China’s first AIGC long-form drama debuts on Mango TV and Hunan TV

Mango TV’s AIGC drama “The Later Journey to the West” has begun streaming on Mango TV and airing during Hunan TV’s prime-time schedule. The first-season Huaguoshan arc is billed as China’s first AIGC long-form drama to reach a satellite-TV audience.

The production was made through Mango TV’s Mango Lingchuang AI content platform and uses a rolling model in which production, review and broadcast take place in parallel. The format allows later episodes to be adjusted based on regulatory review and audience feedback, turning an AI-generated program into a test of how generative technology can fit a mainstream content pipeline. [Xinhua, in Chinese]