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Warner Bros pacts with China, Hong Kong for telefilms
CHINA: Warner Bros. International Television has entered into an agreement with two companies from China and a Hong Kong-based partner, Salon Films, for the joint development, production and distribution of a slate of 10 Mandarin language made-for-television movies.
The telefilms will each be a stand-alone story set in the Ching Dynasty (1644 -1911), but the 10 will have thematic continuity. Set against the rugged northwestern landscape of China’s Yellow River basin, the stories will profile fictional heroes who use their unique fighting skills to right wrongs, while highlighting the central themes of loyalty, self-sacrifice and the heroes’ struggles against the era’s corrupt landlords and petty officials. Each episode will be designed to highlight one of the traditional Confucian virtues, such as compassion, loyalty and courage.
Shot in digital video on location in China, each instalment will be 90 minutes long and the 10 films will be formatted with the flexibility of being broadcast as a series of 20 45-minute episodes. Although primarily intended for television and home video distribution, it is likely that some of the episodes will be released in theatres in China. Century Heroes and Hainan White Horse Advertising Media Co. Ltd are the two Chinese partners of Warner Bros in the venture. The PRC partners will be responsible for domestic distribution of the slate while Warner Bros. will distribute the films in all media outside of China.
The project, which begins production in Ningxia Province later this month, has attracted some of China’s most creative talents. Feng Xiaogang, China’s most commercially successful film director (Party A, Party B, Be There or Be Square), will act as creative supervisor and executive producer, managing the overall creative concept and script development, and supervising a team of directors including Huang Jianxin The Black Cannon Incident and Zhang Jianya Crash Landing.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
