Beijing - BBC Worldwide has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China’s state broadcaster, CCTV Documentary Channel (CCTV9). The agreement is centred around BBC Worldwide's factual content brand, BBC Earth.The MOU was signed at the Sichuan TV Festival in Chengdu, with Liu Wen, Managing Director representing CCTV9 and Pierre Cheung, VP and GM of BBC Worldwide, Greater China representing BBC Worldwide. At the signing ceremony, from left to right: Neil Nightingale, Creative … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide signs MOU with CCTV9
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Sky Vision’s “Mandela” documentary pre-sold at MIPCOM
Mandela: The Struggle is My Life (1 x 60’ HD) was co-produced by Sky News and Sky Vision and distributed exclusively by Sky Vision. At MIPCOM, Sky Vision pre-sold the documentary to 19 territories: Network 10 in Australia, CCTV in China, TVB in Hong Kong, Brazil’s GloboSat, Singapore’s MediaCorp, TVI Portugal, TV2 Norway, TV4 Sweden/Finland, TV2 Denmark, RTL Netherlands, Spektrum Television Hungary/ Czech Republic, Solar News Channel in the Philippines, VRT Belgium, … [Read more...] about Sky Vision’s “Mandela” documentary pre-sold at MIPCOM
Nelvana’s “Franklin and Friends” airs on CCTV
Cannes, France – Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana Enterprises’ agent, Ciwen Media Group, has entered into a deal with China’s national broadcaster Chinese Central Television (CCTV) to air preschool series Franklin and Friends for the first time on its children’s channel, CCTV Kids Channel. Airing in Chinese, the 52 x 30' hit animated series premiered in China on September 23, 2013. As part of the translation, the opening song of the series was … [Read more...] about Nelvana’s “Franklin and Friends” airs on CCTV
Armoza’s “Upgrade” commissioned by CCTV
Tel Aviv – Armoza Formats’ hit game show Upgrade has been commissioned by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. The Chinese adaptation will air from October 2013 daily, for a run of 16 episodes. Upgrade This commission marks Armoza’s second deal in China in September 2013, following the recent co-development deal with Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation on the prime-time entertainment format I Can Do That, heading up Armoza Format’s offerings at MIPCOM. … [Read more...] about Armoza’s “Upgrade” commissioned by CCTV
MTV EXIT launches online doc in China
Han Geng Beijing - MTV EXIT and Chinese star Han Geng have launched Human Traffic: China, a documentary aiming to raise awareness and help prevent human trafficking in China. The documentary will be hosted by Han Geng and is also available on MTV EXIT's website. In addition, MTV China’s popular nightly programme TLC will be premiering exclusive clips from the documentary from October 9-11. The 36-minute documentary is in Mandarin, with English subtitles, and is available … [Read more...] about MTV EXIT launches online doc in China
Foxtel launches Asian channels
Produced in Japan, the 24-hour English-language channel NHK WORLD TV is already broadcast in 140 countries to 260 million households, and is now available to Foxtel subscribers via GlobeCast Australia’s D3 satellite capacity. CCTV-9 Documentary Channel is sister channel to CCTV’s Chinese and Asian news channel CCTV News, and is the first dedicated English-language Chinese documentary channel with worldwide coverage. Produced in Beijing, the channel will be … [Read more...] about Foxtel launches Asian channels
