Two Daughters Entertainment and digital media distributor Jetsen Huashi Wangju have announced the launch of Moley in China. The celebrated animated series is now available on iQIYI and Youku—the country’s two largest streaming platforms. All 52 episodes of Season 1 will be broadcast in both Mandarin and English. The series was originally created by entrepreneur […]
Commencing this year, Tencent has obtained the exclusive new media broadcasting rights for Wimbledon in China, in a deal facilitated by IMG. During this three-year period, Tencent will bring the 2025-2027 Championships to Chinese fans through its digital media and social platforms, including Tencent Video, Tencent Sports, WeChat, Tencent News, qq.com, and QQ. Chinese audiences […]
yes Studios’ Your Honor is set to be adapted for Chinese audiences. The news comes as a result of a recently signed licence deal between yes Studios and William Lau’s Hong Kong-based Ladder Ideas Limited. This latest deal represents the 10th time the format has been adapted, following the US, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, South […]
THEMA, a Canal+ company, has announced that 100 Mezzo titles are now part of Tencent Video VoD service, making Mezzo premium concerts, operas and ballets available for the first time in China mainland, and extending their distribution in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. This successful launch on Tencent, one of the largest internet and technology companies […]
China already has a total of 44 GPS satellites in orbit (at the end of 2023), known as the Beidou constellation. The country’s China Satellite Navigation System Management Office (CNSO) has explained how this existing system will be augmented. According to Xinhua News Agency, CNSO says that by the end of 2025 it will have […]
China’s GalaxySpace is reportedly talking to Brazil’s Ministry of Telecommunications about potential collaboration. The discussions include technology transfer and the development of satellites for Brazil which itself seeks to diversify the supply of services. China GalaxySpace launched 18 satellites (‘Thousand Sails’) in August but has plans for an initial fleet of around 648 craft which […]
LG has sold its last-remaining LCD TV panel production facility. The factory, based in Guangzhou, China, has been sold to TCL for 2 trillion won (€1.35bn). It will be handed over to the new owners on March 31st 2025. The plant is currently busy producing low-end and mid-range LCD TV panels used in various products, […]
Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), in its latest quarterly TV and panel technology capacity outlook, suggests that China is expected to overtake South Korea by 2028. DSCC expects display capacity to rise at a 1.4 percent CAGR from 2023 to 2028, with LCDs growing at just a 1 per cent CAGR and OLEDs growing at […]
Between 1999 and 2014 satellites were regularly launched from by Sea Launch, initially a joint–venture between the US, Norway, Russia and Ukraine. Sea Launch placed satellites into orbit for EchoStar, DirecTV, XM Radio and PanAmSat amongst others. The company, however, went bankrupt in 2009. There is now a new contender supplying ocean–based launch activity. China’s […]
A Chinese state-owned enterprise has launched the first batch of satellites for a mega-constellation designed to rival US company Space X’s Starlink’s near-global internet network. The launch, led by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST), took place at Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, one of China’s main satellite and missile launch centres, located in the northern province […]