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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MIPTV: BBC Worldwide and CCTV9 unveil “Hidden Kingdoms” in a new co-pro
BBC Worldwide has announced its latest co-production agreement with China’s CCTV9 at MIPTV on Hidden Kingdoms, the forthcoming series from the BBC's Natural History Unit. The Chinese state broadcaster's documentary channel inked its first ever co-production deals with BBC Worldwide last year on science series Wonders of Life and Generation Earth, and later on natural history title Africa. Hidden Kingdoms is the untold story of the natural world's most fascinating diminutive … [Read more...] about MIPTV: BBC Worldwide and CCTV9 unveil “Hidden Kingdoms” in a new co-pro
Breaking@MIPTV: BBC Worldwide and CCTV to co-pro
BBC Worldwide and CCTV-9, the documentary channel of Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, have today signed two co-production deals for new science series Generation Earth and Wonders of Life. The deals mark the first co-production arrangement between CCTV-9 and BBC Worldwide. The new productions bring together CCTV and the BBC’s award-winning Science Unit for the first time. BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, brokered the deals and will distribute the series globally. … [Read more...] about Breaking@MIPTV: BBC Worldwide and CCTV to co-pro
