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HBO Asia ushers in new direct-to-
consumer eraMulti-platform strategy
& viewer choice replaces exclusivity in Singapore
HBO Asia looks like it’s going to be up to a lot of good for the Year of the Pig. For starters, the regional programmer has gone live with a multi-platform/direct-to-consumer strategy that lets Singapore consumers buy HBO Go directly from Ap-ple/Google for the first time in Asia. Then there’s the shiny new carriage deal with Singtel TV, and the coming-soon pres-ence on Singtel’s aggregator app Cast. Plus subscription on one-time favourite partner, StarHub, has been slashed...
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HBO Asia ushers in new direct-to-consumer eraMulti-platform strategy & viewer choice replaces StarHub exclusivity in Singapore
HBO Asia looks like it’s up to a lot of good for the Year of the Pig, rolling out a multi-platform strategy that – among other ele-ments – boosts direct-to-consumer access and payment options through Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store in Sin-gapore, and adds all of HBO’s services onto Singtel’s TV and streaming platforms.
The new era makes Singapore the only market in Asia where consumers can subscribe to HBO Go directly through Apple/Google.
The new iteration of HBO Go costs S$13.98/US$10.36 a month for six live linear channels along with on-demand access to everything from Game of Thrones and Westworld to original Asian series Folklore and Miss Sherlock.
The app subscription allows two con-current streams, up to 20 downloads at a time for offline viewing, and the ability to cast to TV screens via airplay. The app also premieres HBO originals at the same
time as the U.S. HBO’s entre into the universe of stand-
alone/direct-to-consumer apps in Singa-pore closes a two-decade era of exclusiv-ity with StarHub, and ushers in a new world of consumer choice and experience.
HBO Asia’s official announcements this month about its redrawn Singapore map are contained to its venture with Singapore’s Singtel, which kicked off on Friday, 1 February, on the TV platform and will follow in March with a presence on Singtel’s aggregator app Cast. So far, the new App Store and Google Play store access is flying under the radar.
The Singtel deal covers HBO Asia’s six linear channels on Singtel TV and on linked app, Singtel TV Go. The bundle costs the same as the standalone app on Apple/Google stores. From 15 March, HBO Go will also be available through Singtel’s Cast, also for S$13.98/US$10.36.
Cast offers multiple streaming apps,
Jade Pendant, Red by HBO
including Viu (S$6.90/US$5, no contract) and Hooq (S$7.90/US$5.85, no contract), along with its own channel/on-demand streaming bundles such as Variety Plus (S$14.90/US$11 no contract) and Sports Plus (S$49.90/US$37, no contract).
The reworked relationship with StarHub has been brewing since last year, when renewal negotiations were rumoured to be following StarHub’s policy of lower content/affiliate fees.
Just before Christmas, StarHub said it was slashing the price of HBO channel packs by between 13.5% and 27.4% from 31 January, putting the smaller pack in the S$14/US$10 a month range (a cut of S$5/US$3.65) and the full pack at S$25/US$18 a month (S$3.90/US$2.85 lower).
The price for the standalone HBO Go service, bought through StarHub, used to be S$19.90/US$14.50 a month. This has now dropped to S$13.98/US$10, bringing it in line with the competition.
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MasterChef Thailand returns to BBTV Channel 7Heliconia drives multi-season cooking formats
Thai production house Heliconia H Group premieres the new season of big-brand cooking competition format, MasterChef Thailand, this month, with a second sea-son of MasterChef Junior Thailand in the works for later this year.
Season three (17 eps) of MasterChef Thailand premieres Sunday (3 Febru-ary 2019) in the same season two slot (Sundays, 6.20pm-7.50pm) on free-to-air channel BBTV Channel 7/HD.
New activities being planned for lat-er in season three include an outdoor team challenge held overseas, says Heli-conia’s chief commercial officer, Tatiya Sinhabaedya.
Season one (17 eps) of MasterChef Thailand ran from 4 June 2017 to 24 Sep-tember 17 and garnered an average TVR of 3.87 (total individuals, Nielsen Thailand). Season two (17 eps) aired
from 4 February 2018 to 27 May 2018 and had an average TVR of 4.47 (total individuals, Nielsen Thailand). Both sea-sons aired on Channel 7/HD.
Season two of MasterChef Junior Thai-land is scheduled to premiere at the end of Q3 this year airing on Sundays at 6.20pm-7.50pm on Channel 7/HD.
Season one (16 eps) of the kids formats debuted in August last year and earned an average TVR of 4.54 across all 16 epi-sodes (total individuals, Nielsen Thailand).
Production budgets for the two shows have not been disclosed.
In addition to MasterChef Thailand/Junior, Heliconia has produced the local versions of all3media game show format Cash Cab Thailand season four for Chan-nel 9; Fuji TV format Iron Chef Thailand for Channel 7; and Endemol Shine Group’s The Choice Thailand season three for digi-
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PPTV expands entertainment slate Thai broadcaster eyes women to drive top 10 ambitions
Thailand’s free-to-air digital terrestrial sta-tion, PPTV HD36, kicks off its revamped drama slate in the second quarter of this year, part of an ongoing effort to expand its reach beyond sports.
Strategies in place as the channel push-es for a solid place in the country’s top 10 involve, among other things, expanding its base among females 15+ nationwide. Right now the channel;s audience is 60% male, 15+ nationwide.
PPTV has also appointed its first chan-nel ambassador – Thai actress Fonthip Watcharatrakul.
The new line-up features 10 Thai dramas and localised variety formats, including singing formats – The Voice, The Voice Senior and The Voice Kids – acquired from Talpa last year in a three-year deal to 2020.
“Thai dramas and entertainment pro-grammes are essential to our success,” says Bangkok Media and Broadcasting Co Ltd president, Surin Krittayaphongphun.
PPTV HD36, established in April 2014 by Bangkok Media and Broadcasting, hasn’t yet disclosed specifics of its new drama slate.
Variety shows will include a live morn-
ing talk show Mama’s Talk, cooking show Kritchen by Shakrit and game show Kik Doo Songkram Plang Ngeon Lan.
Animation series for this year include Marvel HQ and Japanese football show Captain Tsubasa, kick off the new line up on Sunday, 3 February. Marvel HQ airs 8am-9am followed by Captain Tsubasa at 9am-9.30am.
Acquisition spend is about the same as last year, says PPTV HD36’s content acquisition director Krissada Trishnana-nda. Dollar amounts have not been dis-closed.
At the same time, PPTV has every in-tention of hanging onto its premium sports lead, adding Australian Open, U.S. Open and Top Rank Boxing to the 2019 schedule. In the past three years, the network has solidified its position as a live sports broadcaster, with properties such as English Premier League, Bundes-liga and La Liga.
Surin says the goal is to “foray into the solid top ten”.
Across Thailand’s DTT space, PPTV HD36 ranked 12th, with average rating of 0.179 or 101,197 viewership in 2018, according to AGB Nielsen data provided by PPTV.
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Lunar New Year eve peace for
VTVCab, Q.netSix channels return to air, another 20 scheduled by
end March 2019
Vietnamese pay-TV platform VTVcab and channel distributor Qnet appear to have made peace, with a Lunar New Year eve agreement that puts six channels back on VTVcab and Viettel TV, with another bundle likely to follow by the end of March.
The six linear channels that returned to air on Friday, 1 February, are CNN, BBC World News, Bloomberg, Fashion TV, Fox Sports and Cartoon Network.
It’s not yet clear which channels are included in the next batch, and com-mercial terms of the new deals have not been disclosed.
The row blew up early last year, when Q.net and local platforms VTVCab (Vietnam Television Cable Corpora-tion) and Viettel failed to agree on renewal pricing. At the time, insiders predicted the beginning of the end of the minimum-guarantee environment.
Q.net also represents HBO Asia, Dis-ney, Fox Networks Group, Sony Pictures Television Networks Asia, Turner and Discovery, all of which were impacted by the impasse.
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Singapore media behemoth, Media-corp, has expanded its relationship with YouTube, adopting YouTube's Player for Publishers (PfP) video hosting/streaming/ad management system for the first time and gearing up for the commercial re-launch of its YouTube channel, 8world, by the end of March this year.
The reworked strategic content partner-ship announced on 1 February involves news, current affairs, entertainment and lifestyle content from two media brands – Channel NewsAsia and 8world.
The new system gives Mediacorp bet-ter control of advertising on YouTube.
Mediacorp has been operating three YouTube channels – Channel NewsAsia (since October 2006 / 213,000 subscrib-ers), human interest brand CNA Insider (since March 2014 / 112,000 subscribers), and Chinese portal 8world News (since August 2013, 61,000 subscribers).
Channel NewsAsia started live stream-ing its 24-hour linear service on YouTube on 15 January 2019.
Mediacorp says the adjusted relation-ship with YouTube allows it "to better con-
nect consumers with news videos" and to "give Mediacorp better control of its advertising opportunities on YouTube through PfP’s specific features, reducing costs in relation to the YouTube platforms and simplifying the video infrastructure to deliver the most optimised user experi-ence to Mediacorp’s audiences on You-Tube."
The cost-savings relate only to the com-pany's existing YouTube services, and there are no related cut-backs in any of Mediacorp's other services.
Mediacorp says the new relationship with YouTube is complimentary to its own streaming platform, Toggle, websites and TV services.
None of the content on Mediacorp's YouTube services is created especially for YouTube audiences, and there are no plans to create original content for the YouTube channels.
In total, Mediacorp operates about 40 products in four languages across all platforms, reaching 99% of people in Sin-gapore every week (source: Nielsen Me-dia Index).
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In numbers
Population.............................. 94.67 millionHouseholds.................................. 25 millionTV households.......................... 22.5 millionPay TV subscribers.................... 14.1 millionFixed tel subs........................... 129.9 millionFixed b/b internet subs............... 13 millionMobile phone subs................. 125.6 millionInternet subscribers.................. 11.4 million
Source: Vietnam’s General Statistics Office (population, tel, mobile, internet), Ministry of Information and Communications (households, pay TV, TV)
Free TV Hanoi Radio TelevisionHanoi Radio Television started broad-casting in 1979, and today operates two free-TV channels – Hanoi TV1 (general entertainment) and Hanoi TV2 (news/current affairs) – and cable TV ser-vice, Hanoi Cable Network Television (HCaTV). Foreign content acquisitions are mostly regional drama series and movies from Singapore, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Philippines.
Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV)Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) oper-ates two analogue channels – HTV7 (entertainment) and HTV9 (educational/information) – and four digital chan-nels – HTV1 (public info), HTV2 (general entertainment), HTV3 (kids) and HTV4 (science/education). An active buyer of international formats, HTV has commis-sioned local versions of Lip Sync Battle season two (premiered April 2018 on HTV7), Raid the Cage (premiered 2018 on HTV7), I Can Do That! Vietnam (aired in 2017 on HTV7) and drama series Hid-den Truths Vietnam (aired in 2017 on HTV9), among others. The station was established in 1975 as Saigon Television and renamed to Ho Chi Minh City Televi-sion in 1976.
Vietnam Television (VTV)National broadcaster Vietnam Television (VTV) launched in 1970. VTV operates
nine terrestrial TV channels: VTV1 (politi-cal, economic, cultural, social news), VTV2 (education, science, technology, news), VTV3 (sports, entertainment, economic news), VTV4 (home affairs, international news), VTV5 (local news), VTV6 (youth), VTV7 (educational), VTV8 (cultural) and VTV9 (Southern-oriented channel), as well as several terrestrial cable, satellite and regional channels, plus an international channel. VTV aims to launch a bouquet of 24-hour kids, news and 4K entertainment TV channels by 2020. VTV also has interests in pay TV platforms SCTV, VTVCab and K+. The broadcaster continues to be actively involved foreign format adaptations. VTV’s acquired local remakes Man-birth Vietnam (premiered in Q2 2018), Million Dollars Minute Vietnam season three (June 2018, VTV3) and The Voice Kids Vietnam season five (2018, VTV3), among others.
Subscription TVFPT TV (FPT Thuyen Hinh)FPT TV, a subsidiary of FPT Telecom, is
an IPTV service launched in 2010. In 2013, FPT Telecom received a pay-TV licence to operate digital cable TV and analogue cable TV services nation-wide. Today, FPT TV offers more than 200 linear local/international TV chan-nels and video on-demand content, to over four million viewers across more than one million households in Vietnam (Dec 2018). The offerings are bundled in monthly basic package at VND80,000/US$3.40 for all provinces and cities na-tionwide (except HCMC and Hanoi) or VND100,000/US$4.30 for subscribers in HCMC and Hanoi.
Hanoi Cable Television (HCaTV)Hanoi Cable Television (HCaTV) is the cable TV service operated by Hanoi Radio Television. HCaTV offers about 93 SD/HD local and regional/international channels.
Ho Chi Minh City Cable TV (HTVC)Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) was es-tablished in 2003 and is operated by Ho Chi Minh City Television’s pay-TV branch, HTV-TMS. The platform offers a mix of re-
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gional and international channels (160+) covering film, music, sports, news, kids, general entertainment, science/educa-tional and tourism/lifestyle.
K+K+ is the commercial brand of Vietnam Satellite Digital Television Company Limited (VSTV), the product of a joint venture between VSTV and French broadcaster Canal Overseas. K+ is a DTH satellite platform offering about 130 TV channels in a variety of genres, including flagship sports, news, general entertain-ment, music, movies, documentaries and kids. All of K+’s international chan-nels are language customised with either Vietnamese subtitles, dubbing or voice overs. The pay-TV platform offers a Premium+ package with 130 TV chan-nels at VND125,000/US$5.40 a month. K+ also operates a value-added TV everywhere extension myK+ free to all Premium+ subscribers.
MobiTVPay-TV platform MobiTV launched in November 2011 as An Vien Television (AVG) and rebranded in April 2016 as MobiTV after Vietnamese telco Mobi-Fone acquired Audio Visual Global JSC in January 2016. MobiTV, unveiled in July 2016, integrates TV and telecommu-nication services offering a mix of direct-to-home (DTH) satellite/digital terrestrial (DTT), mobile TV, e-commerce and mo-bile connection services.
MyTV Created by Vietnam Post and Telecom-munications Group, IPTV service MyTV launched in 2009. Today, the platform offers about 220 local and international channels, ranging from music, news/cur-rent affairs to sports and movies. The service also offers add-ons such as on-demand content, games and music/karaoke.
SCTVState-owned Saigontourist Cable Tele-vision (SCTV), a joint venture between Vietnam Television (VTV) and Saigon-tourist Holding Company, was founded in 1992. Today, the company has about 2.5 million cable TV subscribers and aims
to hit four million in 2020. Television op-tions include analogue, digital and IPTV. VOD was added in 2014. The 175+ digital channels include 80+ in HD. Channels are a mix of in-house, local and foreign. The company also has interests in inter-net and telecommunications services.
Vietnam Multimedia CorporationVTC Multimedia Corporation (VTC) is a state-owned company operated by Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications. Established in 1988, VTC offers a variety of media access and content solutions for TV (production, broadcasting, online TV, VOD) and tele-communications (internet, VOIP, fixed line). VTC also began providing 4K TV on high definition television channel VTC HD1 in June 2017.
Viettel TVViettel trial launched Viettel TV in 2013 as Net TV, rebranded to Next TV in 2015, and as Viettel TV in October 2018. Viettel TV offers more than 160 TV channels, of which 60 are HD. Monthly subscription fees start from VND215,000/US$9.30 for the Flexi Combo pack (15Mbps internet connection + TV).
VTVcabFree-TV provider Vietnam Television established Vietnam Television Cable Corporation (VTVCab) in 1995. VTVCab offers local and international channels in a variety of genres, including news, sports, movies and general entertain-ment to about 1.9 million households (July 2018). VTVCab also operates VT-Vnet, which provides internet access over cable.
Online/OTTVietnamese consumers have access to at least five streaming platforms that have included the country in their global/regional rollouts but do not customise for Vietnamese audiences. These are ALTBalaji (Indian content), Amazon Prime Video (global), Spuul (India), and Yupp TV (India). iTunes ser-vices are also available.
DANETVietnam’s TV production/distribution specialist BHD operates DANET, an online video streaming service offering free content (DANET Go), SVOD (DANET Buf-fet) and a la carte movie rental (DANET Cineplex) on multiple device platforms.
FPT PlayFPT TV (see FPT TV under Subscription TV) launched FPT Play in 2013 offering live TV channels (news, sports, entertain-ment, movies) and VOD access to local and international movies and TV shows from Europe, America, South Korea and China. Content partners include Danet, HTV, VTV, VTC and Viettel.
iflix iflix launched in Vietnam in Feb 2017 offer-ing 20,000+ local/international hours from 220+ studio/distribution partners, including Y&K Media from Vietnam. Monthly sub-scription costs VND59,000/US$2.50 for up to five devices.
myK+myK+ is a value-add TV-everywhere ex-tension of direct-to-home satellite K+ ser-vice (see K+ under Subscription TV), of-fered free to Premium+ subscribers. Non-Premium+ subscribers pay VND125,000/US$5.40 a month.
OnmeOnme is a video streaming platform, jointly developed by VTVcab and Viet-tel. The programming focus is on spe-cial live events such as sports. Other line-ups include local/international TV channels and VOD of mostly movies. Onme is offered for free to all VTVcab and Viettel subscribers.
POPS WorldwideFounded in 2007, POPS Worldwide is a multi-platform, multi-channel digital entertainment network offering more than 560,000 original/local and interna-tional titles from 1,500+ partners world-wide. The service, which manages about 1,000 channels, had 3.8 billion global monthly views, and 80 million subscribers as of Jan 2019. Based in Ho Chi Minh with offices in Bangkok/Thai-
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land and Hanoi, POPS Worldwide has opened up viable distribution to chan-nels and content providers such as Turner’s Boomerang, Discovery Chan-nel and Japanese TV Asahi.
TVB Anywhere VietnamHong Kong’s Television Broadcasts Lim-ited (TVB) launched mobile streaming TVB Anywhere Vietnam in 2017, offering classic and latest TVB programmes.
tvingKorea’s CJ E&M launched video stream-ing platform tving in Vietnam in 2017, offering real-time live TV channels and VOD content produced for CJ E&M’s 16 channels. tving also carries movies from Hollywood and Korea.
VieONVTVcab launched video streaming VieON in 2016 as VTVcab ON and in Dec 2018, rebranded the service as VieON. VieON offers local/international TV chan-nels and VOD content for free to all VTV-cab subscribers.
VTC NowState-owned VTC Multimedia Corpora-tion (VTC) launched VTC Now in April 2018, offering live TV channels and VOD of news, sports, entertainment content and music, as well as radio and audio-books for free.
VTV GoVTV Go is a streaming mobile applica-tion operated by free-TV broadcaster Vietnam Television’s (see VTV under Free TV) over-the-top subsidiary VTV Digital. The platform carries live TV channels, catch-up TV up to three months and select local drama series, kids and docu-mentaries on demand.
Content ProvidersCat Tien Sa Media Group Founded in 1995, Cat Tien Sa Media Group (CATS) is a multimedia company specialising in television programme and film production. The company is also involved in branding, investment and consultation services. Clients in-
clude broadcasters VTV, HTV and Hanoi Radio Television.
DatVietVAC Group HoldingsDatVietVAC Group, Vietnam’s first pri-vately owned media and advertising agency, was founded in 1994. The focus is bringing international formats to Viet-nam. DatVietVAC is made up of a group of eight independent companies that offer a variety of services to marketers and media owners.
Dien Quan Media and EntertainmentFounded in 2008, Dien Quan Media and Entertainment produces and supplies content for both domestic and interna-tional broadcasters, as well as media agencies. The programmes and content produced span economy, society, tech-nology, culture, entertainment, cuisine, movies and TV drama. Production in-cludes documentaries, TV magazines, factual, lifestyle, travelogues, cooking series and reality shows.
International Media Corp (IMC)Established in 2008, International Media Corp (IMC) is a multimedia communi-cation group that develops and man-ages television channels and produces entertainment and economic news shows. IMC’s channels include TodayTV (general entertainment), Paramount Channel Vietnam (classic movie), YouTV (women/family entertainment) and MTV (youth entertainment, music).
Multimedia JSCMultimedia JSC, founded in 2005, has a slate of fashion- and modeling-related projects in Vietnam. The production portfolio includes Vietnam’s Next Top Model, multiple seasons of Project Runway Vietnam and the first edition of She’s Got the Look. Other Multimedia JSC properties include the Vietnam In-ternational Fashion Week and modeling and talent agency, BeU Models & Tal-ent Management.
Q.net Entertainment & CommunicationFounded in 2004, Q.net Entertainment & Communication distributes more than
40 TV channels to multiple TV platforms, including cable TV VTVcab and IPTV MyTV, in Vietnam.
Thaole EntertainmentEstablished in 2000, Thaole Entertainment provides a range of services for compa-nies seeking entry into the Vietnamese broadcast market.
TV HubTV Hub Entertainment and Media Group focuses on content production. Credits include the remake of game show Raid the Cage for HTV7, Korean drama She was Pretty Vietnam and business format Shark Tank for VTV.
Viet Content JSCViet Content specialises in TV rights dis-tribution, TV production and advertising. Clients include networks such as VTV, VTC, K+ and HTV.
Vietba MediaFounded in 1999, Vietba Media is in-volved in content distribution and TV production (Hole In The Wall Vietnam, Heaven or Hell, Golden Goal Vietnam, Don’t Lose Your Money Vietnam).
VietCom Film ProductionFounded in 2006, VietCom Film Pro-duction (aka VietCom Entertainment) specialises in formats, TV game shows, drama series and movie production.
Vietnam Media Corporation (VMC) – BHD Co LtdVietnam Media Corporation – BHD Co Ltd (VMC/BHD) started operating in 1996, and is involved in content acquisition, produc-tion and distribution of local, regional and international content. Big-budget formats have become a staple, including multiple seasons of The Amazing Race Vietnam and MasterChef Vietnam, along with Price is Right Vietnam, Big Brother, a kids version of Vietnam Idol and Junior Mas-terChef. Other productions include the Vietnamese version of Korean mega-hit Descendants of the Sun, Star Academy, Sing If You Can and Killer Karaoke. BHD’s business also includes streaming platform (DALET) and multi-screen cinema chain (BHD Star Cinema).
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Mobile telco providersGmobileGTel offers mobile telecommunication services based on GSM/Edge technol-ogy to about 50 provinces in Vietnam. In October 2016 the firm was awarded a 4G 1800MHz licence.
MobiFoneThe mobile network of Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services, which is founded in 1993. Currently, it is the third largest mo-bile network operator in Vietnam with nearly 50 million subscribers.
VietnamobileFounded in 2009, Vietnamese mobile network operator Vietnamobile is a joint venture of Hanoi Telecom and Hutchison Asia Telecom, offering nationwide 2G and 3G services.
ViettelMilitary-run Viettel offers mobile tele-communication, internet and cable TV services to about 60 million subscribers in Vietnam. The telco officially launched its 4G service in March 2017 across the country, claiming 95% population cov-erage, and was awarded its 5G licence in Jan 2019.
VinaPhoneVinaPhone is a mobile network operator founded in 1996. It was the first network operator to launch 3G services nation-wide in 2009. Vinafone is a subsidiary of VNPT – Vietnam Post and Telecommu-nications Group, which is owned by the Vietnamese government.
RegulatorsMinistry of Information and Communications (MIC)Vietnam’s policy making and regulatory body for press, publishing, foreign infor-mation, advertising, posts, telecommuni-cations, IT/electronics, radio, information and communications infrastructure and intellectual property.
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Date range: 23-29 January 2019 Market: ThailandDemand Expressions®: The global TV measurement standard developed by Parrot Analytics, which represents the total audience demand being expressed for a title, within a market. Audience demand reflects the de-sire, engagement and viewership, weighted by importance; so a stream/download is a higher expression of demand than a ‘like’/comment.
Singing formats rock Thai demand& Netflix’s Sex Education leaves digital rivals trailing
Rank Title Platform Average Demand Expressions®
1 Netflix 3,162,260
2 Marvel's The Punisher Netflix 1,608,785
3 You Netflix 1,351,451
4 Narcos Netflix 1,314,250
5 Star Trek: Discovery CBS All Access 1,240,772
6 The Grand Tour Amazon Prime Video 1,021,254
7 House Of Cards Netflix 635,432
8 Young Justice DC Universe 625,664
9 Titans DC Universe 620,748
10 Stranger Things Netflix 603,814
Top 10 Digital Originals: Thailand
Rank Title Average Demand Expressions®
1 The Voice Thailand 5,029,388
2 I Can See Your Voice Thailand 3,895,757
3 Game of Thrones 3,837,112
4 Mask Singer 3,748,301
5 Sex Education (Netflix) 3,162,260
6 The Walking Dead 3,022,132
7 The Flash 2,518,986
8 My Hero Academia 2,502,364
9 One Piece 2,478,950
10 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic 2,032,351
Top 10 Overall TV Shows: Thailand
Date range: 23-29 January 2019 Market: ThailandDemand Expressions®: The global TV measurement standard developed by Parrot Analytics, which represents the total audience demand being expressed for a title, within a market. Audience demand reflects the de-sire, engagement and viewership, weighted by importance; so a stream/download is a higher expression of demand than a ‘like’/comment.
One of Netflix’s newest shows, Sex Edu-cation, has generated enough demand in Thailand to put it in the top five shows overall for the week of 23-29 January, ac-cording to data science company Parrot Analytics.
Sex Education, which premiered on Netflix on 11 January, ended the week in the three million demand expressions band along with singing formats – I Can See Your Voice Thailand and Mask Singer – and fantasy dramas Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead.
On the digital originals list, Sex Education
attracted about double the demand of nearest rival, Marvel’s The Punisher.
Sex Education is a British comedy-dra-ma starring Gillian Anderson in a story of a socially awkward high-school virgin who lives with his sex-therapist mother.
Animation had a strong showing on the overall list for the week, led by Japanese anime series My Hero Academia and One Piece, with kids show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic coming in at #10.
Netflix took six of the top 10 spots on the digital originals list, including the first four places.
Rank Title Platform Average Demand Expressions®
1 Sex Education Netflix 3,162,260
2 Marvel's The Punisher Netflix 1,608,785
3 You Netflix 1,351,451
4 Narcos Netflix 1,314,250
5 Star Trek: Discovery CBS All Access 1,240,772
6 The Grand Tour Amazon Prime Video 1,021,254
7 House Of Cards Netflix 635,432
8 Young Justice DC Universe 625,664
9 Titans DC Universe 620,748
10 Stranger Things Netflix 603,814
Top 10 Digital Originals: Thailand
Rank Title Average Demand Expressions®
1 The Voice Thailand 5,029,388
2 I Can See Your Voice Thailand 3,895,757
3 Game of Thrones 3,837,112
4 Mask Singer 3,748,301
5 Sex Education (Netflix) 3,162,260
6 The Walking Dead 3,022,132
7 The Flash 2,518,986
8 My Hero Academia 2,502,364
9 One Piece 2,478,950
10 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic 2,032,351
Top 10 Overall TV Shows: Thailand
