Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation (JSBC) has signed a deal with Viasat World at NATPE Budapest for the rights to broadcast the Emmy Award-winning docudrama Scars of Nanking on Viasat History in July 2018.
 
Seniha Tunaboylu, Head of Content and Acquisitions, Viasat World, and Li Hanchun, Deputy Director of International Department, JSBC signed the deal, with Li Sheng, Vice President of Jiangu Broadcasting Corporation and the CEO of NATPE, JP Bommel also witnessing the signing of the deal.
 
On securing the rights to air the docudrama on Viasat History across CEE, Tunaboylu comments: "Our Viasat History audience is very loyal and discerning, and we are committed to bringing them more of the world-class, acclaimed content that they crave. With this deal, our important partnership with JSBC continues to deepen. Scars of Nanking is a fantastic addition to our program line up for July, and we can't wait to see how it performs on the channel."
 
Li Sheng comments: "The Nanking Massacre is a very important historical event during World War II. I believe the screening of Scars of Nanking on Viasat History will let more European audiences know about the forgotten holocaust. It is also a great pleasure for JSBC and Viasat World to partner, bringing world-class content to a bigger audience."
 
Scars of Nanking won the nominations of Outstanding Cinematography and Outstanding Single Camera Editing in 45th Daytime Emmy, and finally received the award for Outstanding Cinematography.
 
In Scars of Nanking, American missionaries struggle to save Chinese civilians from slaughter and rape at the hands of Japanese invaders and to smuggle out evidence of the infamous Nanking Massacre of 1937. During the brutal invasion of China in 1937 by Imperial Japanese forces, tens of thousands of civilians and prisoners of war were murdered and women raped in the city that was then the Chinese capital. Today it is known simply as "The Rape of Nanking." Many fled before the invasion. But 22 foreigners did not leave Nanking.