BBC seals digital deal with China’s Mango TV


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Rebecca Hawkes

| 23 February 2016




BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with Chinese broadcaster Mango TV to provide documentary and preschool content for online subscribers.



The shows acquired by Mango TV include Tigers About the House, which features Giles Clark from Australia Zoo raise two tiger cubs in his home; the first two series of Trust Me I’m a Doctor, where a team of doctors answer health questions; and animated preschool series The Numtums.

It follows an earlier BBC content acquisition by Mango TV for exclusive rights to a series of premium sports-related documentaries including David Beckham For The Love of The Game, in which the former England and Manchester United star plays a football match on all seven continents of the globe and participates in his own star-studded UNICEF fundraising match at Old Trafford.

“We are very pleased that our relationship with Mango TV has grown quickly since we signed our MOU in October 2015. Besides this deal, we are also deep in discussions with Mango TV to explore production and format opportunities particularly in iconic BBC documentaries, factual entertainment programmes, dramas and films targeting the Chinese and global market. We look forward to making more new exciting announcements in the next few months,” said Kelvin Yau, GM of BBC Worldwide (Greater China).

Molly Nie, chairwoman, Mango TV, added: “Both Mango TV and BBC Worldwide are committed to bringing the best entertainment content to Chinese audience. This partnership has been very fruitful and we look forward to developing more exciting opportunities with BBC Worldwide”.