By Rebecca Davis
27.03.2020 - 12:29 / deadline.com
By Jake Kanter
International TV Editor
BBC Studios has struck a content deal with the controversial Chinese technology giant Huawei.
The BBC’s commercial arm will supply Huawei Video with 300 hours of programming, which will be available on mobile devices in 26 countries, including in China, the Middle East, Hong Kong, Russia and Latin America.
Shows that form part of the arrangement include Call The Midwife, Neal Street Productions’ period baby delivery drama, anthology comedy series Inside
By Rebecca Davis
By Dino-Ray Ramos
China's Starlight Media and David Steward II’s growing indie studio Lion Forge Animation have entered into a joint venture partnership that will involved the two companies co-financing and co-producing a slate of animated shorts and feature films. The agreement is one of the exceedingly few Hollywood-China deals to emerge since President Trump kicked off the U.S.-China trade war in mid-2018 —not to mention amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.
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By Jazz Tangcay
The New England Patriots plane is flying much-needed coronavirus crisis medical supplies to Boston from China, CBS Boston reports. A Patriots spokesperson said the team's Boeing 767 went to Shenzhen, China Wednesday to pick up 1.2 million N95 masks, and it's now on its way back to the U.S.
Taiwan has launched a grant scheme to boost the island’s status as a global hub for virtual reality production. It is offering finance to projects co-produced by companies established in Taiwan and internationally, but excluding those from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.
The producer of “John Wick” has been ordered to pay $2.4 million to Huayi Bros. in connection with a failed attempt to release the violent action film in China.
BBC Studios and China’s Huawei Video have struck a deal in which British TV content is supplied to Huawei consumer mobile devices in 26 countries. The deal was announced to coincide with the launch of Huawei’s P40 cell phone.
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By Dino-Ray Ramos
The prime minister on Monday evening announced new stringent measures to limit activity in the UK, and although it wasn’t specifically labelled, it’s fair to say the region is now under a ‘lockdown’.
A man from Perth currently working in China has sent an encouraging update back to a Fair City mental health organisation.
China’s main state-owned distributor plans to issue a batch of half a dozen films, from which cinemas will keep all income, in order to get the country’s exhibition sector back on its feet after long closures due to coronavirus, it has said.