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A BBC journalist was “beaten and kicked by police” in China yesterday amidst Covid-19-related protests, while footage showed the state broadcaster altering World Cup coverage to avoid showing mask-less crowds. The BBC, senior UK politicians and human rights groups were this morning condemning the…

A Chinese court has rejected an appeal by a young woman who alleged sexual harassment against a popular male TV host in what has been referred to as a landmark case. Foreign media outfits reporting locally have called the decision a blow to China's #MeToo movement. In 2018, Zhou Xiaoxuan accused CCTV host Zhu Jun of…

China, which clashed with the NBA this fall, has moved on to a new pro sports league confrontation, yanking an English Premiere League soccer broadcast after a player’s criticism of the government. CCTV, China’s main broadcast network, was going to broadcast a match between Arsenal and Manchester City on Sunday. The…

China’s state-run CCTV and NBA digital rightsholder Tencent have canceled plans to show two upcoming exhibition games in the country that are part of the league’s preseason swing through Asia. The moves comes in retaliation for remarks Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey made last week in support of demonstrators in Hong…

China's CCTV has come on board David Attenborough's BBC natural history series Seven Worlds, One Planet. The Chinese public broadcaster is to co-produce the seven-part series, which airs later this year. It joins Chinese digital platform Tencent, which has previously been on board via its Tencent Penguin Pictures…

Endemol Shine has struck a deal with China's CCTV to take the international rights to "docu-tainment" format The Nation's Great Treasures. The superindie will work with the Chinese public broadcaster to create an international version of the national heritage format that it can sell globally. It comes after the show…

China is the latest country to secure a local version of Rising Star. Keshet International said Thursday that it has sold the singing competition format to Enlight Media China in a two-season deal for 30 episodes. The program will air on state-run China Central Television’s CCTV-3 channel. "We are excited about this…

‘Harry Potter’ Among Warner Bros Movies To Land At ITV ITV announced that it has acquired free-to-air broadcast rights to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince along with other movies as part of a wide-ranging multiyear deal with Warner Bros. The pact was unveiled today by Warner Bros International Television…

Advertising Up 12.5% For China’s Biggest Broadcaster Foreign and Chinese advertisers will pay about $2.25 billion next year for time on China’s biggest television network CCTV. That’s up roughly 12.5% over 2011. That may seem high compared to the rest of the world which is generally chalking up low single-digit…