Beijing. “Borghi d’Italia”, the TV2000 travel programme, arrives in China. Thanks to an agreement with the Global Broadcasting Times, a multinational of intercultural communication platform that promotes the interaction between China and the rest of the world, the travel programme of the CEI broadcaster is now available in China and to the Chinese-speaking international audience. The programme is broadcast through the Gbtimes You Tube channel; the social channel called Unknown Europe and the Chinese social media to which it is connected (Sina Weibo, Youki, We Chat), and the Megamedia platform. In the two year period 2018-2019 fifty 30-minute episodes of and fifty 100-second teasers are planned will be translated and dubbed into Chinese. The first five episodes, already produced with Chinese dubbing, are dedicated to the Municipalities of Alessano (Lecce), Bovino (Foggia), Forio (Naples), Majano (Udine), and Montegrotto Terme (Padua). Furthermore, on the Gbtimes Youtube channel all the episodes can be viewed online in the section dedicated to the programme. “Borghi d’Italia”, now in its tenth season, is led by Mario Placidini and is a weekly journey through the history, art, and traditions of small Italian towns. (9Colonne)
