19 September- 2 October 2016 ! s r a ye 2 0 C 016 g 1 NTENT - Celebratin www.contentasia.tv l www.contentasiasummit.com APOS l Tech Turner’s Tuzki enters China’s movie space debuts in China Feature film under way with Tencent Pictures MAIN COLOR PALETTE 10 GRADIENT BG GRADIENT R: 190 G: 214 B: 48 Focus onR: 0 tech’sG: 0 B: 0 role in Take the green and the blue Take the green and the blue C: 30 M: 0 Y: 100 K: 0 C: 75 M: 68 Y: 67 K: 90 from the main palette. from the main palette. Opacity: 100% Opacity: 50% R: 0 G: 80 B: 255 unlockingR: 138 G: 140value B: 143 from Blending Mode: Normal Blending Mode: Hue C: 84 M: 68 Y: 0 K: 0 C: 49 M: 39 Y: 38 K: 3 consumer eyeballs/wallets Media Partners Asia (MPA) debuts APOS l Tech on Tuesday evening, setting hard-core tech/broadband/distribution conversations against the backdrop of one of China’s most scenic locations. MPA says media and telecom opera- tors are “at a critical crossroads amidst changes in CPE technology, the evolu- tion of broadband, technology con- solidation and the emergence of onine video”. The question, says executive director Vivek Couto, “is how operators are gear- ing to address these challenges with new and existing products”. The rest of the story is on page 4 Tuzki LeSports, NBA in Turner Asia Pacific has entered mainland centres. HK, Macau tie-up China’s movie rush with a feature film The MoU was announced out of Beijing based on the 10-year-old Tuzki emoticon. on Monday (19 September). The project Alliance promises “most The decision to acquire 100% rights to will be managed by Turner’s team on expansive coverage ever” Tuzki and push forward with feature film the ground in Shanghai. production catapults Turner into a new The feature-length movie will fuse CGI original content and licensing space in and live-action content. LeSports HK has become the NBA’s largest Asia. Tuzki is a popular emoticon on Ten- partner ever in Hong Kong and Macau. The film, which takes Tuzki beyond mo- cent’s WeChat platform, which has more The new five-year deal, which kicks in on 1 bile chat services and animated shorts than 800 million monthly active users. October this year, delivers about 400 NBA for the first time, is being co-developed The rabbit character was created by games a year and other programming with Shanghai Tencent Pictures Culture Momo Wang for Turner in 2006, and is across all platforms and devices. Media Co. now 100% owned by Turner. Le Sports HK will carry the league’s Production is expected to begin in This year’s power push behind the 24/7 dedicated channel, NBA TV, on its 2017, with a likely China release in 2018. property includes a Tuzki-branded res- platform. Tencent Pictures will be lead the film’s taurant, which opened in Shanghai in NBA packages include a 12-month production and distribution. Turner will April this year. Sports-themed exhbition, pass for HK$899/US$116 (early bird at lead the 360-degree licensing efforts, The World of Tuzki: Summer Sports Gala, HK$499/US$64) or a one-month pass for which include consumer products, live also opened at the Galaxy Macau this HK$139/US$18. A “Superfan” special of- experiences and family entertainment year. fer includes Le hardware. C NTENTASIA 19 Sept-2 Oct 2016 19 September-2 October 2016 Page 2. Page 2. 6 X 60ʼ 40% increase in Asia formats in 2016 But the mix has changed – ContentAsia Formats Outlook “THE DEADLY F FAME.” SIDE O 3% 2% 3% 3% 20% 6% 7% 8% 17% Vietnam 9% China Thailand Cambodia India 14% Philippines 8% Indonesia Korea Mongolia Myanmar Asia (regional) Others Asia heads into the last quarter of the ContentAsia’s ongoing formats up- year with more formats on air or com- date for this year so far shows 258 for- missioned in 2016 than ever before. mats on air or commissioned from Jan- But the mix is changing, with fewer uary to mid-August 2016. mega-format regional productions, a We’ve been better at counting this higher focus on country-specific pro- year than last, but it looks like an aver- ductions and straight licensing, and age increase of more than 40% in deals higher activity/bigger budgets in Chi- signed this year over the previous year, na, Japan and Korea. according to data provided by formats There’s also more concentrated ef- owners and rights holders. fort going into co-development, which As of 5 September this year, Endemol is our top trend going into 2017. Shine Group continues to top Asia’s for- This is led by the six-month-old ven- mats charts, with 57 titles/series – 22% – ture between Korea’s CJ E&M and of the total 258 shows on air or commis- Endemol Shine Group, which premiere sioned this year so far. their first co-developed format,The So- FremantleMedia Asia is a close sec- ciety Game, on tvN in Korea in Octo- ond, with 53 shows (21%), giving the ber. The new social experiment show two global giants a combined 110 se- explores communities and political ries in Asia, or 43% of the region’s for- systems. More on page 3 C NTENTASIA 19 September-2 October 2016 Page 3. StarHub’s Formats in Asia (By Country) Shu Fen Lin exits COUNTRY HOW MANY No word on a replacement Vietnam 52 China 44 StarHub’s VP and head of entertainment Thailand 36 and SmartLife services, Shu Fen Lin, is exiting the Singapore platform after 17 Cambodia 22 years. No official announcements have India 22 been made and it’s not clear what Lin, who joined StarHub in 1999 as intergrat- Philippines 20 ed marketing head, will be doing next. Indonesia 19 Korea 15 Wild Kratts in China Mongolia 7 New deals for free-TV, Myanmar 7 online, consumer products Asia (regional) 5 Others 9 Canada’s 9 Story Media Group heads Source: Formats rights holders and distributors. Updated 5 September 2016. into MIPCOM with a national free-TV Others category consists of Japan, Singapore,Malaysia and Pakistan deal in China for animated series Wild Kratts along with a slew of online sales. From page 2: Formats Cambodia has 22 series, including two Chinese national broadcaster China mats market in 2016 so far. seasons of MasterChef Cambodia as well Central Television (CCTV) is airing the Armoza (14), Talpa (13), Keshet (11) and as Who Wants to be a Millionaire Cambo- show on its CCTV-14 kids channel all3media (13) have a total of 40 titles, or dia. stripped Monday to Fridays at noon. 15% of the market. India has 22, including Sony Pictures Youku/Alibaba have bought exclusive Vietnam is the biggest country by vol- Television’s sitcom, Everybody Loves Ray- rights to seasons one to three for online ume, with 52 series this year, followed by mond India, and four seasons of Big Broth- distribution. Season four will stream on China, with 44. er in various languages for different parts various online platforms, including CNTV, China, however, is by far the biggest of India. iqiyi, LeTV, PPTV, and SMG. market by volume, with budgets above The Philippines has 20 series, including US$10 million and rising not uncommon. two seasons of all3media format Cash Top adaptations in China include Sony Cab Philippines by activeTV for Sony Pic- StarWorld drives Pictures Television’s adaptation of Mad tures Television Networks Asia’s AXN Philip- About You and Discovery’s co-pro with pines feed. Indonesia tourism Bear Grylls, which has started production Indonesia, which has consistently been Four girls, five wonders in on season two. a vibrant formats market, has 19 shows on Thailand has 36 formats on air or com- air or commissioned for this year, includ- ad-funded showcase missioned, making it the third largest mar- ing local versions of Talpa’s The Voice and ket by number of titles. The Voice Kids. FOX Networks Group’s (FNG) has cre- ated travel series Four Girls and a Bucket List for Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism C NTENT ContentAsia Formats mandate to drive tourism to Indonesia. Outlook @ MIPCOM 2016 The four 30-minute episodes for Star- Formats World feature Andrea Fonseka from Ma- Be included! laysia, Patricia Gunawan from Indonesia, Outlook Contact Aqilah at [email protected] or +65 6846-5987 Cara Grogan from Australia, and Aubrey to add your formats deals and productions in Asia Miles from the Philippines. 2016 C NTENTASIA 19 September-2 October 2016 Page 4. PCCW Media on the Turner extends Indonesian footprint MOOV in Vietnam Trans premieres 1pm weekend block Music platform paves the way for other OTT services Hong Kong’s PCCW Media has launched OTT music platform MOOV with telco Vietnamobile in Vietnam, paving the way for immersive media experiences being seen as the best way to fight piracy. The service is being offered with free data to Vietnamobile 3G subscribers. MOOV Vietnam has a localised user interface and customisable playlists with local and international content, includ- ing K-pop. Deals have been done with more than 150 local content providers, PCCW Media says. The Powerpuff Girls From page 1: APOS l Tech Indonesian mass-market broadcast newbie. Key themes of the new event include channel Trans TV has finally pressed start In April this year, the company extend- tackling operational issues involved in on a branded Cartoon Network block, ed its existing pay-TV channel carriage, moving to an all-IP on-demand envi- giving Turner national access to more adding WarnerTV and Oh!K to its pack ronment; big data and creating new than 200 million free-TV viewers.