover from the desperate-for-cash network. Films for (SCM). While Chinese drama budgets and And she’s pushing the syndication en- production values can now equal velope, negotiating, for example, exclu- those of Hollywood series, a chal-

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Australia’s Fetch TV eyes Asia Malaysian-owned platform comes home with integrated “HMDI-1 or bust” play

Australian OTT service, Fetch TV, is explor- ing expansion into Asia. The effort brings the Malaysian-owned platform closer to home with an integrated offering and a turnkey promise. Fetch TV’s chief executive, Scott Lorson, says the move comes on the back of success in Australia, where Fetch offers a combo of linear/catch-up/on-demand/ apps including Netflix, Stan and Presto. The partnership model with telcos involves a co-branded turnkey solution with hardware/software/UI and con- tent aggregation. Speaking at the recent APOS l Tech in Hangzhou, China, Lorson said Fetch Fetch TV interface co-branded for Optus “believes in one religion – win the HDMI-1 [slot] or also puts content at the leaders to green light major change don’t play. We would ex- top of the priority list. He when they don’t actually know for sure change 20 widget-based says companies making the where the next tsunami of disruption is customers for one HDMI-1 investment to “own” the cus- going to come from. And then there are relationship,” he said. tomer see entertainment as the the data access and affordability issues Scott Lorson Fetch’s eye on Asia comes against “lightbulb they need to sell electricity”. across Asia. a backdrop of the by-now usual industry Video, he says, is “the hero in the bundle”. Opinions about set-top boxes, drives, disruption and more uncertainty than nor- The discussion includes differences of clouds, TV set manufacturers’ involvement, mal of which bets will fly and which could opinion on the risk/opportunity cost of be- user interface and ways to get consumers leave operators with massive investment ing a gigantic dumb pipe, what exactly to push the right buttons are just as heated in short-lifespan infrastructure. constitutes a quality content proposition, as any other industry flash points. The issue, for many telcos and broad- discussion on how involved telcos should Whatever the conflicts, the consensus band providers, is filling all their glorious be in curating content, an exploding uni- seems to be that there should be as few broadband capacity. verse of companies willing to do whatever buttons as possible between consumers Do they care what they’re filling it with? it takes for access to billing relationships and what they’re willing to pay for; that Some do, absolutely, despite the difficulties with billions of customers... the new video world entails a seamless telcos have in managing entertainment. And then there are all the things be- mix of linear and on-demand with the Others don’t, equally absolutely. “No tween the pipe and the viewer that need focus on getting viewers to what they matter what service you can think of to go right to ensure an optimal user ex- want with minimal effort; that effectively going forward, almost all will rely on perience. And a million things that could managing big data is critical; that the broadband. So we win no matter what,” go wrong. end-to-end process should be dead easy; Telekom Malaysia’s chief strategy officer, Issues in this space include billions of and how wickedly painful it is to get to Dr Farid Mohamed Sani, told APOS l Tech dollars of installed hardware and sys- painless. Plus, Lorson adds, the “need for delegates in September. tems, many of which do not talk to each a consistent and integrated experience In between are those who want to be other; free-flowing tech vendors promis- at home and on the go”. seen to be offering entertainment but ing magic and a solution to all woes; a Oh, and that the customer actually don’t want to do any of the work. festival of conflicting interests; and an doesn’t care about your problems. Sim- Lorson takes the telco side, but he understandable reluctance by industry ple. Or bust. c ntentasia MIPCOM Programming Picks 3-16 October 2016 Page 13.

Silvana Sin Lana Need to Compete (Rich in Love) A rare glimpse at the spirit of competition celebrated in Silvana “Chivis” Rivapalacios de Villase- communities and cultures around the world, from a brutal ñor is the mother of three young girls 16th-century gladiator tournament, where teams battle in and the wife of one of the city’s most a sport that combines rugby and street fighting, to a com- influential business- petition featuring Chinese fighting crickets, with tiny insects men. Bad busi- costing thousands of dollars. From athletics to oddities, these ness decisions games, contests and sports go beyond ordinary entertainment. and shady Length: 5x30 mins DW Transtel Asia: PIK Film, 30 Lorong Bukit Pantai, Lucky Garden, practices Bangsar, 59100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia T: +60 (3) 2093 0866 MIPCOM Stand # P-1.K22 have left him in ruins,

and he Victoria Created and written by novelist Daisy disappears, Goodwin, this lavish drama is the start leaving his of a landmark account of the life of family home- one of history’s greatest monarchs. With less. Chivis has cinematic production values, Victoria to rebuild their lives, draws on real-life events realising for the first time what survival and the Queen’s own entails, but learning eventually how to exhaustive diaries to Welcome to the Wild: Amazon enjoy life with all its good and bad. paint a portrait of The first season of Welcome to the Length: Telenovela HD: 121x60 her transformation Wild takes place in the Amazon and mins Telemundo Internacional from an impulsive sees 18 contestants enter the world’s 2555 Ponce de Leon Blvd., 4th 18-year-old to her largest and most extreme jungle to Floor Coral Gables FL 33134, U.S. early years as wife, undergo a cross-river competition. T: +1 786 394 1210 MIPCOM Stand mother and head During this wild adventure, they face # P4.C14 of a global empire. not only a thrilling obstacle course, A saga of interlocking but also challenges inspired by the an- circles, this is a story of cient culture of different hidden tribes. passionate affairs, power struggles and Contestants are tested physically and unrequited love, at the centre of which mentally as they complete the gruel- stands the new Queen – a strong and ing, surprising and at times mystical, complex woman who must become an challenges. Length: 21x70 mins Keshet enduring icon. Length: 1x90 mins + 7x60 International Room 1204, Kai Tak Com- mins ITV Studios Global Entertainment mercial Building, 317-319 Des Voeux Rooms 517-520, 5th Floor, Sun Hung Kai Road, Central, Hong Kong World of Weird Centre, 30 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, T: +852 3956 7168 F: +852 3956 7100 Welcome to World of Weird, a show that Hong Kong e: [email protected] MIPCOM Stand # R8.C9 flies around the globe meeting unusual MIPCOM Stand # ITV Studios House and interesting characters. From spend- ing time in India with the world’s biggest family of 160 members, to working for My Next Me As they search for, test, select and transform talented young a Japanese fake family rental agency, contestants, three starts are reminded of various stages in their to preparing for the end of the world careers, the good times and the bad times, things that will help with doomsday groups in the U.S., each them form emotional links with the hopefuls. Helping them is episode sees the four young presenters the Tune Machine, software that measures the level of tuning looking at strange and bizarre stories. when the contestants sing. Length: 90-120 mins Televisa Length: 7x60 mins all3media International Internacional Av. Vasco de Quiroga 2000, Col. Santa Fe, Berkshire House, 168-173 High Holborn, México DF, 01210 T: +1 (786) 265 2500 MIPCOM Stand # R9.A2 London, WC1V 7AA, U.K. T: +44 (0)20 7845 4350 MIPCOM Stand # R8.C20 3-16 October 2016 page 14. 3-16 October 2016 Page 15.

#flashback: 10 Years Ago This Week

ContentAsia celebrated its 10th anniversary in March 2016. Among other things, we’re marking the occasion by looking back (and maybe marvelling a bit at everything that’s happened since) at what happened this week in 2006....

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NEWS Life after Astro... Butorac heads for Star Leaves Astro in its strongest position ever, “But it’s not about me,” he says • BBC dumps Prime in Asia as part of new channels strategy David Butorac is joining Michelle Star’s joint ven- ter person for the job, not least Guthrie’s inner circle at Star in ture platforms”. because he leaves Malaysia’s • Viacom ramps up Japan ops November, bringing to an end Which means monopoly direct-broadcast sat- months of rumour and specula- he joins the ellite platform, Astro, on its high- • Taiwan’s NCC boss promises tion about the Astro group chief stream of TV est note ever after four years on no pricing interference operating officer’s plans. execs in and the job. Butorac’s new job is taking out of Mumbai Group net profits were up 95% • China’s new national plan high- care of Star’s platforms around on midnight David Butorac to US$45 million in the six months lights HDTV, tech development the region. The official an- flights trying to build businesses to the end of July this year on nouncement says he will be in the difficult if vibrant Indian consolidated revenues of US$299 • Xinhua wins 10 year battle for responsible for “developing pay-TV market. Along with Star’s million. The TV platform crossed total control opportunities in platform busi- minority stake in India’s TataSky the two-million subscriber mark nesses across Asia to enhance DTH service, Butorac’s new can for the first time and spending on • Korean Wave drama producers the delivery of Star’s content to of worms includes Star’s stake in content reached record highs of push for power the consumer.” Taiwan’s pay-TV platform CNS. US$68 million for the six months. Star also says Butorac will “work There’s not a voice in the in- Television revenues were up • Chunghwa launches 3.5G to strengthen the operations of dustry that says there isn’t a bet- 12.2% to US$267 million; 91% of platform, admits talking to HK’s this comes from subscriptions. PCCW about IPTV Math + new media: Disney’s Ross does his sums And advertising revenues were up 32.3% to US$20 million. • CCTV plans 3,800 hours of The platform has taken a hit Olympic programming in 2008 Disney’s worldwide channel gies do or develop, be cut up president, Rich Ross, may, like into two-minute pieces to sat- on average revenue per user (ARPU) as it pushes deeper PLUS MORE IN ... everyone else, be struggling isfy insane demand for mobile to figure out a digital business content. “My math may not be into the mass market, but still model that works, but he’s com- great,” Ross says, “but I know recorded ARPU of US$21.40 over pletely clear about one thing: when things don’t add up”. the six months. At the same time, C NTENTASIA Disney’s feature blockbuster, Ten years after he joined customer acquisition costs were The headlines above along with High School Musical will never, Disney and 20 years after he down to US$174 against US$208 no matter what new technolo- a year ago. the full news stories and more Continued on page 3 were delivered in September Although churn dropped from to subscribers to ContentAsia’s 13.9%, it’s still 11.9% and Butorac Insider – a Blackberry-friendly China joins Nielsen’s global Net family admits that the last year has service that gets you your been something of a customer Asian media news first, fast- China joined the Nielsen//NetRatings’ global service nightmare as a result of est and more frequently. Fully currency in September with the first results of the a systems upgrade. “But there’s searchable archive access to new AdRelevance online advertising tracking been a 10-fold increase in terms all ContentAsia magazine and service. This is the first time the U.S/Euro-centric of quality in the last six months,” ContentAsia Insider articles is in- AdRelevance service has expanded into Asia. he adds. cluded in your paid subscription. “The advertising potential of the Chinese inter- There has also been – and For more information, please email net has never been clearer and the demand for will continue to be – massive Hans Yu [email protected] Continued on page 9 investment in local production. Continued on page 7 bandeau_192x40 31/08/06 15:20 Page 1

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Running Man, Suits tops in Singapore Stranger Things, Narcos top digital originals list C NTENTASIA

Editorial Director Netflix’s Stranger Things and Narcos 2 digital original series to rank in the top Janine Stein topped Singapore’s SVOD original series 10 overall series. Several reality shows – [email protected] from 22-28 September. Older favourites Or- Korea’s Running Man, The Voice and Assistant Editor ange is the New Black and House of Cards MasterChef – have more demand than Malena Amzah followed. The latest season of Longmire shows such as Pretty Little Liars and The [email protected] premiered on Netflix on 23 September, Big Bang Theory in Singapore. Running Research Manager causing its popularity to rise significantly. Man has about 1.6 times more demand CJ Yong [email protected] Following its Emmy wins for Outstanding than the next most popular show, Suits, Editorial Research Directing and Outstanding Lead Actor in which in turn has 1.6 times more de- Aqilah Yunus a Comedy Series on 18 September, Trans- mand than the third most in-demand se- [email protected] parent had only slightly less demand than ries. Though it has not aired since June, Design Longmire. Game of Thrones is still among the most Rae Yong Stranger Things and Narcos are the only popular titles in Singapore. Associate Publisher (Americas, Europe) and VP, Top 10 Digital Originals International Business Development Rank Title Platform Average Demand Leah Gordon Expressions™ [email protected] 1 Stranger Things Netflix 370,939 Sales and Marketing (Asia) 2 Narcos Netflix 268,288 Masliana Masron 3 Orange Is The New Black Netflix 129,036 [email protected] 4 House Of Cards Netflix 91,833 5 The Get Down Netflix 63,602 To receive your regular free copy 6 Marvel’s Daredevil Netflix 62,463 www.contentasia.tvof ContentAsia, please email 7 Longmire Netflix 43,797 [email protected] 8 Transparent Amazon Video 41,753 9 Marvel’s Jessica Jones Netflix 39,485 Published fortnightly by: 10 Community Yahoo 35,596 Pencil Media Pte Ltd 730A Geylang Road Top 10 Overall TV Shows Singapore 389641 Tel: +65 6846-5987 Rank Title Average Demand www.contentasia.tv Expressions™ 1 Running Man 1,013,994 MCI (P) 091/11/2015 2 Suits 642,215 3 The Voice 395,683 Copyright 2016 Pencil Media Pte 4 Stranger Things 370,939 Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 5 Game Of Thrones 350,881 6 MasterChef 310,523 7 Pretty Little Liars 284,322 8 The Big Bang Theory 273,293 9 Narcos 268,288 10 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. 267,915 c ntentasia

Source: Parrot Analytics Daily news with Date Range: 22-28 September 2016 Market: Singapore ContentAsia Insider Demand Expressions™: Total audience demand being expressed for email [email protected] a title, within a country. [Audience demand reflects the desire, en- for subscription details gagement and consumption of content, weighted by importance; so a stream/download is a higher expression of demand than a ‘like’/ comment.]