Photo taken on Nov. 10, 2013 shows CCTV's headquarters in Beijing. (Xinhua)
HBO Asia is partnering with China Movie Channel to co-develop a slate of Chinese-language TV movies designed to air in China and overseas, The Hollywood Reporter said on Sunday.
The deal marks HBO's first major development or production collaboration in the massive Chinese television sector, which counts an estimated 1.2 billion viewers.
China Movie Channel, also known as CCTV6, is the flagship entertainment channel of state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV).
"We're very excited to be partnering with HBO on high-quality TV movies," said Zhang Ling, vice president of China Movie Channel. "Our business models are very complementary, so it is a natural collaboration."
China Movie Channel is the official Chinese broadcaster of the Oscars. The state-backed company also has invested in several Hollywood films, such as Paramount's Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and Skydance Production's Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015).
