The ancient costume legendary drama *Jia Ye (Family Legacy)* will have its exclusive television premiere in the prime time slot of CCTV-8 on May 17, 2026, with two consecutive episodes broadcast at 19:30 every night, and will be exclusively streamed across the entire network on iQiyi.
On June 26, 2025, the "2025 Short Drama Overseas Expansion Brand Conference" was grandly convened at Shanghai Oriental Smart Media City. With the theme of "Openness · Connectivity · Empowerment", this conference gathered leaders from the National Radio and Television Administration of China, relevant departments of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, industry association representatives, leading domestic and overseas platforms, production institutions, technical experts and legal professionals, to jointly explore market opportunities, technological innovation and industrial ecosystem construction for the overseas development of short dramas. Zhou Tao, Director and Managing Partner of TYGlobe Law Firm, Tong Ling, Senior Partner of the Firm, and other team members were invited to attend the conference.
On May 26, 2025, the shortlist for the 30th Shanghai Television Festival Magnolia Awards was officially released. The contemporary crime-related TV drama *I Am a Criminal Police Officer* secured seven nominations at one go with its top-tier quality, including the three core awards of Best Chinese Television Series, Best Director and Best Screenplay (Original). Actors Yu Hewei and Fu Dalong, and actress Ma Su were shortlisted for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively. Zhang Bin, the art director of the drama, also received a nomination in the technical category, making the work one of the strongest contenders for awards at this edition of the Magnolia Awards.
The complex overseas legal systems, which are vastly different from those of China, are among the challenges that enterprises from China expanding into overseas markets need to address. For Chinese cultural enterprises seeking to explore overseas markets, in the process of business development, apart from optimization of cross-border commercial contracts and intellectual property rights protection, they also need to cope with a wide spectrum of legal issues covering content examination under different cultural customs, film distribution, entertainment activity licensing, protection of the right of reputation and the right of privacy, industrial chain tax optimization, audiovisual product production, investment in event organization and other aspects. A law firm that is well acquainted with the laws and regulations of multiple jurisdictions around the world and has local partners across the globe can provide highly valuable services for enterprises.
On June 24, 2025, the *"Sailing Thousands of Vessels Overseas: Forum on Legal Escort for Film, Television and Cultural Enterprises Going Global"* was grandly convened. The event was guided by the Lujiazui Administration of the Management Committee of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, hosted by the Legal Affairs Working Committee of China Television Drama Production Industry Association, and co-organized by Shanghai Pudong New Area Comprehensive Service Center for Enterprises Going Global, Lujiazui International Accounting Center, Shanghai TYGlobe Law Firm and D'Andrea & Partners (Italy).
