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Talking tech A sliver of insight was handed out to us a few years ago: Never under-

We wish tech vendors would... never again over-promise and under-

estimate how hard it is to roll out “digital” services. Of course consumers

deliver; give us technology that allows us to adapt to all devices (mobile

don’t care (and they shouldn’t), so crappy UIs, clunky sign-ons and the

and TV devices like smart TVs/Roku/set-top-boxes) with a single build; of-

buffering wheel of evil are no excuse. But, for all the wondrous progress

fer better innovation, transformation and guidance around cross-plat-

that has been made, there’s also still a whole lot going on backstage

form delivery and tech requirements; develop a standardised stream

of the current streaming/online boom that’s frustrating and not half as

video measurement for rating, reporting and monitoring; offer better

pretty as it could be. So, on the eve of this year’s giant Asia tech shows

compression strategy; provide seamless integration so that the user has

(BroadcastAsia/CommunicAsia) we asked platforms to talk about their

a smooth experience; allow streaming services to have better visibility

tech pain points and wish lists. Here’s what they said, in a nutshell but you

into performance; offer flexibility in business models; offer modular and

get the idea. The full interviews are at www.contentasia.tv

flexible solutions, which are not bundled; pay attention to different types

Biggest tech challenge: The internet in the Philippines/Indonesia is slow and data is expensive; scaling to support the addition of millions of streaming viewers; transforming tech/workflows/processes designed

of business models adopted by different OTT service providers before making commercial offers.

What’s at the top of your tech wish list for 2019?

for linear to digital; content personalisation and discovery: mobile band-

Better video compression technology; simplic-

width availability and coverage; CDN cloud latency; data and network

ity and personalisation; amalgamation of linear

consistency; high costs of CDN and non-standardised digital video mea-

and streaming technologies; machine-learning

surement for advertisers; infrastructure reliability in different parts of the

engines for operation, monitoring and editorial

region and the necessity to engage different CDN suppliers to deliver

automation; better availability of stable 4G/

instant streaming without buffering; secure streaming and content pro-

internet speeds across the globe; voice-acti-

tection across multiple devices; technical solutions around integrating

vated content discovery in multiple languag-

the players with different types of ad-related features.

es; machine learning/artificial intelligence to

The one technology making the biggest difference to your business

enhance recommendation; video platform

is... cloud tech; a robust real-time data pipeline with access for all staff-

integration with e-commerce; transforming

ers; automatic subtitling and dubbing for different languages; recom-

our platform to providing highest operation-

mendation personalisation/discovery; the ready availability of multiple

al efficiency and end user experience.

smaller components involved in offering OTT services, such as content

So, there you have it. For everyone at-

transcoding, content encrypting and packaging, which is now available

tending BroadcastAsia and CommunicA-

out of the box; 4G and inexpensive data plans in India; video fingerprint-

sia, happy nerding and see you there!

ing tech for digital rights management; next-gen CMS (content management systems) and RMS (Rights Managements Systems).

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Stream states

Mind The Malhotras, Applause Entertainment for Amazon Prime Video

Streaming apps and platforms are going gangbusters in Asia. Malena Amzah looks at who’s who in China, India, Indonesia, Singapore.

Asia had at least 157 streaming services in mid-June 2019. 134 of these are

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home-grown (with services solely for the country they are in) Asian services.

Despite all the unanswered questions and the steep learning curve about direct-to-consumer expectations and experiences, there’s clearly

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no doubt that the shift to digital services in the region is in even fuller swing than it was this time last year.

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What isn’t as clear is a viable business model, much less a path to the same kinds of revenues that used to exist in yesteryear’s pay-TV universe – or, to be honest, any kinds of revenues. Anecdotes abound about

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cheques for $203.78 arriving in the post in revenue share deals with telcos.

Plus there’s the piracy factor, which legit player are fighting as hard as

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they can with various levels of slim-to-no real support (as opposed to abundant lip-service and clicks of empathy for the pain being caused to real businesses as a result of IP theft) from authorities. So that’s all happening.

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The three most vibrant countries in number of major homegrown platforms (with services solely for the country they are in) are: Taiwan (18 plat-

Sources: Streaming platforms/apps, companies (as of June 2019)

forms), Japan (16 platforms) and India (15 platforms, excluding four regional services – AltBalaji, Eros Now, YuppTV, Zee5 Global), which together

distribution mode because sign ons are usually clunky and irritating); and

account for 31% of the platforms on our list.

niche global services with the same slate available anywhere/everywhere

23 of the total number of services are regional/global platforms. Region-

all for one U.S.-denominated price.

al services range from the highly customised services of, for instance, Ama-

Among the 18 markets we looked at, India and Taiwan lead in the num-

zon Prime Video for Japan and India; and country-specific services such as

ber of home-grown services, which have expanded their services out of

Viu, available direct or through telcos with an increasing commitment to

the country they launched in, with 19 each in India and Taiwan.

market-specific original content creation; to the authenticated platforms only available through telcos/pay-TV platforms (an increasingly unpopular

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In China, all 14 of the platforms are local entities, supported by a regulatory environment few believe will allow foreigners to set up and thrive.

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Global/regional players available in Asia* ALTBalaji

Streaming tech: Amazon FireTV, AppleTV, Roku, YuppTV. Telcos: Jio, Airtel, Vodafone, Dialog Axiata (Sri Lanka), XL Axiata (Indonesia), Celcom (Malaysia). Others: India’s online travel company MakeMyTrip, e-commerce service GrabOn

Amazon Prime Video

Singapore from S$3.50/US$2.55 for single rentals Who’s in charge Daphne Yang, CEO Content partners NBCUniversal Int’l TV Distribution, Warner Bros, Paramount, Disney, int’l/local independent studios

Crunchyroll

Apharan

About Direct-to-consumer subscription platform offering Indian content. Core audience: 18-34 year olds Owned by Balaji Telefilms Launched April 2017 No. of subs 20+ million (Mar 2019) What’s on Original, Indian content in multiple local languages Originals Produced 38 series (as of Mar 2019), including thriller Apharan (premiered Dec 2018), erotic drama Gandii Baat S2: Urban Stories (Jan 2019), teen drama Puncch Beat (Feb 2019), romantic drama Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain 2 (Feb 2019), college romance Medically Yourrs (May 2019) and psycho stalker thriller Bekaaboo (May 2019) Pricing Free/paid content; rates range from US$4.99 for three months to US$12.99 for 12 months Who’s in charge Ekta Kapoor, joint MD, Balaji Telefilms (left); Nachiket Pantvaidya, group COO and CEO, ALT Digital Media (right) Partnerships include Payment partners: PayPal, PayTM, Google Pay, EKO. focus is on regional/global * Our services with an Asian angle.

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Baahubali: The Lost Legends

About Online video streaming service rolled out globally end 2016. Asia video focus continues to be on Japan and India (as of June 2019) What’s on Movies, TV episodes.

Strong focus on original content How much Free seven-day trial, then US$2.99 a month for the first six months, then US$5.99 a month in most markets. Singapore is S$2.99/US$2.20 a month.

In some countries, the video service is packaged with a Prime membership (e-shopping and deliveries) at no additional cost.

Prime membership in India is Rs129/US$1.85 a month or Rs999/ US$14.30 a year and in Japan, ¥500/US$4.60 a month or ¥4,900/ US$45 a year.

Distribution in Asia Available in most markets in Asia.

CATCHPLAY on DEMAND About Streaming VOD service offering blockbusters/movies Owned by Catchplay, headquartered in Taiwan Launched in Taiwan (Mar 2016), Indonesia (June 2016), Singapore (Aug 2016) No. of subs Not disclosed What’s on Local, regional, international, Hollywood movies How much Country-specific pricing: Taiwan from NT60/US$1.90 a title, Indonesia from Rp15,000/ US$1 a title,

Dragon Ball Super

About Video streaming platform offering Japanese anime.

Originally started as a community video platform Owned by Crunchyroll. Majority investor is Otter Media Launched 2009 No. of paying subs Over two million worldwide, 45 million registered users (as of Nov 2018) Who’s in charge Kun Gao, cofounder/ CEO What’s on 25,000+ eps and 15,000+ hours of licensed content (mostly anime, some Korean drama & live action) from Asian media producers, translated in multiple languages. Select content is geo-blocked in certain territories due to licensing restrictions How much Global pricing. Free/ premium starts from US$6.95 a month Content partners Aniplex, MBC, KBS, Nippon TV, Kadokawa Pictures

CuriosityStream Launch March 2015 Owned by CuriosityStream LLC About A global non-fiction subscription video-on-demand service. Access to the streaming subscription service is currently available directly from cusiositystream.com, but will eventually be exclusive to subscription-platform partners in Asia in a partner-

ship with Monty Ghai’s brandwith.

Migration dates have not been confirmed.

Who’s in charge in Asia Monty Ghai, founder and chief executive of Singaporebased regional media company brandwith What’s on 2,400 docu features and series, including originals, across science, nature, history, tech, society and lifestyle. New releases in June 2019 include original series Spies of War (2019) about people who have changed the course of history, and The Daunting Fortress of Richard The Lionhearted (2019) about the English king and his efforts to build an impregnable castle.

Pricing International pricing plans are US$2.99 a month (standard) or US$9.99 a month (premium/4K) or US$19.99 a year (standard) or US$69.99 (premium), after a seven-day free trial

Dimsum Thong Ek – The Herbal Master, BEC World/ Channel 3 Thailand

About Streaming platform operated by Star Media Group’s SMG Entertainment Launched Nov 2016 (Malaysia, Brunei), April 2018 (Singapore) What’s on 10,000+ hours of multigenre content from across Asia.

Boosted Thai content in Q1 2019 with 350 hours of drama from BEC World/Channel 3; the deal was brokered by Bangkok-based distributor JKN Global and includes period romcom Thong Ek – The Herbal Master, The Cupids and fantasy drama Nakee.

How much RM13.90/US$3.30 a month in Malaysia; S$6.90/US$5 a month direct in Singapore or S$9.90/US$7.25 a month via StarHub Go in Singapore

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Content boss Janice Cheng, GM, content Content partners Shanghai Media Group (China), Turner Asia Pacific, Mediacorp (Singapore), TV Asahi (Japan), MediaQuiz (Hong Kong), CITVC (China), GMM Grammy, JKN Global Media/BEC World (Thailand), Medialink (Hong Kong), Asia Digital Media (Taiwan), Celestial Movie Channel (Hong Kong), Channel 3 (Thailand) Distribution Accessible in Malaysia (TM) and Brunei via web, mobile and smart TV apps; in Singapore via StarHub Go or direct Other features Five concurrent users, download option for offline viewing (up to 10 videos via the app, offline access for 14 days), parental control and multi-language subtitles, HD, multi-device access including web, mobile, Chromecast, Apple Airplay, smart/Android TV

DocuBay

Himalayan Gold Rush, Kwanza

Launch Beta site up and running.

Scheduled launch later in 2019 Owned by IN10 Media Group About Headquartered in Mumbai, DocuBay is a global subscription service carrying factual programmes from around the world subtitled in English.

Who’s in charge Akul Tripathi, COO, DocuBay Content partners France’s Kwanza, U.K.’s Journeyman Pictures are among the first on board.

Eros Now Paisa Fek Tamasha Dekh, Eros Now Quickie -

About Global streaming service offering Indian and South Asian entertainment launched in July 2015 Owned by Eros International No. of subs 142 million registered users, 15.9 million paying subscribers worldwide (April 2019) What’s on 12,000 movie titles, TV shows and music videos, including originals such as 10-part biographical series Modi: Journey of a Common Man (April 2019) and prank mini-series Paisa Fek Tamasha Dekh, which is one of 50 short-form series under the Eros Now Quickie slate for 2019.

How much Country-specific pricing such as India Rs99/US$1.40 a month (premium) or Rs950/ US$13.60 a year unlimited access; RM10/US$2.40 a month in Malaysia; and S$6.15/US$4.50 a month in Singapore.

Who’s in charge Rishika Lulla Singh, CEO, Eros Digital Content boss Ridhima Lulla, chief content officer

Fox+ About Video streaming service on Android/iOS devices Owned by Set up by Fox Networks Group and inherited by Disney as part of the Fox acquisition (no confirmation as of June 2019 on what Disney plans to do with it). Our prediction is that, while Disney’s ambitions for streaming services in Asia are ambitious, Fox+ days as a branded streamer are numbered.

Launched in the Philippines (Mar 2017), Singapore (May 2017), Taiwan (Sep 2017), Hong Kong (Nov 2017) Distribution partners Globe, PLDT, Smart (Philippines); Chunghwa

Telecom, Bandott (Taiwan); Singtel, StarHub (Singapore); PCCW (Hong Kong) What’s on TV series, movies, docs, live sports How much Philippines is Ps249/ US$5 via App Store/Google Play Store and bundled pricing packages via operators Globe, PLDT and Smart. Taiwan NT$190/US$ 6 a month via App Store/Google Play Store and bundled pricing packages via operators CHT and Bandott. Hong Kong HK$188/ US$24 a month. Singapore is S$19.90/US$14.60 a month, with various special packages.

Who’s in charge John Kotsaftis, EVP, SVOD Digital

GagaOOlala About LGBTQ-focused online streaming service Launched in 2017 Owned by Taipei-based Portico Media, content aggregator and founder of the Taiwan International Queer Film Festival (TIQFF) and Queermosa Awards Who’s in charge Jay Lin, chief executive officer, Portico Media What’s on Premium festival/art house movies and award winners from around the world, such as Monja Art’s Seventeen, Yan England’s 1:54, and Stephan Lacant’s Free Fall, as well as documentaries, drama series and original content Originals 22 titles were listed in the originals section for June 2019, including Joselito Altarejos’ Tale of The Lost Boys (2017) and documentary series Queer Asia.

Production initiative, GOL Studios, launched in Dec 2018 to facilitate the financing and production of LGBTQ content. GOL Studios aims to back 10-15 projects a year, including films, short-form & series.

How much The platform has a free tier offering a limited slate and first episodes of some series and a monthly subscription option for about US$6.99

HBO Go

The World Between Us

About Standalone app rolled out

by HBO Asia in Feb 2019 Owned by WarnerMedia Distribution HBO Asia rewrote its distribution playbook (in Singapore at least) in early 2019 with the end of its decades-old exclusive carriage deal with pay-TV platform StarHub. The new era involves multi-access points, including bundled with telco plans, partnerships with third-party streaming platforms such as Singapore broadcaster Mediacorp and on the App Store. The big (unaswered) question now is what happens in Asia under WarnerMedia.

What’s on Full suite of linear channels along with seasons of blockbusters such as Game of Thrones, Big Little Lies, Warrior and Gentleman Jack, all released in Asia at the same time as in the U.S., of the Sun and a growingDescendants slate of original productions, including The World Between Us and Miss Sherlock.

The platform also acquires series such as The Handmaid’s Tale and a wide range of movies, including action film Skyscraper (2018) and supernatural thriller Between Worlds.

Who’s in charge Jonathan Spink, CEO,HBO Asia

Production head Jessica Kam, SVfor original productions, HBO Asia What it costs S$13.98/US$10.20 a month direct or S$119.98/US$88 pre-payment a year via Mediacorp’s Toggle. HBO Go is also bundled with HBO Pak/movie pack on StarHub and Singtel for S$13.98/US$10.20 a month.

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Hooq

Cek Toko Sebelah the Series

About SVOD/TVOD/AVOD platform Owned by Singtel (Hooq launched about five years ago as a JV with Sony Pictures and Warner Bros, which have both grown increasingly silent on their involvement. Singtel seems to have stepped into the gap with full funding disbursed at regular intervals.

Launched Philippines (Mar 2015), Thailand (May 2015), India (June 2015), Indonesia (Apr 2016), Singapore (Nov 2016) Distribution Globe Telecom, Smart, Razer (Philippines); AIS, Line (Thailand); Airtel TV, ACT, Hotstar, Idea, Micromax, Vodafone (India); Grab, First Media, Bolt, Telkomsel, Ovo and Telkom IndiHome. Carrier billing deals with Telkomsel, XL Axiata, Hutchison 3, Indosat, SmartFren (Indonesia); Grab, Singtel’s CAST (Singapore) No. of users/subs Not disclosed Pricing Philippines from Ps149/ US$2.85. Thailand THB119/ US$3.75 monthly. India Rs89/US$1.30 a month or Rs450/US$6.40 a year. Indonesia from Rp3,900/US$0.30 daily to Rp599,000/ US$42 a year. Singapore is between S$7.90/US$5.70 a month (for Singtel customers) and S$9.98/US$7.20 a month (via Hooq directly). Launched a US$0.25 one-day sachet in April 2018 and introduced live streaming of free-to-air channels as a freemium layer in Indonesia. In Aug 2018, Hooq added pay-TV channels and catch-up VOD, including tvN, tvN Movies, Zee Bioskop, Discovery Channel and Dreamworks. In Mar 2019, Hooq rolled out the freemium layer across Southeast Asia – to Singapore, Philippines and Thailand,

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which included local and int’l linear channels and catch-up VOD What’s on 12,000+ hours of Hollywood/regional/local/original content available to stream/ download plus skinny linear bundles Originals Hooq follows the Netflix Originals model, acquiring rights to call certain shows “original” as part of wide-reaching/ranging and exclusive acquisitions negotiations. It’s not always clear which originals are actually developed/ commissioned/produced by Hooq and which are acquired.

The first Hooq original – Indonesian film Critical Eleven – streamed in 2017, followed by Marlina the Murder in Four Acts (2017); six-part crime thriller Brata (2018), which is Hooq+Telkomsel’s first original collaboration; comedy Cek Toko Sebelah The Series (2018); Bhak (2018), created by Arjun Chatterjee and Shreyom Ghosh from Big 3 Media; and 30-episode daily family drama Keluarga Badak (2019). 2019 additions to the original slate are crime thriller Brata 2 (late 2019) and comedy series She’s a Terrorist and I Love Her (early 2020). Hooq aims to add at least 100 originals across Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, India by the end of 2019 Content boss Jennifer Batty, chief content officer; Bryan Seah, head of original productions Content partners include Sony Pictures, Warner Bros, Disney, Dreamworks, Lionsgate, Miramax, Starz and 80+ local partners in the Philippines, Thailand, India & Indonesia

iflix About Streaming platform with download/watch offline function, accessible on multi devices.

Unveiled its third edition, iflix 3.0, in April 2018, which introduced a free, ad-supported layer along with linear local free-to-air and

pay channels plus live events/news Owned by Catcha Group and Evolution Media Capital Launched in Malaysia (May 2015), Philippines (May 2015), Thailand (Nov 2015), Indonesia (June 2016), Sri Lanka (Aug 2016), Brunei (Sep 2016), Maldives (Nov 2016), Pakistan (Jan 2017), Vietnam (Feb 2017), Myanmar (Mar 2017), Cambodia (Aug 2017), Nepal, Bangladesh (Nov 2017). iflix scaled down in 2018.

Platforms in Africa and the Middle East have been taken over by local partners.

Distribution TM, Digi, Maxis, Celcom, UMobile (Malaysia); PLDT, Smart, Globe (Philippines); TrueMove, dtac (Thailand); Telkom, Indosat Ooredoo (Indonesia); Smart Axiata (Cambodia); Dhiraagu (Maldives); Dialog (Sri Lanka); PTCL, Telenor, Zong (Pakistan); Ooredoo (Myanmar); Ncell (Nepal) No. of users/subs Undisclosed

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What’s on Movies/TV content from the U.K., Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Middle East and Africa. In April 2019, iflix added 1,000 hours of Media Prima’s tonton channel to its Malaysia platfom and unveiled a “strategic investment” (financial details not disclosed) with Korea’s JTBC. The deal includes 500 hours of JTBC’s library titles such as Welcome to Waikiki 2 and Sky Castle (premiere dates had not been confirmed by mid-June 2019) and may include co-production projects. iflix has also entered into a JV with Japan’s media conglomerate and comedy powerhouse Yoshimoto Kogyo to include programming and format adaptations from Japan.

Originals Notwithstanding numerous pivots as it tried to find its feet, iflix has charted a steady course of commissioned originals across Southeast Asia (and particularly

Indonesia, Malaysia and more recently the Philippines) under content chief Mark Francis, kicking off with series developed from blockbuster movies such as sixpart horror drama Conversation with Ghosts (working title) with Screenplay Films based on the original 2017 movie and KL Gangster Underworld (2018), based on Syamsul Yusof’s 2011 feature film KL Gangster. iflix has also partnered with Screenplay to produce 16 made-for-OTT movies based on stories from crowd-sourced storytelling platform Wattpad. iflix’s latest original, Hot Ones, premiered in May 2019. The show sees both host and guest eat increasingly spicy food throughout the interview. In a talkshow guest coup for Francis, episode one featured Malaysian politician Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Mystified, iflix’s first original movie out of the Philippines, premiered in March 2019. Mystified is the story of four sorceresses who banish the evil witch Hellga and are sent to live in the real world to protect the magic portal.

Monthly pricing Free/ad-supported iflixFree or iflixVIP at global price point: US$2-US$3 a month Content boss Mark Francis, global director of original programming Content partners include The Walt Disney Company SEA, Warner Bros, MGM, Paramount Pictures, NBCUniversal, Turner Broadcasting, iTV Global, Endemol Shine, Lionsgate, A+E Networks, KBS Media, CJ E&M, SBS Content Hub, Celestial Pictures, Fortune Star, Mediaquiz, Sony India, Reliance Entertainment, Zee TV and Indiacast, Media Prima, Skop Productions, Screenplay, GMA, ABS-CBN and Mediacorp Singapore, among others Tech partners Amazon Web Services (AWS), Vimond, Akamai, Intertrust Technologies, Bitmovin and CSG International

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iTunes/Apple TV+ Owned by Apple Launched in iTunes is available in 16 markets in Asia. As of 4 June, the Apple TV+ Asia launch date had not been announced

iWonder Owned by iWonder Pte Ltd Launched in March in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore direct to consumer (with sign ups for now on the website only.

In-app payments coming soon).

Also available as a branded area (SVOD/AVOD) across the iflix footprint. In addition, TVNZ carries 25 titles on its catch up as AVOD. Who’s in charge James Bridges, co-founder and CEO What’s on Has exclusive rights in Southeast Asia and Aus/NZ for 1MDB feature doc, The Kleptocrats. New titles include Australia’s New Stolen Generation, a 2018 doc on the crisis facing indigenous families and the child protection system in charge of removing children; 57-min current affairs show, China’s Artful Dissident (2019), which follows a Chinese political artist in exile; and 82-min biography Shut Up & Play the Piano, which charts the journey of Grammy-winning composer, virtuoso pianist and entertainer Chilly Gonzales.

What it costs S$6.99/A$6.99/ NZ$6.99 a month

Netflix

berships in 190+ countries (end Mar 2019). Asia figures aren’t broken out.

Pricing Single global subscription in 190+ countries; content adjusts to location. Prices start at US$8.99 (basic one screen, SD) Content boss Ted Sarandos, chief content officer, and Robert Roy, VP, content acquisition Content strategy Original production focus on Japan, India and Korea although there has been a noteable uptick in Asian content from elsewhere on the platform this year. Asia productions are coming thick and fast, including a new space for kids shows, with giant budgets that blow competitors out of the water. Titles aired so far this year included Korean zombie drama Kingdom season one (Jan 2019); Studio Dragon’s megaproduction, Arthdal Chronicles (June 2019); three animated series Larva Island (based on Korean IP), pre-school show Yoohoo to the Rescue (also from Korea) and Mighty Little Bheem (non-verbal pre-school slapstick from India’s Green Gold). Coming soon are kids animated comedy show Dino Girl Gauko from Japanese creator/showrunner Akira Shigino; Korean teenage crime drama Extracurricular (aka Human Lessons); and Kingdom season two (2020).

Content partners Buys widely across Asia, including titles from major national broadcasters such as Media Prima/Primeworks in Malaysia and ABS-CBN in the Philippines as well as cabler JTBC in Korea.

Tech partners include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apple, Atmos, Dolby, Google, LG, Samsung, Sony and Microsoft

Rakuten Viki

Kingdom

About Global SVOD platform.

Available directly or through partnerships in some markets Launched 1997, expanded to Asia (excl. China/North Korea) in 2016 No. of subs 148 million paid mem-

About A global TV site offering K-drama and Asian entertainment in multiple languages and subtitles contributed by the Viki community of volunteers Owned by Rakuten Group Launched 2007 Users 40+ million in 190+ countries What’s on Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, Malaysian, Japanese

movies and TV shows Who’s in charge Sam Wu, CEO

Content boss Sarah Kim, SVP of content & partnerships How much US$4.99 a month/ US$49.99 a year. Some free content Distribution partners Xiaomi MiTV/ MiVideo (Indonesia) Content partners include TV Asahi, Nippon TV, Fuji TV (Japan); Croton Media (China); Primeworks (Malaysia)

Spuul About SVOD service for Indian movies and TV channels, headquartered in Singapore with an office in Mumbai Owned by Spuul Pte Ltd Founded in 2010 in Singapore, officially launched in April 2012 Targets Mainly Indian viewers, 18-55 What’s on 10,000+ hours of Bollywood movies and TV shows.

Some content is geo-blocked in some markets. No original production (as of June 2019) Pricing Freemium. India: from Rs30/US$0.40 to Rs150/US$2.20 a month. Outside of India: Rs500/ US$7.20 a month Who’s in charge Rajiv Vaidya, Spuul India, chief executive Price Free and ad supported Users 47 million registered users worldwide (April 2019)

Viddsee About A video entertainment platform for short premium content Launched Jan 2013 Owned by Viddsee Pte Ltd What’s On Short premium content comprising 4,000+ indie films, docus, and branded content submitted by filmmakers from around the world, available to be watched for free Originals In April 2019, Viddsee announced 23 originals comprising of 11 short films, five social documentary series, and seven

fictional series. The 2019 slate of Viddsee Originals kicked off in February with the debut of Unscripted Man, a four-episode co-production with Indonesiabased Telkomsel, on streaming service MAXstream, followed by a 10-film anthology Scene City (premiered in June 2019), five Viddsee Voices social documentaries (July 2019), and six original series in the genres of thrillers, romantic dramas and comedies (July 2019). Viddsee Originals debuted in 2018 with 11 titles that included social documentaries, short films and series.

Who’s in charge Ho Jia Jian, co-founder and CEO; Derek Tan, co-founder and CCO Content boss Nikki Loke, head of content

Viu About OTT video service from Hong Kong telco PCCW Owned by PCCW Media (HK) Launched in Hong Kong (Oct 2015), Singapore (Jan 2016), Malaysia (Jan 2016), India (Mar 2016), Indonesia (May 2016), Philippines (Nov 2016), Middle East (Feb 2017), Thailand (May 2017), Myanmar (Sep 2018), South Africa (Feb 2019) Who’s in charge Janice Lee, MD, PCCW Media Group No. of subs Regional take-up/conversion data not released. 30 million+ monthly active users with average 1.2 to 1.8 hours a day/user 4Freaks 4Fam

What’s on Focus on first-run/exclusive Asian content, particularly Korean drama/variety/music shows from KBS, SBS, MBC, CJ E&M and JTBC, with local subtitles from four 9

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WebTVAsia About Multi platform network and production studio Owned by WebTVAsia, a digital media entertainment firm active across feature films, digital orginals, TV co-production, creator network, music label, artiste development, OTT platform (Thailand & Taiwan) among other media-related activities. Has offices/subsidiaries in across Asia and in the U.S. Launched 2014 Who’s in charge Fred Chong, group CEO Price Free and ad supported Users 25 billion minutes or five billion views watched by 390 million millennials monthly (June 2019)

Asia-specific services rolled out from 2015: Singapore/Malaysia in May 2015, India in Oct 2015 Who’s in charge Uday Reddy, founder/CEO What’s on Freemium/premium content with 200+ live South Asian TV channels and 3,000+ Bollywood/ regional movies from India How much Country-specific subscription. Singapore plans from S$24.99/US$18.20 a month, India Rs99/US$1.40 a month, Malaysia from RM16/US$3.85 a month

including Arjun Rampal’s thriller The Final Call, 78-minute LGBTQ drama Sec 377 and Saqib Saleem’s crime/ thriller Rangbaaz. Zee5 plans to launch 72 new originals in six languages in 2019/20.

Localisation In April 2019, Zee5 introduced five new languages – Malay, Thai, Bahasa Indonesia, German and Russian – bringing the total to 17 languages.

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BesTV

About Streaming service targeting Indian/South Asian diaspora Launched globally (excluding U.S.) in Oct 2018 in 190+ countries.

Launched in India in Feb 2018, consolidating Zee’s former AVOD OZee and SVOD dittoTV Owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) Who’s in charge Amit Goenka, CEO, Zee International and Zee5 Global Content boss Archana Anand, chief business officer, Zee5 Global Users 61.5 million MAU, with an average daily viewing time of 31 minutes What’s on 100,000 hours of video on-demand content across multiple genres in English, Hindi and 10 regional languages, as well as 60+ live TV channels, including Zee-branded TV channels Kumkum Bhagya

YuppTV About OTT platform for live TV and VOD solutions, targeting SouthAsian diaspora. Accessible via 27 screens/devices. Founded in 2006; U.S. based with management and engineering in India Owned by YuppTV (U.S.), backed

by Asian investment company Emerald Media, which bought a US$50-million stake in Oct 2016 Launched Global footprint in 2006.

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Pricing All-access packs from US$2 to US$8 a month across markets Original production From March 2018-March 2019, Zee5 produced 60+ shows and original movies across six languages. ContentAsia counted about 55 originals titles (new/library) on Zee5 (Apr 2019),

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hours after local telecast. Increasing original production under Viu Originals shingle. Content autoadjusts to device/access location.

How much Country-specific subscription prices/plans. Premium option with exclusive content windowing and unlimited downloads. No limit to the number of devices simultaneously linked to a single account Content partners KBS, SBS, MBC, CJ E&M/CJ Media, JTBC (Korea), Primeworks (Malaysia), MD Entertainment (Indonesia), Annapurna Studios, Endemol Shine India, Lone Ranger Production, Mango People Media (India). Has partnerships with over 250 studios/production houses worldwide, providing content in 34 languages

China Blue TV About The internet video platform of Zhejiang Radio & TV Group, offering select content from the group’s free-TV channel, Zhejiang TV. Also available as a mobile app on Android and iTunes Owned by Zhejiang Radio and TV Group, which owns and operates Zhejiang TV, a satellite broadcaster serving viewers in Hangzhou city and Zhejiang province area.

Launched July 2015 What’s on On-demand video content consists of original webseries, HD drama, movies, entertainment, live shows, animation and music, among others How much Free for users in China

China Network Television (CNTV)/CCTV.com Go Jetters

About Shanghai Media Group’s (SMG) internet broadcasting arm, spanning smart TV, PC and IPTV/ mobile OTT services. Operated by SMG subsidiary, Shanghai Oriental Pearl Media, formed by the 2014 merger of BesTV New Media and Oriental Pearl. Originally launched in 2005 No. of IPTV subs Over 46 million across 31 cities (Mar 2019) What’s on 400,000+ hours of local and international content across a wide spectrum of genres Who’s in charge Cheng Xi, president, BesTV Int’l content partners include A+E Networks, BBC Worldwide, Sesame Workshop, HBO Asia

Bilibili About Millennial-targeted digital platform offering UGC streaming acquired content and gaming Owned by Shanghai Hode Information Technology Co Ltd Launched June 2009 No. of users 100 million monthly active users, 5.7million monthly paying users (Mar 2019) What’s on Animation, music, drama series, games, entertainment, movies, factual, UGC Pricing RMB25/US$3.60 a month Int’l content partners include DHX Media, Sky Vision

About National web-based TV broadcaster by China Central Television (CCTV) Launched Dec 2009 What’s on Carries local/int’l news, live/VOD content and searchable archives in multiple languages, including French, Russian, Korean and Chinese ethnic minority languages

Funshion Video About Online video service with streaming/downloading and user interactive features Owned by Beijing Funshion Online Technologies Ltd Launched in 2005 No. of users 52 million monthly unique visitors (source: iResearch, Mar 2019) What’s on Mostly Chinese content; movies, dramas, kids, animation, variety shows and sport

iQiyi Spycies, an iQiyi animated film

About Online/streaming platform offering AVOD/SVOD/TVOD Launched April 2010 No. of subs 96.8 million, almost

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99% are paying subs; 577.9 million monthly unique visitors in Mar 2019 (source: iQiyi, iResearch) What’s on Original and licensed drama series, variety shows, docus, movies, kids content, sport events, etc. Other services include gaming, live streaming, ecommerce, animation, literature, movie ticketing Who’s in charge Gong Yu, founder and CEO/ director Content boss Xiaohui Wang, chief content officer How much RMB19.80/US$3 a month or RMB198/US$30 a year

Mango TV About Online platform with rights to most of HBS/Hunan Satellite TV content. Accessible via Mango’s internet TV portal, IPTV and mobile TV apps.

No. of users 161.6 million monthly unique videos (source: iResearch, Mar 2019) Owned by Hunan Broadcasting System (HBS), operated by Mango Media Launched in 2011 What’s on SD/HD channels, VOD (movies, TV dramas, variety, documentaries, animation series) How much Free for users in China

PP Video HD/PPTV Sports About Online TV services offering live streaming/VOD, targeting Chinese speaking audiences Owned by Suning Holdings Group Launched in 2005 No. of users 38.9 million monthly unique visitors (source: iResearch, Mar 2019) What’s on Local/int’l content, including Chinese and Korean drama, movies, sports, entertainment and news. Also covers live events and original online content, in cooperation with other media groups and studios in China. PPTV Sports carries sporting events including matches from Bundesliga, Chinese Super League, La Liga, Premier League,

Serie A, UEFA Champions League, EUFA Europa League, UEFA Super Cup, and UEFA Women’s Champions League plus video clips of FC Internazionale Milano Pricing Free, with some pay options

Sohu Video About Online service delivering acquired/original programming, plus user-generated content Owned by Sohu.com Launched in 2006 No. of users 50.2 million monthly unique visitors (source: iResearch, Mar 2019) What’s on Free access to most content (local/int’l TV drama series, movies, variety shows, original productions, news, animation, entertainment, live TV & UGC) Who’s in charge Charles Zhang, chairman of the board/CEO Content boss Didi Cao, int’l content acquisition director How much Mostly free.

Discounted premium plans from RMB30/US$4.60 a month to RMB360/US$55 for 12 months

T-Mall Box Office (TBO) About SVOD streaming service Owned by Alibaba Launched Sept 2015 No. of users/subs Not available What’s on Mix of in-house and local/foreign content, including Hollywood titles How much RMB39/US$6 a month for unlimited viewing or RMB365/ US$55 for a year

Tencent Video About Tencent’s video service rolled out in 2011 with a mixed slate of films, TV/variety shows, originals, sports events, news.

No. of subs 89 million (Mar 2019) What’s on Original programming Mostly known for its popular drama Candle in the Tomb series, Heaven Sword, Dragon Sabre (based on the martial arts novel by Louis Cha), The Land of Warriors series and variety show format Produce 101

How much Premium content is behind a subscription paywall costing RMB19/US$2.75 a month or RMB208/US$30 a year for VIP membership Int’l content partners BBC Worldwide, NBA, HBO, NHK, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company

Tiantian Kankan About Video streaming platform, known as Xunlei Kankan until Aug 2015 after it was acquired by Beijing Nesound International Media Owned by Beijing Nesound International Media What’s on Offers local and int’l content from over 200 partners How much RMB150/US$22 a year

Wasu About Online video platform offering live TV channels and local/ international VOD content Owned by Wasu Digital TV Media Group, China’s media powerhouse with growing scale across digital cable TV, OTT and internet TV. Also owns 42% of national cable company China Cable Network Launched in 2003 No. of users 20+ million What’s on Live TV channels, Local/int’l shows, including drama series movies, animation, documentaries and variety shows How much VIP pack costs RMB40/ US$6 a month

India AltBalaji Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain

See Regional listings What’s on Original, Indian content in multiple local languages Distribution/partnerships in Indi Telco Jio, Airtel and Vodafone; online travel company MakeMyTrip and e-commerce service GrabOn

Airtel TV About Video streaming service offering movies, TV shows, music videos and video clips from Bollywood, India and other parts of the world. Geo-blocked for India Owned by Bharti Airtel Launched Mar 2014 Users 286.2 million mobile subs and 15.4 million TV subs (Mar 2019) What’s on Offers live streaming of 350+ TV channels, including 29 HD channels, 10,000+ VOD titles, third-party OTT services Eros Now, Hooq and SonyLiv as well as curated content from YouTube How much Free for all Airtel postpaid and prepaid subs

Amazon Prime Video

Youku About Online/streaming platfom with combo free & subscription tiers No. of users 390.8 million monthly unique visitors (source: iResearch, Mar 2019) Operated by China’s digital entertainment platform Youku Business Division (Youku BD), a part of Alibaba Digital Media & Entertainment group What’s on 3,000 TV drama titles, 7,000+ movies, 540+ variety shows as well as current events, music videos, UGC and in-house/original productions. Strong emphasis on original production Pricing Costs depend on usage

The Family Man

About Video streaming service for Amazon Prime members in India Launched Amazon rolled out online shopping in 100 Indian cities in July 2016 and added Prime Video in Dec 2016 at no extra cost No. of users Undisclosed What’s on New/library Bollywood, regional, Indian, int’l movies/TV series, Amazon originals, stand-up comedy, kids programming

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Originals Kicked off with cricket drama Inside Edge in July 2017, followed in 2018 by, among others, psychological thriller Breathe (released Jan 2018), Telugu mafia drama GangStars (June 2018), musical reality show Harmony (Aug 2018) and crime drama Mirzapur (Nov 2018), which has been renewed. 2019 titles for India include romantic musical Bandish Bandits; crime thriller The Last Hour; stand-up comic show Comicstaan; and Tiger Baby’s Made in Heaven.

Who’s in charge Gaurav Gandhi, director and head of India Content boss Vijay Subramaniam, director, content How much Video is free with Amazon Prime membership at Rs129/US$1.85 a month or Rs999/ US$15 a year.

Distribution Airtel, BSNL

Bigflix About Subscription-based adfree movie streaming service for India and Indian expatriates worldwide Owned by Reliance Entertainment Launched in 2008 What’s on 2,000+ movies (Hollywood, Bollywood, regional) How much Rs50/US$0.70 a month or Rs500/US$7 a year.

Select movies are available for rent (without subscription) at Rs80/US$1.15 a title accessible for two days. Outside of India, the platform costs US$1.99 a month or US$19.99 a year and PPV movie rental is US$0.99 a title. The monthly/yearly plan offers five user profiles and HD quality streaming on up to five devices simultaneously Content partners Dharma, Disney, Viacom, Phantom, Telegu One and Rajshri

DailyHunt About News/local content video streaming app Owned by Verse Innovation Launched 2009 as a news/book app known as NewsHunt and sold to Verse in 2012, rebranded as DailyHunt in 2015 No. of users 90+ million users 12

spending over 3.7 billion minutes on the service monthly What’s on Offering live TV (from partners including YuppTV, Republic TV, BBC News, ABP News), VOD (OneIndia, News X, Viu) and news articles Who’s in charge Virendra Gupta, CEO Investors Matrix Partners India, Sequoia Capital India, Omidyar Network, Falcon Edge, Bytedance

DEN TV+ About Mobile TV app extension for DEN’s cable TV and broadband subscribers Owned by Den Networks Launched Feb 2017 What’s on 130+ live TV channels, 2,500+ movies and 10,000+ hours of VOD content in Hindi, English and regional languages How much Free for DEN’s cable TV/broadband customers

Eros Now Modi: Journey of a Common Man

Distribution partners Bharti Airtel (Airtel TV), BSNL, Reliance Jio (JioCinema app) and Vodafone Play

Hoichoi About Global video/audio subscription-based Bengali content streaming service offering movies, originals, shorts, docs and music Owned by SVF Entertainment Launched 2017 No. of users Undisclosed Who’s in charge Vishnu Mohta, co-founder/ CEO (left);

Soumya Mukherjee, GM, Operations (right) Content head Sahana Dutta What’s on 500+ Bengali movie titles, 50+ hours of original shows and new shows added monthly, 1,000 songs How much Rs399 a year (India); US$1.49 a month or US$9.99 a year (global)

Hooq See Regional listings Originals 2019 originals include Dashavtar (Feb 2019), the story of Vishnu’s reincarnations; Ponniyin Selvin (Mar 2019), based on the life of a Chola Dynasty king during the 10th/11th century; crime drama, Flesh (March 2019); social drama, Mrityulok (March 2019); survival thriller Bhumi (April 2019); 10-part bio series Modi: Journey of a Common Man (April 2019); Crisis (May 2019); Sanyasi Raja (June 2019); and teen-drama/thriller, Blue Oak Academy (June 2019) How much Three price tiers, beginning with the free Eros Now Basic, which offers limited content. Eros Now Plus costs Rs49/ US$0.70 a month or Rs470/US$6.70 a year with increased but not unlimited access. Eros Now Premium is Rs99/US$1.40 a month or Rs950/ US$13.60 a year for unlimited access to all content.

See Regional listings Launched in India June 2015 Who’s in charge Zulfiqar Khan, MD, India What’s on 12,000 hours of local, regional and Hollywood films. Plans to localise all content in India (in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu) by end 2019 How much Rs89/US$1.30 a month or Rs450/US$6.40 a year Distribution partners Airtel TV, ACT, Hotstar, Idea, Micromax, Vodafone

Hotstar About Stand-alone ad-based/ SVOD platform designed for lower bandwidth environments, offering TV shows, movies and sports Owned by Novi Digital Entertainment, a Star India subsidiary

Launched Feb 2015 Who’s in charge Varun Narang, chief product officer What’s on Massive spender on sports rights (football, tennis, cricket and kabaddi),100,000+ hours of drama/movies in nine languages, original content Originals In Jan 2019, launched scripted unit Hotstar Specials, working with 15 filmmakers, including Shekhar Kapur (Bandit Queen, Elizabeth), writer/director Neeraj Pandey (Aiyaary) and Salman Khan (Sultan, Bharat). The brand kicked off with docu-drama Roar of the Lion (Mar 2019), produced

by Kabir Khan and starring MS Dhoni; followed by crime series Criminal Justice (Apr 2019), crime/suspense drama Mayanagari: City of Dreams (May 2019) and an Indian remake of Israeli crime thriller Hostages (May 2019).

Hostages

How much Free/premium. Premium plan costs Rs299/US$4.30 a month or Rs999/US$14.40 a year.

Hotstar VIP (offers almost everything except for Hollywood movies/American TV shows) is Rs365/ US$5.30 a year No. of users 300+ million monthly active users (May 2019)

Hungama Play

Boys with Toys

Owned by Hungama Digital Entertainment Media Launched in July 2015 No. of users Over 20 million users What’s on 5,000 movie titles and 1,500+ hours of TV across multiple Indian languages and genres, including Hollywood/Bollywood

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movies, TV shows, Hungama original series, kids content, short films and documentaries, plus music content Originals May/June 2019 original offerings include youth comedy Boys with Toys, about two men in their early 20s who share an apartment in Mumbai and are bored with their dead-end jobs; Bar Code, about two night club owners; Damaged, a psycho thriller; Hankaar, about drugs/human trafficking mafia in Mumbai; and Padded Ki Pushup, a comedy that revolves around the life of Aditya, a newly married man who must balance his life as a lingerie salesman, while trying to hide the nature of his work from his wife and the prying eyes of his mother-in-law.

How much Select free content.

Subscriptions start from Rs29/ US$0.40 for seven days for the Movies & TV Shows pack to Rs1,399/US$19.99 a year for the Entertainment Unlimited plan Who’s in charge Neeraj Roy, founder and CEO, Hungama Digital Media; Siddhartha Roy, COO, Hungama Digital Media (pictured) Distribution partners Vodafone Play, Xiaomi Mi TV, Cloud TV, ACT Fibrenet

JioTV/JioCinema About Reliance Jio Infocomm’s streaming services; live/catch-up TV JioTV and VOD JioCinema Launched Sep 2016 Owned by Reliance Industries Limited, operated by Reliance Jio What’s on JioTV offers 575 live TV channels with 60+ HD channels and a seven-day catch-up option. JioCinema offers 100,000+ hours of content comprising movies, TV shows, music videos, Jio shorts and trailers How much Free for all 280.1 million Jio subscribers (Dec 2018)

Lattu Kids About Edutainment online platform for kids/toddlers Launched 2016 Owned by Little Giants Media Singapore No. of users 100,000 (Jan 2019) What’s on Curated in-house/int’l kids content, including Maya the Bee, Trigo, Talking Tom, Counting with Paula, Leo the Truck Pricing Rs599/US$8.55 for three months or Rs1,999/US$28.50 a year. New users get one month free trial Who’s in charge Vivek Bhutyani, founder and CEO Content partners Bengalurubased animation studio, Thought Cloud Studio, Outfit 7, Studio 100

MiTiVi India Launch Unveiled Oct 2018, still running in beta mode Owned by Global One Enterprises What’s on Promises 90+ live TV channels and over 40,000 hours of on-demand content, including movies, TV shows and songs across multiple languages How much Some content is free (MiTiVi Basic), with a premium paid layer. Pricing details not available at presstime

MX Player About MX Player, which started off as a cross-platform media player developed by South Korean app publisher J2 Interactive, was majority acquired by Times Internet in June 2018 for Rs1,000 crores/ US$143 million. MX Player was re-launched as a freemium video streaming service in Feb 2019 Owned by Times Internet What’s on Original shows and 50,000+ hours of content from partners such as AltBalaji, Arre, TVF, Dice Media and Sony, as well as Pakistan’s Hum TV and ARY, across 10 Indian languages.

Originals Promised at least 20 originals at launch. The May 2019 offering included game show Bollywood Buzzinga, entertainment title Express Yourself featuring singers and the songs they compose from topics close to their

hearts, dramedy ImMature about the life of a young boy Dhruv who wants to grow up as soon as he can; and travel reality show Love Ok Please.

How much MiTiVi Basic is offered free. Premium-tier details were not available at presstime.

Netflix Leila

NexGTv About SVOD app offering live streaming TV channels and VOD content, launched in 2011.

Owned by DigiVive (Media Matrix Worldwide) What’s on 130+ live TV channels, 1,000 movies/TV series/sports ondemand content

SonyLIV Married Woman Diaries

See Regional listings Distribution Available direct and through partnerships with telecom and broadband players like Airtel and ACT Broadband; and devices such as Vu TVs and OnePlus 7 Pro. How much One-month free trial for new subs. Basic: Rs500/US$7.20 a month (1 screen, SD). Standard: Rs650/US$9.37 a month (2 screens, HD). Premium: Rs800/US$11.53 a month (4 screens, HD/UHD) Originals Following the success in South Asia of 2018 thriller Sacred Games, Netflix aims to release at least 22 original films and 11 original series out of India for the global platform in 2019. Titles include seven-part series Delhi Crime (Mar 2019); Chopsticks (premiered 30 May 2019), about an under-confident but talented girl, sidestepped at every stage of her life; Leila (14 June 2019), about a mother searching for her daughter who she was separated from 16 years before; Bard of Blood (working title), an adaptation of Bilal Siddiqui’s novel about an expelled Indian intelligence agent Kabir Anand; and Baahubali: Before the Beginning (based on Anand Neelakantan’s book), which traces the dramatic rise of Queen Sivagami and her empire. Netflix said at the end of 2018 that India would be its most active market in 2019.

About Ad-supported platform offering Indian/Hollywood content Owner Sony Pictures Networks India Launched Jan 2013 Distribution partners Mi TV, Xiami devices, Paytm, Sony Bravia TV No. of users 107 million app downloads (May 2019). Usage details not disclosed.

What’s on Live TV channels, 40,000+ HD videos of select TV shows from Sony Entertainment Network-branded channels; 700+ Bollywood/Hollywood movies; original web series; live sports (Indian cricket, football); music Originals Aims to launch 25-30 series in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Bengali in 2019. Has currently produced about 80 original series, including The Good Vibes, a sixpart drama about a newlywed couple; romcom Married Woman Diaries seasons one and two, dealing with life after marriage; and short-form show Tanlines, about six friends who go on one last trip before college ends.

How much Free and premium content. Premium plans start from Rs29/US$0.40 for seven days to Rs499/US$7.13 a year Who’s in charge Uday Sodhi, head – digital business, Sony Pictures Networks India

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Voot About Ad-supported VOD platform offering original and library content from Viacom18 networks Owned by Viacom18, managed

by Viacom18 Digital Ventures Launched May 2016 No. of users 55 million monthly active users, with about 50 mins daily time spent What’s on 60,000+ hours of content from Viacom18’s Colors (Hindi and regional services: Kannada, Bangla, Marathi, Gujarati), Nickelodeon, MTV, Content Around Content, Voot Originals and kids content. Streams a mix on in-house, commissined and third-party content How much Free (ad-supported) Who’s in charge Gourav Rakshit, COO, Viacom18 Digital Ventures

Viu

taneous devices on one account.

Downloads only for registered members Content partners Annapurna Studios, Endemol Shine India, Lone Ranger Production, Mango People Media, among others Distribution partners Samsung, Amazon Fire Stick, Flipkart, Paytm, Xiaomi Mi TV, Staqu

Watcho About/owner Part of DTH platform Dish TV’s strategy to become a complete digital entertainment provider. Targets younger audiences across India Launched April 2019 No. of users Not disclosed. Dish TV had a DTH subscriber base of more than 23.6 million at end 2018 What’s on 1,000+ hours of library movies, short films and TV shows, as well as originals and UGC content in Hindi, Kannada and Telugu Originals Vote the Hell, featuring comedians and their satirical take on on the Indian elections; action/thriller drama Mission Breaking News, comedy drama Chhoriyan; and thriller drama Rakhta Chandana Costs Free, including non-subs of Dish TV (as of June 2019) Who’s in charge Anil Dua, executive director/group CEO; Akash Tyagi, head OTT

Love, Lust and Confusion 2

See Regional listings Owned by PCCW Launched in India Mar 2016, for Hindi/Telugu/Tamil speakers Who’s in charge Vishal Maheshwari, country head of India Originals Viu’s India unit had original production in its blood from the start. The latest additions to the slate include virtual cricket tournament game show – iB Cricket Super Over League – in Feb 2019 for India and the Middle East, followed in March 2019 with the second season of webseries Love, Lust and Confusion. The 13-episode romantic dramedy is directed by Victor Mukherjee and produced

by Mango People Media. Season one premiered in March 2018.

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YuppTV See Regional listings Launched Oct 2015 Costs From Rs99/US$1.40 a month

Zee5 Global See Regional listings Distribution Airtel, Gaana, GrabOn, Idea Movies & TV, PayTM, Vodafone Play How much Both free and paid premium content. Monthly subscription costs from Rs49/US$0.70 a month each for the Tamil or Telugu or Kannada packs to Rs99/ US$1.40 a month for the All Access pack Originals 2019 original series include Arjun Rampal’s thriller The Final Call (premiered Feb 2019), 78-minute LGBTQ drama Sec 377 (Mar 2019), mystery thriller Poison

(April 2019) and crime series Auto Shankar (April 2019). Zee5 plans to launch 72 new originals in six languages in 2019/20.

Indonesia Indonesia has the full range of streaming/online apps, including Amazon Prime Video (free sevenday trial, then US$2.99 a month for the first six months, then US$5.99 a month); and Netflix which has been ramping up its local acquisitions and ventured into local originals in October 2018 with Timo Tjahjanto’s The Night Comes for Us. Apple has been offering movies and songs through iTunes, but not TV shows, and hasn’t yet said whether its new AppleTV+ service will be available in Indonesia.

There’s no shortage of Indian/South Asian content accessible directly to Indonesian consumers, including online platforms such as AltBalaji (US$1.40 for three months); Eros Now (US$1.80 a month); YuppTV (from US$9.99 a month), and Spuul (from Rp29,000/US$2 monthly for the Premium Lite subscription), as well as, in the case of Eros Now, with local telco/broadband providers. Regional streamers, including CuriosityStream distributed out of Singapore by Monty Ghai’s brandwith, and iWonder from former iflix programming head James Bridges, are standing on the border looking at options.

Bridges says iWonder is available in Indonesia through iflix and is considering a direct-to-consumer play.

So far, Indonesia’s population of 264 million seems underwhelmed by the video abundance; the real numbers of paying subscribers to streaming services is thought to be less than one million, maybe way less. On the other hand, there’s lots of growth potential, which is, if you think about past dashed dreams of building pay-TV businesses in Indonesia, as it has always been. The biggest stumbling block this time is the cost of data. Will Indonesia, like India, be transformed by its own Jio? That’s not looking likely right now. But never say never.

Catchplay on Demand See Regional listings Launched June 2016 (IndiHome), July 2016 (standalone), April 2017 (Telkomsel), April 2018 (First Media) How much From Rp16,000/ US$1.10 for single title rentals to Rp60,000/US$4.20 a month No. of subs Undisclosed

Dens.TV About Streaming linear/VOD/ catch-up platform available on multiple devices Owned by Digdaya Duta Digital, a part of CBN Group Indonesia Launched May 2015 No. of users/subs 20,000 IPTV + 30,000 OTT What’s on 50+ live TV channels and 1,000 hours of VOD content, including independent local shortfilms, kids, GE, lifestyle, movies and sports How much Offered as part of fibre broadband packages starting from Rp299,000/US$21 a month (50 Mbps) to Rp799,000/ US$56 a month (200 Mbps) Content boss Ario B. Widyatmiko, chief content officer

Eros Now See Regional listings Distribution Eros Now entered the Indonesian market through a TV content partnership with Xiaomi’s smart TV brand Mi TV in Sept 2018, followed by a deal with telco provider XL Axiata in Dec 2018 Pricing Rp26,000/US$1.80 a month or Rp260,000/US$18 a year

FirstMediaX About A geo-blocked TV anywhere extension of cable/DTH TV service HomeCable Owned by First Media Launched Feb 2014 as First Media Go and relaunched in June 2016 What’s on 100+ live streaming channels and a seven-day catch-up service plus more than 500 hours of on-demand mov-

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ies, Asian drama series and local content, mainly for First Media & BiGTV subscribers How much Free for First Media and BiGTV subscribers Content boss Rieta Fuad, head of content; Ferliana Suminto, corporate and content director

Genflix About OTT platform targeting Indonesian youth and football fans Owned by Festival Citra Lestari, a subsidiary of Mega Media Indonesia Group Launched Sept 2013 No. of users Undisclosed What’s on Live linear TV channels and VOD content, including kids and local/int’l movies/series How much Rp49,000/US$3.40 a month for up to three devices with unlimited access Who’s in charge Greeny Dewayanti, director Content partners Sony Pictures Television, Asahi Production, among others Tech partners Irdeto, Elemental, WideVine, Conversant, Bitmovin

Go-Play About Video platform driven by content creation unit, Go-Studios (Ed’s Note: Having generated loads of excitement in the local production industry with its content creation ambitions, Go-Jek went quiet in Q2 2018, just before the whole content piece seemed to go pear-shaped and the content team disappeared.

Now Go-Jek is keeping a tight lid on its video ambitions, which is probably wise given their initial efforts. But we are hearing that the new team is up and running and it looks like the resurrection is beginning... Go-Jek has not yet responded to our questions about its plans) Owned by Go-Jek, Indonesia’s multi-platform technology group, which provides access to services ranging from bike rides to payments and meal deliveries.

Hooq See Regional listings Launched in Indonesia April 2016 Distribution Grab, First Media, Bolt, Telkomsel, Ovo and Telkom IndiHome. Carrier billing deals with Telkomsel, XL Axiata, Hutchison 3, Indosat, SmartFren What’s on especially for Indonesia A lot, including a skinny bundle of linear channels aimed to fill the gap between what programmers think should be the country’s payTV penetration and what it actually is (less than 10%). In addition to the free tier, Hooq has rolled out a sachet pricing strategy so people can pay for what they want when they can.

No. of users/subs Not disclosed Pricing From Rp18,700/US$1.40 a week, plus daily rates.

iflix

Dancing in the Rain, iflix

See Regional listings Launched in Indonesia June 2016 Owned by Catcha Group and Evolution Media Capital No. of users/subs Undisclosed What’s on especially for Indonesia iflix (like others eyeing Indonesia’s population of 264 million) has gone big on Indonesian content, acquiring a dozen or more short-window theatrical releases from Screenplay Films, including Promise, Jailangkung 1 and 2, One Fine Day, Surat Cinta Untuk Starla: The Movie, The Perfect Husband, ILY from 38,000ft., Headshot, Magic Hour and the London Love Story trilogy.

Magic Hour was spun off into two original series, and its success is paving the way for similar film-toseries development.

Pricing iflixVIP costs Rp39,000/ US$2.70 a month Who’s in charge Cam Walker, executive director of iflix Indonesia Content partners Indonesian

content from Kharisma Starvision, Screenplay Films, Wattpad, Palari Films and others Distribution partners Telkom’s IndiHome, Indosat Ooredoo, Telkomsel, XL Axiata Tech partners Amazon Web Services (AWS), Vimond, Akamai, Intertrust Technologies, Bitmovin and CSG International

MAXstream Unscripted Man

to the spirit that lives inside an old lamp unearthed when the family moves into a house they inherit.

Created by Indonesia’s Melly Goeslow, the series is directed

by Hedy Suryawan. Other MAXstream originals include crime thriller Brata (Sep 2018), Critical Eleven (May 2017) and Pulang Pulang Ganteng (May 2017).

Pricing From Rp9,900/US$0.70 a month for the 1.5GB VideoMAX Nickelodeon Play pack to Rp100,000/US$7 a month for the 2GB VideoMAX beIN plan Who’s in charge Crispin Tristram, head of digital lifestyle, Telkomsel

MNC Now Owned by Telkomsel Launched June 2018 No. of users 10 million (Feb 2019) What’s on Live FTA (Net TV, tvOne, Kompas TV, Metro TV, JakTV, Antv), int’l channels (Cartoon Network, Warner TV, Oh!K, Discovery Channel, Discovery Asia, Eurosport, Animal Planet, TLC, Zoo Moo, Blue Ant Entertainment, beIN Sports 1/2/3, Nick Jr), Hooq, Viu, Nickelodeon Play Originals/co-pro Offering includes 28 short films/series co-pro with Singapore-based short-film platform Viddsee. Premiered in Feb this year, the content is curated by Viddsee’s Indonesian team, and includes Loving A Tombstone (Mencintai Nisan), directed by Dmaz Brodjonegoro; Made In Bali, directed by Michael Phoroly; and Errorist of Seasons, directed by Rein Maychaelson.

The Viddsee-MAXstream collaboration also includes four-episode romantic comedy, Unscripted Man, directed by Indonesia’s Rein Maychaelson. Unscripted Man is about an office employee who inherits a sacred script from his father. The script predicts the course of his life, including the exit of his girlfriend. In January this year, MAXstream premiered its first co-pro with Malaysia’s Astro, Nawangsih. The 10-part horror drama, Nawangsih, is the story of a girl with an unusual connection

About OTT extension of MNC’s pay-TV services MNC Play & MNC Vision Launched Feb 2018 Owned by PT Media Nusantara Citra (MNC), operated by subsidiary PT OTT MNC Indonesia What’s on More than 115 TV channels and about 4,000 hours of on-demand content including originals from MNC Studios and MNC Pictures plus international content from Europe/U.S. as well as Asian content from Thailand, South Korea, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia and Japan Batman Forever, HITS Movies

How much Free for MNC Vision and MNC Play subscribers Content boss Iris Wee, chief content & commercial officer, MNC Vision Networks/ CEO, MNC Now

M2V About Mobile TV service for in-car use in Jakarta/surrounding areas Owned by PT Mentari Multimedia Launched in Indonesia 2009

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What’s on More than 120 local/ international channels Pricing From Rp99,000/US$6.80 a month. Monthly add-on packages cost from Rp11,000/US$0.75 for the Fashion pack to Rp221,000/ US$15 for the Gold pack

Netflix The Night Comes For Us

See Regional listings Launched in Indonesia in Jan 2016. Added a fully localised Bahasa Indonesia interface in Oct 2018 Pricing Rp109,000/US$7.70 (SD, 1 screen), Rp139,000/US$9.80 a month (HD, 2 concurrent screens), Rp169,000/US$11.90 a month (HD/UHD, 4 concurrent screens). One-month free trial for new members.

What’s on Although visible original production activity isn’t anywhere near as high in Indonesia as in, for instance, India or South Korea, Netflix definitely has the country on its content radar, including first original movie, The Night Comes for Us. Acquired Indonesian titles include Headshot, Laskar Pelangi, Merantau, Ada Apa Dengan Cinta 2, Galih dan Ratna and Filosofi Kopi, The Devil Take You and Rizal Mantovani’s horror show Kuntilanak. Bahasa Indonesia subtitles are available on select content. Netflix does not censor content for Indonesia, and continues to maintain that consumers are empowered to make viewing choices based on the features provided, including show info, ratings, age verification and parental controls Distribution Available direct and via XL Axiata, Bolt, Hutchison 3 Indonesia and Smartfren No. of subs Not disclosed

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About Ad-based mobile TV service Launch Dec 2017 What’s new Says it will be launching the Oona TV app on Telkom Indonesia’s set-top box – IndiBox – after June 2019 What’s on More than 200 local/ international channels, including Outdoor, a bouquet of brands from Omni Channels Asia and its partnership with U.S.-based channels provider TV4 Entertainment, all3media’s lifestyle channel Inside Outside, and a bundle of channels – some branded from internatinal media suppliers – reformatted from YouTube Pricing Free No. of registered users 1.3 million.

Targeting eight million users by end 2019 Who’s in charge Christophe Hochart, CEO and founder Head of content partnerships Dominique Ullman Tech partners SpotX, FreeWheel, Xaxis, GroupM

About OTT service targeting youth/social media users Launched Oct 2014 by PT Vidio Dot Com, added premium tier in Nov 2018 offering sports, movies and local/foreign content Owned by PT Surya Citra Media (SCMA), which belongs to local media company Emtek. SCMA also owns and operates free-TV channels SCTV, Indosiar and O Channel What’s on UGC, 21 free-to-air channels, sports, news, local sinetron and Korean, Thai, Japanese and Chinese drama series.

Premiered its first original series, Girls in the City, in Mar 2019. Produced by local production house SinemArt, the romantic series focuses on social peer pressure.

How much Freemium. Premium costs from Rp10,000/US$0.70 a day to Rp50,000/US$3.50 a month for the Vidio Premier + beIN pack Who’s in charge Sutanto Hartono, CEO; Hermawan Sutanto, deputy CEO

UseeTV Go About An OTT/streaming extension of IPTV service UseeTV Launched June 2011 Owned by Telkom Indonesia What’s on Live streaming of select channels/events, video/karaoke on-demand content for subscribers of UseeTV/IndiHome for free

Zee5 Global

Viu Sec 377

No Sleep No Fomo

See Regional listings Pricing Rp65,000/US$4.60 a month

Super Soccer TV About Sport OTT/streaming platform, geo-blocked for Indonesia Launched Nov 2016 No. of users Upwards of 275,000 What’s on Live coverage of soccer matches (Garuda Select, Chinese Super League, Bundesliga and UEFA Youth League plus VOD content covering behind the scenes of Garuda Select Pricing Rp50,000/US$3.45 a month Who’s in charge Mirwan Suwarso, business development director

when one fateful night their souls switch. This was followed by The Publicist, a 13-part romantic drama directed by Monty Tiwa and aired in Nov 2017. In May 2018, as part of its second anniversary celebration in Indonesia, Viu premiered its third Indonesia original series, Sunshine. Viu was also involved in film, releasing its first Indonesia original film, Kenapa Harus Bule? (directed by Nia Dinata) in Mar 2018.

How much Freemium. Premium tier is Rp30,000/US$2.10 a month Content partners Starvision, Multivision Pictures (Indonesia); KBS, SBS, MBC, CJ E&M, JTBC (Korea); Fuji TV (Japan); GMM (Thailand) Distribution partners Telkomsel, Three (Hutch Indonesia), XL Axiata, Smartfren, Tokopedia, Jd.id and Samsung Indonesia

Singapore See Regional listings Launched in Indonesia May 2016 What’s on Asian content, including local programmes from Starvision and Multivision Pictures along with Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Thai and Indian titles. Select Korean drama and variety from five major producers (KBS, SBS, MBC, CJ E&M, JTBC) are released in Indonesia at the same time as in Korea with subtitles in English as soon as eight hours after original telecast and in Bahasa Indonesia after 24 hours Original productions Viu premiered its first Indonesia original in Aug 2017 – 13-part romcom, Switch, about two best friends whose lives turn upside down

Along with a vibrant trade in streaming boxes that offer illicit access to a world of content (and, no, while we applaud the little gains made to fight piracy, we don’t think enough is being done and think the government should step up in a bigger way), Singapore has a robust range of global/regional standalone streaming services, including India’s ALTBalaji, CuriosityStream, GagaOOLala, HBO Go, Hooq, Netflix, Prime Video, Spuul, Viu, Yupp TV... all of which offer direct-to-consumer interfaces and some of which are available as part of telco or, in the case of Mediacorp’s Toggle, other bundles. The platforms are not cus-

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tomised for Singapore. Apple’s iTunes still doesn’t offer television titles; there’s hope (although no info as of 4 June) with Apple TV+, which is supposed to be “coming later this year”, according to its website. Despite programmers’ efforts and in addition to the trade in streaming boxes, Singapore also has a healthy VPN market that opens up access to everything everywhere.

Cast About App-based mobile entertainment aggregator. Available for Singtel’s postpaid mobile/fibre broadband/TV subs Owned by Singtel Launched July 2016 No. of subs 118,000 (includes Singtel TV Go subs, Mar 2019) What’s on On-demand content and linear channels sold in skinny packs. Also offers streaming apps: Hooq, Viu Premium service, HBO Go and YuppTV How much From S$4.90/US$3.60 a month. Channel packs cost around S$12.90/US$9.45 a month (with contract). Sports Plus is S$49.90/US$37 a month. Yupp Tamil is S$4.90/US$3.60 a month.

Bollywood/Indian movie service YuppFlix is S$7.90/US$5.80 a month. Yupp Malayalam is S$4.90/US$3.60 a month. HBO Go is S$13.98/US$10 a month.

CATCHPLAY on DEMAND See Regional listings Launched June 2016 via StarHub Go and as a standalone directto-consumer service in August 2016. The service was dropped from StarHub on 31 May 2019, and is now available direct-toconsumer only.

Subs/users Not disclosed How much Free tier offers 10 titles a month plus the option of single rentals for between S$3.50/US$2.55 and S$6/US$4.40. Monthly subscription is S$9.90/US$7.20 for the Movie Lovers Basic plan.

Dimsum See Regional listings Launched 17 April 2018 via

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StarHub Go How much Packaged as part of StarHub Go monthly plan: S$9.90/ US$7.20 a month with no contract and one-month free usage. Direct costs S$6.90/US$5 a month

FOX+ See Regional listings Launched in Singapore May 2017 Distributions Singtel, StarHub Price S$12.90/US$9.35 a month for billing with Singtel TV or standard S$19.90/US$14.40 a month.

SPHRazor About Free webcast service, live streaming, on-demand content Owner SPH Press Holdings (SPH) Launched Aug 2008 What’s on Live streaming tudio content, VOD news, entertainment and sports content

StarHub Go

Hooq See Regional listings Launched 24 Nov 2016 Pricing Between S$7.90/US$5.70 a month (for Singtel customers) and S$9.98/US$7.20 a month (direct) Distribution partners Singtel, Grab, Razer Gold

Singtel TV Go About Companion app to Singtel TV pay-TV service/set-top box; users need to be Singtel TV subscribers. Available in Singapore only Launched July 2013 as mio TV GO. Relaunched as Singtel TV Go in Jan 2015.

No. of subs 118,000 (includes Cast subs, Mar 2019) What’s on 165 channels (incl. 37+ on-demand) delivered to TV sets via Singtel fibre broadband and 144 channels (incl. 31 catch-up) via mobile. Catch-up/on-demand content from, among others, Cartoon Network HD, Boomerang HD, Nick Jr, MTV Asia, AXN, Warner TV, HBO On Demand, Warner TV, beIN Sports Max HD How much Only available with a Singtel TV subscription. Singtel TV Go add-on rates are S$6.90/US$5 a month for 1 device or S$9.90/ US$7.20 a month for 3 devices Content boss Anurag Dahiya, head, content & advertising sales, home, consumer Singapore, Singtel

The Legend of the Phoenix

About Stand-alone video streaming service offering StarHub TV content across multiple devices.

Available in Singapore only Launched June 2012 as StarHub TV Anywhere, relaunched in August 2015 as StarHub Go What’s on TV shows and movies on demand with express titles from Asia, U.S. and U.K., live sports How much S$9.90/US$7 a month for Go Select; S$9.90/US$7 a month for Go Sports. Also offers Disney originals via Go Disney for S$4.50/US$3.50 a month. No video streaming data charges for StarHub postpaid mobile subs Who’s in charge Yann Courqueux, vice president, Home Product Content partners include BBC Worldwide, NBCUniversal, Disney, A+E Networks, iQiyi, Hunan TV, CJ Entertainment

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About Digital entertainment service Owned by Singapore’s free-TV broadcaster Mediacorp Launched February 2013, relaunched in April 2015 after Mediacorp’s alliance with Microsoft ended in March 2015 No. of users/subs Undisclosed

What’s on 31,000 hours of content. Free/paid on-demand titles/ channels, Toggle Originals and acquired TV series and movies Originals June 2019’s Toggle Originals section lists 30 titles, including romantic After Love (premiered May 2019), Kin: Matthew’s Story (May 2019) and drama Paddles Up! (Apr 2019).

How much Toggle Prime (unlimited access to all content, including premium linear/VOD and free-TV previews, ad-free) costs S$9.90/US$7.20 a month. Also offers tvN Movies at S$5.90/US$4.30 a month or S$25.90/US$18.95 pre-payment for six months and HBO Go at S$13.98/US$10.20 a month or S$119.98/US$87.80 prepayment for one year Who’s in charge Anil Nihalani, head, digital products & technology

Content boss Doreen Neo, chief content officer

Viu See Regional listings Launched in Singapore Jan 2016 Originals out of the Singapore office Travelogue No Sleep No Fomo (launched Mar 2019) How much Free. Premium subscription offered directly (S$5.98/ US$4.40 a month) or via Singtel Cast (S$6.90/US$5 a month with no contract/$4.90/US$3.60 a month on a 12-month contract).

Premium offers unlimited downloads/full HD Who’s in charge Anson Tan, GM, new media, Singapore, PCCW Media

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