Melbourne – Looking Glass International (LGI), the Australian-based distribution company specialising in factual programming, has sold over seventy hours of programming to several broadcasters in Asia. The deals were brokered by Sales Manager Karen Lee from LGI’s Beijing office. With natural history programming in demand, KBS (Korea) together with CCTV (China) has picked up blue chip wildlife documentaries The … [Read more...] about Looking Glass series picked up in Asia
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DHX Media appoints UYoung Media Group for series campaign
Halifax, Los Angeles, London, Toronto Vancouver – DHX Media has appointed UYoung Media Group to spearhead a comprehensive licencing and merchandising campaign in China for its hit property In the Night Garden, which airs on China’s state broadcaster CCTV. In the Night Garden has achieved international success, airing in 36 countries and translated into 19 languages. Stephen Gould, Commercial Director at DHX Media, said: “This is a hugely … [Read more...] about DHX Media appoints UYoung Media Group for series campaign
UK trade association Pact signs memorandum with CCTV
Pact, which promotes the commercial interests of independent creative content producers, was joined by 16 companies on the trip, which included business in Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu. The visit included the signing of a ground-breaking memorandum between Pact and the Chinese state broadcaster, CCTV. China is one of the fastest growing markets for UK ‘indies’, said Pact, adding that exports growth was 90 percent over the past year. The visit, supported by UK Trade & … [Read more...] about UK trade association Pact signs memorandum with CCTV
BBC Worldwide signs MOU with CCTV9
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
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