{"id":2038,"date":"2015-12-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/carriage-deal-brings-chinese-channels-to-canada\/"},"modified":"2016-01-28T11:17:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T16:17:29","slug":"carriage-deal-brings-chinese-channels-to-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/carriage-deal-brings-chinese-channels-to-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Carriage Deal Brings Chinese Channels to Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CALGARY: International Media Distribution (IMD) and Shaw Communications in Canada have agreed on a deal to add Beijing TV and Hunan TV to Shaw\u2019s selection of Mandarin-language TV channels.<\/p>\n<p>The carriage deal will give Shaw Cable subscribers access to lifestyle and entertainment programming from two of China\u2019s most popular networks. The networks will be available as an add-on to existing Mandarin pack subscriptions or on an individual pick-and-pay basis for customers who subscribe to Talentvision.<\/p>\n<p>Both channels will be available throughout most of British Columbia, Alberta and other Shaw service areas across Western Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing TV is a Chinese channel in Mandarin focused on the greater Beijing area and offering viewers programming on culture, history, travel and entertainment. Hunan TV is a Chinese general-entertainment channel in Mandarin with a focus on city living, entertainment, fashion, galas and reality shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CALGARY: International Media Distribution (IMD) and Shaw Communications in Canada have agreed on a deal to add Beijing TV and Hunan TV to Shaw\u2019s selection of Mandarin-language TV channels. The carriage deal will give Shaw Cable subscribers access to lifestyle and entertainment programming from two of China\u2019s most popular networks. The networks will be available &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[100,101,99],"class_list":["post-2038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-hunan-tv","tag-shaw-cable","tag-shaw-communications"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Carriage Deal Brings Chinese Channels to Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Carriage Deal Brings Chinese Channels to Canada. 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