Unlike other popular expat destinations, China does not allow U.S. programming to fill its airwaves and cable channels. Now, downloading a movie illegally feels wrong to me, and I would never install an illegal satellite dish. The shows are streamed, not downloaded, so I can enjoy the immediate gratification of watching an episode in seconds, [...]
A movie theater in Beijing has installed what it claims is the world’s first projector that uses a laser rather than conventional light, breaking ground on projection technology that U.S. theaters are barred from exploring because of safety regulations. The Beijing Hua Xing Ultimate Movie Experience opened Thursday with a screening of John Woo’s epic [...]
DreamWorks Animation’s “Kung Fu Panda” took in 97 million yuan ($14 million) during its first 10 days in China, the state-owned Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. “Panda” already is the most successful foreign animated film in China, and is expected to take in 150 million yuan ($21.9 million), the report said. Distributors Huaxia Film and [...]
Chinese media advertising company SinoMedia plans to raise $62 million in a Hong Kong IPO, according to a notice filed Tuesday with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The privately held company sells advertising space on Chinese television channels, including state-owned broadcaster CCTV. Another risk factor is that the company’s business is heavily dominated by a [...]
Beijing’s Gehua New Century Hotel, site of the official non-accredited media center for the Beijing Olympics in August, has rescinded its offer to pay journalists as much as 1000 yuan ($145) for positive stories. Public relations officers in China routinely give payments to journalists in return for attending press conferences or providing coverage, usually in [...]
The first animated film version of the best-selling Chinese comic book franchise “Storm Rider” has been completed after five years in production and will be released in July in China, producers said Friday. The Shanghai Media Group and Shenzhen-based Puzzle Animation said at the 11th annual Shanghai International Film Festival that the $10 million “Storm [...]
Disney will handle worldwide marketing and distribution for the tentatively titled Chinese feature “Touch of the Panda,” now nearing completion in the earthquake-stricken Sichuan province, executives said Monday at the Shanghai International Film Festival. While not a co-production, Disney served as a creative consultant during preproduction on the film about an abandoned panda cub rescued [...]
June 16, 2008 Dutch director David Verbeek will premiere his look at life in Shanghai, “City of Trance,” at the Shanghai International Film Festival on Saturday. The film’s budget of about $773,000 came from the Dutch Film Fund, and the CoBo Fund and was aided by co-production help from Motel Films and the Shanghai Film [...]
Disney will handle world marketing and distribution for the Chinese feature “Touch of the Panda,” now nearing completion in the earthquake-stricken Sichuan province, executives said Monday at the Shanghai International Film Festival. Produced by Chinese companies Castle Hero Pictures and Beijing-based Ying Dong Media, “Panda” began shooting in March in the Wolong Giant Panda Nature [...]
Two non-Chinese films had world premieres at the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival over the weekend, in a sign that the event is working to live up to its name. The Shanghai festival, which will screen 270 films through June 22, has long struggled to attract newly finished foreign films. Two years later, producers and [...]