Headlines from China: Mango TV’s Stock Price Rose to a Historical High, How Good Is the Reality Show ‘Sisters Who Brave Winds and Waves’?

Mango TV’s Stock Price Rose to a Historical High, How Good Is the Reality Show ‘Sisters Who Brave Winds and Waves’?

Following the debut of the much-anticipated reality show “Sisters Who Brave Winds and Waves”, the stock price of Mango TV’s mother company Mango Excellent Media rose by nearly 9% on Friday and another 7% on Monday. The company’s market value has also reached to 100 billion yuan ($14 billion), which makes Mango TV now the fourth largest video platform in China after the “big three”—Youku, IQiyi and Tencent Video. Major financial analysis firms are also optimistic about the show gaining lasting popularity as the show goes on. Read more zhipianquan

A Comprehensive List of Top 200 Chinese Producers

The word “producer” in Chinese film industry might mean something different from that in Hollywood. Instead of overseeing the whole lifecycle of a film’s production, a Chinese producer is mostly responsible for the preproduction financing, with the rest of the production managed by production managers. As a result of this particular structure, most successful Chinese producers are senior executives from the few leading film companies and other investment firms that have invested in film business. To understand more about what a Chinese producer does, here is a list of top 200 Chinese producers behind the most well-known films in Chinese cinema history. Read more yiqipaidianying