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Tencent, PPTV, and more in trouble with authorities for “hyping vulgar content”

Tencent, PPTV, and more in trouble with authorities for “hyping vulgar content”

China’s censors aren’t a big fan of sexy photos. At least not when they’re being used by internet companies to “hype” things and attract reader and viewer eyeballs.
C. Custer · · 2 min read
Never made a profit? Don’t worry. Here are 5 US-listed Chinese tech companies that haven’t, either

Never made a profit? Don’t worry. Here are 5 US-listed Chinese tech companies that haven’t, either

In China, some of the biggest tech companies still aren’t turning profits, instead emphasizing investments, R&D, marketing, and, of course, user acquisition.
Paul Bischoff · · 4 min read
Chinese entrepreneur buys 41% stake in video portal Ku6

Chinese entrepreneur buys 41% stake in video portal Ku6

Chinese web giant Shanda (NASDAQ:SNDA) is selling a large stake of Chinese video portal Ku6 (NASDAQ:KUTV) to Chinese entrepreneur Xu Xudong. Ku6 share prices soared 75 percent after Xu announced he will
Paul Bischoff · · 1 min read
Check Out the Biggest Winners and Losers among Chinese Web IPOs (CHART)

Check Out the Biggest Winners and Losers among Chinese Web IPOs (CHART)

One is worth thousands of percent more today than when it IPO’d, while another is worth a mere dollar per share. Oh, the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. 2013
Steven Millward · · 3 min read

E-Book Platform Shanda Cloudary Set for April 2013 NYSE IPO?

Here’s a sentence we’ve uttered before but which came to nothing: the Shanda Cloudary US IPO is supposedly back on track. Yes, the Shanda Interactive (NASDAQ:SNDA) e-book platform subsidiary, Cloudary,
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

US Report: 99% of Music Downloads in China Are Pirated, Video Sites a Concern Too

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released a report highlighting areas of concern where intellectual property rights – or, loosely, copyright – infringements “unfairly disadvantage U.S.
Steven Millward · · 3 min read

China’s Ku6 to Become YouTube Content Partner, Targets New Audience

Chinese streaming video website Ku6 (NASDAQ:KUTV) announced this morning that it will become a YouTube content partner, and distribute its videos on a new Ku6 YouTube channel. After the announcement,
Rick Martin · · 1 min read

Ku6 Closes Shanghai Office, as its NASDAQ Shares Dip Below $1

It has never been a smooth ride for Ku6.com (NASDAQ:KUTV), which is currently China’s fifth-largest video-streaming and sharing site. And now, as its stock sinks to below US$1 per share,
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Video Site Ku6 is Holding Back Shanda Online

It's a metaphor.Shanda Online, a division of the larger Shanda company that’s responsible for a number of its online ventures, reported profits for Q2 2011 that, which still nothing to
C. Custer · · 2 min read

China’s Tudou Says IPO Plan is Still a Go

Yesterday we wrote that there was speculation in the Chinese media about video giant Tudou giving up on its IPO plans, in the hopes of being acquired, possibly by Youku.
Rick Martin · · 1 min read