New company to promote local content worldwideBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterThe Taiwan Creative Content Agency and CatchPlay yesterday announced that they have invested a total of NT$200 million (US$6.78 million) in a new company, Screenworks, to promote original Taiwanese television and film content to an international audience. CatchPlay is one of the teams behind such original Taiwanese content as The World Between Us (我們與惡的距離) and The Making of an Ordinary Woman (俗女養成記). Actors Bamboo Chen, left, and Sara Yu pose for photographers in Taipei yesterday at a news conference held by Taiwan Creative Content Agency and CatchPlay to announce the launch of a new company called Screenworks. CatchPlay has also worked to bring high-quality international content to Taiwanese audiences, CatchPlay Group chief executive officer Daphne Yang (楊麗貞) said. Now is the time for it to use its experience in the international market to bring high-quality original Taiwanese works to the world, Yang added.

Source: Taipei Times July 29, 2020 15:56 UTC