By Patrick Frater
23.04.2020 - 17:11 / hollywoodreporter.com
BBC Studios and ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, unveiled a deal Thursday that will see a diverse batch of the U.K. broadcaster's factual content stream over the Chinese video giant's growing longform video channel Xigua.
The deal includes BBC Studios' acclaimed documentary series Blue Planet, Planet Earth and Frozen Planet, as well as exclusive China rights to new factual series: Hubble: The Wonders of Space Revealed (1x100 minutes) and Primates (3x50 minutes). The partnership follows a
.Authorities in China are set to take drastic action as fears for a second coronavirus spike in Wuhan grow, reports have said.
By Patrick Frater
BBC Studios has named company veteran Ding Ke as its new general manager for Greater China. Ding has been elevated from the position of head of content sales and formats for mainland China, In her new role, she will be responsible for all of BBC Studio’s Greater China business, including content distribution, co-productions, format sales and branded services.
By Patrick Frater
By Ted Johnson
Calling all beauty gurus! Sofía Vergara will be joining celebrity makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury this Friday for her new series, Charlotte’s Beauty Happy Hour. Close friends Charlotte and Sofia (the Colombian-American actress even has her own Charlotte Tilbury lipstick shade created just for her – ‘Viva La Vergara’, $37) will be speaking on beauty, the magic of makeup, and positivity in an episode that will air on May 8 at 7 pm BST on Instagram Live – @ctilburymakeup.
By Jill Goldsmith
By Jill Goldsmith
With movie theaters shuttered worldwide in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the theatrical film business has never looked more precarious. But that's not stopping China's largest exhibition company from doubling down on cinema construction.
A shipment of PPE was brought from China to Perthshire by local event organiser, David Fox-Pitt.
By Jake Kanter
By Patrick Frater
The central Chinese city of Wuhan has revised its coronavirus death toll to 3,869, increasing the number of fatalities by 1,290.