Youku, the video streaming platform of Alibaba Group, has signed a deal with Genius Brands International to co-produce “Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten,” an animated series starring and executive produced by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The pact marks significant step in Alibaba/Youku building its footprint in the U.S. Aimed at preschoolers, the comedy adventure series “Stan Lee’s Superhero[…..] […]
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China’s Migu Video to Co-Produce BBC Studios’ ‘Animal Impossible’
The production and commercial arm of the BBC and China Mobile’s Migu are deepening their relationship. Migu Video has signed on to co-produce “Animal Impossible,” the upcoming BBC Studio’s wildlife series. The deal follows Migu commissioning factual show “One Cup, A Thousand Stories” from BBC Studios, the latter’s first direct commission from China. Migu has[…..] […]
Peak Global TV Events: How the Expanding Biz Is Rewriting the TV Calendar
TV is a busy, global business and an explosion of festivals, markets and events means that producers, buyers and sellers now have a more dizzying array of potential calendar dates than ever before. Historically, international industry folk convened upon Cannes twice a year, headed to L.A. for the May Screenings if they wanted shiny U.S.[…..] […]
Travel Convergence Digital Innovation Development Report 2019
October 9, conducted by the China Tourism Research Institute, organized by the Shanxi Province Culture and Tourism Department, co-organized by the Shanxi Province Cultural Tourism Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd., the “Digital Arts and Tourism Integrated Innovation and Development Conference (Shanxi)” was held in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. At the meeting, Dr. He Qiongfeng, Director of[…..] […]
THIRD TERRITORY FOR CATCHPOINT AS IT’S COMMISSIONED IN GREECE
Mipcom, Cannes, Monday 14th October, 2019 – Physical gameshow Catchpoint has been commissioned in a third territory after ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) secured a deal with Alpha TV for the format to launch in Greece. Alpha TV has ordered a minimum of 150×60 episodes. The announcement follows on from the successful launch of[…..] […]
HOLLAND AND SWEDEN FALL HEAD OVER HEELS FOR FIVE GUYS A WEEK
The brand-new dating format has caught the eye of RTL4 (Holland) and TV4 (Sweden) MIPCOM, 14th October 2019 – – Love is in the air this MIPCOM as Fremantle announces its first global commissions for the new reality-dating format Five Guys a Week. Created by Label1 for Channel 4 in the UK, the unique new[…..] […]
Island of Misfits (IoM) inks development deal withKeith Chapman
IoM Media Ventures Inc. (IoM) has signed a development project deal with Keith Chapman, the creator of Paw Patrol and Bob the Builder, for a new animated series tentatively titled Farmer Mars. The CGI series (52 x 11 minutes) aimed at pre-school aged children 3-6 is an original concept created by Chapman, whose mega-hit[…..] […]
Born for Vision-Xuanmei Digital Technology
Computer 3D technology has entered the Chinese market for more than 20 years, and the commercial application of this technology has become more and more popular. From the CG animation, to corporate videos, special effects production and digital technology development with the huge market size. But in this market, our own technology research and development is still[…..] […]
Ubsoft’s New Training Plan
“Origin·Plan” is Ubisoft Shanghai’s first game talent training program for domestic and foreign universities. Ubisoft will select ten of the most promising students from home and abroad to join its plan in the three core departments of the programming, the design and the art for six months. From the very beginning, they will be instructed[…..] […]
10 Years and 50 Great Original Series Later
What do you get when you combine a New York based Distribution company with a Czech based production company? Answer: One of the last independent full service TV studios in the world. After a chance meeting at MIPCOM in 2005, the two companies began working together with a single licensing deal for a health and[…..] […]