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Youku Tudou
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Alibaba offers $4.6bn to buy streaming platform
Chinese e-commerce conglom Alibaba Group is to buy out video streaming site Youku Tudou for…
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Alibaba plans ‘Netflix-style’ service
E-commerce giant Alibaba is to launch a streaming service that will “redefine home entertainment” in…
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Content costs up as Youku Tudou preps originals
Programming costs at Chinese on-demand platform Youku Tudou have risen 11% as the firm gears…
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Chinese video platform takes Voice Kids rights
Chinese online video platform Youku Tudou has acquired rights to remake John de Mol’s format…
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Chinese Big Brother for VOD platform
Online video platform Youku Tudou has commissioned China’s first ever version of Endemol’s flagship format…
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FremantleMedia, Sony plan pan-Asian Got Talent
FremantleMedia and Sony Pictures Television Networks have partnered to create a pan-Asian version of singing…
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Lionsgate, e-commerce giant create China streaming service
US media group Lionsgate has linked with Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group to launch a…
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Youku Tudou unveils major original series push
Chinese on-demand service Youku Tudou is to launch more than 20 original series, including dramas,…
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China takes US series off streaming sites
Chinese authorities have ordered The Big Bang Theory, The Good Wife (pictured), NCIS and The…
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Youku Tudou content boss to open ATF
Sunny Xiangyang Zhu, chief content officer at China’s equivalent of YouTube, will give the opening…