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www.onscreenasia.com Vol. 26 | Issue 05 | October 2019
The Streaming Offensive
TV is still king in India’s
video content industry
BBC Global News brings
audiences new series on
global trade
editor’snote
PUBLISHING
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Disney+ to lead Western EDITORIAL-IN-CHIEF/PUBLISHER
Euro OTT boom
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MIPCOM 2019 - From blockbuster programming to groundbreaking
partnerships, every October, the global media and entertainment EDITORIAL
industry converges in Cannes to turn every moment into an YI AN ANG
opportunity, transforming four days of exchange and networking, EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
meetings, screenings and conferences, into lasting business.
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This year’s big theme, “THE STREAMING OFFENSIVE” reflects the (65) 6828 9333
seismic changes in global distribution models, their impact on
content production and licensing, and the global response to the ALISON YEO
direct-to-consumer challenge. The big shift is about to culminate
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with upcoming launches of new streaming platforms – SVOD, design@harvest-info.com
AVOD – by legacy players. (65) 6828 9333
As 2019 comes to an end, we see the start of an SVOD boom in
Western Europe with the addition of around 13 million subscribers K. Dass, Editor-In-Chief DESIGN/PRODUCTION
to bring the total to 131.20 million gross SVOD subscriptions by SAMANTHA THAM
2024 says a study from Digital TV Research.
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Can you imagine, this would mean the total doubling from 65.19 million at end of 2018 and the
study suggests that gross SVOD subscriptions will represent 74.2% of Western European TV
households by 2024, double that of at the end of 2018. Germany, Italy, France and Spain will all be
below the regional average by 2024 while five countries will be above 100% of TV households.
The report found that SVOD homes will pay for an average of 1.71 SVOD subscriptions by 2024, up
from 1.42 in 2018 and that about 43.4% of TV households will have at least one SVOD subscription
by 2024; up from 26.3% in 2018. Penetration is set to reach nearly two-thirds of TV households in
Norway, but will be under 30% in Italy.
Interestingly the report predicts that the vendor landscape will be changing somewhat over the next
five years. Netflix is set to remain the largest pan-regional SVOD platform by some distance, with
54.86 million paying subscribers expected by 2024, 42% of the region’s total. This proportion is
down from 54% in 2018, but it does mean that the platform will add 20 million subscribers.
However, the Western Europe OTT TV and Video Forecasts report predicts that Disney+ will
make a strong and immediate impact, given what the analyst calls extensive brand recognition
and an ‘impressive’ content line-up. It forecasts 19.18 million paying subscribers by 2024, fast
approaching Amazon Prime Video.
All I can say is that Disney+ will enjoy strong early demand! The amount of high-quality content
being packed into the offering will make it not only appealing, but very sticky. This is a major studio
pooling what is arguably the largest library of high-value content on the planet to populate a single
branded subscription service.
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3 Review 4 Netflix signs WEF
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People
Cover Story: TV is still king in
Pledge
India boasts
7
Giorgio Stock
India’s video content industry full cable TV
joins Gong Yu and
16 MIPCOM
digitisation
22 Insight Shibasish Sarkar
23 Opinion at ATF Leaders’
24 Focus Summit 2019
25 Technology
26 Review
12 TV is still king in India’s
video content industry 16 The Streaming
Since 2016, TV viewership in India has shot
up by 13%. Indians are still glued to the idiot Offensive
box. In comparison to Hotstar, the leading over Reed MIDEM announces world-
the top video streaming platform in India. The renowned creator and executive
growth of television faces no immediate threat producer Darren Star as the first
from alternate screens and mediums. For at in its line-up of Media Mastermind
least 10 years, TV and appointment viewing Keynotes at MIPCOM 2019.
will continue in India. The reason is that TV is The session will be moderated
extremely affordable. You can get a basic cable by Jill Offman, Executive Vice
for INR120 a month or free-to-air channels via President of Paramount Network
FreeDish. The numbers definitely reflect strong International and Comedy Central
growth in the TV universe. K. Dass reports from International.
Mumbai.
The Star’s Media Mastermind
Calrec Brio Keeps it Cool 22
Keynote, will bring his perspective
on creativity in the post-
in the Egyptian Desert linear world to “The Streaming
Offensive” theme.
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BBC Global News
brings audiences CommScope brings DocuBay secures 32
unprecedented license deal with
new series on Ananda Media GMA dramas
global trade, choice and control make waves
delivered in to broadband in Southeast
association with network creators; Asia
FedEx reveals dramatic
gains in scale and
lower latency
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Powersoft brings Netflix signs WEF Pledge
amplifier platforms to
UPLINK
Kuek Yu Chuang, Managing Director of Netflix Asia-Pacific (3rd from left) along
with representatives from the World Economic Forum and other signatories
pose together with H.E. Nguyen Manh Hung, Minister of Communications and
Information of Vietnam (4th from left) to mark the signing of the WEF ASEAN
Digital Skills Pledge.
HANOI — Netflix recently signed a pledge to partner with the World
Economic Forum’s (WEF) Digital ASEAN working group to help people
FLORENCE, ITALY — UPLINK has embarked on a quest to offer cinema and governments in Southeast Asia develop creative and digital skills and
goers the best indie and foreign films in a country where Japanese capabilities for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
blockbusters are becoming increasingly popular at the expense of both
Hollywood movies and foreign arthouse titles.
The pledge is part of WEF’s ASEAN Digital Skills Vision 2020 programme, a
Over the last decade, the number of mini theatres has declined as multiplexes
have flourished, but UPLINK and its president, Takashi Asai, have remained private-public project involving a coalition of organisations that seeks to train
true to their belief that the future is bright for arthouse mini theatres in Tokyo. up 20 million workers in digital skills by 2020. The initiative gained further
The way to ensure this, in their opinion, is to offer a pristine audiovisual urgency when a recent WEF-commissioned survey of 56,000 ASEAN youths
experience to their customers. found that 52% believed they needed to upgrade their skills constantly to
succeed in a changing job market. On top of that, they ranked “creativity and
As a result, UPLINK has chosen Powersoft amplifier platforms to drive the innovation” as the most important skill for their future.
bespoke audio systems in its venues in the Kichijo-ji area, one of the city’s
most fashionable districts. The audio setup in each of the venue’s five screens
As part of its pledge, Netflix will start rolling out initiatives focused on three
is driven by Powersoft Ottocanali amplifier platforms, which power Taguchi
Acoustic Lab speaker systems. broad areas, namely:
• Creative Industry 4.0 Skills Development, which will focus on the
Prior to the deployment, and in order to get familiar with the world of power skills required to produce content for the internet entertainment industry,
amplification, Asai decided to educate himself in order to make the best including writing, production, and post-production;
possible choice for his cinemas and their customers. • Online Safety and Digital Literacy, in partnership with industry
experts, consumer advocacy groups, as well as regulators, to equip
Asai began conversations with an old friend – Kazunori Taguchi, director of
consumers with the necessary knowledge and tools to enjoy online
Taguchi Acoustic Lab – to understand how to take UPLINK’s audio systems to
entertainment in a safe and secure way; and
the next level.
• Agile Governance 4.0, which will be held in partnership with key
It didn’t take long for Asai to decide that the flat-panel Taguchi speakers were stakeholders to help regulators navigate changes in the 4th industrial
the ideal fit for the UPLINK cinemas, so he was then able to begin shooting out revolution and to keep pace with technological advancements.
the amplifiers that would be used to power them.
Netflix will work with various partners to hold workshops and trainings, which
Hirata was also full of praise for the efficiency of the Ottocanali’s GPI/O will initially be held throughout the next six months in Indonesia, Malaysia,
function in reference to the cinema’s emergency cut relay system, as well as
the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, with more under consideration in the
the precision made available by Powersoft’s ArmoníaPlus software, which was
future.TVAplus
used to tune the system for each screen during the installation. TVAplus
ONE: CENTURY Media TOKYO, JAPAN – The largest global sports media property in Asian history,
ONE Championship (ONE), recently held the official ONE: CENTURY 世紀 Media
Day at the Park Hyatt in Shinjuku on 17 September.
Day held in Tokyo In attendance was ONE Championship Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong,
who was accompanied by ONE Esports CEO Carlos Alimurung and President of
ONE Championship Japan Andy Hata.
Athletes in attendance include former ONE Lightweight World Champion
Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki, Japanese legend Yushin “Thunder” Okami, former
ONE World Title challenger Mei “V.V” Yamaguchi, and ONE Flyweight Muay
Thai World Champion Rodtang “The Iron Man” Jitmuangnon, among others.
Also featured were celebrity special guests Jurina Matsui, Dante, and Junko
Yaginuma.
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Saudi Arabia’s first ACCION appointed
production facility as Blue Ant Media
Asia Pacific’s channel
incorporates Baselight distributor in Philippines
LONDON — Following the lifting of a 35-year ban on cinema in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia, Nebras Films has established the first full facility production and
post service, based in Riyadh. As part of a complete offering, the post house
includes a Baselight TWO grading suite with the latest v5 software, equipped MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Blue Ant Media Asia Pacific, a wholly-owned
with a Blackboard 2 control panel from FilmLight. subsidiary of international producer, distributor and channel operator Blue Ant
Media, appoints Asian Cable Communications, Inc. (ACCION) as the network’s
The Kingdom has entered a new era of growth with its Vision 2030 plan to
exclusive channel distributor in the Philippines with the exception of Sky Cable
create a vibrant society, in which all citizens can fulfil their dreams in a thriving
economy. The unusual demographics of the nation mean that almost 60% of Corporation and Cignal TV Inc.
the population is under 30, so there is an enormous new and untapped market
in the entertainment industry. Effective 1 August 2019, ACCION will be the exclusive partner and authorized
distributor of Blue Ant Entertainment, Blue Ant Extreme, and ZooMoo
To meet this need, Nebras Films is equipped with everything needed to
channels in the country, carrying exclusive and up-to-date content to cater the
create top quality content today, from ARRI Alexa cameras and motion
Filipino audience.
capture camera rigs to a world class networked post-production facility, for
seamless workflows from editorial through VFX to finishing on Baselight. The
post-production centre is linked throughout using ContentAgent, which allows ACCION, a cable distribution company, will be providing a gateway for Blue
virtually instantaneous sharing of workflows between suites. This allows Ant Media Asia Pacific channels to further reach, connect, and engage the
editors to work at lower resolutions, and the finishing artist in Baselight to pick Philippine market with its valuable experience in strategizing and marketing
up the cut and the VFX and conform the project in 4K/HDR.
products and services, bridging the gap between brands and the local
market.
The complete infrastructure has been built with HDR in mind from the start.
Given the unforgiving light in the desert, the ability to build latitude into a shot Blue Ant Media Asia Pacific offers a wide variety of specialized channels
and create and refine looks in Baselight without losing detail is an important and exclusively licensed content in the Philippines including Blue Ant
benefit. Entertainment, Blue Ant Extreme, and ZooMoo.
The latest release of Baselight v5, used at Nebras Films, offers compelling
Blue Ant Entertainment, a general entertainment channel, carries hit series
new features that help to streamline the most complex and time-consuming
and shows airing same day and express from the U.S. such as Siren, Bull, FBI,
workflows both within the colour grading suite and in collaboration with editing
and VFX. Baselight’s HDR functionality is aimed at developing looks within the Charmed, The InBetween and dailies including Entertainment Tonight, The
extended range and colour gamut, which can then be faithfully retained across Late Show with Stephen Colbertand The Late Late Show with James Corden.
the multitude of delivery formats expected today. The channel also airs box office classics and ‘LIVE’ broadcasts some of the
biggest award shows in the world including The Golden Globe Awards, Screen
The post production installation was implemented by Jigsaw 24, one of
Actors Guild Awards, American Music Awards and Billboard Music Awards.
London’s leading resellers to the creative industry. TVAplus
Taking entertainment to the extreme, Blue Ant Extreme brings a mix of magic,
reality, paranormal, factual, and e-gaming programming to the audience.
Show titles include Knock Knock Ghost, Lift Off, Losing Traction, Arcade
Cloud and more.
The innovative pre-school channel ZooMoo brings a well- curated show line-up
produced in collaboration with some of the world’s foremost wildlife makers,
early childhood educationalists and technology developers. Programming
include LOST!, Animal All Stars, Animal Alphabet, ZooMoo Groove, ZooMoo’s
Got Brains, ZooMooPedia, and Dear Scout. TVAplus
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Jeff Daniels to star in Woodcut Media produces
showtime drama series British Police: Our
Toughest Cases for
LOS ANGELES – SHOWTIME has given a straight-to-series order to the drama
RUST, starring Emmy winner and Tony and Golden Globe nominee Jeff Daniels
(The Newsroom, Godless, The Looming Tower), who will executive produce and
Discovery
reteam with Oscar nominee Dan Futterman (Capote).
Futterman will write multiple episodes of the series, which is co-produced
with Platform One Media and based on Philipp Meyer’s celebrated debut novel
American Rust. The announcement was made today by Gary Levine and Jana
Winograde, Presidents of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.
RUST is a compelling family drama that will explore the tattered American
dream through the eyes of complicated and compromised chief of police
Del Harris (Daniels) in a Rust Belt town in southwest Pennsylvania. When the
woman he truly loves sees her son accused of murder, Harris is forced to
decide what he’s willing to do to protect him.
Daniels is a five-time Emmy nominee, winning in Best Lead Actor for The
Newsroom and Best Supporting Actor for Godless. He has also received
Golden Globe nominations on the big screen for his performances in The
Purple Rose of Cairo, Something Wild and The Squid and the Whale, as well as
one for The Newsroom. Daniels is also a three-time individual Screen Actors
Guild Award nominee. His other major screen roles include the Dumb and
Dumber franchise, The Catcher Was a Spy, The Martian, Looper, Good Night
and Good Luck, Gods and Generals, The Hours, Pleasantville, Gettysburg,
Radio Days, Terms of Endearment and Ragtime. The founder and director of
the Purple Rose Theatre Company, Daniels is also a three-time Tony nominee,
for To Kill a Mockingbird (the highest grossing American play in Broadway LONDON – Discovery has commissioned Woodcut Media to produce British
history), Blackbird and God of Carnage. Police: Our Toughest Cases and a second season of The Killer in My Family.
Both shows will appear on Discovery’s free-to air channel Quest Red.
Futterman has received Academy Award nominations in the Best Adapted
Screenplay category for writing Capote (also earning him a BAFTA nomination) Blue Ant International will act as worldwide distributor (outside of the UK) and
and in Best Original Screenplay for co-writing Foxcatcher. He is a three-time has provided deficit financing for the new series, as well as season 2 of The
Writers Guild of America nominee, for the aforementioned films as well as Killer in My Family.
The Looming Tower, which starred Daniels. His television writing credits also
include Gracepoint and In Treatment. On screen, Futterman shared in a SAG Delving into some of the most harrowing and challenging of investigations,
Award nomination for The Birdcage, and has also appeared in film and TV roles British Police: Our Toughest Cases (6 x 60) explores the cases that devastated
including Kill the Messenger, Political Animals, Hello I Must Be Going, A Mighty communities, defined careers and took their toll on even the most experienced
Heart, Related, Judging Amy and Will & Grace. officers; from murders to violence, sexual attacks and child abuse. The
series will feature in-depth interviews with the CSIs, detectives, family liaison
RUST is executive produced by Dan Futterman, Michael DeLuca (ESCAPE AT officers, and arresting officers at the very centre of the investigations who all
DANNEMORA), Jeff Daniels and Elisa Ellis (Narcos, Hannibal) for Platform One provide unique insight into each operation and their impact and why, in some
Media, which is headed by CEO Katie O’Connell Marsh. TVAplus instances, they took decades to solve. Also featured will be some of the
victim’s families who share their perspective on the devastating impact that
India boasts full cable these crimes had on their lives.
British Police: Our Toughest Cases was ordered by Clare Laycock, SVP Head
TV digitisation of Lifestyle and Entertainment Brands, and commissioned by Charlotte Reid,
Senior Director of Production and Development. Romy Page is Commissioning
Executive for Quest Red, Matthew Gordon and Kate Beal are Executive
Producers for Woodcut Media and Solange Attwood is Executive Producer for
Blue Ant International.
Featuring high-profile cases including Britain’s most dangerous prisoner
Robert Maudsley, a second season of The Killer in My Family (6 x 60) explores
homicide and its impact from the perspectives of murderer’s family members
and those who knew the killer personally. Whether it’s the father, sister, ex-wife
or the child, each episode will get up close and personal to these individuals to
discover the devastating impact of living with a killer.
Season Two of The Killer in My Family is executive produced by Jamie Watkins,
Content Sourcing and Acquisition Manager (Discovery). Matthew Gordon and
Kate Beal (Woodcut Media), and Solange Attwood (Blue Ant International).
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which include 229 standard definition (SD) pay-TV channels and 99 high
definition (HD) pay-TV channels.
As of 31 March 2019, there were 1,469 multi system operators (MSOs)
registered with India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB). MIB’s new regulatory framework for broadcasting and cable services also
came into effect during the quarter. The framework, which dates from the
TRAI figures also show that since 2003, direct-to-home (DTH) TV services end of December 2018, comprises of Tariff Order 2017, Interconnection
in India have “displayed phenomenal growth”. During the quarter ending 31 Regulations 2017 and Quality of Service & Consumer Protection Regulations
December, 2018, there were five pay DTH service providers in the country: 2017.
Dish TV, Tata Sky, Airtel Digital TV, Sun Direct and Reliance.
As per the Tariff Order, every broadcaster in India now has to offer all its
A total number of 902 private satellite TV channels have been permitted by the channels on a-la-carte basis to all distributors of television channels and
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) for uplinking only/downlinking declare maximum retail price, per month, payable by a subscriber for each
only/uplinking and downlinking both, as of the end of March 2019. of its pay channel offered on a-la-carte basis. It is also permissible for a
broadcaster to offer its pay channels in the form of bouquet and declare the
There were also 328 pay channels recorded at the end of the same quarter, maximum retail price, per month, of such bouquet payable by a subscriber.
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Dielectric to present bRAND-WARD Services
at upcoming Industry Ltd to manage UK
Events licensing programme
Gigantosaurus
RAYMOND, MAINE — Two of Dielectric’s up-and-coming broadcast
engineering experts have been tapped for presentations this fall at key industry
tradeshows. Electrical Engineers Nicole Starrett and Dan Glavin will address
audiences at the 2019 IEEE Broadcast Symposium, with presentations that
educate and problem-solve on two of today’s more substantial RF challenges:
software-based antenna design (Starrett) and next-generation RF monitoring
(Glavin). Glavin will present on the same RF monitoring topic at the2019 WBA
Broadcasters Clinic later in October. Cyber Group Studios – Paris and Los Angeles based producer and distributor
of animated television series’ and movies for kids and families – has appointed
Starrett will present Antenna Simulation: Tackling Repack and Beyond at the bRAND-WARD Services Ltd to manage its UK licensing programme for
IEEE event at 4:30pm on Thursday, October 3. The closing session of the
preschool animation IP, Gigantosaurus. bRAND-WARD is the newly formed IP
conference, Starrett will discuss how transitioning from physical to software-
based design processes prepared suppliers and broadcasters alike for the consultancy business with Jean-Philippe Randisi and Trudi Hayward, helping
busy spectrum repack period – and how these now-established design models owners/creators to monetise their IP regionally and globally.
can be carried into the next generations of antenna and RF design.
Gigantosaurus, the award-winning 52x 11’ CGI comedy-action series brings
Glavin will present Real-Time Monitoring of RF Systems Performance to life Jonny Duddle’s book published by Templar, which has sold more than
at 12:15pm on Wednesday, October 2 at the IEEE event, and again on 250,000 units in the UK alone and 450,000 globally. It features four fiercely-
Thursday, October 17 at the WBA event. Glavin will discuss how innovative fun dinosaur friends – Rocky, Bill, Mazu and Tiny – who take pre-schoolers
radar techniques facilitate real-time monitoring and VSWR measurement of on exciting, comedy-filled adventures as they dare to be themselves and
transmission line systems for RF and IT engineers alike. This IP-connected explore the world beyond their nests. The laugh-out-loud pre-school animation
systems approach empowers users to identify fault locations and other
currently airs on Disney around the globe and is set to hit UK screens on free-
performance issues without expensive and time-consuming antenna sweeps.
Dielectric introduced its RFHAWKEYE solution for next-generation, IP- to-air channel, Tiny POP, next year. The show is also confirmed to broadcast on
connected RF monitoring at the 2019 NAB Show in April. free-to-air channels in other territories, such as France Télévisions, Germany’s
Super RTL plus Italy’s Rai Yoyo. Content is also available ON Disney’s YouTube
The 2019 IEEE Broadcast Symposium takes place October 1-3 at the Hartford channel and will come to Netflix.
Marriot Downtown (Hartford, CT), and the 2019 WBA Broadcasters Clinic
happens October 15-17 at the Madison Marriott West (Madison, WI). TVAplus Cyber Group Studios started an extensive global licensing programme for
Gigantosaurus – partners already on board include Jakks Pacific as master toy
Giorgio Stock joins licensee, and Outright Games who are planning a video game to be published
on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC. Publishing remains
a priority for the IP, with Templar planning to publish the first of 40 new TV
Gong Yu and Shibasish tie-in books across Europe in 2020. bRAND-WARD is now signing partners for
launch late 2020/early 2021. TVAplus
Sarkar at ATF Leaders’ timely appearance will allow the industry some insights into
WarnerMedia’s vision for the future of the industry and its place
Summit 2019 and ambition within it.
For the first time in Asia
Evolution has brought brave new strategies to the big boys
Pacific, Giorgio Stock,
of media and entertainment. From new alliances to business
President of WarnerMedia
models and development trends, the ATF Leaders’ Summit is a
Entertainment Networks,
vital day to listen in on some of the most compelling issues the
Distribution and Advertising
industry is experiencing to-date.
Sales, EMEA and APAC,
will give a Keynote at this
In addition, ATF’s Production Day (December 5, 2019) will also
year’s ATF Leaders’ Summit
offer visions into where investments and efforts are heading.
(December 3, 2019). This
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Filming starts in ODMedia Group to
London on CINEMAX’S premiere Normal is
LETHAL WHITE Over 1.1
‘Normal Is Over 1.1’ Worldwide September
23 via iTunes, Amazon and Google Play.
UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS — ODMedia Group announced that Normal Is
Over 1.1, the compelling and visually rich environmental documentary directed
by investigative TV journalist Renée Scheltema, will premiere worldwide on
September 23rd on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play. The multi-platform
launch is being spearheaded by ODMedia Group and joins the company’s
growing roster of global releases.
The (1 x 112’) feature documentary Normal Is Over 1.1 follows Scheltema
as she examines humanity’s wisest responses to climate change, species
extinction, resource depletion and the widening gap between the rich and
poor. This film connects the dots and offers a stunningly complete picture of
the financial and economic paradigm underlying our planetary crises, while
documenting profound solutions that establish sound financial and economic
systems and approaches to reverse the path of global decline.
Renée embarks on a multinational and multi-year voyage, searching for
solutions, interviewing not only prominent experts and thought-leaders of
SINGAPORE — Filming has begun on the four-episode second season of the our time, but also everyday citizens who pioneer critical areas of action such
CINEMAX and BBC One series C.B. STRIKE, titled LETHAL WHITE. Stars Tom as organic agriculture, the banning of plastic, saving species, ecological
Burke (The Souvenir, The Musketeers) and Holliday Grainger (The Capture, economics, sustainable architecture, renewable energy, and more. While this
Patrick Melrose) will return, along with Robert Glenister (Live by Night), film delivers an honest and challenging portrayal of the state of the world, it
Natasha O’Keeffe (Peaky Blinders, Sherlock) and Kerr Logan (HBO’s Game of most of all offers undeniable hope and invites all to participate in the making of
Thrones, Alias Grace) for the fourth story based on J.K. Rowling’s best-selling The New Normal, a forward-looking series. TVAplus
Cormoran Strike crime novels, written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
In the grips of psychosis, a young man named Billy Knight (Joseph Quinn)
First dimsum THAI POP
2019 music showcase in
arrives in private detective Cormoran Strike’s (Tom Burke) office telling the
story of a child he saw strangled many years ago. Strike is simultaneously
hired by government minister Jasper Chiswell (Robert Glenister) to investigate
Malaysia announced
Billy’s brother, Jimmy Knight (Nick Blood), who is blackmailing him. As Strike
and his partner Robin (Holliday Grainger) work to determine how the cases
might be connected, Robin goes undercover in the House of Commons.
However, Robin’s private life is unravelling as her relationship with Matthew
(Kerr Logan) feels the full strain of her commitment to Strike and her work. At
the same time, Strike has his own issues, a girlfriend who confesses she loves
him and his complicated ex Charlotte (Natasha O’Keeffe) who is pregnant and
back in the frame.
This is the second season of the C.B. STRIKE series for CINEMAX. THE
CUCKOO’S CALLING, THE SILKWORM and CAREER OF EVIL comprised
CINEMAX’s first season. TVAplus
K7 Media’s Founder
honoured for
contribution to the PETALING JAYA — Celebrating upcoming third anniversary in November,
dimsum is proud to announce its first Thai music showcase, dimsum THAI POP
Korean TV Industry 2019 on November 10, 2019 at IDEAL Convention Centre, Shah Alam. The
showcase ensembles nine artists including Sunny Suwanmethanont, and Tor
Global media intelligence consultancy, K7 Media’s Founder and CEO, Keri Lewis Thanapob Leeratanakachorn, Jaylerr Kritssanapoom Pibulsonggram, Captain
Brown, has been recognised for her role in championing Korean Formats. Chonlathorn Kongyingyong and Ice Paris Intarakomalyasut from 9BY9 for 12
The award, presented on behalf of BCWW Formats at BCWW 2019, celebrated
Lewis Brown as a driving force in the success and expansion of the industry in group or solo performances.
recent years. She regularly moderates panels at international industry events,
endorsing the Korean broadcast market. dimsum THAI POP 2019 is supported by Royal Thai Embassy, Kuala Lumpur.
A highly-regarded industry professional, Lewis Brown was presented with the Special thanks to Official Hotel: New World PJ Hotel, Official Showcase Venue:
award, ahead of presenting a keynote address at the BCWW event. IDCC Shah Alam, Official Shopping Mall: Central I-city, Official Beverage: Pepsi.
The media consultancy has long championed the K-Formats industry and Official media partners for the event are The Star, mStar, 988, Suria FM, and
continues to work closely with a large portfolio of clients in South Korea and Hot FM.
across Asia Pacific territories. In 2018, K7 Media introduced a division devoted
to research and expert insight from the region, led by Asia Pacific Manager,
Michelle Lin. Sunny Suwanmethanont is an acclaimed actor best known for his leading
role in Dear Dakanda, which he won the Best Actor award. His other box-
K7 Media offers bespoke research and media consulting services to office movies are I Fine… Thank You… Love You, Heart Attack and Brother
broadcasters, streaming platforms, distributors and production companies
across the globe. It continues to expand its current range of client services, of the Year. He reunites with Mai Davika in his recent medical romance, My
while maintaining the delivery of its indispensable media reports. TVAplus Ambulance. TVAplus
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MultiDyne appoints ITV Studios
new Director Entertainment appoints
of Business new Creative Director
NATIONAL – ITV Studios
Development for Entertainment has announced
EMEA Region that Fiona Clark has been
HAUPPAUGE, NY – MultiDyne appointed as Creative Director.
Fiber Optic Solutions has added Clark will officially start her new
another broadcast industry role in September, replacing
veteran to its global business
development team with the Katie Rawcliffe. Clark, who will
Fiona Clark
appointment of Sebastian Sebastian Mucha be responsible for a brief that
Mucha as Director of Business includes hit formats Dancing on BAFTA-award winning Sound Of
industries and applications.
Development, EMEA, effective Ice, which returns next year for Music Live.
immediately. Based in Poland, Mucha adds that MultiDyne’s ITV Studios Entertainment
Mucha reports directly to a 12th series, The Voice and The
growth opportunity is unlimited, produces some of ITV Studios’
MultiDyne headquarters in the based on its broad product Voice Kids, has worked on a wide
USA. portfolio, the seamless range of entertainment shows as biggest formats in the UK, such as
Mucha brings more than 22 interoperability of its solutions, Love Island, now commissioned
years of project management, a series producer and executive
and the unflagging need for in 13 territories around the
business development, and fiber-optic solutions even as producer at ITV over the past 10
operations experience to years, recently overseeing the world, I’m A Celebrity… Get Me
broadcasters accelerate their
MultiDyne, including successful IP transitions. He is also excited Out of Here!, the 18th series of
roles with leading broadcast successful return of Who Wants
about MultiDyne’s aggressive To Be A Millionaire. which in the UK last year was the
and fiber-optic manufacturers. moves into new product areas
His key responsibilities include Other credits include The Royal most watched ever, and Talpa’s
that take the company deeper
the development of sales and into the broadcast infrastructure, Variety Performance, The British The Voice, now shown on every
distribution channels throughout and position the company for new continent in the world, a version
Europe, Middle East and Soap Awards, The Olivier Awards,
markets. of which currently airs in more
Africa, with a focus on growing Mucha is the second international Tonight At The London Palladium,
MultiDyne’s market share and director of business development A Night With Olly Murs and the than 180 territories. TVAplus
brand visibility throughout his for MultiDyne appointed
territory.
Prior to joining MultiDyne, Mucha
this summer, following the
announcement that Kevin
LGI announces promotes vice president
spent 13 years with Grass Dowd will handle the same MELBOURNE – Looking
Valley, a Belden brand, in roles responsibilities in the APAC
of increasing responsibility. Glass International (LGI), the
region. Mucha adds that many Australian based distribution
His rise up the ladder came of the nations across his region,
through a series of company particularly in Europe, require company specializing in factual
acquisitions that began with their own dedicated in-country programming announced
the purchase of Telecast Fiber partners to ensure effective
Systems. His experience at today the launch of a new
communication with end users.
Telecast, along with his ten prior One of his most immediate corporate brand identity and
years at Stratos International, goals is to identify partners that name. The company will now
a manufacturer of optical sub- understand local cultures and
systems and components for be known as LGI Media and
languages, but also possess the
network, telecommunications knowledge to customize and amongst the other changes
and data storage, provides him configure technical solutions for will be the company’s logo
with an extensive understanding end users that solve problems
of the value and opportunity and domain name.
and open new opportunities. The corporate name has been
that fiber-optic technologies TVAplus
bring to customers across many refreshed to reflect LGI’s
WarnerMedia appoints new President Harry Gamsu evolving its brand identity.
As a valuable asset and with the reputation built under its
LONDON – WarnerMedia Chief Revenue Officer Gerhard Zeiler previous identity, the optimal decision was to refresh the logo,
announced the appointment of Giorgio Stock to the new role of
President, WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks, Distribution and website and visual identity rather than completely change the
Advertising Sales, EMEA and APAC. company name. By evolving its brand identity, LGI Media will
With immediate effect, Stock, previously President Turner EMEA, continue to develop, finance, market and distribute unscripted
takes on responsibility for all entertainment networks, distribution programming, create a foundation for new opportunities and
of all networks, advertising sales and the kids networks operations
offer a fresh, dynamic approach to content acquisition.
in Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific region. He will
continue to report into Zeiler. LGI Media is also delighted to announce the promotion of
In his new role, Stock will be supported by the leadership team of Sam Thompson to Managing Director with immediate effect.
Ricky Ow, President Turner Asia Pacific, Hervé Payan, CEO HBO Thompson has been with the company since 2017 as Vice
Europe, and Jonathan Spink, CEO HBO Asia, all of whom now report President of International Distribution and Co-productions,
into him. He continues to be based in London.
The appointment represents Zeiler’s decision to give the operation based out of London. In his new position he will be responsible
a focused leadership that harnesses the existing strengths of the for implementing the company’s content strategy, overseeing
Turner and HBO businesses while the development, distribution and acquisitions of LGI Media’s
also equipping them for further programming portfolio.
collaboration and growth. Thompson previously served as Head of Global Sales, heading
In addition to Stock, the
international executives serving up the distribution division of sports and lifestyle specialist
Zeiler are Whit Richardson, Factory Media and prior to that he worked in international
President Turner Latin America, program sales at World Wide Entertainment and Big Media.
and Rani Raad, President CNNI TVAplus
Commercial. TVAplus Giorgio Stock
10 | television asia plus october 2019people
Rabbit Films expands international sales Synamedia appoints new executives
team
LONDON – Synamedia six years at Liberty
Balkans. During her role, has boosted its senior Global, where he held the
she worked with globally team with the appointment role of Director of Digital
successful entertainment of Scott Kewley as VP Entertainment for Virgin
formats including Love Advanced Advertising Media. Additionally, he
Island, Come Dine with and Data Products. Scott spent 10 years with Walt
Me and Hell’s Kitchen, and will lead Synamedia’s Disney, most recently as
scripted series such as addressable advertising International Director of
The Bodyguard, Harlots and data monetization Engineering.
and World on Fire. business, building on
Prior to ITVSGE, Ferguson the firm’s heritage as an Synamedia has also
worked as Banijay Rights’ industry pioneer through appointed Bijal Patel as
Format Sales Executive, its collaboration with Sky Chief Financial Officer.
selling key brands including on the development of the Over the last 20-years
Wife Swap, Fort Boyard AdSmart personalized ad Bijal has held a variety
and Psychic Challenge targeting platform. of senior finance roles in
into CEE and Asia. She international technology
has also previously held Scott has extensive businesses; since 2010
CHARLOTTE VAN BOCHOVE positions at Zodiak Rights, experience in the media he has focused his
HELSINKI, FINLAND Sony, PRS for Music and and entertainment sector, expertise on successfully
– Rabbit Films, one BAFTA. having worked with tier- transforming private
of Finland’s leading Rabbit Films is a TV and one consumer brands equity-backed firms.
independent production film production company and developed strategies
companies has appointed founded in 2000 by four and solutions for using Bijal joins Synamedia from
Sam Ferguson, a former friends better known as data-driven insights to hospitality technology
ITV Studios Global The Dudesons. It has drive revenues. He joins innovator HotSchedules,
Entertainment (ITVSGE) grown into one of the Synamedia from UK OTT where he served as CFO
executive to their largest independent aggregator TVPlayer, for three years. Prior
international sales team. entertainment media where he was MD. Before to this, he was CFO at
Based in London, Ferguson companies in Finland with that he worked for BBC Aptean and before that
has joined Rabbit Films several big non-scripted Studios (formerly BBC he was Vice President of
in August, 2019 as their primetime shows on air. Worldwide) as a senior Finance at Finastra and
Senior Sales Manager. Most of Rabbit’s shows executive charged with subsequently interim
Her responsibilities will are original creations, developing a new OTT CFO. Bijal spent the early
include managing Rabbit and the company’s service. Scott also spent part of his career at IBM.
Films’ sales efforts across current catalogue TVAplus
Asia and all English- includes formats such as
speaking territories. She primetime entertainment in 2014; earlier this to knowledge to Rubrik
will report to Rabbit’s show Posse, musical year it raised a $261 having led the APAC
Head of International, comedy talent show
million Series E funding business at MongoDB.
Jonathan Tuovinen, who King, and adventure
round at a $3.3 billion Additionally, he has held
has lead the international reality The Ultimate
Expedition. Rabbit Films valuation. As data and leadership positions at
department since 2016.
also produces shows applications proliferate in Oracle, IBM, Hewlett-
Ferguson previously held
the position of Sales based on international the enterprise, Rubrik’s Packard, and MySQL.
Manager at ITV Studios formats, such as the huge unified platform is uniquely TVAplus
Global Entertainment relaunch of Who Wants to positioned to provide
and managed sales into Be a Millionaire, Saturday
customers with the ability
Russia, CIS, Baltics and the Night Live and Shark Tank.
TVAplus to secure and control their
data wherever it resides.
Rubrik appoints new VP of Asia Pacific Brar joins Rubrik from
& Japan Hortonworks, where he led
its fast-growing business
SINGAPORE – Rubrik, the for driving Rubrik’s Asia
in APAC and the Middle
Multi-Cloud Data Control operations. Based in
East. Prior to that, he
Company, announced the Singapore, he will report
served as SVP of APAC at
appointment of Kamal directly to Chief Revenue
Talend where he launched
Brar as Vice President of Officer Brett Shirk.
its APAC operations. Brar
Asia Pacific and Japan. Rubrik has quickly
also brings deep NoSQL
Brar will be responsible grown from its founding Karmal Brar
october 2019 television asia plus | 11cover story
TV is still king in India’s video
content industry
Since 2016, TV viewership in India has shot up by 13%. Indians are still glued to the
idiot box. In comparison to Hotstar, the leading over the top video streaming platform
in India. The growth of television faces no immediate threat from alternate screens and
mediums. For at least 10 years, TV and appointment viewing will continue in India. The
reason is that TV is extremely affordable. You can get a basic cable for INR120 a month
or free-to-air channels via FreeDish. The numbers definitely reflect strong growth in
the TV universe. K. Dass reports from Mumbai.
12 | television asia plus october 2019cover story
T hough television is king
in India and will remain so for
free access to Amazon Prime
Video and Netflix for a limited
time.
the near future, digital media is Over 200 million people watched
expected to overtake the world digital content owing to telco
of film and print by 2019 and bundling, according to the EY
2021, respectively, according to report, with the companies
a new report by Ernst & Young, spending about Rs. 3.5-4 billion
released during the annual (about $50-57 million) to acquire
Frames conference in Mumbai, content. Paid subscriptions
organised by the Federation of increased from 7 million in
Indian Chambers of Commerce 2017 to around 12-15 million
and Industry (FICCI). India’s in 2018, which is still less
media and entertainment sector than 5 percent of total video
— which comprises TV, print, consumers, estimated at 325
film, digital, animation and VFX, million in 2018, a growth of
live events, online gaming, and 25 percent. Indians spend 30
radio among others — grew percent of their phone time on box office earners between June Tamil and Telugu make up 50-60
13.4 percent year-over-year to entertainment, the report adds. 2017-18. Padmaavat was one percent of Hollywood revenue in
reach Rs. 1.67 trillion (about of them, whose digital rights India. The biggest earner, by far,
$23.9 billion) in 2018, per EY, In terms of content, catch-up reportedly went for Rs. 800 was Avengers: Infinity War with
which estimates it will bloom into TV is 70-90 percent of what million (about $11.5 million). Rs. 2.22 billion (about $31.8
Rs. 2.35 trillion (about $33.6 viewers see on online platforms Sanju — another top earner at million), making up one-fourth of
billion) by 2021. of large broadcasters, but that the box office — earned Rs. all Hollywood revenue in India.
isn’t keeping other companies 500 million (about $7 million) in
Online gaming and digital from spending big on original satellite rights. The box office It was followed by the likes of
failure, Race 3, recovered much Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
of its budget via broadcast (Rs. 826 million), Mission:
rights: Rs. 1.5 billion (about Impossible – Fallout (Rs. 802
$21.5 million), reportedly the million), Deadpool 2 (Rs. 580
highest ever in Bollywood. Total million), Aquaman (Rs. 526
expenditure grew from Rs. 8.5 million) and the Oscar-winning
billion (about $122 million) to Rs. Black Panther (Rs. 525 million).
13.5 billion (about $194 million). In total, Hollywood earned Rs.
9.21 billion (about $132 million)
That said, Hindi-language films in net collections, with the top
still had the best year at the 10 films making up Rs. 7.5
Indian box office, garnering billion (about $107 million).
Rs. 35.2 billion (about $505.7
million) in net collections. The biggest hindrance to India’s
Hollywood films too had a film sector is the lack of screens
successful year in India, and screen penetration in tier-II,
accounting for 10 percent of the tier-III and tier-IV cities, per the
media led that growth, the content. EY notes that Zee is total box office in the country. EY report. India (9,601) has
EY report says. Real-money the largest spender with Rs. Local ‘dubbed’ versions in Hindi, less than 25 percent of screens
gaming fantasy and e-sports 25-30 billion (about $359-431
— and casual gaming - the million), with Amazon and Netflix
main benefactors in the former, spending Rs. 10 billion (about
pushed by a 52 percent growth $143 million) combined, and
in total gamers that now number Hotstar promising to spend Rs.
278 million. Meanwhile, digital 1.2 billion (about $17 million) on
subscriptions grew by 262 its new slate, dubbed ‘Hotstar
percent in India — the market Specials’. Demand for originals
now estimated at Rs. 14.2 increased by around 1,200
billion (about Rs. 204 million) hours in 2018, EY states.
— with the majority driven by
video streaming. 60 percent of Streaming services are also
streaming video consumption helping Bollywood, with satellite
is thanks to partnerships with rights being sold for big bucks.
telecom operators such as Airtel EY says Amazon leads the race,
and Vodafone, which provide having picked up 13 of top 25
october 2019 television asia plus | 13cover story
India to 197 million in 2018. Indians streamed the matches
The number of viewers also on SonyLiv, one of three Indian
rose by 7.2% to 836 million. In broadcasters with digital rights,
comparison, Hotstar, the leading and the only one to release
over the top video streaming viewership numbers so far. So,
platform in India, has just a little the total number is probably
over 60 million users. much higher. But that isn’t
“India is a country driven by surprising - in April and May,
family viewing and this shows in more than 200 million Indians
the increase in the number of TV logged on to Star India’s digital
households,” Partho Dasgupta, arm, Hotstar, to watch the Indian
CEO of BARC India, said in a Premier League (IPL) cricket
statement. tournament.
Across households, the average The IPL was an “inflection
compared to the likes of China percent to 150 million unique time spent by individuals on point” for mobile phones as
(55,623) and the US (40,837). users. But despite the relatively watching TV rose 3% in 2018. a mainstream platform, says
Multiplexes account for a large low pricing to international On average, Indians spent Hotsar CEO Ajit Mohan. India
portion of that and contributed markets, the EY report says,
around 55 percent of the the percentage of paying
domestic box office. subscribers for music in India
is negligible, between 1 and
Over in television, the total time 1.5 million, which is less than
spent watching increased to 1 percent. Piracy remains a big
3 hours 46 minutes per day, issue, with 76 percent of Indians
estimates EY, with 77 percent surveyed admitting doing so.
of that time spent on general
entertainment and movie According to the Broadcast
channels. A third of total TV Audience Research Council
viewership in India comes from (BARC)’s Broadcast India survey,
young people aged 15-30. And despite the proliferation of
surprisingly, wrestling overtook smartphones and cheap data,
cricket as the most viewed which have fuelled the rise of on-
sport, narrowly beating it out demand entertainment networks
3 hours 44 minutes on the is one of the world’s fastest-
with 20 to 19 percent of the like Hotstar and Netflix, Indians
medium daily in 2018—4 hours growing internet markets, thanks
share. The report also notes that remain invested in television
and 6 minutes in urban India to cheap data and a growing
number of Indian households sets. BARC, which monitors
and 3 hours, 27 minutes in rural number of smartphone users.
with TVs grew 7.5 percent to TV ownership and viewership
India. And streaming platforms, both
197 million, while HD viewership habits in India, studied 300,000
Indian and global, have been
increased by 57 percent. households for the survey, the
These numbers mean that tapping into this to target a
findings of which were released
television still accounts for the young digital audience, which
Lastly, the audio streaming on July 26.
largest share (45%) of annual is largely ignored by cable
sector grew by 62 percent The survey report indicates a
advertising revenue even, networks.
to reach Rs. 800 million, with 7.5% increase in the number of
though the medium hasn’t grown Ajay and Vaishali Pisal, a couple
the user base growing by 50 TV-owning households across
much in the last two years, who live in the western city of
according to 2017 estimates by Mumbai for instance, do not own
GroupM. “What hasn’t changed a TV. “When we have to watch
is the fact that TV remains the our favourite programmes, we
most effective platform for both turn to YouTube or Voot,” says
content creators and advertisers Ajay.
to reach their audiences,”
Dasgupta added. Their five-year-old son has also
never watched TV. Ajay points to
Streaming in India his smartphone and says, “we
A record number of Indians let him watch cartoons on this.”
streamed the World Cup on their Hotstar, founded in 2015,
phones in the latest indication is currently leading the pack
that many young people are with more than 75 million
deserting television for digital subscribers, according to an
platforms. Some 70 million industry report at the end of
14 | television asia plus october 2019cover story
2017. A distant second with 22 age of 35.
million subscriptions is Voot, a This worries senior executives at
free platform which is also the cable networks who realise that
digital arm of an Indian media their wholesome, melodramatic
company. soap operas, which are a
Among the global players, favourite with many in the older
Amazon’s Prime Video has generation, do not appeal to
racked up more than 11 million millions of young Indians. This
subscriptions since its launch is partly why foreign firms are
less than two years ago. Netflix investing in Indian audiences -
is trailing with five million Amazon has already made four
subscribers. original shows for India and
seven more are reported to be
But JioTV, a streaming platform in the offing. their small screens.” viewers are treated to a far
owned by telecom giant It’s also why the stories online TVF’s small group of friends tamer version of the series.
Reliance, could well become are bolder - be it Netflix’s has now spiralled into a big Many in the industry say it’s an
the country’s biggest platform Lust Stories, a frank, and company of 200, some 45 of exciting time for India’s video
since it will be available to the sometimes funny, exploration them working on scripts and streaming market, which is
company’s 215 million internet of Indian attitudes towards sex; developing new formats. Its tag growing at 30% while television
users. But the company is yet to or Permanent Roommates, a line - “TV is dead. Stories are stagnates at just under 10%.
not” - borders on arrogance. But some media executives
But they firmly believe that there say streaming platforms - and
will be a remarkable shift from especially those making original
television towards streaming content - have a long way to go.
platforms. Advertisers seem “Most people are looking
to agree. In 2017, streaming for excitement,” says Ashok
platforms earned $1.66bn in Mansukhani, a Senior Media
advertising revenue and nearly Executive. “We give our
$60m through subscriptions. customers 800 channels which
Streaming offers distinct air a variety of programmes.
advantages: you can binge- TV is here to stay. Cable TV will
watch a whole season or remain a giant in the media”.
watch episodes through the Others believe streaming
day, especially during long platforms and satellite television
commutes. can help each other by creating
an Indian version of the Apple
It also offers privacy for young TV.
people living with their parents
officially release any subscription popular web series on YouTube
or as part of joint families. “Soon you will see video
data. about a young couple’s live-in
Netflix’s first Indian drama streaming platforms such as
relationship.
series, Sacred Games, has Netflix and Hotstar on our
So where does this leave India’s
attracted attention for its sex platform, besides live TV,” says
800 TV channels? On the one In 2015, Permanent Roommates
scenes and explicit dialogues; Harit Nagpal, Chief of India’s
hand, there are 40 streaming became the world’s second
and while Hotstar doesn’t censor Premier satellite television
platforms - all of them less than most watched web series on
Game of Thrones, Indian TV company, Tata Sky. TVAplus
five years old - that have quickly YouTube. It was the first series
distinguished themselves. by The Viral Fever or TVF, a
But on the other hand, most of popular Indian YouTube channel.
them are largely TV apps that Their next one, TVF Pitchers,
allow users to stream on their was also a huge success and
phones what cable is already brought them $10m (£7.6m) in
offering. funding.
Of course, cable and satellite TV “We, a bunch of engineers,
is still leading the race - some realised young people were
780 million Indians watch TV, spending most of their time
according to a recent estimate. on their mobile phones,” says
Only a 100 million use streaming Sameer Saxena, the Chief
platforms but that number is Content Officer at TVF. “We
likely to grow, especially given thought why not give them
that 65% of India is under the something they would watch on
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