‘Total Control,’ Australian Political Drama, Starts Third and Final Season

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief NBCUniversal is to expand its One Platform advertising, technology, data and measurement system further into global markets through an alliance with international broadcast and tech partners. The move was announced on Tuesday at the Cannes Lions advertising convention in Cannes, France.International partners include Atresmedia from Spain, Bell Media from Canada, Channel 4 from the U.K., Mediaset from Italy, Seven West Media from Australia, Sky Media from the U.K., Italy and Germany, and Talpa from the Netherlands, TF1 Pub of France, Japan’s Tokyo Broadcasting Systems and Omnicom Media Group. “By bringing together leading local broadcasters and publishers across the world, NBCUniversal seeks to enhance the premium video ecosystem and build the foundation for greater industry advancement and collaboration at an international level, across data and identity, activation and automation, ad innovation, and measurement,” NBCUniversal explained in a statement.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Stan, the Australian streaming service owned by Nine Entertainment, has renewed its content supply partnership with Lionsgate. The multi-year output agreement secures a slate of first-run premium scripted dramas from STARZ and Lionsgate and a new slate of theatrical films exclusive to Australian audiences. The agreement follows Stan’s renewal last year of a deal with Sony Pictures Television. Headlining the new shows expected to flow from the Lionsgate deal is espionage drama “Gray,” starring Patricia Clarkson (“Six Feet Under”), Nathalie Emmanuel (“Game of Thrones”) and Rupert Everett (“My Best Friend’s Wedding”) which is based on an original concept by bestselling novelist David Baldacci.

Selome Hailu Fueled by the #Scandoval, “Vanderpump” does indeed rule: In its recently completed 10th season, the ratings for Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules” hit extraordinary heights, especially for the current fractured television landscape. Season 10 has reached an impressive 11.4 million average viewers to date. That performance was aided especially by the first reunion episode on May 24, which reached 4.6 million viewers when accounting for Live + 3 Nielsen ratings, on-demand viewing and streaming on Peacock. That made it the most-watched Bravo episode of any series in more than nine years, and the most watched “Vanderpump Rules” episode of all time. And the third reunion special had the best first-day viewership on Peacock of any NBCU series on the platform.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Disney is to close its six remaining linear TV channels in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea as the conglomerate puts a greater emphasis on direct-to-consumer streaming. The channels concerned are National Geographic, National Geographic Wild, Star Chinese Movies, Star Chinese Channel, Star Movies and Star World. Linear services will end from September in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Korea, and by December in Taiwan. The group expects to retain a streamlined television portfolio with channels in Japan, China, Australia and New Zealand for the time being.

Season 10 of Vanderpump Rules isn’t officially over until all the secrets are revealed — and Us Weekly watched the Wednesday, June 14, bonus episode so you don’t have to.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief U.S. film and television content captures 30% of viewing time in key Asia-Pacific territories, according to a new research report by consultancy Media Partners Asia. Korean product takes 40%. The study “U.S. Content in the Asia Pacific” tracked the video consumption behavior between January and March this year of some 40,000 consumers in ten Asia-Pacific markets: Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Australia, a $2.2 billion SVOD market, exhibits the highest reliance on US entertainment with 72% of measured SVOD viewership, followed by Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines where U.S. content accounts for 40-50% of viewership on average, with Indonesia close behind at 35%.

A shocking confrontation. Raquel Leviss finally faced her Vanderpump Rules costars in the highly anticipated conclusion to the season 10 reunion.

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of the Vanderpump Rules Season 10 Reunion finale.

Scandoval comes to an end with the Vanderpump Rules Season 10 Reunion Part 3. Bravo is airing the final episode of the reunion starting at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 7. The episode will be supersized and ending at 10:15 p.m. ET. Peacock will make the episode available online the next day with additional moments and completely uncensored.

The Vanderpump Rules stars are continuing their battle.

The Missouri native reunited with Raquel during a filming break where she reacted to the footage she saw so far.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Indian streaming service JioCinema claimed a record for the number of concurrent viewers this week. It reported that 32 million viewers were simultaneously using its service to watch the IPL cricket final match between The Chennai Super Kings and the Gujarat Titans. The platform’s previous peak was 25 million. Chennai eventually won the rain-affected and one-day delayed match Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has removed its bouquet of 14 channels from Indonesia’s TV largest platform, MNC, ending decades-long affiliate arrangements, Content Asia reported. The decision, confirmed by WBD, involves channels from HBO and Cartoon Network to Discovery and TLC, all of which came off air on May 12. The move is understood to be the culmination of a payments disagreement. In November last year, beIN removds its sports service from MNC. WBD content remains available on three smaller platforms in Indonesia, IndiHome First Media and Trans.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The 25th Shanghai International Film Festival, June 9 to 18, has unveiled the titles in contention for awards in its four main feature-length sections: main competition, Asian New Talent, Animation film and documentary. These are eligible for the festival’s prestigious Golden Goblet Awards, winners of which will be announced at the Shanghai Grand Theater on the evening of June 17. While SIFF remains the only mainland China festival to be accredited as a so-called A-list event by the International Federation of Film Producers (FIAPF), its selections are largely separate and distinct from those at other major international festivals.

Ariana Madix and Katie Maloney are opening up about Vanderpump Rules Season 11 and if they would come back if Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss return to the show.

Adding more context to the drama. Vanderpump Rules fans got even more surprises if they tuned into Peacock’s extended version of the season 10 reunion.

The cast of Vanderpump Rules is all together again for the first time since news of Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ affair.

The cast of Vanderpump Rules is all together again for the first time since news of Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ affair.

Not over yet. The drama was front and center as the Vanderpump Rules cast reunited to discuss season 10 amid Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ cheating scandal.

The cast of Vanderpump Rules is coming back together for a three-part reunion that will see Ariana Madix coming face-to-face with her ex-boyfriend Tom Sandoval and ex-best friend Raquel Leviss. Bravo is airing the first part of the reunion on Wednesday, May 24 starting at 9 p.m. ET with Peacock making the episode available online the next day.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief NBC’s mystery-drama series “La Brea” will return to Australia for filming of its third season. Within the country, production will relocate from Victoria state to Queensland. The series is produced by Universal Television and Keshet Studios, with Australian production managed by Matchbox Pictures. Renewal was announced in January. “[La Brea] follows an epic family adventure after a massive sinkhole opens in Los Angeles pulling people and buildings into a mysterious and dangerous primeval land where they have no choice but to band together to survive,” according to the official synopsis.