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NEWS & VIEWS
December 2017
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Founders’ Valley sees German entreprenuer Fridtjof Detzner take viewers on a tour of the Asian
startup scene.
n Finding
the next big thing in Founders’ Valley
KUALA LUMPUR – German broadcaster
Deutsche Welle (DS) has worked with entre
preneur Fridtjof Detzner to produce Found-
ers’ Valley, which takes viewers on a tour of
the Asian startup scene.
Travelling to countries such as Malay
sia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singa
pore and India, Detzner meets with young
business founders looking for visionary
ideas as well as innovative and inspiring
solutions.
Asian viewers can watch Founders’ Val-
ley on mioTV, Hypp TV, myTV Super, Airtel,
BigTV and Wow TV, to name but a few.
n HOOQ
Filmmakers
Guild to produce six
pilots across SE Asia
SINGAPORE – Video-on-demand (VoD)
service HOOQ has announced six titles for
pilot development from its inaugural HOOQ
Filmmakers Guild 2017.
The 2017 selections are Bhak (India),
Suay (Thailand), Haunt Me (Singapore),
How To Be A Good Girl (Singapore), Aliansi
(Indonesia) and Heaven and Hell (Indonesia).
Launched in June 2017, the HOOQ Film
makers Guild is an annual initiative designed
to seek out film talents in Asia who have
great ideas but lack the opportunity to turn
these ideas into reality
HOOQ has announced six titles for pilot
development from its inaugural HOOQ
Filmmakers Guild 2017.
The Talwars: Behind Closed Doors is HBO Asia’s first original documentary that examines a
double murder in India in 2008.
n HBO
Asia premieres first original documentary
SINGAPORE – HBO Asia is premiering its first original documentary, The Talwars: Behind
Closed Doors, a documentary that examines the double murder of a teenage girl and
her family’s household servant in Noida, India.
The documentary begins with Drs Rajesh and Nupur Talwar on the morning of 16
May 2008, discovering their daughter, Aarushi Talwar in her bed, bludgeoned and with
her throat cut. Their Nepali servant, Hemraj Banjade, is missing and believed to be the
culprit until his bloated and battered body is discovered on the apartment roof terrace.
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