Entertainment News (04/05/22)

Viu tops premium VOD service list

PCCW’s leading pan-regional OTT video streaming service Viu is the number one premium video on demand (VOD) 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 says 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. Compared to 2020, the top 10 Viu Original titles showed growth of over 94% in video views and an increase of over 200% in video minutes. This helped drive subscriptions by 58% from 5.3 million in 2020, to 8.4 million in 2021.

Daily YouTube series tackles moving on

ACTRESS Maris Racal attempts to mend a broken heart with the help of an online app and her fake boyfriend Carlo Aquino in the romantic-comedy series How to Move On in 30 Days. As ABS-CBN’s first YouTube exclusive daily series, it follows Jen (Racal), a vlogger in her 20s who suddenly gets dumped by her long-time boyfriend Jake (Albie Casiño). Struggling to cope with the break-up, she gets drunk and goes viral on social media after causing a scene. To help Jen move on, her best friends convince her to download an app that will give her a step-by-step guide and useful tips that will help her move on within 30 days. Directed by Benedict Mique and Roderick Lindayag, the series also stars John Lapus, John Arcilla, Sherry Lara, Phoemela Baranda, Poppert Bernadas, Hanie Jarrar, Elyson De Dios, Rans Rifol, and James Bello. How to Move On in 30 Days streams from Mondays to Fridays on ABS-CBN Entertainment’s YouTube channel.

Harry Styles releases new single

GRAMMY Award-winning artist Harry Styles has released his new single and video “As It Was.” The track is the lead single from his new album Harry’s House, to be released May 20 on Columbia Records. The music video for “As It Was,” shot last month in London, finds Styles collaborating with Ukrainian Grammy Award-nominated director Tanu Muino. Harry’s House is Styles’ third solo studio album and his first music release since 2019’s Fine Line. The new album has 13 tracks written by Styles alongside frequent collaborators Kid Harpoon, Tyler Johnson, and Mitch Rowland.  Harry’s House is available for pre-order at all physical and digital retailers globally.