MediaCorp Sells Chinese Drama Package

SINGAPORE, July 22:
MediaCorp Studios has sold 95 hours of Chinese drama to Guangdong Southern Film
& TV Programs (Guangdong Southern), its single largest volume sale to a TV
content buyer this year.

Titles included under the
deal are contemporary dramas such as Dear Dear Son-in-law, Honour and Passion, La Femme and The Golden Path,
among others.

Doreen Neo, MediaCorp
Studios’ senior VP of Chinese entertainment productions and studios business,
commented, “Our dramas have been aired on Guangdong TV and Southern TV since
the early 1990s. We are happy to note that our drama productions continue to
entertain viewers in Guangdong. We hope that Singapore-made productions will
become the next wave to hit China.”

Continued Neo, “In recent
years, we’ve seen a shift in the Chinese viewers’ tastes from period dramas to
contemporary ones. MediaCorp Studios produces up to 350 hours of contemporary
Chinese drama annually and we believe our quality production and refreshing
scripts will strike a chord with Chinese audiences in China.”

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski