Paramount Pictures signs deal with China's BesTV

 　　SHANGHAI, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. film giant Paramount¹ Pictures has signed a copyright deal with BesTV New Media, a subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group, offering top movies to the Chinese audience.

　　According to the deal, BesTV will have the copyrights of Paramount films, including the Academy Award-winning film "Hugo," as well as new releases. It will broadcast them via its Internet TV and IPTV Premiere services.

　　Established in 1912, Paramount has produced many blockbuster movies.

　　The first batch² of films to be shown by BesTV are Paramount series -- "Mission Impossible," "Transformers" and "Star Trek³." Films like "Forest Gump" and "Ghost" will follow.

　　Industry expert, Bao Ran, chief of Digital Entertainment Industry Applications Group, said the deal was a sign of the American movie industry increasingly focusing its attention on the Chinese market, as China's fast growing new media and Internet sectors⁴ are luring⁵ audiences with Hollywood blockbusters.

　　BesTV boasts tens of millions of subscribers in China. The company has previously⁶ signed cooperation deals with other film producers such as Disney and Warner Bros.

1 paramount   

a.最重要的，最高权力的

参考例句：

• My paramount object is to save the Union and destroy slavery.我的最高目标是拯救美国，摧毁奴隶制度。
• Nitrogen is of paramount importance to life on earth.氮对地球上的生命至关重要。

2 batch   

n.一批(组，群)；一批生产量

参考例句：

• The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
• I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。

3 trek   

vi.作长途艰辛的旅行；n.长途艰苦的旅行

参考例句：

• We often go pony-trek in the summer.夏季我们经常骑马旅行。
• It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain.我们花了一整天的时间艰难地穿过那片遍布岩石的地带。

4 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 luring   

吸引，引诱（lure的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Cheese is very good for luring a mouse into a trap. 奶酪是引诱老鼠上钩的极好的东西。
• Her training warned her of peril and of the wrong, subtle, mysterious, luring. 她的教养警告她：有危险，要出错儿，这是微妙、神秘而又诱人的。

6 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。