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The fan concert tour includes Malaysia as one of the stops Viu, PCCW’s leading pan-regional OTT video streaming service, is set to enchant Malaysian audiences with a fan concert tour featuring South Korean actor and singer CHA EUN-WOO. Bearing the official title 2024 Just One 10 Minute [Mystery Elevator] and forming a part of the Viu Scream Dates series, the event is scheduled for 24 February 2024 at Stadium Malawati Shah Alam. Just One 10 Minute is CHA EUN-WOO's signature concept with the objective “to show you everything about CHA EUN-WOO to make you fall in love with him in 10 minutes”. Initially introduced on his previous fan meeting tour, the concept has been loved by fans for the rich and high-quality performances it entails. It is set to wow audiences again on the upcoming highly anticipated fan concert tour. Boasting a rich portfolio, CHA EUN-WOO has gained a substantial fan following beyond South Korea, particularly in Asian countries. His notable contributions include exc...

Cast will be heading off on a multi-country road tour promoting the show, which will include Kuantan and Johor Bahru of Malaysia and Jakarta of Indonesia Viu starts 2023 with its latest Viu Original title, Nenek Bongkok Tiga, featuring a star-studded cast directed by award-winning director Datuk Yusry Abdul Halim. After the success of titles such as Seribu Nina and She Was Pretty in 2022, Nenek Bongkok Tiga will be Viu Malaysia’s opening tentpole for 2023 and the first Viu Original series to have a road tour in two countries. After the premiere in Kuala Lumpur today, the cast will make their way to Kuantan on 10 February, Johor Bahru on 17 February and Jakarta on 8 March. Each location will feature an on-the-ground premiere, merchandise giveaways and a social media contest offering participants the chance to win vouchers for a Prism+ TV worth RM3,299. Further details of these events will be announced on Viu Malaysia’s social media. Mr Kingsley Warner, Country Manager of Viu Malaysia, s...

Viu Malaysia has been honored to receive a courtesy visit from Yang Berhormat (YB) Fahmi Fadzil, the Minister of Communications and Digital to its headquarters in Bangsar South City. (From left to right) Noor Amelia Zainabila, Private Secretary to the Minister, Imillya Roslan, Viu Malaysia Associate Director - Physical Production, Juliana Low, Viu Malaysia Head of Content Acquisition and Pro During the visit, the Viu Malaysia team shared information on its operations and their part in building and empowering Malaysia’s economic growth along with its pool of talented creatives by showcasing their work to a broader audience globally. Among what was shared is that Viu produces up to 3 to 5 Viu Originals in a year. Based on the scale of Viu Original dramas, Viu has directly created between 80 to 100 job opportunities for each production. This figure increases to 120, including the main and supporting cast members. Yang Berhormat En Fahmi Fadzil, Minister of Communications and Di...

Inaugural Viu Upfront event unveils 2023 content lineup, including five new local originals Daphne Iking as emcee for Viu Upfront 2023 Ghaz Abu Bakar and Sein Qudsi Viu, PCCW’s leading pan-regional OTT video streaming service, has announced five Viu Original dramas to be released in 2023, after a post-pandemic year which saw recognition for local productions by industry peers and consumers alike. Heidimoru performing Hilang soundtrack Imilya Roslan, Associate Director-Physical Production for Viu Malaysia during presentation session The announcement was made at its inaugural Viu Upfront event, which was the platform’s gathering with key media agencies, business partners, clients and Malaysian film and arts stakeholders. Imilya Roslan, Kingsley Warner and Steven Lim during press conference Juliana Low, Head of Content Acquisition and Programming, Viu Malaysia during presentation session Mr Kingsley Warner, Country Manager of Viu Malaysia, said, “Viu has been wanting to do this for a whil...

An investigative thriller featuring an award-winning cast led by Khir Rahman, Siti Saleha, Aqasha and Jasmine Suraya Viu, PCCW’s leading pan-regional OTT video streaming service, launched their fifth Viu Original drama this year, Hilang, featuring Khir Rahman, Siti Saleha, Aqasha and Jasmine Suraya. The series will stream on the platform starting Thursday 17 November 2022, with two new episodes every Thursday thereafter. Mr Kingsley Warner, Country Manager of Viu Malaysia, said, “Viu Malaysia has produced award-winning titles such as Ganjil, Seribu Nina, and She Was Pretty, all of which have won accolades at the recent Asian Academy Creative National Awards. With Viu Original thrillers Black and The Bridge previously winning awards and fans in Malaysia and beyond, we hope to raise the bar for Malaysian mystery dramas yet again with our latest launch, Hilang. Viu-ers will surely be entertained by this drama, especially those who love murder mysteries with an added supernatural element.”...

Social media contest to find the lucky couple runs from 5th till 15th September 2022 Have you heard friends and relatives telling you about what a nightmare their wedding was? Know anyone who had their fairytale wedding reception plans fall apart at the last minute? Wedding planning is certainly a stressful period and in recent years, we have seen how this stress has been exacerbated by various factors. Some couples even had to cancel their reception at the last minute. Hence, Viu Malaysia and Reka Teemor would like to sponsor a RM350,000 wedding package to make your dream wedding a reality….minus all the drama. You would have to be already married, but have yet to carry out your wedding reception. All you have to do is share the story of how your wedding planning went awry and could not take place at all, and why you deserve your dream wedding reception. The lucky couple would have the opportunity to work with award-winning wedding planner, Reka Teemor, to bring your dream wedding to ...

Viu, PCCW’s leading pan-regional OTT video streaming service announced the launch of Viu Original drama AI.5YA featuring Zizan Razak, Ozlynn Waty and Elly Arifin, in addition to father and daughter combo Dato’ Afdlin Shauki and Mia Sara Shauki. The first two episodes will be available on the Viu platform on 18 August, with two new episodes released every Thursday thereafter to Viu-ers across the 16 markets where Viu is present. AI.5YA, the third Viu Original Malaysia title in 2022, tells the story of a video streamer named Jehan losing his last crew member after a supposedly innocent prank goes awry. With no one left to assist him in making new videos, he turns to technology for the answer. He is lent an advanced android companion named AI.5YA, who becomes his one-woman film crew and supporting actress. However, as his videos starring AI.5YA become viral, Jehan quickly discovers he has to keep her identity a secret and avoid the attention of fans and rivals alike, including his rival, ...

Romantic drama with all-star cast and director premieres in Malaysia and 15 other markets across the region Viu, PCCW’s leading pan-regional OTT video streaming service, today launched their latest Viu Original drama She Was Pretty, the remake of the popular Korean romantic comedy featuring a prominent cast from Malaysia. The first three episodes will be available on Viu on Thursday, 23 June, with two new episodes a week available every Thursday there after before a grand finale of three episodes on 4 August. Mr Kingsley Warner, Viu Malaysia Country Manager, said, “She Was Pretty has a storyline that has proven successful. It has become a popular title beyond Korea with remakes done across different languages set in different countries. With such a strong following, the Viu Original team decided it was time to give the story a uniquely Southeast Asian setting and brought together a strong cast to bring the series to Viu-ers across our markets.” She Was Pretty is a romantic comedy, tell...

Seribu Nina premieres with an award-winning Malaysian cast across Malaysia and 15 other markets across the region Viu, PCCW’s leading pan-regional OTT video streaming service, launched the all-new Malaysian drama series Seribu Nina starting from Thursday, 19 May. Two episodes of the Viu Original drama will be released every Thursday, letting viewers experience an epic journey in the quest for love, self-discovery, adventure and fantasy across a thousand parallel dimensions. Seribu Nina tells the story of an unorthodox couple: Amar is a strait-laced, meticulous young history lecturer living life with a checklist, and Nina is his cafe barista girlfriend who goes by the motto “You Only Live Once” or “YOLO”. As Amar builds the conviction to ask for Nina’s hand in marriage, an unexpected turn of events takes place. Nina has been concealing the secret of who she really is and is being taken against her will back to her home dimension. At the same time, both Nina and Amar are being hunted dow...

Popular series returns with storyline revolving around social issues at hand Viu, PCCW’s leading pan-regional OTT video streaming service, announced the second season of the award-winning Original series Pretty Little Liars, premiered on April 14, 2022, in all 16 Viu markets. The winner of the Asian Academy Creative Awards and Content Asia Awards for the first season bringing pride to Indonesian storytelling through the teen mystery-drama of the same name from WBITVP, Viu’s Pretty Little Liars adaptation is set in the fictional town of Amerta, exclusively created in Bali. Pretty Little Liars follows the lives of four female students whose clique fell apart when their leader, Alissa (Yuki Kato), went mysteriously missing. The Liars find themselves reunited when they suddenly begin to receive creepy messages from a mysterious figure known as "A", who threatens to expose their darkest secrets. In season two, Hanna (Anya Geraldine), Ema (Caitlin Halderman), Sabrina (Vanessa Thoma...

Viu’s focus on top Asian content and Viu Original titles continue to prove a hit with viewers and partners in Asia Viu, PCCW’s leading pan-regional OTT video streaming service, announced today that the platform was the number 1 premium video on demand platform in terms of the number of Monthly Average Users (MAUs) in Greater Southeast Asia*, following the latest Media Partners Asia (MPA) AMPD Research report for Q4 2021*, released on March 28. The report revealed that Viu’s MAUs is once again ahead of other major streaming platforms in Greater Southeast Asia and continued to be the highest for all quarters of 2021. The platform also ranked second in both paid subscribers and premium video streaming minutes amongst major video streaming platforms in Greater Southeast Asia in Q4 2021*. Ms. Helen Sou, Chief Business Officer, Asia, Viu, said, “Viu’s consistent performance in a very competitive region, coupled with our significant growth in monetization in 2021, firmly entrenched Viu as a l...