KC Global Media And Indonesia's Telkomsel Join Hands To Bring Entertainment Through MAXstream Platform To All Smartphone Devices

By: Asia Business Outlook Team | Thursday, 16 March 2023

Through a partnership between Asia’s leading entertainment network and multi-channel operator, KC Global Media, and Indonesia’s leading digital telecommunications company, Telkomsel, Indonesians have the opportunity to choose to enjoy an endless stream of action, adventure, and reality shows from Hollywood, or the best entertainment and variety from Korea and Japan. Subscribers of MAXstream (Telkomsel’s streaming platform) can access an exciting lineup of popular and fan favourite shows from English general entertainment channel, AXN; Korean entertainment channel, ONE; and Japanese drama & variety channel, GEM.

George Chien, Co-Founder, President, and CEO of KC Global Media said, “Indonesians can now enjoy the best content from AXN, ONE and GEM through MAXstream, as we continue to scale our entertainment value to viewers across the region. Our partnership with Telkomsel is testament to our brand proposition in bringing more top content on demand to our platform partners, as their subscribers enjoy access to the best entertainment anytime, anywhere through the comfort of their home and mobile devices.

Vice President of Digital Lifestyle Telkomsel, Nirwan Lesmana, said "Telkomsel is optimistic this initiative with KC Global Media will further complement the wider digital lifestyle needs of customers, along with the convenience we provide in accessing a variety of world-class digital entertainment from AXN, ONE, and GEM on MAXstream. This step aligns with Telkomsel's commitment to always being at the forefront of presenting a variety of shows and world-class digital entertainment according to the needs and interests of all segments of Indonesian society."

Viewers in Indonesia can now catch first and exclusive premieres fresh from the US, Korea, and Japan within 24 hours or same week of their Korean and Japan telecast.

AXN Asia continues to bring the best of action with a variety of first and exclusive Asia premieres, starting with the brand-new season 6 of military drama, SEAL TEAM, televised on Thursdays, 9.45pm, with police drama series, Rookie Blue Season 2, televised on Tuesdays to Wednesdays, at 10.40pm, and police procedural series, SWAT Season 2, premiering on May 27, Mondays to Fridays, at 8.50pm. Ongoing fan-favorite dramas series include The Rookie, NCIS Hawai’i, CSI: Vegas, The Blacklist. First and exclusive on AXN in April are crime procedural dramas including the all-new season 5 of FBI, premiering on Apr 6, Thursday, 9.45pm, while the latest season 4 of FBI: Most Wanted, premieres on Apr 6, Thursday, 10.40pm. Fans of police procedural drama can also look forward to season 3 of SWAT, premiering on Apr 27, Mondays to Fridays, at 8.50pm.

Through ONE, K-drama fans can catch their favorite Korean drama and variety in March including the highly rated crime series, Through the Darkness, televised on Tuesdays to Fridays, at 5.15pm, starring the popular Kim Nam-Gil (Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries 2022, Through the Darkness) as the calm and charismatic crime profiler. The highly rated comedy series, The Fiery Priest, will showcase on Mar 29, Tuesdays to Fridays at 5.15pm, featuring an unconventional priest who works with a rookie detective and prosecutor to solve a murder case. Ongoing Korean dramas and varieties include Game of Witches, Dopojarak: Story of Homme the K-Wander, United Fathers, Shooting Stars: Challenge League, K-Pop Countdown (Inkigayo), and the globally acclaimed variety, Running Man. April will feature the popular supernatural romance comedy, Delivery Man, premiering on Apr 7, Thursdays to Fridays 7.50pm, with romance comedy thriller, W: Two Worlds Apart, premiering on Apr 11, Tuesdays and Wednesday, at 7.50pm.

GEM boasts an unparalleled curation of Japanese content with first-run and exclusive dramas including VS Arashi, Dear My Loneliness and Darkness, Next Stop, Discovery and many more! Crime, mystery drama, Outsider Cops, premieres on Mar 30, Thursdays to Fridays, 8,45pm, and features Nishijima Hidetoshi (Best Actor, 56th National Society of Film Critics’ Awards 20223, for Drive My Car) as a gangster looking detective who works with fellow detectives Hamda Gaku (Best Supporting Actor, 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix 2007, for Operation Love) and actress, singer and model, Kamishiraishi Moka (Newcomer of the Year, 42nd Japan Academy Film Prize 2018, for A Forest of Wool and Steel) to solve murder cases.