BBC Worldwide signs digital deal with Mango TV

After signing its first strategic partnership agreement in October 2015, BBC Worldwide has expanded its cooperation with Mango TV, this time focusing on digital broadcasting in China.The deal will see Mango TV subscribers have access to specially curated documentary and preschool content from the BBC. Some of the programs Mango TV subscribers will be privy to include Tigers About the House from the Australia Zoo; Trust Me, I’m a Doctor and animated preschool series, The Numtums.Prior to this deal, Mango TV had bought the exclusive rights to a series of premium sports-related documentaries including David Beckham For The Love of The Game in which David Beckham plays a football match on all seven continents of the globe and participates in his own star-studded UNICEF fundraising match at Old Trafford.Kelvin Yau, GM of BBC Worldwide (Greater China), said its relationship with Mango TV had grown quickly since they signed the original partnership in October 2015."Besides this deal, we are also deep in discussions with Mango TV to explore production and format opportunities particularly in iconic BBC documentaries, factual entertainment programmes, dramas and films targeting the Chinese and global market. We look forward to making more new exciting announcements in the next few months.”