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Music (Linear)

Mezzo Live HD Gives an access to the greatest international ™ venues from all aroundA+E the world: opera concert Networks is houses, an award-winning global content company consisting halls, festivals, dance theaters jazzworld’s clubs. With around of someand of the most iconic40 and culturally relevant brands in ™ live performances each year, shot exclusively in High defi nimedia, including The HISTORY Channel , Lifetime™, History2™ and ™ ™ tion, and no commercial, Mezzo Live HD brings the best of Crime+Investigation . A+E Networks Asia operates and distributes its the international musicportfolio scene. of channels across multiple platforms in Asia Pacific, produces a Stingray iConcerts is thevariety essential televisioncontent destination forand provides digital content capabilities of original series fans of live music who can’t get enough of that front-row for 3rd party partners in the region. Globally, A+E Networks’ channels and feeling! Over 500 titles • 10 titles refresh per month branded programming reach more than 340 million households in over Stingray DJazz allows you to experience the world’s major 230 territories in 42 languages and have 500+ million digital users. jazz festivals, famous clubs and intimate concerts. Stingray CMusic is a specialty television channel dedicated to classical and cinematic music videos – a revolutionary of musicdistribution television. in Asia Channel A+E Networks Asia combi- nation in the world Stingray Festival 4K will be awayAsia by massive A+Eblown Networks operatesconcerts throughout Asia-Pacific, reaching 87.2 million 18 Purvis Street by top stadium fillers, must-see theatre productions, colourful cumulative households across pay-TV and on-demand platforms. #02-01 sets, beautiful ballet and opera perforfigure above excludes India and Australia. Singapore 188597 circuses, electrifying DJ *Note: mances. home non-stop music videos by toservices Who’s Who... Stingray Now 4K brings On-demand day’s biggest and most popular stars in dazzling 4K Ultra HD. across AVOD, TVOD, FVOD, SVOD and A+E Networks offers a range of content Saugato Banerjee OTT to existing linear TV channel subscribers with the number of hours of content Stingray Naturescape: is a unique channel that combines beauManaging Director, Asia Pacific varying throughout the region. Its content and channels are also offered on a tiful, peaceful scenery fi lmed in 4K Ultra HD, and soundtracks E: Saugato.Banerjee@aenetworks.com subscription basis on various local and regional OTT platforms such as Hulu and tailor-made to accompany every moment of your day. John Flanagan Apple TV in selected territories in Asia. General Manager, Japan and Region-

Music App & non-linear al Head of Programming & Marketing Stingray Karaoke: OverAdvertising/sponsorship 13 000 karaoke songs, including toE: John.Flanagan@aenetworks.com A+Eclassics, Networks commercial teams work in partnership with brands and day’s hits and yesterday’s in Asia’s all genres. YoungSun Soh agencies to deliver a wide variety Stingray Music: A multiplatform digital music service that of multi-platform media solutions from seamGeneral Manager, Korea & Regional lessmusic programme integration to customised digital content creation, consumer brings to listeners the best for every moment, place Head of Digital Business Development activations and engaging social media campaigns. A+E Networks Asia’s ability and mood; available on TV, mobile and on the web/ over E: YoungSun.Soh@aenetworks.com to music reachgenres, local and international audiences in a brand safe environment is sought 2,000 channels in 100s of featuring local and Chris Humphrey after by advertisers seeking to interact with active multi-platform audiences. Head of Production,international Asia Pacific artists, curated by music experts from around the globe. E: Chris.Humphrey@aenetworks.com Stingray Qello: DiscoverTrends the world’s largest catalog & Outlook 2021 of conJoyce Lim cert fi lms, award-winning music documentaries, and live Senior Director of Content, Southeast Asia We1920s expect to see the continued growth of streaming music events from the to today. E: Joyce.Lim@aenetworks.com VOD, for including premium AVOD services. classical music, it Feryal Hemamda Medici.tv: Online streaming platform Locally produced quality content combined offers the world’s largest VOD catalogue of more than 2,600 Director of Marketing, Digital, with affordable data will continue to power videos with over 150 live performances throughout the year. Communications, Southeast Asia the growth of content consumption. At the same,

select markets will continue to witness resilience E: Feryal.Hemamda@aenetworks.com of the linear content ecosystem.” TrendsRoseburgh & Outlook 2021 Alistair Director of Operations, Saugato Banerjee, Asia-Pacific Managing Director, A+E Networks The SVOD subscription will continue to boom in Digital Productions, Asia Pacifi c the region, whereas linear model will keep E: Alistair.Roseburgh@aenetworks.com Content strategy evolving with the development FAST. The key focus on creating local productions from A+E Networksof Asia has an increased the region, however the majority of its content comes from the vast programme will be to play with the models to provide the best AD SALES CONTACT offering from A+E Networks U.S, exclusive on its channels. All content acquired satisfaction Rohit Potphode to the subscribers with the right content.” for A+E Networks Asia channels feature a diverse range of programming that is Head of Ad Sales & Brand Partnerships unique and specially curated for our audiences in Asia. Alexandre Bac, Managing Director Asia Pacifi c E: Rohit.Potphode@aenetworks.com Target AFFILIATEAudience SALES CONTACT

Local Production

Through 2020, A+E Networks was committed to producing local productions. Inall Japan, our biggest titles included Tokyo Legacy and the theatrical release, • Our portfolio is addressing all ages groups, audiences. Salawati Mohamed SonoFrench Otoko and Tokyo Ni Tsuki. War of Innocents, will premiere globally across A+E • Specificity of our multicultural offers addressing Burman communities. Head of Distribution & Partnership Networks channels this year. Other productions include Back to Nature, which Development, Southeast Asia features Japan’s unique pristine nature sites and Sado. In 2020, Korea’s biggest Channel E: Salawati.Mohamed@aenetworks.com titles included Backstreet Rookie produced by Taewon Entertainment led by legBoth linear and on-demand content endary producer Myeongwoo Lee. Negotiation King topped digital content, averaging 4.4M views per episode. In 2021, Dramaworld premieres in Asia. The series PROGRAMME ACQUISITION CONTACT Content is A+E Networks Korea’s International (Myanmar, Korea, Europe, Middle East, US) second premium scripted drama featuring Korean and Pooja Nirmal producers Kant American actors Jiwon Ha, Henry Lau and Daniel Dae Kim. Director of International Content Production Sales, Southeast Asia Focustoinbe 2021 Canal+ Myanmar produces local contents Asia in Myanmar broadcast on their E: Pooja.NirmalKant@aenetworks.com willtalk-shows. continue to createthen locally in-house channels, such as documentaries,“We series, THEMA dis-relevant quality content that entertains and inspires our audience in Asia. We will build further upon our success in Korea, cretributes them to other platforms in the region. One of the highlight is for instance ating sought after scripted, unscripted and digital content across the region. In the release of Lake Pyar, Season 3. Japan we are telling thought-provoking stories that captivate HISTORY fans all over the world. In Southeast Asia, we are working on a variety of original content Asia focus in 2021 productions both for linear and our digital platforms. Our strength continues to be “We will continue to push our current linear and non-linear offering to the marour ability as a multi-location business to partner with the creation and distribution ket; having new products in our portfolio will certainly open new doors and bring ecosystem in bringing the best of A+E’s global IP with relevant local content. This more partnerships and strategic alliances in the region.” unique proposition provides valuable benefits and opportunities to our clients and partners.” – Saugato Banerjee, Asia-Pacific Managing Director, A+E Networks

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