The Got Talent format is heading back to China after Hunan TV partnered with Fremantle and Syco Entertainment. The broadcaster has ordered a 13-part series based on the format that will be known locally as Dian Feng Zhi (World's Got Talent) and will air in April. It comes after a local version of Got Talent aired on…

The Eurovision Song Contest, the biggest music contest in the world, is set to air this weekend on channels around the world. However, not, it seems, in China, after the European Broadcasting Union banned Chinese broadcaster Mango TV from blocking LGBT elements of the event. Mango TV, the online video arm of Hunan TV…

UPDATED, 8:01 PM: The deal is done. Lionsgate officially entered into a multiyear deal with China’s Hunan TV & Broadcast Intermediary for co-financing, distribution, development and production. Funding for the deal was provided by East West Bank and Bank of China. Read the full release below our original story. PREVIOU…