Netflix, Viu dominate SEA

streaming Korean drama sweeps Top 10, MPA’s study

Netflix and Viu dominate streaming video consumption in Southeast Asia, emerging way ahead of iflix, iQiyi and Vidio on the list of top five SVOD/freemi-um streaming apps among populations deep into Covid-19 lockdown periods, according to the first data out of Media Partners Asia’s new research series.

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Record breaking track for Korea’s

Doctor FosterAsian streamer Viu wins

with exclusive window for A World of Married Couple

Less than half way through its run, Korean broadcaster JTBC’s new drama A World of Married Couple, based on U.K. drama Doctor Foster, is on track to smash cable ratings records at home and streaming records on Viu across the region..

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Thai BEC World president exits

Personal reasons cited

Ariya Banomyong, president of listed Thai broadcast giant BEC World, is exiting the Bangkok-based network in June this year after a little over a year at the helm.

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CJ, Bunim/Murray debut new formattvN pilot kicks off global distribution ambitions

Cash Back

Vietnam’s VNews picks up five DW English shows

Vietnamese news service, VNews, has picked up rights to five weekly shows from Deutsche Welle’s DW English ser-vice. The programmes debut this week with Vietnamese voice overs. The five

titles are Tomorrow Today, In Good Shape, Global 3000, Check In and Arts 21. The deal is a first for DW English on VNews, which is owned by Vietnam

News Agency and has mandated car-riage across platforms in Vietnam.

5,328 film, TV companies in China disappear

More than 5,000 film and TV companies in China have disappeared since the beginning of 2020, with the country’s

theatrical industry taking the heaviest hit. Counting the costs of Covid-19, China’s Economic Daily says that 5,328 film and television companies had closed from January to mid-April this year. The big-

gest devastation has, predictably, been in the theatrical sector.

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Korea’s CJ ENM premiered the pilot of its game show co-pro with U.S. producer, Bunim/Murray Productions at the week-end (19 April), rolling out what it calls a welcome relief for audiences in the time of Covid-19. The game show, Cash Back, airs on CJ ENM cable channel, tvN, which has com-missioned two pilot episodes.

The show combines physical fitness with mental agility, featuring top athletes, in-cluding Olympics gold medalists and na-

tional champions, navigating crazy ob-stacles to bank as much money as they can in the form of Moneymojis – objects of various shapes, sizes and weights that are difficult to move.

The tvN version features 18 Korean athletes from six sports, including MMA, speed skating, basketball, gymnastics, water polo and Korean wrestling.

CJ ENM will distribute the show in Asia and Bunim/Murray Productions has rights for the rest of the world.

In Good Shape

BEC World boss to exit in JuneAriya Banomyong cites personal reasons for quitting

Ariya Banomyong, president of listed Thai broadcast giant BEC World, is exiting the Bangkok-based network in June this year after a little over a year at the helm.

No reasons were given for his exit and he did not say in his note to staffers what he would be doing next.

BEC’s note to the Stock Exchange of Thailand cited personal reasons but gave no details.

The company’s executive committee

will take over management of the busi-ness, with board director Amporn Ma-leenont overseeing production, news, broadcasting, sales, marketing and digi-tal businesses.

Banomyong’s arrival in May last year was part of a digital transformation effort for the 50 year old BEC World. He previ-ously worked for Line TV in Thailand and was the first country head for Google Thailand.

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Anne Chan joins ViacomCBS AsiaFormer CJ ENM exec drives distribution, emerging biz

Korea’s JTBC adds BBC Studios’ Doctor Foster to prime time line up

Korean broadcaster JTBC is adding BBC Studios’ drama Doctor Foster to its line up in the wake of mega-success of the Korean adaptation, A World of Married Cou-ple (see page 9). The U.K. original will run from mid-May, when the Korean ver-sion ends. A World of Married Couple has already passed ratings records set by previous cable record breaker, Sky Castle, for episodes aired. For episode eight on 18 April, nationwide ratings were 20.061% (AGB Nielsen). At episode eight, Sky Castle’s ratings were 9.539%. Sky Castle only rose above the 20% ratings mark on episode 18 of a 20-episode run.

CJ ENM’s former chief operating officer and Asia head of global sales, Anne Chan, has joined ViacomCBS Networks Asia in the newly created role of vice president, content distribution management and emerging business for the region.

Chan, who joined the regional network last week, reports into newly appointed senior vice president and general manager, Pierre Cheung.

She will be responsible for the company’s content distribution business, which includes affiliate and programme sales across Southeast Asia, Greater China and Japan, ViacomCBS said in a statement on Monday (20 April). She is also tasked with driving revenue for new business streams.

Viacom said Chan, particularly known for her brand-funded production pro-jects, would focus particularly on digital businesses, such as interactive content and influencer partnerships, and accelerate ViacomCBS’ studio ambition, through which the company produces content for third parties as well as its own

brands and platforms.Chan’s appointment comes two months after Viaco-mCBS upped Cheung to an expanded role as senior

vice president and general manager of Asia with a brief to “better align the company’s operations between these markets and target new commer-cial opportunities as a result”. He joined Viacom in

2015 as senior vice president and general manager for Greater China.

Cheung’s promotion was announced in February, fol-lowing the company’s wide-ranging regional re-org, an-

nounced out of New York and London in January. Long-time Asia-Pacific head, Mark White-head, exited as part of the new structure, along with Tan Chee Kiat (chief operat-

ing officer), Paras Sharma (Southeast Asia general manager and senior vice

president & digital media head for Asia), Amit Arora (business develop-ment head and senior vice president in charge of content distribution), and Sari Trisulo (senior director and head of content for MTV Networks Asia).

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Viu My Love from the Star Netflix Into the Wild

Netflix Lucifer Netflix Eurotrip

Viu Class of Lies Netflix Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Netflix How I Met Your Mother Netflix Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Viu Rooftop Prince Netflix Newness

Viu The Flower in Prison Netflix Ibiza

Viu Fox Bride Star (Where Stars Lands) Netflix Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Viu Entertainer Netflix To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You

Viu The Foxy Pilot Netflix Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Viu Temperature of Love Netflix The Day After Tomorrow

Viu dominates Indonesia’s Top 10 streaming titlesKorean drama sweeps TV charts; 2013/2014’s My Love from the Star reigns

Indonesia Top 10: TV Shows Indonesia Top 10: Movies & Specials

Source: Ampd, 16-29 March 2020

SVOD/Fremium platforms (covers global and regional streamers in Indonesia, excluding HBO Go)

PCCW Media’s regional platform Viu dominates streaming video consumption in Southeast Asia, emerging way ahead of the other three platforms – Netflix, iflix, iQiyi and Vidio – on the list of top five SVOD/freemium video streaming apps among populations in Covid-19 lockdown peri-ods, according to the first data out of Me-dia Partners Asia’s (MPA) ongoing study, Southeast Asia Online Video Consumer Insights & Analytics: A Definitive Study.

For the period from 16-29 March, Viu took eight of the top 10 streamed shows, giving way to Netflix for two spots – 2nd and 4th.

Total online video weekly streaming min-utes on mobile grew 60% in aggregate across Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore between 20 Jan and 11 April 2020. Consumption reached 58 bil-lion minutes on mobile by 11 April versus 36.4 billion on 20 January, the study shows.

“The penetration of streaming video has increased dramatically during this pandemic as millions have been forced to stay and operate from home,” says MPA executive director Vivek Couto.

“The focus is now on how successfully ma-jor emerging platforms will be able to retain newly acquired customers in 2H 2020 and to what extent AVOD platforms can capi-talise on the expanded reach,” he adds.

MPA says the four markets had a com-bined seven million paying online video

Covid-19 Impact on Mobile Video Streaming

or OTT customers at end-March 2020, ac-counting for US$350 million in annual con-sumer spend.

Netflix is a clear leader in most markets, fol-lowed by Viu with its freemium service while other players such as HBO, iQiyi and Ten-cent are well placed to grow in the future along with new entrants such as Disney+.

“Key local players should be encour-aged by increasing consumption and in certain cases, monetisation, in the sur-

veyed markets as they look to invest in scaling their offerings and managing the transition from broadcast to digital video distribution,” Couto says.

The report also addresses the recalibra-tion of consumer spend on video and the potential for super-aggregation. Couto says today consumer spending on online video is about 25% in aggregate of what customers spend on linear pay-TV servic-es in the four markets.

Source: Ampd, 30 March 2020-11 April 2020.

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BEC, Tencent ink new simulcast dealMy Husband in Law debuts in Thailand, China on 21 April

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New Thai prime-time drama, My Hus-band in Law, premieres simultaneously in Thailand and China on Tuesday, 21 April, as part of a simulcast deal between Thai free-TV broadcaster BEC World and mainland Chinese streamer Tencent Video.

This is the second show to be simulcast across both platforms after blockbuster series, The Crown Princess, in 2018.

The two shows are part of the agree-ment announced in January to distrib-ute long-form Thai drama in China in 2020.

New episodes of the 15-episode My Huband in Law, produced by Thong En-

tertainment for Channel 3 Thailand, will run on Monday and Tuesday nights.

The show stars Prin (Mark) Suparat as a successful architect who lands in trouble over his affair with a married woman. To escape her angry husband, he marries his childhood friend, Mei, only to discov-er she has a crush on him

The second simulcast deal with Ten-cent comes a little over a month after BEC World premiered its first simulcast drama series, Mist of Love (Leh Ban Pha Kal), with Vietnamese entertainment tech giant, Dat Viet Group.

The company also has simulcast licens-ing agreements in Taiwan.

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Philippines’ TV consumption in Q1 was all about drama, which took 41% of de-mand for series tracked by data science company Parrot Analytics in the first three months of this year. For digital originals, drama’s share rose to almost 46%.

Comedy was second on the all-shows list with 13.6% of demand, topped by NBC’s The Good Place, followed by ani-mation with demand share of 10.4%. Jap-anese anime series, My Hero Academia,

topped the list of animation titles. Led by Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob

SquarePants, children’s programming took 8.6% of overall demand.

Demand for action and adventure se-ries rose significantly for digital originals compared to overall programming, go-ing from a 10.4% share to 22.2%.

The most in-demand action and ad-venture digital original for Filipino audi-ences was Disney+’s The Mandalorian.

Drama tops Philippines demandZero love for factual on Parrot Analytics Q1 charts

Methodology Note: This chart shows genre demand share (for digital originals only). Demand shares are calculated by summing the quarterly demand of digital original series in the market by genre they are in.

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Aus producers slam quota

suspensionsMove could “at best snuff

the opportunities for arebound,” SPA says

Screen Producers Australia (SPA) says it is deeply concerned about the Australian government’s move to suspend local content quotas for 2020, with the pos-sibility of an extension into 2021.

SPA chief executive Matthew Deaner warns that “these hard cuts have the potential to at worst cripple Australia’s production industry and at best snuff the opportunities for a rebound for much of our sector at a time when it is facing a very real battle for survival”.

Deaner suggests temporary averaging flexibility over the next few years rather than a hard suspension.

He also says that, given the amount of content ready to go, a “complete sus-pension of the quotas in 2020 is dispro-portionate to the actual level of disrup-tion to the supply pipeline”.

SPA is calling on the government to implement an A$1 billion/US$636 million content fund and an extension of con-tent obligations to SVOD services.

“This package is critical not only for our economy and cultural recovery but also to protect our national sovereignty,” Deaner says.

Time to Hunt drama over

Netflix cleared for 23 April global release

Netflix has been cleared for a global streaming debut of Korean thriller, Time to Hunt, on Thursday, 23 April (4pm, Korea time). The dystopian series was pulled from the 10 April schedule at the last minute following a conflict over dis-tributor Big Little Pictures’ decision to sign a global release deal with Netflix.

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Less than half way through its run, new Korean drama, A World of Married Cou-ple (aka The World of the Married), has become the highest-rated Korean ad-aptation of a Western script anyone can remember.

The 16-episode series is also on track to overtake original series Crash Landing on You, which closed at 21.683% in Feb this year, and go on to smash all-time cable ratings record set in 2018/9 by Sky Castle, produced by JTBC Drama House and Ko-rean indie HB Entertainment. Sky Castle hit 23.779% during its run in 2018/9.

A remake of BBC Studios’ Doctor Foster, A World of Married Couple has also cap-tured more than 55% of Viu’s streaming audience in Asia since its premiere, ac-cording to Viu data on Monday (20 April).

A World of Married Couple stars Kim Hee-ae (Sons and Daughters) as a suc-cessful doctor with a perfect life who finds things unravelling when she starts believing that her husband, played by Park Hae-joon (Arthdal Chronicles), is having an affair.

The series premiered at the end of March. Weekend ratings for episode sev-en this past weekend on JTBC in Korea were 18.501% on Friday (17 April), rising to 20.061% on Saturday (18 April).

A World of Married Couple streams on PCCW Media’s Asian platform, Viu, with an exclusive first window eight hours after broadcast in Korea. Viu subtitles in six lan-guages (traditional & simplified Chinese, English, Thai, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Burmese) available in Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar.

A World of Married Couple is among a small slate of North American and Eu-ropean scripted titles that have been made/commissioned in Korea.

Adaptations include Designated Survi-vor: 60 Days (Disney ABC/eOne), political drama The Good Wife (CBS), Entourage and legal drama Suits (NBCUniversal). Ko-rea has also picked up dramas from BBC Studios (see chart, pg 10).

Until A World of Married Couple, none

reached sustainable double-digit ratings, if they hit double digits at all.

Designated Survivor: 60 Days ran on CJ ENM-owned cable channel tvN in July/ Aug 2019 (Mon/Tues), with a global re-lease on Netflix. In Korea, nationwide ratings peaked at 6.178% for the finale. Only the final two episodes of the 16-part series rose above 5%. Netflix hasn’t dis-closed viewer engagement.

The Good Wife (ran in July/Aug 2016) peaked at 6.232% nationwide in its Fri/Sat 8.30pm slot on tvN. The finale was the only episode that passed the 6% ratings mark. Four of the episodes were less than 4%. Another seven came in at between 4% and 5%, and four ran between 5% and 6%.

Suits, which ran on KBS2 from April to June 2018, peaked at 10.7% nationwide for its fi-nale. Although it did better than other ad-aptations, the 16-episode show spent most of its run between 7.4% and 9.9%.

Criminal Minds Korea hit its nationwide peak of 4.187% with its premiere episode on 26 July 2017 and it was downhill from there. The 20-episode show hit lows of 2.036% at episode 11 before ending at 3.048% for the finale on 28 Sept 2017.

Dark comedy Entourage (Nov/Dec 2016) was the biggest scripted format

Record-breaking track for Korea’s Doctor Foster adaptation Asian streamer Viu wins with exclusive window for A World of Married Couple

fail, with 10 of the 16 episodes below 1% rating.

Like Hotel del Luna, Viu’s acquisition of an exclusive first window for A World of Married Couple was a licensing coup with roots that stretch back to the early vision of the platform as the streaming home of Korean content. Now, facing rising competition from Asian and glob-al platforms, Viu continues to defend its first-mover Korean drama advantage with first-run titles such as When My Love Blooms, Oh My Baby, Kkondae Intern, Good Casting and Fix You.

At the same time, Netflix is presenting an aggressive Korean strategy, including Stu-dio Dragon’s The King: Eternal Monarch (debuted 17 April) and blockbuster Crash Landing on You; a close alliance with CJ ENM’s powerhouse Studio Dragon; and what seems like a bottomless pot of gold for expensive originals and acquisitions.

Chinese streamer iQiyi is also in play, building out its regional platform with ex-clusive rights to smaller Korean shows like Eccentric! Chef Moon (Channel A) and non-exclusive access to others.

What happens next? Our guess: a focus on acquiring fewer better productions and tougher negotiations as competitors pile in... beyond that, anyone’s guess.

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Known worldwide as... & made by

Who aired it in Korea

When Ratings low Ratings high

Doctor FosterBBC Studios

The World of the Married JTBC Drama House

JTBCFri/Sat

27 March-16 March 20206.260% 20.061%

Suits NBCUniveral

Suits KoreaMonster Union

EnterMedia PicturesKBS2

Wed/Thurs (10pm) 25 April 2018-14 June 2018

7.4% 10.7%

LutherBBC Studios

Less Than EvilMBC/iHQ

MBCMon/Tues

3 Dec 2018-29 Jan 20193.9% 10.6%

The Good Wife CBS

The Good Wife KoreaStudio Dragon

tvNFri/Sat (8.30pm),

8 July-17 August 20163.765% 6.232

Designated SurvivorDisney ABC/eOne

Designated Survivor: 60 Days

Studio DragontvN

Mon/Tues1 July 2019 – 20 August 2020

3.383 6.178

Life on MarsBBC Studios

Life on Mars: KoreaProduction H

OCNSat/Sun (10.20pm)

9 June-25 August 20182.081% 5.851%

Criminal MindsDisney ABC

Criminal Minds: KoreaTaewon Entertainment

ABC StudiostvN

Wed/Thurs26 July-28 Sept 2017

2.036% 4.187%

Entourage Warner Bros Int’l TV

Entourage KoreaStudio Dragon

tvNFri/Sat

4 Nov 2016-24 Dec 20160.617% 2.264%

MistressesBBC Studios

MistressStudio Dragon

Orion Sat/Sun (10.20pm)

28 April-3 June 20180.826% 1.642%

U.S./U.K. formats adapted in Korea

Source: AGB Nielsen, nationwide; ContentAsia Formats

Who owns the rights

Airs on What it’s about

Black Malaysia CJ ENM Viu A grim reaper gets punished for breaking the rules of heaven and fall-ing in love with a mortal woman after inhabiting a human body

Tunnel Indonesia CJ ENM Goplay A detective traverses past and present in the hope of saving his daughterTunnel Thailand CJ ENM True4U

Voice Japan CJ ENM Nippon TV A detective burning with revenge after he loses his wife to a criminal pairs up with a voice profiler, who solves crimes with her exceptional hearingVoice Thailand CJ ENM True4U

Descendants of the Sun Philippines

KBS GMAA story of love and comradeship between young soldiers and doc-tors who try to find true life values and dreams of success amid ex-treme environments

Live or Die Vietnam KBS TBCAn exploration of the true meaning of family in the story of a middle-aged man who devotes his whole life to his trouble-making brothers and sisters

My One and Only Vietnam KBS TBC A family drama about a father and daughter reunited after 28 years

Rebirth Vietnam KBS TBCA detective loses his brother and has to choose between love and revenge

My Love From The Star Thailand SBS BEC 3 An alien stranded on earth falls in love with a human

The Sign Japan SBS TV AsahiA genius but uncouth forensic doctor teams up with a rookie female forensic doctor to challenge the authorities that try to conceal the truth

Source: Companies, rights holders, platforms, ContentAsia Formats

Korean scripted formats adapted across Asia in 2019

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Dancecontest6.25% Drama

6.25%

Entertainment6.25%

Game Show25%

Reality - Social Experiment &

Talent12.5%

Singing contest37.5%

Variety6.25%

For the Philippines’ TV industry, measures to contain the Covid-19 spread kicked off in mid-March with the decision to close doors to live audiences. This was quickly followed by a production stand-still as broadcasters responded to the government’s emergency declarations, quarantine orders and curfews.

What does this mean for the coun-try’s content partners and formats rights holders?

Obviously delayed roll outs, coupled with a focus on formats that are less costly to produce. Distributors said they were using the time to talk about best practices and share ideas about lock-down entertainment. And then, like ev-erywhere, there’s the shift to online/vir-tual operations.

“Covid-19 has thrown a wrench into the best-laid schedules the world over,” says Daryl Kho, the Endemol Shine Group’s se-nior sales director for Asia. But, he points out, broadcasters shifted quickly, rolling out, for example, Zoom-based cooking auditions, virtually projected audiences and remote editing.

ABS-CBN, faced with the delayed pre-miere of Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids, used its Big Brother rights to launch a Facebook-led community outreach cam-paign, Pinoy Big Brother Stay At Home Edi-tion, where the show’s approx eight mil-lion Facebook followers are assigned Big Brother-style tasks. Videos are uploaded and fans engage with the show’s past housemates through live chats and video calls. The goal is to raise awareness, foster solidarity, offer inspiration, support, health tips and entertainment.

“Coming off a record-breaking 38-week season, this has been a tremen-dous way to not just retain but grow fan engagement during the off-season. It’s also the perfect application of the age-old advice: ‘when life throws you stones, build a bridge, not a wall’,” Kho adds.

Covid-19 crashed into an increasingly vibrant formats market in the Philippines, according to ContentAsia’s Formats Out-look research.

The Philippines was up 14% last year over 2018, for a total of 16 formats in 2019. The country had just over 5% of the region’s total 312 formats in 2019.

GMA Network commissioned six of the to-tal 16 formats (the network commissioned two formats in 2018), giving it a share of 37.5% of the country’s formats market.

GMA was also behind the only scripted (Descendants of the Sun) and variety (Running Man) formats in the Philippines for the year.

ABS-CBN commissioned the remain-ing 10 formats (down from 12 formats in 2018). These included Endemol Shine Group’s Big Brother Philippines season eight, which ended in August 2019, and ITV Studios-owned Talpa’s The Voice Teens season two, which premiered in February 2020.

A local version of KBS’ Descendants of the Sun, part of GMA’s 70th anniver-sary slate, premiered in the prime time

8.35pm slot on 10 February and was ini-tially scheduled to run to 29 May 2020. Production was suspended after episode 28 on 18 March amidst efforts to curb Co-vid-19 spread. About 65 episodes have been planned, stripped across the week-day schedule. The series is directed by Dominic Zapata (My Husband’s Lover, Temptation of Wife) under GMA’s enter-tainment group SVP, Lilybeth Rasonable, and drama VP Redgie Magno.

The company also announced in Feb-ruary that they will be co-producing SBS’ variety show Running Man Philippines. The Philippines is the third country in Asia to make an adaptation of the show after Vietnam and China.

In 2019, singing contest genre dominat-ed the market, a 50% increase compared to 2018. Game show was up 33%, dance contest and entertainment remained the same but reality (social experiment and talent) saw a slide of 60%.

Philippines’ rising formats market hobbled by Covid-19Online, social engagement innovation as lockdown continues

Source: ContentAsia Formats, 2019

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Pejuang Covid-19Indonesia’s free TV channel Net (the former Spacetoon) airs documentary Pejuang Covid-19 on weekdays from 1.30pm-2pm. Premiered on 13 April, the series focuses on the people involved in combating against Covid-19, with

the aim to promote community support and spirit. The in-house produced series “will air for as long as the pandemic continues in Indonesia,” says Net’s director of program-ming, Yeni Anshar.

Sidewalk Scientist Coronavirus Special Hong Kong’s streaming services, myTV Super, launched a “fight

against the Covid-19 pandemic” initiative in February, offering viewers catch-up viewing of Covid-19 related

programming, including Sidewalk Scientist Corona-virus Special (5x30 mins, pictured) an infotainment series that explores scientific knowledge in daily life through different experiments and covers topics about the coronavirus; news/info Sunday Report Covid-10 (10x30 mins), which updates viewers

on the latest situation, the tension, cour-age and commitment of the Covid-19

front liners; and The Coronavirus Forum, a one-off 90 mins special featuring guests and

experts discussing on breaking news regarding the virus and sharing insights based on scientific facts and reports.

Coronavirus: How to Isolate YourselfPresented by Dr. Xand Van Tulleken and psychologist Kim-

berley Wilson, this 1-hour feature debuts on Monday, 20 April (6pm & 9pm) on Sony BBC Earth. Coronavirus: How to Isolate Yourself (produced by U.K.’s Parable Works) offers a one-step guide to everything one needs to know about the pandemic; from opinion on why self-isolation is most

important in this fight against the novel coronavirus to insights into the psychological challenges of self-isolating and ways of

managing anxiety.

MyCareCoV19 In Malaysia, TV Alhijrah carries MyCareCoV19, which provides spiritual guidance and counselling services during the country’s ex-

tended movement control order (MCO). The show, aimed at Ma-laysians of all races and religions, debuted on 13 April as part of the Assalamualaikum talk show, which runs from 8am to 9.30am daily. A call-in hotline has been set up for the public. MyCareCoV19 is a collaboration between TV Alhijrah, Malaysia’s Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM), the Department of Shariah Judici-ary Malaysia, Kumpulan Media Karangkraf Sdn Bhd (Karangkraf), Ummah Ikhlas Heritage Founda-tion (WUI), Pa & Ma magazine and Majalah Keluarga. TV Alhijrah is Malaysia’s first Islamic TV service, launched in 2010.

Mainland China’s Hunan TV airs Day Day Cloud Time, a 30-min daily studio talk show featuring celebrities chat-ting, doing quiz games, and sharing lives and thoughts from home in quarantine via video-chat, offering great companionship during this pandemic situation. The series was produced first as a spinoff special episode of Day Day UP, a weekly variety talk show made by the same production team under Hunan TV, and later moved to the daily 7.30pm slot.

In time of the current global crisis of pandemic, South Korea broadcaster Munhwa Broadcasting Corp (MBC) has prep docu series Coronavirus War - Human vs. Virus (4x60 mins), to release in June/July 2020 as part of its ‘Series M’ documentary timebelt (Thursdays, 10.05pm). The series, produced in-house and lead by producer Hyo-Im Kang, features the people who combat against coronavirus in Korea.

Coronavirus War - Human vs. Virus

Day Day Cloud Time

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In Indonesia, PT Telekomunikasi’s IPTV platform Usee TV has added Covid-19 topics/episodes to two talk shows: Happy Cozy (premiered in 2018)

and Hi Doctor (since 2019). Both shows are filmed via video conference. Happy Cozy’s 15 April episode featured

chef/psychologist Vania Wibisono, who revealed the impact of information overload. On 22 April, finan-cial planner Ligwina Hananto talks about financial management during the pandemic. Happy Cozy airs Wednesdays at 4pm. In health talk show Hi Doctor (Saturdays, 9am) hosts Doctor Boy and Doc-tor Andy share healthy living activities. The show also

features guest Doctor Jaka Pradipta, a lung specialist and Ratri, one of the first three people to be infected

with the coronavirus in Indonesia.

E Getai Singapore’s Mediacorp has ramped up content across the board for stay-at-home audiences. Programmes range from variety shows to global concert and fitness series. The slate includes three new programmes for Chinese service Channel 8: dialect singing/dancing E Getai (10x60 mins), on Fridays at 11.30am-12.30pm; weekdays’ health/fitness Get Fit with Me at 10am-10.30am (20x30 mins, 6 April-1

May); and Learn Together with Me (15x30 mins, 15-28 April), a full-length public edu-cation TV programme targeted at seniors. Mediacorp’s English-language service, Channel 5, added two series: variety show In Your Living Room with PCK and JoJo (13x30 mins, 17 April-29 May), which sees duo Phua Chu Kang and JoJo Joget delving into the important (and the not-so-important) concerns of the people while grappling with the new norm from their living rooms (airs Fridays and Saturdays at 12.30pm to 1pm); and Home Together (22x30 mins, 15 April-21 May), featuring lo-cal stars, local dishes and local songs (airs Mon-Thurs at 12.30pm-1pm).

Hi Doctor

Pandemic: Covid-19 Discovery Channel’s Pandemic: Covid-19 is a one-hour special giving an in-depth look at the pandemic. Experts reveal why Covid-19 is unique, why the world was so unprepared for it and what could have been done differ-ently to contain its spread. Premieres on Sunday, 26 Apr at 9pm (SEA)/8pm (BKK/JKT)/8.10 pm (PH). Produced by ITN Productions (U.K.).

Covid-19: Preventing an Explosive Surge of InfectionsJapan’s NHK has a slew of in-house programming on Covid-19. These include one-off docu Covid-19: Preventing an Explosive Surge of Infections. The 60-min show depicts the fight against the coronavirus in cities across Japan experiencing a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases. Since many of the infec-tion routes are untraceable, an explosion of cases could collapse the Japanese medical system. NHK speaks with experts about what can be done to prevent that from hap-pening, and how they should prepare for the prospect of a long fight.

MCO Survival Guide Malaysian platform Astro has seven Covid-19 programmes and campaigns, ranging from short series MCO Survival Guide (10x2 mins, weekdays, 7.58pm), about overcoming economy issues affected by the pandemic, and daily talk show Agenda Awani (9pm-9.30pm), which covers multiple angles diving deep into the pandemic/implications, to #dudukrumahchallenge (#stayho-mechallenge) campaign, which are fillers sched-

uled in between programmes on Astro’s Indian channels. There’s also Consider This, a 30-min current affairs series, which features experts debating on hot topics surrounding the pandemic’s effect domestically and internationally (airs weekdays, 10pm)

In the Philippines, where massive testing is yet to begin weeks after the lockdown was implemented mid-March, GMA Network offers Reporter’s Notebook Covid-19: The Unseen, featuring hosts Maki Pulido and Jun Veneracion (pictured), the families of those who died without hav-ing been tested, and the health workers on the frontlines. Premieres 25 April at 4.05pm (1x30 mins). On 18 April, GMA aired I-Witness: Ako si Patient 2828 (1x27 mins), with veteran journalist Howie Severino sharing his experience as a Covid-19 survivor. As patient 2828, Severino discovers that his attending nurse is interested in documentaries. Severino mentors his nurse and offers himself as a subject.

Reporter’s Notebook COVID-19: The Unseen

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What started as our celebration of women-centric storytelling celebrating International Women’s day continues into #lockdown-life. What are you watching and why would you recommend it to others? We’re partial to stories with strong female characters and storyline, but all suggestions welcome. Recommendations go to Malena at malena@contentasia.tv Happy viewing!

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Sharmin Parameswaran

Senior Assistant Vice President, VOD

Astro First & Best, Malaysia

Big Little Lies S1“The series has a variety of strong female lead characters in different roles relating to each other, not always to good consequences. Also a very beautifully shot and scored series.”

Marianne Lee

Interim Head of Marketing and Central Services for SEA, China and Pacific

WarnerMedia Entertainment

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

“I really admire Sara Lance a.k.a. the White Canary for the character’s bravery, fearlessness, self-confidence, courage, strength and resilience to do what is best for the group.”

Jean HurDirector, Int’l Relations

MBC, KoreaFind Me in Your Memory

“My favorite part of the show is how the two lead characters slowly fall in love, and eventually embrace each others’ differences.”

Vijay Subramaniam

Director and Head, Content

Amazon Prime Video India

Four More Shots Please!

“An exhilarating show made by women for women that is also, not so surprisingly apt for men as well.”

Rashmi BajpaiExecutive Director, Asia

Endemol Shine International

The Good Karma Hospital

“An uplifting show which is shot in vibrant and exotic locations. It’s also a tribute to the ones who are making a difference, the doctors and health workers and is a reminder of the nobility of the profession. I think it’s a par-ticularly appropriate watch in these Covid lockdown circumstances.”

Sonia FleckChief Executive Officer

Bomanbridge Media

The Goop Lab

I love to see how the world (and Gwyneth) are getting inventive about self care. She’s pushed the envelope on getting to know oneself – it’s entertaining and gives real food for thought on alternative ways to un-derstand health and wellness perspectives… Why not?”

Xie Xing JuanHead of Programming

Plus Media Graceful Family

“A brilliant drama that builds up suspense with solid plots. I love how this series portraits a strong woman who doesn’t fall into despair despite being hit with ordeals in life. Im Soo-hyang did an incredible portrayal of Mo Seok-hee’s confident character, surviving challenges as she took charge and became the heroine of her own life.”

Feryal Hemamda

Marketing Director

A+E NetworksInstafamous House

“As we are spending more and more time at home in the current cli-mate, I’m finding that Instafamous House is a great virtual escape to other people’s safe havens.”

Vibha Chopra

Business Head - Global Syndica-tion & Int’l Film Distribution

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited

Karenjit Kaur

“A brave attempt to break away from stereotyping the life of Sunny Le-one...The series entertains and at the same time is truly empowering as to how one can choose the path they choose and stand by it no mat-ter what the world says.”

Joyce YeungExecutive Vice President Sales, APAC

eOne Mary Kills People“A bold prime time drama on euthanasia. It has the perfect blend of medical soap, thriller with dark humour. Mary (Caroline Dhavernas) is smart and strong.”

Cindy ChinoInt’l Business Development

Nippon TV, Japan

Mother“It is a meticulously crafted script, that has the power to create aware-ness about motherhood in the most touching way.”

Wirata Laksanasopin

Licensing Manager

Workpoint Group, Thailand

The Real Full Mon-ty: Ladies’ Night

“I love that it’s so empowering to see women, who battled cancer, do something so brave and extraordinary. Highly recommend!”

Debbie Lee Founder & CEO TechStorm StartUp

“Addictive crypto currency tech thriller where you want to see the good girls win but the big bad drug lords keep on tipping the scale in their disfavour. A compelling story with depth of grit, character devel-opment with plenty of chair-gripping moments.”

Roxanne J Barcelona

Vice President, Worldwide Division

GMA Network, Philippines

The Story of Yanxi Palace

A beautifully produced series that highlights the strength of women and their struggles to survive in a male-dominated environment. It had a powerful script that kept viewers wanting more with every episode.”

Angeline PohChief Corporate Development Officer

Mediacorp, Singapore

Titoudao: In-spired by the True Story of a Wayang Star

“The determination displayed in overcoming reel-life obstacles is a time-ly reminder of the need for resilience in our own real lives.”

Nia Dinata Film Director Indonesia Unorthodox

“It brings me back to my college years when I used to live not very far from the Hasidic neighbourhood, yet their life was full of mystery. While being self quar-antined, Unorthodox takes us to a different world and the protagonist situation somehow resembles what human beings on earth are experiencing.”

Karen WigginsVice President, Content (Asia)

Audible Inc Unorthodox

“An incredibly moving, yet powerful portrayal, of the insular-world of the Satmar sect of the Hasidic-Jewish community in Brooklyn. The complexity within Shira Haas’ quiet performance in this role, is breath-taking. Every moment in this series is delicately handled and speaks to the skill of the masterful (female-led) storytelling team behind the scenes, who you meet in a special behind-the-scenes episode, as well.”

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Top DogFrom the acclaimed producers of Bron, Top Dog focuses primarily on the clash between Stockholm business attorney Emily Jansson and Södertälje ex-con Teddy Maksumic. Episodes/length: 8x45 mins | Series | Crime + Suspense ZDF Enterprises GmbH Erich-Dombrowski-Str. 1, 55127 Mainz, Germany

Why Women KillWhy Women Kill, a

darkly comedic drama created by Marc Cherry,

details the lives of three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the 1960s, a socialite in the 1980s and a lawyer in 2019, each dealing with infidelity in their marriag-es. The series examines how the roles of women have changed, but how their reaction to betrayal... has not. Episodes/length: 10X60 mins VIACOM-CBS Global Distribution Group

The HustlerIn this high stakes game of deception and be-trayal, five contestants collaborate to answer questions correctly to build a collective prize pot. But there’s a twist one of the contestants already knows the answers! They are the Hus-tler, and if they can keep their identity a secret,

they win the huge cash prize. But if the remaining contestants work out

who the Hustler is, then they walk away with the jack-

pot instead. All3media International 1 George

Street, #10-01, Singa-pore 049145

Hello, Love, GoodbyeIn the bustling city of Hong Kong, a domes-tic helper named Joy is almost done with her contract and is planning to shift to Canada to pursue her dreams of a bet-ter life. Meanwhile, Ethan is a playboy-type bartender who lives in the now with little regard for the future. When the two bump into each other, they end up be-coming each other’s savior against the grime and grind of the city. However, while a relationship blossoms between them, their responsibilities take the forefront and soon get in the way of their moment of happiness. Length:

117 mins (Film) ABS-CBN Corpo-ration 10F ELJ Communications Center, Eugenio Lopez

Drive, 1103 Quezon City, Philippines

Dil Yeh Ziddi Hai (Undeterred)The story revolves around a high-spirited girl, who is very passionate about performing arts. However, destiny plays a cruel game with her as she is diagnosed with an incur-able disease, eventually losing her eyesight. This inspira-tional story highlights the conflicts faced by this girl who is undeterred and challenges destiny. Zee Global Content Sales ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Limited, 18th Floor, Marathon Futurex, N M Joshi Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra – 400013, India

EuromaxxExperience the rich-ness and variety of Europe. Fascinating colorful reports bring alive the new Europe. Europe is always on the move. A source of new ideas and a motor for change. But Europe’s tra-ditions are also flourishing and being updated for life in the 21st Century.

Europe’s values of tolerance and its diversity make it an exciting mix of cultures and temperaments. Arts and entertainment, fashion and glamour, design and architec-ture. Europe is all this and much more. And so is Euromaxx. Length: 30 mins; 3-5 mins clips DW Transtel Kurt–Schumacher–Str. 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany

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Kooki’s Crafty ShowKooki is a wacky and creative red panda who loves to make things. In every episode, Kooki makes two dif-ferent crafts, from big, fun, cardboard cutout creations to small, delightful handiworks. Episodes/length: 26x11 mins; HD Blue Ant International 130 Merton Street, Toronto, Ontario M4S 1A4, Canada

Dino RanchDino Ranch follows the action-packed adventures of the Cassidy family as they tackle life in a fantastical, “pre-westoric” setting where dinosaurs still roam. As the young ranchers learn the ropes, they discover the thrill of ranch life whilst navigating the great outdoors through unpredictable chal-lenges. Episodes/Length 52x11 mins. Pre-School, 3D Animation, Comedy/Adventure. Boat Rocker Studios Boat Rocker Rights, 310 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5A 1K6

Pico Da Neblina (Joint Venture)Joint Venture tells the story of Biriba (Luis Nav-arro), a drug trafficker who leaves his criminal past behind and uses his knowledge to sell the product legally along with the help of his inexperienced investment partner, Vini (Daniel Furlan). Episodes/length: S1 10x60 mins. Drama HBO Latin America 396 Alhambra Circle, Suite 400 Coral Gables, FL 33134 U.S.

Storm Stories: The Next ChapterFeaturing devastating hurricanes, blizzards, wildfires, and more, Storm Stories: The Next Chapter showcases dramatic tales of se-vere weather and first-person accounts of those who survived them. The series reveals the ingenuity and compassion of these brave souls, and proves yet again, that deadly disasters inevitably bring out the very best in people. Episodes/Length: 8x60 mins + 1x30 mins special Cineflix Rights 1st Floor, 1 Lorenzo Street, London, WC1X 9DJ, United Kingdom

Ride with Norman ReedusRide along with The Walking Dead star and motorcycle enthusiast Norman Reedus and a new riding companion each epi-sode, as they hit the open road to explore different cultures and experience the best scenery, food, nature, and local activities across the U.S. and around the world. Ride season four, which consists of six episodes, features a The Walking Dead Dixon Broth-ers reunion with Reedus journeying through Alabama and Georgia with his former co-star, Michael Rooker. Reedus will also be riding through Kentucky, and expanding his international travels with rides in Japan, Costa Rica and Uruguay. Guest riders include Milo Ventimiglia (This is Us), Ryan Hurst (The Walking Dead), Clifton Collins Jr. (Westworld), Dom Rocket, and Becky Goebel. Episodes/length: 24x60 mins AMC Sudios 2425 Olympic Blvd Suite 400E, Santa Monica, CA, USA 90404

LifelineNefes was a child bride who was sold

to a businessman. Captured by her husband, she becomes the victim of violence with her son. She fails to escape from her husband. A busi-nessman from the Blacksea region, Mustafa, travels to Istanbul to make new agreements with Vedat and

he brings his family along with him. Mustafa and his family stay in Vedat’s

house and Mustafa’s young brother Tahir notices that Nefes is affected by domestic

violence. Unfortunately, Tahir can’t do anything to help Nefes. However, Nefes makes plans again to

escape from the house and she hides in Tahir’s van with her son. Tahir discovers these two fugitives in Trabzon and he doesn’t have a clue that he will get into a big battle to save them. Episodes/Length: 207x45 mins ATV Gayrettepe mah. Barbaros Bulvarı, No: 153, Cam Han 34349 Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey

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In numbersPopulation................................ 15.3 million Households................................. 3.4 millionAvg household size................................. 4.6TV households........................................ 73%Internet subscribers..................16.05 millionMobile phone subscribers....... 21.4 millionFixed tel subscribers......................... 62,195

Source: National Institute of Statistics, Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (population/households in 2019, TV HH in 2017), Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (internet, mobile, fixed tel in Aug 2019)

Free TV Apsara Television (TV11)Apsara Television is a private television channel in Cambodia, offering news, entertainment, talk shows, variety, lifestyle, kids, history and sports (box-ing) programming. Launched in 1996, Apsara Television is operated by the Apsara Media Group.

Bayon TV/Bayon News/ETV NewsBayon Television owns and operates three TV channels – Bayon TV, Bayon News (BTV-News) and ETV News. Bayon Television was established in 1998 and broadcasts from its main station in Phnom Penh to about 15 provinces. Bayon News and ETV News offer local and international news.

Cambodian Television Station Channel 9 (CTV9 HDTV)General entertainment channel CTV9 was established in 1992 and is a 100% Cambodian private sector company.

CTN/CNC/MyTV/CTN InternationalCambodian Broadcasting Service (CBS) operates three local channels – Cam-bodian Television Network (CTN), Cam-bodian News Channel (CNC) and MyTV

– and international service, CTN Inter-national. 24-hour flagship channel, CTN, launched in March 2003, prides itself on introducing local viewers to inter-national formats such as Minute to Win It and Who Wants to be a Millionaire. CTN also co-produces international movie/drama series and entertainment content. CNC is a hybrid 24-hour news and entertainment news service. MyTV, launched in 2009 as a youth service, re-branded in 2013 as a modern channel targeting the 15-49 age group offering local/foreign drama, concerts and vari-ety shows. The three channels have 40% market share nationwide.

Hang Meas HDTV (HM HDTV)Cambodia’s first HD broadcaster, Hang Meas HDTV, transmits a 24-hour schedule to 24 cities/provinces. Content includes Korean and Chinese drama series, and formats such as The Voice Cambodia, Cambodia Idol and Cambodia’s Got Talent. Launched in Feb 2012, Hang Meas HDTV is part of the Hang Meas Group, a multimedia company also in-volved in production, content, radio and talent management.

National Television of KampucheaState-owned broadcaster, National Television of Kampuchea (TVK),

launched in Dec 1963, closed during the civil war in the 1970s and was resur-rected at the end of 1983. The schedule includes local news, educational shows, entertainment and sports, with some acquisitions from China and Singapore. TVK also cooperates with foreign TV sta-tions/media services such as China’s CCTV and Japan’s NHK. The broadcast philosophy is to publicise peace, hu-man rights and democracy, promote government policies, and convey pub-lic opinions for Cambodians. TVK also operates about 12 radio stations.

Phnom Penh Television (TV3)Phnom Penh Television (TV3) was estab-lished in 1996 as a joint venture between KCS Cambodia Limited and Phnom Penh Municipality. In 2012, the station became a wholly owned company of KCS. TV3 offers local content, including news, TV series, game shows, sports, life-style, music, concerts and talk shows.

PNN TV StationEstablished in 2015 by the L.Y.P. Group, PNN TV has a US$10-million production complex consisting of five studios. Over 50% of PNN TV’s schedule is locally pro-duced, including game shows, variety shows, talk shows and news. Some con-

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tent is acquired regionally. The station claims a 95% reach across Cambodia.

TV5 CambodiaChannel 5 (TV5) carries mostly local en-tertainment content, including in-house drama series, news and sports (boxing). TV5 was licensed by Cambodia’s Minis-try of Defence in 1995 and is owned by the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. The station operates as a joint venture with Cambodian post-production com-pany, MICA Media, part of Thailand’s Kantana Group.

Pay TV

Cambodia Cable TelevisionCable TV operator, Cambodia Cable TV (CCTV), offers upwards of 60 local/international TV channels (including music, local/foreign movies and sports content) and 40+ all-digital music/audio channels. Launched in 1995, CCTV is a subsidiary of Taiwan’s Taichung Cable Company (owner of Formosa Television in Taiwan). CCTV services 96% of the Phnom Penh area.

Cambodian DTV NetworkDTH pay-TV operator Cambodian DTV Network limited (CDN) is a subsidiary of Thai satellite operator Thaicom, offering SD/HD TV channels mainly to rural areas (about 300,000 households) across 24 provinces in Cambodia.

Digital Sky/OneTVDigital Sky (aka OneTV) launched as a joint project between the international GS Group and Cambodia’s Royal Group in Sept 2012 and became a wholly owned subsidiary of The Royal Group in March 2016. OneTV offers 100+ channels to households in mul-tiple provinces/cities, covering about 70% of the country. OneTV has nine in-house channels – OneTV Sabay 1, OneTV Cinema 2, OneTV Drama 3, OneTV Kids 5, OneTV Discovery 6, One TV Movie HD 7, OneTV Music 8, OneTV Sports 9 and OneTV Sports 11. The full pack costs US$6 a month, with an US$85 one-time installation fee.

Phnom Penh Municipal Cable Television (PPCTV)Founded in 1995, Phnom Penh Munici-pal Cable Television (PPCTV) offers 100+ local/regional/international TV chan-nels for US$10 a month (or US$50 for six months, US$100 a year). The pay-TV plat-form has also operated free-TV nation-wide channel, CTV 8 HD, since Jan 2013 and internet broadband in some areas in Cambodia.

Online/OTT

KhmerLive.tvOnline portal, KhmerLive.TV, offers live-streaming content from four Cam-bodian TV stations – Bayon TV, Bayon TV News, TVK and TV3 – and 18 radio stations, as well as catch-up content spanning news, politics, entertainment/music, game shows, lifestyle and sports. The aim is to provide Cambodian TV/radio access to people living in and outside of Cambodia.

PPCTV AnywherePPCTV Anywhere launched in 2016 by cable TV/internet service provider Phnom Penh Municipal Cable Television (PPCTV). The mobile app service carries live streaming content and select catch-up content free for PPCTV customers.

Cambodian viewers also have access to regional/global streaming platforms.

Production

802 Films Production802 Films Production is a full-service film and video production company. Servic-es range from script writing, visualisation, permits sourcing to sound mixing, motion graphics and music composition.

Bophana Center ProductionBophana Center’s production services include equipment rental, sound re-cording, and film/sound editing as well as post-production for short films, docu-mentaries, fiction, corporate movies and commercial videos. Co-founded by Cambodian filmmakers Rithy Panh and Ieu Pannakar in 2006, the centre

works closely with the Cambodia Film Commission. The organisation also ac-quires film, TV content, photography and sound archives on Cambodia from around the world for public access.

Cambodia Film CommissionThe Cambodia Film Commission (CFC) is a non-profit organisation supporting pro-duction activity in Cambodia. Backed by the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of Cambodia, CFC provides complimen-tary production services that include location scouting, information/advice, casting/crew network, handling adminis-trative tasks/permits and logistic support.

FXLabFXLab produces motion graphic, anima-tion and digital effects for ads, movies and branded content.

Hanuman FilmsEstablished in 2000, Hanuman Films ser-vices include script review, securing per-mits, location scouting, casting, equip-ment rental and post production.

Khmer Mekong Films Established in July 2006, Khmer Mekong Films produces TV drama, factual pro-gramming and theatrical films. KMF’s latest TV drama projects include Brother-hood, airing in 2019 on PNN, and Lucky Mother, a six-episode drama produced for CARE Cambodia to educate women about healthy pregnancies. Feature films include thriller Fear (2019), Two Gems (2019). Factual credits include Facing Justice, which covers Khmer Rouge Tri-bunal proceedings, and Breaking the Silence (2017), about sexual violence under the Khmer Rouge.

Rock ProductionFounded in 2007, Rock Production is a multi-media entertainment, TV/movie production and distribution company. The production division produces docu-mentaries, drama series, talk shows, variety shows and music videos for local broadcasters and pay-TV channels.

Shoot International Media ProductionLaunched in 1996, Shoot offers pro-duction services, including technical

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support for international crews, pre-/post-production, equipment rental and translation.

Tunsay KhmerSet up in 2013, Tunsay Khmer provides production services for TV/film. Tunsay Khmer was involved in the shooting of U.S.’ reality series Survivor in Cambodia in 2015.

Regulators

Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC)The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) is the highest deci-sion-making body for private/public sector investment. CDC is chaired by the Prime Minister and composed of senior ministers from government agencies (Cambodian Investment Board, Cambo-dian Special Economic Zone Board).

Ministry of Culture & Fine ArtsThe Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts’ mis-sions include the supervision of TV con-tent to ensure that traditional values are maintained and cultures preserved, as well as to promote artistic creations and cultural exchanges.

Ministry of Information (MOI)Cambodia’s Ministry of Information is responsible for regulating information sources in the country, and issuing oper-ating licences to TV/radio stations, pub-lishers and related media entities.

Ministry of Posts and TelecommunicationsThe Ministry of Posts and Telecommu-nications is charged with promoting network infrastructure connectivity and accessible services of posts, telecom-munications and the infocomms & tech sectors.

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What’s on where... June 2020 29-30 AVIA OTT Summit Singapore

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Peppa Pig tops Taiwan demandTencent animation breaks into top three streaming originals

Hasbro’s Peppa Pig swept the board in Taiwan for the week of 8 April, beating blockbuster dramas Game of Thrones and Westworld for top spot on data science company Parrot Analytics’ overall top 10 of titles that generate the most demand activity across digi-tal platforms.

Animated titles showed up in a big way for the week, with three other series – Naruto, Spongebob Squarepants and My Hero Academia – making the top 10 list for a total of four titles.

Spanish series, La Casa de Papel (aka Money Heist), led a list of digital origi-nals dominated by Netflix with seven of the top 10 titles. Parrot Analytics says the show has been the most in-demand se-ries in the world since the new season de-buted on 3 April.

Another animated series, Tencent QQ’s Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (Mo Dao Zu Shi), broke into the top three streaming originals in third spot for the week after Money Heist and CBS All Ac-cess’ Star Trek: Picard.

data

Rank Title Platform Average Demand Expressions®

1 La Casa De Papel Netflix 818,566

2 Star Trek: Picard CBS All Access 574,770

3 Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation Tencent QQ 488,646

4 Terrace House Netflix 330,422

5 Ozark Netflix 284,418

6 Altered Carbon Netflix 281,817

7 Stranger Things Netflix 280,887

8 The Mandalorian Disney+ 249,649

9 Black Mirror Netflix 247,650

10 Locke & Key Netflix 226,995

Top 10 digital originals: Taiwan

Rank Title Average Demand Expressions®

1 Peppa Pig 1,294,233

2 Game of Thrones 1,179,984

3 Westworld 1,157,789

4 Naruto 951,443

5 The Walking Dead 934,915

6 SpongeBob SquarePants 872,240

7 PAW Patrol 858,053

8 My Hero Academia 848,703

9 La Casa De Papel 818,566

10 Better Call Saul 766,816

Top 10 overall TV shows: Taiwan

Date range: 8-14 April 2020 Demand Expressions® (DEx): The global TV measurement standard devel-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.