A shot of hope for US shows

Chinese video site's deal to stream some HBO productions stirs online debate on access to more foreign TV series. Han Bingbin reports.

Chinese online giant Tencent Video's recent deal with HBO, to exclusively stream about 10 of the network's TV productions starting next year, has provoked mixed feelings in China's online world, where expectations of watching US TV serials had fallen.

The playlist, revealed at a news conference at the China National Convention Center in late November, is designed to fill the void of US TV serials in China by introducing popular shows that didn't have a chance to be legally shown here.