HK hotel heiress rides on success of her award- winning animated series
Hong Kong
HONG KONG hotel heiress Poman Lo sketched a galaxy-trotting canine and his companions for a charity project eight years ago. Now she's transforming them into a Chinese entertainment and education empire.
The creator of Bodhi and Friends wants to parlay the success of her award-winning animated series, which began airing nationally on Chinese television last year, into e-books, mobile applications and learning centres for children. Think Dora the Explorer for China.
Of the 300,000 minutes of animation produced in the country each year, "there is no clear success", said Ms Lo, the 36-year- old head of Century Innovative Technology Ltd. "We aim to be the Oriental version of Disney, with a focus on in…
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