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Kids roundup: WarnerMedia APAC hires Disney alum Melissa Lim; Moonbug shows comes to BBC iPlayer; Ferly & Toonz partner for ‘Kingdom Of None’
WarnerMedia APAC hires Disney alum Melissa Lim WarnerMedia has appointed Melissa Lim as the new head…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Six Southeast Asia streaming super-trends for 2021
Jun Wen Woo, senior analyst for TV & online at research powerhouse Omdia, offers six…
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Kids round-up: ABC Oz does more ‘Strange Chores’; ‘Rainbow Rangers’ go global; ‘Sunny Bunnies’ expand into Asia
ABC Australia does more Strange Chores The ABC in Australia has commissioned a 26 x…
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Alibaba livestreaming boss fired, accused of nepotism and accepting gifts
Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, has announced the immediate departure of its livestreaming chief Zhao…
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TBI Weekly: Will China’s media giants push Netflix out of Asia-Pacific?
Netflix is, for now, the undisputed global king of streaming, boasting close to 183 million…
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China’s Tencent to buy Asian streamer Iflix
Chinese entertainment giant Tencent is poised to acquire the key assets of indebted pan-Asian streamer…
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China’s Tencent & iQiyi explore Netflix-beating merger, report claims
Chinese media giants Tencent and iQiyi are reportedly exploring a merger that could create the…
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Kids round-up: Disney+ Hotstar’s Cosmos-Maya commission; Tencent takes ‘Chickpea’; TeamTO staff changes; and more
Disney+ Hotstar orders 200+ eps from Cosmos-Maya Indian streaming service Disney+ Hotstar has commissioned an…
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BBC Studios’ Chinese execs and buyers to miss Showcase amidst Coronavirus fears
BBC Studios (BBCS) has said that its Beijing-based execs and Chinese buyers will miss the…
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China’s Tencent to adapt ‘The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds’
Streaming giant Tencent has struck a deal that will see The Secret Life Of 4…
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Tencent, Turner team for Tuzki emoticon drama
Chinese streaming giant Tencent has greenlit Second Time is a Charm, a Chinese drama starring…
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Tencent picks up ‘Miss Fisher’ adaptation
China’s Tencent has picked up a Chinese adaptation of Australian series Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries….
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China’s iQiyi poised to surpass six broadcasters in content spend
Chinese digital giant iQiyi, one of the territory’s three major subscription VOD services alongside Tencent…
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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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Tencent to acquire film & TV outfit New Classics Media
China Literature Limited, the publically listed e-books unit of Tencent holdings, is set to acquire…
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China’s Tencent picks up 60 Second Docs
China’s Tencent has picked up short-form documentary series 60 Second Docs from Indigenous Media. 60…
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China’s Tencent acquires first ever Japanese factual format
Chinese streaming platform Tencent is launching a local version of Document 72 Hours (pictured), a…
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Vivendi offloads Ubisoft stake as Tencent lands
European media giant Vivendi has sold off its stakeholding in Assassin’s Creed games studio Ubisoft…
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Fox Asia & Tencent team for celebrity foodie original
Fox Networks Group Asia (FNGA) is set to launch its first season of original production…
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MTG online network eyes China with Tencent pact
MTG-owned online video network Zoomin.tv is setting its sights on China after partnering with domestic…
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King Kong TV series in the works
Marvista Entertainment and IM Global Television are teaming to create a King Kong TV series….
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INTV: ‘SVOD players driving China drama boom’
China is now the most important market in the world outside the US for sales…
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IM Global hires Phil Gurin for formats push
IM Global has hired Phil Gurin and the formats veteran will create a new unscripted…
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Nine to visit Planet Earth II
Australian commercial channel Nine Network has acquired local premiere rights to Planet Earth II, which…
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Tencent, PCCW buy into US studio STX
Chinese web video giant Tencent and Hong-Kong based TV and digital player PCCW have invested…
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Chinese VOD net takes 1,000 BBCWW hours
Chinese on-demand service Tencent has acquired more than 1,000 hours of documentary programming from BBC…
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China: full speed ahead
As new drama coproduction and digital opportunities open up in China, TBI speaks to the…
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Tencent buys Bond catalogue, Paramount’s latest
Chinese on-demand service Tencent has acquired exclusive local rights to the entire James Bond movie…
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News brief: Chinese VOD net add Turtles
Chinese on-demand video site Tencent has acquired seasons one and two of Viacom’s Tenage Mutant…
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