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best practices to help enterprises and
manufacturers adopt the technologies of
the future, and overcome key challenges
enterprises face during their digital
transformation journeys. Kathrin Buvac,
President of Nokia Enterprise and Chief
Strategy Officer, said: “We are paving the
way for enterprise customers to realize
the vision of Industry 4.0 and industrial
automation by applying our technology to
our manufacturing needs. For our Oulu 5G
facility, we created a ‘factory of the future’
environment leveraging private wireless
networks for reliable and secure in-factory
connectivity, edge cloud and

HBO Asia and Viu Announce Second Season of
Endemol Shine Group’s The Bridge

Viu, a leading pan-regional OTT video to once again partner with Viu and PCCW The Bridge. It has been a stellar example of
service from PCCW Media Group, and HBO Media Group on the second season of The knitting together the nuances - culturally,
Asia jointly announce their partnership Bridge. This series, an Asian adaptation creatively and commercially to produce a
in the second season of Viu Original’s of the successful licensed format, which drama that has worked in a diverse region.
The Bridge, which will begin shooting its is produced in association with Viu, will The commissioning of the second season
second 10-episode season this year and complement our growing slate of HBO Asia reinforces our belief in the potential of
will be simulcast on Viu and HBO Asia’s Original productions that are available to a scripted formats in Asia and we hope
channels and services in early 2020. global audience.” Ms. Janice Lee, Managing this will pave the way for many more
Loosely based on the second season of the Director of PCCW Media Group, said, “Our co-productions.” The Bridge is licensed
original series, season two will pick up one partnership with Endemol Shine and HBO from global producer and distributor
year after where the story ended in season Asia on the second season of The Bridge is Endemol Shine Group. Viu is also working
one. A yacht registered in Singapore taking our collaboration to a higher level. with longtime partner Double Vision to
drifts ashore in Johor with a deceased We are excited to extend on the success produce season two, as it did with the
Indonesian family on board. Investigating of the first season with a storyline that first season. The second season will be
the slew of serial killings that ensue, the resonates with audiences in Asia and take available on Viu in all its markets as well
characters become mired in a web of it even further by adding new elements.” as on HBO Asia’s network of channels and
treachery, deceit and personal tragedy. Mr. Ms. Rashmi Bajpai, Executive Director Asia services, including HBO, HBO GO and HBO
Jonathan Spink, Chief Executive Officer of Endemol Shine International, said, “We ON DEMAND, across 24 territories. The
of HBO Asia, said, “HBO Asia is delighted are thrilled about Viu’s faith in renewing Bridge was originally created and written
by Hans Rosenfeldt as a joint production
of Sweden’s Filmlance International, part
of Endemol Shine Group and Denmark’s
Nimbus Film. The Bridge (Bron/Broen) was
produced in co-production with Sveriges
Television, DR, ZDF German Television
network, ZDF Enterprises Gmbh, Film
i Skåne, NRK, Copenhagen Film Fund,
Lumiere Group, Stiftelsen Ystad Österlen
Filmfond, Norvision and in co-operation
with Malmö Stad. It has aired in more than
188 territories/countries and spawned
localized remakes in the U.K/France, the
United States/Mexico, Germany/Austria,
Russia/Estonia and Serbia/Croatia.

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