Streaming toward success

A new wave of domestic drama producers are picking up awards across Asia, and raising the bar for the Chinese online film industry in the process, Xu Fan reports.

When producer Cai Jia was a young child, the little "secret" that pleased her most was to slip out of bed, sneak into the living room and turn on the TV set when her parents were sleeping.

Approaching midnight, The Journey to the West - perhaps the most repeatedly broadcast drama in the history of Chinese television - was the big draw for her.