what do buyers want at atf 2015? - Asia TV Forum

1 - 4 Dec 2015 Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

WHAT DO BUYERS WANT AT ATF 2015?

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ANIPLUS INC. Your Activity: TV Channel (terrestrial, digital, cable, SAT)

Your Editorial Line: ANIPLUS HD is an animation channel run across different platforms such as cable TV, satellite IPTV and OTT mainly in South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand, covering over 20 million subscribers Asia wide.

Seungtaek Jeon Representative Director, South Korea

What type of programs are you looking for? 1) Animations

What territories do you buy from? Japan, Korea, Germany, France, China

What kind of sales pitches do you best respond to? What type of information should be included when you evaluate programmes for buying? Clear and suitable audience targeting based on

www.aniplus-asia.com

stable quality. Should be possible to simulcast with origin country by supportive and timely logistics.

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DENTSU MEDIA Your Activity: Advertising Agency

Your Editorial Line: CIA (Content Ideation & Acquisition) has been established as an individual unit under Dentsu media (Thailand) which is a communication agency. Dentsu media (Thailand) offers diversified service to pursue clients’ success business which consists of 3 media agency units 1 holistic communication

Tatiya Sinhabaedya Chief of Content Acquisition, Thailand

design unit and 1 content business unit.

What type of programs are you looking for? 1) Format (for all platform) 2) Digital content 3) Finished Content

What territories do you buy from? Japan, USA, UK, Korea, Australia

www.dentsu-media.com

What kind of sales pitches do you best respond to? What type of information should be included when you evaluate programmes for buying? 1) Understanding local market situation and flexibility in terms of localization and adaptation. We rather prefer to work with a long term win-win business. Fair play and honest business partner are the best to work with. 2) Other than the concept of the program itself, the success case in other countries, average rating and whether it is advertiser’s friendly or not is the key concern. Buyers at ATF 2015

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DISCOVERY NETWORKS ASIA-PACIFIC Your Activity: TV Channel (terrestrial, digital, cable, SAT)

Your Editorial Line: Discovery Communications is the world’s #1 pay-TV programmer. Discovery is dedicated to satisfying curiosity, engaging and entertaining viewers with

Sarah Kwek Associate Director, Programming, Singapore

high-quality content on worldwide television networks. In Asia Pacific, 15 Discovery brands reach 674 million cumulative subscribers in 36 countries and territories with programming customized in 14 languages and dialects.

What type of programs are you looking for? 1) Animation for 5-8 year olds 2) Live-action for 5-8 year olds

What territories do you buy from? International

What kind of sales pitches do you best respond to? What type of information should be included when you evaluate programmes for buying? www.dkids.asia

Simple introduction to the project including basic information such as program synopsis, target audience, number of episode, duration and stage of development. Trailer or at the very least a bible with character profiles. Don’t miss your chance to meet these influential buyers @ ATF by registering at www.asiatvforum.com

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Your Editorial Line: Discovery Communications is the world’s #1 pay-TV programmer. Discovery is dedicated to satisfying curiosity, engaging and entertaining viewers with

Amelia Mak Assistant Manager, Programming, Singapore

high-quality content on worldwide television networks. In Asia Pacific, 15 Discovery brands reach 674 million cumulative subscribers in 36 countries and territories with programming customized in 14 languages and dialects.

What type of programs are you looking for? 1) Travel Cuisine 2) Food - Cookery, Business, Reality, Competition 3) Style/Fashion 4) Luxury 5) Weddings

What territories do you buy from?

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International

What kind of sales pitches do you best respond to? What type of information should be included when you evaluate programmes for buying? A sales pitch should be comprehensive yet concise, and should highlight the strengths of the program. Program information like episodes, duration, delivery format, production year, commissioning network and talent info is preferred.

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Your Editorial Line:

Lynn Ng Director of Programming, Singapore

Discovery Communications is the world’s #1 pay-TV programmer. Discovery is dedicated to satisfying curiosity, engaging and entertaining viewers with high-quality content on worldwide television networks. In Asia Pacific, 15 Discovery brands reach 674 million cumulative subscribers in 36 countries and territories with programming customized in 14 languages and dialects.

What type of programs are you looking for? 1) Military content 2) Locally relevant content for Asia Pacific 3) Extreme Jobs 4) Science, Space, Technology, Engineering 5) Blue Chip Natural History 6) Pets 7) Personally Driven Wildlife Programs


www.tlcasia.com

International

What kind of sales pitches do you best respond to? What type of information should be included when you evaluate programmes for buying? A good pitch is one which gets to the heart of why the program is unique and how it fulfills the needs of the network. Number of episodes, synopsis, production budget, commissioning network and tape format are some basic information we require. Don’t miss your chance to meet these influential buyers @ ATF by registering at www.asiatvforum.com

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DM DON SQUARE ENTERTAINMENT Your Activity: Rights Holder/Distributor

Your Editorial Line: DM Don Square Entertainment is a local company based in Negara Brunei Darussalam. We are now 12 years as film distributor. Prior to this we were in the film/movie business since 1992. As Film Distributor we have acquired and licensed

Mariani Abdullah Head of Acquisitions, Brunei

programmes and films from Australia, Canada, China, India and the Philippines.

What type of programs are you looking for? 1) Tele-dramas 2) Costume Dramas 3) Lifestyle Programmes 4) Youth Oriented Programmes 5) Films

What territories do you buy from? Philippines, China, Australia, Canada, India

What kind of sales pitches do you best respond to? What type of information should be included when you evaluate programmes for buying? The sales pitch depends on the approval of the committee with the guidelines of moral and education values. Good stories and entertainment.

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ENCORE INFLIGHT LIMITED Your Activity: Inflight (Airline & Ships)

Your Editorial Line: Encore Inflight is an inflight distribution company focusing on English (non-Hollywood), European, Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean movies. We have a network of 91 airlines that we distribute to and are interested in worldwide inflight rights.

Jovita Toh CEO Hong Kong,

What type of programs are you looking for? 1) Documentaries


What kind of sales pitches do you best respond to? What type of information should be included when you evaluate programmes for buying? I work best with sales companies that do their

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homework and reach out to me because they already know what I want. I NEVER look at general mass marketing blitzes. Length of programme, production year, broadcast date, territories it has been sold to.


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MEDIA PRIMA BERHAD Your Activity: TV Channel (terrestrial, digital, cable, SAT)

Your Editorial Line: 8TV and ntv7 are the top 2 channels in Malaysia serving the Malaysian Urban Chinese audiences. Home for award winning local dramas and top entertainment programmes, both 8TV and ntv7 are also made available on tonton.com.my for

Airin Zainul Group General Manager, Malaysia

premium and catch up content.

What type of programs are you looking for? 1) Dramas 2) Variety 3) Reality 4) Factual Wildlife 5) Gameshows


http://extra.tonton.com.my/

Korea, Taiwan, US, UK, Australia

What kind of sales pitches do you best respond to? What type of information should be included when you evaluate programmes for buying? The sales pitch must be no longer than 30 seconds, succinct, dynamic and with visual reference.

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NIKKATSU CORPORATION Your Activity: All Rights Distributor

Your Editorial Line: Nikkatsu is one of the oldest Japanese film productions and distributing company. For approximately one century, we have produced several thousand films and TV series including the works of Seijun Suzuki, Kon Ichikawa, Takeshi

Toshihiko Tommy Tomita

Miike and Shion Sono. Recently, we also embarked

Vice President, International Department, Japan

production.

on foreign film acquisition and international co-

What type of programs are you looking for? 1) Feature Films 2) TV Series

http://intl.nikkatsu.com/index.html

3) Documentaries

What territories do you buy from? USA, UK, France, Hong Kong, China

What kind of sales pitches do you best respond to? What type of information should be included when you evaluate programmes for buying? We appreciate sales pitches which show us the background of the story and make us understand the storyline easily.


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REDCANDLE ASIA Your Activity: Rights Holder/Distributor

Your Editorial Line: Redcandle Asia is a distribution company founded in 2004 as an independent Indonesia-based company distributing all genres of programs and formats to television in South East Asia. The Acquisition team has been continuously buying almost all kind of foreign programs and formats

Mohammad Sophi Djudzman Director, Sales and Acquisitions, Indonesia

from around the world including from major studios.

What type of programs are you looking for? 1) Animated series 2) Drama series 3) Animated/Family Movies 4) Fantasy series

What territories do you buy from? USA, Latin America, France, India, Australia

What kind of sales pitches do you best respond to? What type of information should be included when you evaluate programmes for buying? We like to hear the synopsis, and content sample is included. Without a sample or screener we rarely consider it. Information should be as complete as possible such as year of production. Providing the ratings/shares information would be nice but is not one of key points as every country is different. Buyers at ATF 2015

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SUN TV NETWORK LTD. Your Activity: TV Channel (terrestrial, digital, cable, SAT)

Your Editorial Line: Sun TV Network, India’s largest media conglomerate has power packed Thirty Three TV Channels with the reach of more than 95 million households in India. Sun TV Network’s channels can be viewed in 27 countries including U.S.A, Canada, Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, South

Kavitha Jaubin Cluster head- Kids Entertainment Channel, India

Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

What type of programs are you looking for? 1) Children’s entertainment 2) Hollywood movies 3) Formats


What kind of sales pitches do you best respond to? What type of information should be included when you evaluate programmes for buying? Comprehensive sales pitches that contain complete information about the content including the target, year of production, storyline, if broadcasted elsewhere the ratings, promotion options and

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merchandising opportunities. This is because at one go, one can evaluate if it is profitable to acquire the property. Since content can be judged only with samples, a sales pitch should ideally comprise of a link to the content. Don’t miss your chance to meet these influential buyers @ ATF by registering at www.asiatvforum.com

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SUPERFINE FILMS Your Activity: Rights Holder/Distributor

Your Editorial Line: Superfine films and its sister companies are highly reputed importers and distributors for India & Subcontinent. Over the last 29 years, our primary focus is on importing Foreign Commercial Driven, Action, Adventure, Special Effects, Fantasy Big Budget Genre Films & Programs for all Rights with

Kamal Jain

‘A’ credits and franchise films.

CEO/Partner, India

What type of programs are you looking for? 1) Action/Adventure 2) Documentaries on disasters and major events shot in motion film-like script and character 3) High octane and edge-of-the-seat thrillers with well-established cast and crew 4) Major Studio Quality Fantasy Oriented, Special Effects Driven Motion Film contents


www.superfinefilms.net

North America, Europe, Asia

What kind of sales pitches do you best respond to? What type of information should be included when you evaluate programmes for buying? The kind of sales pitch that is high on quality content with reasonable price. Genre, cast, budget, studio release or not, sypnosis, production notes, trailer link. Buyers at ATF 2015

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TELEVIEW ASIA Your Activity: Licensing

Your Editorial Line: TeleView Asia was incorporated in 2001 for the purpose of independent film production, licensing and marketing. We develop, produce, subtitling, voice over dubbing and deliver inventive television programming. TeleView Asia is also an exclusive sales agent for some independent film producers,

Shaun Lee

TV programs, inflights, IPTV, & soccer programs

Director, Malaysia

for the Asian market.

What type of programs are you looking for? 1) Movies 2) Dramas 3) Entertainment 4) Animation

What territories do you buy from? Malaysia, Korea, China, Brunei, Cambodia

What kind of sales pitches do you best respond to? What type of information should be included when you evaluate programmes for buying? The sales pitch must have an easy to understand synopsis of the content along with the sample/ demo/pilot/url link video of the show.


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TVF INTERNATIONAL Your Activity: Rights Holder/Distributor

Your Editorial Line:

Will Stapley

Head of Asia Pacific, Sales & Acquisitions, United Kingdom

TVF’s specialist approach to distribution has earned us a place as the leading independent factual distributor in the UK. Our catalogue encompasses everything from factual entertainment and lifestyle series to exceptional one-off documentaries, representing the world’s most innovative and creative producers. We also operate extensively with pre-sales, co-productions and formats.

What type of programs are you looking for? 1) Wildlife 2) Pop science 3) Health 4) Food and travel 5) Arts and History


www.tvfinternational.com

International

What kind of sales pitches do you best respond to? What type of information should be included when you evaluate programmes for buying? What we appreciate from producers are initial pitches that have a clear 1 page synopsis/ treatment with a trailer showcasing the narrative structure and actual footage from the documentary. We like to know the production budget, the transmission history/ delivery date (and distribution availability) and whether or not it will be a returning series. Buyers at ATF 2015

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UNIVERSAL FULL BAND MEDIA CO.,LTD Your Activity: TV Channel (terrestrial, digital, cable, SAT)

Your Editorial Line: UFB Media, registered in Hong Kong and based in Beijing, is one of the leading distribution companies in the fields of cinema and television. We’ve been active in both foreign programs

Jing Lei

General Manager, China

importation and domestic industry for almost 10 years, which includes movies, TV series, and also documentaries.

What type of programs are you looking for? 1) Feature films 2) Documentaries 3) Animations 4) 3D 5) 4K


What kind of sales pitches do you best respond to? What type of information should be included when you evaluate programmes for buying? The sales pitch would be great for us if it fits the appetite of Chinese audiences, is fast-paced and exciting. What’s more, we prefer the ones who can supply full version screeners, synopsis, and posters. Don’t miss your chance to meet these influential buyers @ ATF by registering at www.asiatvforum.com

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YOOHOO MEDIA SOLUTIONS Your Activity: All Rights Distributor

Your Editorial Line: Established in 2005, Yoohoo Media Solutions is a fast growing international company involved in acquiring productions as well as distribution of high quality content to broadcasters and other clients around the world. Yoohoo Media Solutions

Shalline Chok VP Sales & Acquisitions, Australia

currently acts as an acquisitions office to many channels throughout Australia, Asia and CIS.

What type of programs are you looking for? 1) Documentaries 2) Current Affairs 3) Dramas 4) Movies 5) Entertainment/Lifestyle


www.yoohoomedia.com

USA, UK, Singapore, Korea, China

What kind of sales pitches do you best respond to? What type of information should be included when you evaluate programmes for buying? We respond best to sales pitches when sellers truly understands our requirements and needs. We encourage sellers to provide us with as much information as possible which includes description, synopsis, length of program, year of production, script and any publication materials. Buyers at ATF 2015

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