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Made with China: is it time to transcend the quota narrative?
International distributors are increasingly finding new ways of navigating the mixed messages shrouding China’s ominous…
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TBI Weekly: The Future is Factual – The Top Unscripted Trends of 2018
Weeks after unveiling its long-gestating, multi-million-dollar collaboration with David Attenborough, Netflix made another strong statement…
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China overtakes UK as second biggest programming market
China has overtaken the UK in the television programming industry, becoming the second-largest market in…
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Endemol Shine partners with China’s Youku for originals
Endemol Shine Group has reached a co-development partnership between its China office and China’s VOD…
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McMafia heads to China and Sweden
Ahead of its Showcase event in Liverpool next week, BBC Worldwide has announced that McMafia…
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Alibaba bolsters VOD services with Disney toons deal
Chinese conglomerate Alibaba has signed a deal with The Walt Disney Company that will bolster…
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Chinese VOD nets welcome Teletubbies
Chinese streaming services Youku and iQiyi have both acquired both seasons of the rebooted Teletubbies…
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Alibaba’s Youku taking Saturday Night Live into China
A Chinese Saturday Night Live (SNL) is in the works, with Alibaba-owned online platform Youku making…
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Discovery, Chinese MCN target millennials
Discovery Communications and Chinese MCN VS Media have launched Tan Ba, a new digital service…
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Alibaba OTT nets bag exclusive DreamWorks deal
Alibaba’s over-the-top services in China will get exclusive access to content from Oriental DreamWorks after…