
How piracy and Weibo help Western TV stars break out in China Thu, May 2 2013 By Major Tian Right after Nina Dobrev tweeted a photo of her kissing a puppy, the same picture showed up on Weibo, China’s twitter-like service, with its caption translated into Chinese. “I wish I were the doggy,” one micro-blogger commented [...]
Metan Development Group was invited to be special consultants for the show. Monitored the entire process of casting, budgeting as well as seeking sponsors for the show. The show will go on air on Hunan TV, a major satellite TV station in China that reaches averagely 800 million people everyday, in summer 2013. Here is [...]
The sitcom show Planet Homebuddies Planet Homebuddies is our sitcom show which just came out in the spring festival period. After the first week’s distribution, it got 3 million views in total and has been put on the main webpages of China’s 5 main video platforms for free watching. Winning the first battle The sitcom show Planet [...]
First Chinese Media Company To Use Web for Piloting Domestic and Global TV Projects BEIJING, January XX, 2013 – Beijing-based entertainment company Mei Tian Mei Yu (Mei Tian) will launch a new Web / TV sitcom “Planet Homebuddies,” a humorous look at the new trend among China’s white collar youth who live and work at [...]
Written and created by Metan Development Group CEO, Larry Namer in 2010, shot and produced in Yun Nan China early 2011, Metan’s sit-com Return to Da Fu Tsun is finally going on air on CCTV-8 in China. CCTV-8 is a channel under China Central Television, the biggest and most prominent television broadcast network in mainland [...]
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Posted on 03 May 2013
• ‘Nine Dragons’ is a brand-new serial drama that is currently being developed in conjunction with Huace TV & Film Production. • Concept for the new drama revolves around a new Chinese team comprised of the best and most talented in the fields of physics, math, science, etc. that come tome together to solve some [...] Continue Reading
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Posted on 13 March 2012
As Appeared in The Hollywood Reporter by Georg Szalai NEW YORK – Chinese production firms Mei Tian Mei Yu and H&R Century TV have teamed with Metan Development Group, Warner Bros. International Television Production and the creative team behind CW hit series Gossip Girl to develop an hour-long teen drama series set in China. The Mandarin-language 30-episode [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 29 December 2011
As appears in M&M by Sandra Mardin In a bid to extend its reach to digital and broadcast markets in mainland China, the Associated Press (AP) is collaborating with LA-based Metan Development Group who distribute entertainment programming content in Mandarin for multiple platforms. “The collaboration marks the first time AP content will be distributed in China [...] Continue Reading
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Posted on 28 December 2011
LONDON, December 7: The Associated Press and Metan Development Group are collaborating to provide entertainment programming for Mandarin-speaking audiences. Read more at WorldScreen.com By Larry Namer CEO/PRESIDENT METAN DEVELOPMENT GROUP Continue Reading
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Posted on 27 December 2011
As appeared in OnScreen London – The Associated Press (AP) and Metan Development Group have signed a deal to provide entertainment programming content for Mandarin-speaking audiences, extending AP’s reach to digital and broadcast markets in mainland China. Los Angeles-headquartered Metan will produce short-form and long-form AP entertainment content in Mandarin for multiple platforms, including its [...] Continue Reading
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Posted on 25 December 2011
As appeared in C21Media NEWS BRIEF: Associated Press and LA’s Metan Development Group have signed a deal to provide entertainment programming for Mandarin-speaking audiences. Extending AP’s reach to digital and broadcast markets in mainland China, the deal will see Metan develop original programming using AP content for distribution via TV, online and mobile platforms in [...] Continue Reading
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