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Viu Deepens Partnership with GMM Grammy to Bring Highly Anticipated

Premium Thai Content to Viu’ers in Asia

Viu, a leading pan-regional OTT video streaming service from
PCCW Media Group with more than 41 million monthly active users
(MAU), further deepens its partnership with Thai entertainment
giant GMM Grammy to offer top-notch One31 Channel and
GMM25 content on its platform to the region. With the partnership,
Viu offers near real-time simulcast – within two hours – of One31
Channel’s content in Thailand, giving Thai Viu’ers more choice
about when and how they may watch their favorite shows. The
same content will be available to all Viu’ers in Malaysia, Indonesia,
Myanmar and Singapore, with local language subtitles in Bahasa
Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, Burmese and English, soon after the
initial broadcast in Thailand. The partnership brings over 300 hours
of near real-time simulcast content from One31 Channel to these
markets, with a significant 812 hours’ worth of library content to
Thailand. Furthermore, 290 hours of GMM25 content will now
also be available to all Malaysia and Indonesia Viu’ers, complete
with English and Bahasa Indonesia subtitles respectively. Into its will continue to bring the best entertainment to our platform.”
third year, the collaboration has been extended to enable Viu to Mr. Takonkiet Viravan, Chief Executive Officer of One31 Channel,
not only exclusively serve up near real-time simulcast of One31 said, “We are very happy to have Viu as a partner. Combining the
Channel and provide fresh GMM25 content, but also allows Viu strengths of Channel ONE31’s prominent Thai dramas and Viu’s
Premium users to download the content to watch at their leisure. international online platform, we will bring both of our audiences
Highly-anticipated titles include One31 Channel’s Crowns of together and expand our audience base. As technology continues
Grass (March, 2020), The Passbook (March, 2020), the Venom’s to advance, there are so many possibilities for our communities
Tale (February 2020) and GMM25”s The Mistress, Love Revenge, to grow and it is our pleasure to grow together with Viu.” Mr.
Club Friday the Series 11. Ms. Virginia Lim, Chief Content Officer, Sataporn Panichraksapong, Chief Executive Officer of GMM25,
Viu said, “After our success with Korean content across the said, “GMM25 and Viu have been partners for three years, ever
region, we see Thai content as the next regional content wave in since Viu’s entry into the Thai market. GMM25 series, The
Southeast Asia. With the GMM partnership, we are glad to provide Mistress, Love Revenge and Club Friday the Series proved popular
another popular genre of quality content on our strong platform on Viu Thailand platform. From now on, Viu-GMM25 partnership
which serves millions of digital audiences across the region. Our will expand further as Viu will bring Viu Thailand’s content to
video minutes have grown in billions over the years and this is a viewers in Malaysia and Indonesia. The collaboration will increase
testimony of our content in deepening Viu’ers engagement. We the audience base of Thai content in overseas markets.”

The Internet Association of Australia Announces Interconnect via API with

PCCW Global

organization operating Australia’s largest Internet exchange
network, announced their API interconnect and bilateral
collaboration. Under the new collaboration, customers of either
PCCW Global’s Console Connect SDI® platform or IAA’s peering
fabric IX Australia will be able to seamlessly access all network
services on either carrier or fabric through their respective online
portals. All IAA members on their national Internet exchange
platform can now access Console Connect on-demand. PCCW
Global has an extensive global network footprint, with points
of presence worldwide and interconnections directly with key
cloud, IX, IoT and SaaS partners worldwide, all of whom are
accessible and available via the platform. The IAA is a member-
PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, Hong based association providing technical services including peering
Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, and the through its IX Australia network, the largest non-profit, carrier-
Internet Association of Australia (IAA), a leading non-profit neutral Internet exchange in Australia. With a membership

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