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13 June 2014
13 June 2014: Asia's content industry by numbers, from the 90% of men in Malaysia who see themselves as the primary grocery shopping decision makers to forecasts of 13.3 million TV everywhere subscribers in the region by 2018.RM17.28mMalaysia's highest-grossing local film, Astro Shaw's The Journey, follows its RM17.28m/US$5.4m in 56 days local box-office record with an Outstanding Arts and Entertainment Award in the Malaysia Book of Records. The Journey, screened in Italy at the 16th Far East Film Festival, has been released in Singapore and is on its way to Taiwan later this year.US$236 billionGlobal subscription TV revenues will grow at 3.5% (CAGR) over the next five years to reach US$236 billion in 2018, says PricewaterhouseCoopers in its latest annual Global entertainment and media outlook 2014-2018. "Subscription TV will not be daunted by the rise of OTT," PwC says, adding that TV growth "demonstrates that subscription TV is in a healthy position, assisted by the initiatives it has implemented to counter the impact of OTT and other disruptive influences."90%90% of men in Malaysia see themselves as the primary decision maker in family grocery purchases, says A+E Networks' new "Asian Dude-ology" study. This drops in the rest of the region, but the final number is still north of 50%. The study also shows that 47% of men in Indonesia say that women are the main decision makers in buying a car or a house. In Southeast Asia overall, 55% of men say they are the primary decision makers in big-ticket purchases. Almost 44% of men are concerned about the way they look; in Asia, this focuses around fashion rather than fitness.#oneUniversal hit ratings pay dirt - at least in the Philippines - with six-part reality series, It Takes Gutz to be a Gutierrez. The series was E!'s highest-rated premier in the Philippines since the beginning of E! audience measurement time in Jan ...
13 June 2014: Asia's content industry by numbers, from the 90% of men in Malaysia who see themselves as the primary grocery shopping decision makers to forecasts of 13.3 million TV everywhere subscribers in the region by 2018.RM17.28mMalaysia's highest-grossing local film, Astro Shaw's The Journey, follows its RM17.28m/US$5.4m in 56 days local box-office record with an Outstanding Arts and Entertainment Award in the Malaysia Book of Records. The Journey, screened in Italy at the 16th Far East Film Festival, has been released in Singapore and is on its way to Taiwan later this year.US$236 billionGlobal subscription TV revenues will grow at 3.5% (CAGR) over the next five years to reach US$236 billion in 2018, says PricewaterhouseCoopers in its latest annual Global entertainment and media outlook 2014-2018. "Subscription TV will not be daunted by the rise of OTT," PwC says, adding that TV growth "demonstrates that subscription TV is in a healthy position, assisted by the initiatives it has implemented to counter the impact of OTT and other disruptive influences."90%90% of men in Malaysia see themselves as the primary decision maker in family grocery purchases, says A+E Networks' new "Asian Dude-ology" study. This drops in the rest of the region, but the final number is still north of 50%. The study also shows that 47% of men in Indonesia say that women are the main decision makers in buying a car or a house. In Southeast Asia overall, 55% of men say they are the primary decision makers in big-ticket purchases. Almost 44% of men are concerned about the way they look; in Asia, this focuses around fashion rather than fitness.#oneUniversal hit ratings pay dirt - at least in the Philippines - with six-part reality series, It Takes Gutz to be a Gutierrez. The series was E!'s highest-rated premier in the Philippines since the beginning of E! audience measurement time in Jan 2013. The 1 June premiere episode was the #1 non-sports programme on English-language GE and lifestyle channels in the 9pm-9.30pm slot (total people, adults 16+, women 16+. Source: Kantar Media Philippines). Ratings for other parts of the region weren't available at press time.13.3 mThe forecast number of TV everywhere subscribers in Asia Pacific in 2018 is 13.3 million - up from 4.1 million in 2013, according to Media Partners Asia's (MPA) latest figures. MPA says TV everywhere revenues will leap to US$200 million in 2018 from 2013's 30 million. "Consumers' thirst for on-demand will grow in APAC too, and operators - pay-TV, channel and telecoms - can step in to satisfy that demand," MPA says. 20.5The number of live hours CNN is planning a day as part of its summer 2014 reorg, up from 16.5. The rework pulls 2.5 hours of production (CNN Newsroom, CNN NewsCenter) out of Asia back to CNN's Atlanta HQ. But, the Turner news service stresses, the new structure puts more news-gathering resource into the region. 25kThe number of episodes delivered at any one time by video-streaming platform Crunchyroll. The 25,000 Japanese/Asian episodes - about 15,000 hours of content - are translated into multiple languages within minutes of TV broadcast. Most of the offering is anime. The rest is Korean drama and live-action. Content partners include TV Tokyo, Aniplex, Nippon Television Network, MBC and KBS.