By Patrick Frater
23.04.2020 - 12:01 / variety.com
By Patrick Frater
Asia Bureau Chief
BBC Studios, the content arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation, said that it has struck a multi-genre partnership with Xigua Video. The company is a unit of fast-growing Chinese tech firm Bytedance, and in the same group as global social video phenomenon TikTok.
The deal is headlined by inclusion of two new BBC documentaries “Hubble: The Wonders of Space Revealed” (1×100 mins) and “Primates” (3×50 mins), will be available exclusively on both Xigua
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