By Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief BBC Studios, the content arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation, said that it has struck a multi-genre partnership with Xigua Video.
The company is a unit of fast-growing Chinese tech firm Bytedance, and in the same group as global social video phenomenon TikTok.
The deal is headlined by inclusion of two new BBC documentaries “Hubble: The Wonders of Space Revealed” (1×100 mins) and “Primates” (3×50 mins), will be available exclusively on both Xigua Video and Toutiao, another popular ByteDance content platform in China.
The agreement also includes: BBC Studios’ popular documentaries “Blue Planet,” “Planet Earth” and “Frozen Planet”; popular children’s programs “Bluey” and “Hey Duggee” series 1&2,
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