Japan’s TV Asahi has acquired the rights to the Hong Kong version of hit boys love series “Ossan’s Love” and is expected to air the series in Japan, Variety has learned.
The 15-episode Hong Kong version, produced by Pccw’s domestic free-to-air channel ViuTV and which will conclude this Friday, is an adaptation of the Japanese series of the same name produced by TV Asahi. It is currently uncertain when the Hong Kong version will be aired in Japan and on which platform.
The Hong Kong edition stars Edan Lui and Anson Lo, members of the 12-piece local boy band Mirror, and veteran actor Kenny Wong. It follows closely the original plot of the Japanese original, in which a salaryman (Lui) is caught in a love triangle after both his boss (Wong) and flatmate (Lo) fall in love with him.
The boys love genre, which is gay but not explicitly sexual,...
The 15-episode Hong Kong version, produced by Pccw’s domestic free-to-air channel ViuTV and which will conclude this Friday, is an adaptation of the Japanese series of the same name produced by TV Asahi. It is currently uncertain when the Hong Kong version will be aired in Japan and on which platform.
The Hong Kong edition stars Edan Lui and Anson Lo, members of the 12-piece local boy band Mirror, and veteran actor Kenny Wong. It follows closely the original plot of the Japanese original, in which a salaryman (Lui) is caught in a love triangle after both his boss (Wong) and flatmate (Lo) fall in love with him.
The boys love genre, which is gay but not explicitly sexual,...
- 7/14/2021
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
Viu grew its user base in Asia with Korean dramas, but is starting to push into Chinese-language content.
Pan-Asian streamer Viu, owned by Hong Kong telco group Pccw, has signed content deals with leading Chinese TV producers Huace Film & TV and Huace Croton Media.
Viu grew its user base in Asia with Korean dramas, but is starting to push into Chinese-language content as the popularity of these shows outside mainland China is increasing.
The deals with Huace, which cover Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, encompass more than 2,000 hours of Chinese content.
Viu has already streamed hit C-dramas such as Eternal Love Of Dream,...
Pan-Asian streamer Viu, owned by Hong Kong telco group Pccw, has signed content deals with leading Chinese TV producers Huace Film & TV and Huace Croton Media.
Viu grew its user base in Asia with Korean dramas, but is starting to push into Chinese-language content as the popularity of these shows outside mainland China is increasing.
The deals with Huace, which cover Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, encompass more than 2,000 hours of Chinese content.
Viu has already streamed hit C-dramas such as Eternal Love Of Dream,...
- 7/14/2021
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Streaming platform Rakuten Viki has acquired seven titles from Chinese firm Croton Media. They are set to premiere worldwide on the platform this month, some of them as Viki Originals.
The titles include 58-episode show “Eternal Love,” a period drama starring Yang Mi and Mark Chao; 30-episode “Love O2O,” a modern drama starring Yang Yang and Zheng Shuang; 54-episode “Princess Weiyoung,” a period drama starring Tiffany Tang and Luo Jin, an onscreen couple who got married in real life last year; and 62-episode “General and I,” a period drama starring Angelababy and Wallace Chung.
The 41-episode “Negotiator,” starring Yang Mi and Huang Zitao, who rose to fame as a rapper in the K-pop group Exo, will air as a Viki Original, as will 47-episode “Age of Legends,” starring William Chan and Sandra Ma, and “My Story for You, starring Zheng Shuang and Luo Jin.
“Our watch time for Chinese content...
The titles include 58-episode show “Eternal Love,” a period drama starring Yang Mi and Mark Chao; 30-episode “Love O2O,” a modern drama starring Yang Yang and Zheng Shuang; 54-episode “Princess Weiyoung,” a period drama starring Tiffany Tang and Luo Jin, an onscreen couple who got married in real life last year; and 62-episode “General and I,” a period drama starring Angelababy and Wallace Chung.
The 41-episode “Negotiator,” starring Yang Mi and Huang Zitao, who rose to fame as a rapper in the K-pop group Exo, will air as a Viki Original, as will 47-episode “Age of Legends,” starring William Chan and Sandra Ma, and “My Story for You, starring Zheng Shuang and Luo Jin.
“Our watch time for Chinese content...
- 6/6/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
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