Pre-school animation hit Everything’s Rosie, produced and distributed by UK-based V&S Entertainment, is heading to China. State broadcaster CCTV has acquired 104 episodes of the global ratings-winning series which are currently being dubbed into Mandarin at VSI Studios in London. Celebrating her 10th Anniversary this year, Everything’s Rosie will now appear in front of 120 million preschool children across China. Broadcast in China expands the international footprint … [Read more...] about ‘Everything’s Rosie’ heads to China on her 10th birthday
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ARTE Distribution sells ‘The Blob’ to the U.S., Nova ‘Secret Mind Of Slime’ to premiere in Fall 2020 on PBS
WGBH Boston, America’s largest producer of PBS content, has pre-bought from ARTE The Blob, A Genius Without A Brain for its production NOVA, the most-watched primetime science series on American television, reaching an average of five million viewers weekly. NOVA’s version of the film, Secret Mind of Slime is slated to premiere in premiere fall 2020 on PBS. Produced in 4K by Hauteville Productions (Karina Si Ahmed) for ARTE’s science slot, The Blob, A Genius Without A Brain, blends science … [Read more...] about ARTE Distribution sells ‘The Blob’ to the U.S., Nova ‘Secret Mind Of Slime’ to premiere in Fall 2020 on PBS
Brilliant Chinese is a Ratings’ Hit
Shanghai, China & U.K.- LU Wei, vice-president of Canxing - Star China announced the great ratings of its new original talent show Brilliant Chinese-Path to Glory. For the past two weeks, over 120 Million people have watched episodes 5 and 6 of the series, earning a 4.2% market share and this week officially ranked #1 across China. The show airs in primetime on CCTV-1 Saturday evenings at 8:00 pm CST. On its way to be the next major global Format hit, Brilliant Chinese – Path To Glory, is … [Read more...] about Brilliant Chinese is a Ratings’ Hit
Go Jetters to air on China Central Television (CCTV)
China - BBC Worldwide announced a deal with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV that will bring highly rated CBeebies series Go Jetters to over 1.1 billion viewers in China. Fully dubbed in Mandarin and subtitled in simplified Chinese, the 50-episode series will premiere at the end of May on CCTV-14 – the children’s channel that is part of China Central Television (CCTV). CCTV is the predominant state television in the People’s Republic of China with over 50 different channels catering to a wide … [Read more...] about Go Jetters to air on China Central Television (CCTV)
CCTV launches HD across Europe, Middle East & N. Africa
Paris – China Central Television (CCTV), has signed a long-term distribution contract with Eutelsat Communications to broadcast three of its flagship channels in High Definition across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. CCTV-4 HD, CGTN HD (formerly CCTV News) and CGTN-Documentary HD (formerly CCTV Documentary) are now available in High Definition in Chinese and English from the high-power HOTBIRD satellites. The channels broadcast free-to-air and complement Standard Digital … [Read more...] about CCTV launches HD across Europe, Middle East & N. Africa
The Eureka Moment no. 1 in China
Having premiered in CCTV1’s Sunday evening primetime slot earlier in July, The Eureka Moment ranked #1 in its time slot and achieved a 1.367 rating as well as taking 4% of the market share. The Eureka Moment also proved popular on social media having recorded over 348,000 viewers interacting with the series via the Chinese social media site, Weibo, making it the hottest topic on Chinese social media that night. A further 2.8m also interacted with the series via WeChat throughout the premiere. … [Read more...] about The Eureka Moment no. 1 in China
