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THEMA Asia Pacific
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Founded in 2005, THEMA now includes fi ve subsidiaries overseas. The company represents 180 channels and has created strong relations with the main television platforms in Europe, in Asia, in the Middle-East, in Africa and in North America, thanks to its expertise in TV content distribution, TV packaging and marketing strategy. THEMA Asia Pacifi c distributes a diversifi ed portfolio of linear and on demand content in HD and 4K covering a wide range of thematics, such as Lifestyle, Cinema, Series, Arts, Youth, Music and Sports.
THEMA Asia Pacifi c 1 North Bridge Road, High Street Centre #06-02 Singapore 179094 T: +65 6734 2400 W: www.thematv.asia
Who’s who...
Alexandre Bac
Managing Director Asia Pacifi c E: alexandre@thematv.com (Based in Singapore)
Julia Laude-Bousquet
VP Global Marketing E: julia@thematv.com (Based in Paris)
Alexandre Bac Julia Laude-Bousquet
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FlixSnip
INWILD
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Multicultural
Canal + Myanmar releases its in-house original productions of Burmese contents: movies, series, documentaries produced with talented local producers released every year. M6 INTERNATIONAL: A TV channel which brings together all the best programs of the M6 Group channels. With contents from its renowned channels M6, W9, 6ter, Paris Première and Téva, M6 INTERNATIONAL provides the French speaking population and French expatriates with a variety of high quality contents on Culture, Entertainment, Cooking, Reality TV, News, Politics, Discovery, Life style. SVOD Offer by Studiocanal: A non linear-offer from Studiocanal library targeting the French speaking community with French Movies provided with English Subtitles. A SVOD format of with 60 movies and monthly refresh. Kanal D Drama: The fi rst and only channel that brings together the best Turkish dramas in HD. Kanal D Drama explores universal stories with exceptional characters in fascinating places that inspire, transform, and captivate.
Lifestyle & Entertainment
Insight TV: Global factual entertainment channel with a passion for creating content that takes the viewer on an adventurous journey to explore and interact with stories in 4K and HD. Luxe TV: LUXE.TV HD is pleased to unveil the world of luxury with more than 400 hours of programs, documentaries, reports and top- ics dedicated to the world of luxury and lifestyle.
Short form
Flix Snip offers short format, on the go entertainment for people in today’s busy world. Premium multilingual 20 minutes fi lms and series covering thrillers, drama, animation, horror, romance, comedy, and more. Blackpills: More than 50 original short-form series available for mobile and TV. Original and premium ground- breaking series, documentaries and adult animation, Exclusive and premium series.
Nature, Culture and Knowledge
InWild: InWild is all about nature and wildlife from all around the world. Nature and wildlife has always been a bingeable, high-value genre on television. Nature can be exhilarating, beautiful, inspiring, amusing, and emotional. Experience 1000 hours of dynamically scheduled, incredible content. HERITAGE 4K: 100% native 4K breathtaking documentaries focusing on Discovery, Archaeology & Sacred Sites , History & Heritage Sites, Architecture, Culture, Travel & Education. MUSEUM: Museum is the fi rst TV channel entirely dedicated to Art, covering Fine Arts (classic, modern, contemporary), but also Street-Art, Comics, Digital Art, Photography, Video Art, Architecture, Design, Factual entertainment.
Kids & Education
A+ Kids TV provides children aged of 3-7 quality, fun and comprehensive programs on learning skills development and preparing to school through multi-platform support and help them to “Grow Smart”
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A+E Networks Asia 18 Purvis Street #02-01 Singapore 188597
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Who’s Who...
Mezzo Live HD Gives an access to the greatest international venues from all around the world: opera houses, concert A+E Networks™ is an award-winning global content company consisting halls, festivals, dance theaters and jazz clubs. With around 40 of some of the world’s most iconic and culturally relevant brands in live performances each year, shot exclusively in High defi ni-media, including The HISTORY Channel™, Lifetime™, History2™ and tion, and no commercial, Mezzo Live HD brings the best of Crime+Investigation™. A+E Networks™ Asia operates and distributes its the international music scene.portfolio of channels across multiple platforms in Asia Pacifi c, produces a Stingray iConcerts is the essential television destination for variety of original content series and provides digital content capabilities fans of live music who can’t get enough of that front-row feeling! Over 500 titles • 10 titles refresh per month Stingray DJazz allows you to experience the world’s major jazz festivals, famous clubs and intimate concerts. for 3rd party partners in the region. Globally, A+E Networks’ channels and branded programming reach more than 340 million households in over 230 territories in 42 languages and have 500+ million digital users. Stingray CMusic is a specialty television channel dedicated to classical and cinematic music videos – a revolutionary combi- nation in the world of music television.Channel distribution in Asia Stingray Festival 4K will be blown away by massive concerts A+E Networks Asia operates throughout Asia-Pacifi c, reaching 87.2 million by top stadium fi llers, must-see theatre productions, colourful cumulative households across pay-TV and on-demand platforms. circuses, electrifying DJ sets, beautiful ballet and opera perfor-*Note: fi gure above excludes India and Australia. mances. Stingray Now 4K brings home non-stop music videos by toOn-demand services Saugato Banerjee day’s biggest and most popular stars in dazzling 4K Ultra HD.A+E Networks offers a range of content across AVOD, TVOD, FVOD, SVOD and Stingray Naturescape: is a unique channel that combines beau-Managing Director, Asia Pacifi c OTT to existing linear TV channel subscribers with the number of hours of content tiful, peaceful scenery fi lmed in 4K Ultra HD, and soundtracks tailor-made to accompany every moment of your day. Music App & non-linear Stingray Karaoke: Over 13 000 karaoke songs, including today’s hits and yesterday’s classics, in all genres. Stingray Music: A multiplatform digital music service that brings to listeners the best music for every moment, place and mood; available on TV, mobile and on the web/ over 2,000 channels in 100s of music genres, featuring local and international artists, curated by music experts from around E: Saugato.Banerjee@aenetworks.com John Flanagan General Manager, Japan and Regional Head of Programming & Marketing E: John.Flanagan@aenetworks.com YoungSun Soh General Manager, Korea & Regional Head of Digital Business Development E: YoungSun.Soh@aenetworks.com Chris Humphrey Head of Production, Asia Pacifi c varying throughout the region. Its content and channels are also offered on a subscription basis on various local and regional OTT platforms such as Hulu and Apple TV in selected territories in Asia. Advertising/sponsorship A+E Networks Asia’s commercial teams work in partnership with brands and agencies to deliver a wide variety of multi-platform media solutions from seamless programme integration to customised digital content creation, consumer activations and engaging social media campaigns. A+E Networks Asia’s ability to reach local and international audiences in a brand safe environment is sought after by advertisers seeking to interact with active multi-platform audiences. the globe. Stingray Qello: Discover the world’s largest catalog of conTrends & Outlook 2021E: Chris.Humphrey@aenetworks.com Joyce Lim cert fi lms, award-winning music documentaries, and live streaming music events from the 1920s to today. Medici.tv: Online streaming platform for classical music, it offers the world’s largest VOD catalogue of more than 2,600 videos with over 150 live performances throughout the year. We expect to see the continued growth of VOD, including premium AVOD services. Locally produced quality content combined with affordable data will continue to power the growth of content consumption. At the same, Senior Director of Content, Southeast Asia E: Joyce.Lim@aenetworks.com Feryal Hemamda Director of Marketing, Digital, Communications, Southeast Asia E: Feryal.Hemamda@aenetworks.com select markets will continue to witness resilience Trends & Outlook 2021 Alistair Roseburgh of the linear content ecosystem.” The SVOD subscription will continue to boom in the region, whereas linear model will keep evolving with the development of FAST. The key Saugato Banerjee, Asia-Pacifi c Managing Director, A+E NetworksDirector of Operations, Digital Productions, Asia Pacifi c E: Alistair.Roseburgh@aenetworks.com Content strategy A+E Networks Asia has an increased focus on creating local productions from will be to play with the models to provide the best AD SALES CONTACT the region, however the majority of its content comes from the vast programme satisfaction to the subscribers with the right content.” Alexandre Bac, Managing Director Asia Pacifi c Rohit Potphode Head of Ad Sales & Brand Partnerships E: Rohit.Potphode@aenetworks.com offering from A+E Networks U.S, exclusive on its channels. All content acquired for A+E Networks Asia channels feature a diverse range of programming that is unique and specially curated for our audiences in Asia. Local Production
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Target Audience AFFILIATE SALES CONTACT Through 2020, A+E Networks was committed to producing local productions. • Our portfolio is addressing all ages groups, all audiences. • Specifi city of our multicultural offers addressing French and Burman communities. Salawati Mohamed Head of Distribution & Partnership In Japan, our biggest titles included Tokyo Legacy and the theatrical release, Sono Otoko Tokyo Ni Tsuki. War of Innocents, will premiere globally across A+E Networks channels this year. Other productions include Back to Nature, which Channel Both linear and on-demand content Development, Southeast Asia E: Salawati.Mohamed@aenetworks.com features Japan’s unique pristine nature sites and Sado. In 2020, Korea’s biggest titles included Backstreet Rookie produced by Taewon Entertainment led by legendary producer Myeongwoo Lee. Negotiation King topped digital content, avContent PROGRAMME ACQUISITION CONTACT eraging 4.4M views per episode. In 2021, Dramaworld premieres in Asia. The series International producers (Myanmar, Korea, Europe, Middle East, US) Production Canal+ Myanmar produces local contents in Myanmar to be broadcast on their in-house channels, such as documentaries, series, talk-shows. THEMA then distributes them to other platforms in the region. One of the highlight is for instance the release of Lake Pyar, Season 3. Pooja Nirmal Kant Director of International Content Sales, Southeast Asia E: Pooja.NirmalKant@aenetworks.com is A+E Networks Korea’s second premium scripted drama featuring Korean and American actors Jiwon Ha, Henry Lau and Daniel Dae Kim. Asia Focus in 2021 “We will continue to create locally relevant quality content that entertains and inspires our audience in Asia. We will build further upon our success in Korea, creating sought after scripted, unscripted and digital content across the region. In Japan we are telling thought-provoking stories that captivate HISTORY fans all Asia focus in 2021 “We will continue to push our current linear and non-linear offering to the market; having new products in our portfolio will certainly open new doors and bring more partnerships and strategic alliances in the region.” over the world. In Southeast Asia, we are working on a variety of original content productions both for linear and our digital platforms. Our strength continues to be our ability as a multi-location business to partner with the creation and distribution ecosystem in bringing the best of A+E’s global IP with relevant local content. This unique proposition provides valuable benefi ts and opportunities to our clients and partners.” – Saugato Banerjee, Asia-Pacifi c Managing Director, A+E Networks C N T E N T A S I A C N T E N T A S I A
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