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Another Chinese video site goes mobile: PPTV is making a smartphone

Another Chinese video site goes mobile: PPTV is making a smartphone

Yet another of China’s major streaming video players is getting into the smart hardware game.
C. Custer · · 1 min read
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
Chinese video sites forced to emulate Netflix ahead of major clampdown on imported TV shows

Chinese video sites forced to emulate Netflix ahead of major clampdown on imported TV shows

One Chinese video site will get around the quota on imported TV series by creating its own foreign-language content.
Steven Millward · · 2 min read
China begins clampdown on video sites showing foreign TV series

China begins clampdown on video sites showing foreign TV series

This will result in the effective banning of some foreign TV series in China, leaving viewers to go back to the old days of pirating their favorite shows.
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

China forces video sites to hire government-approved censors

Update March 27, 2014 @ 11:30am – China’s state news agency Xinhua has released a report denying heavier scrutiny of US and UK video content online, citing an anonymous source from
Paul Bischoff · · 3 min read

China’s 450 million online video viewers watch 5.7 billion hours of vids every month (INFOGRAPHIC)

When the hotly-anticipated third season of Sherlock returned to screens last week, there were only two places in the world where you could watch it on the same day, legally
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Chinese retailer grows its web empire with $420 million acquisition of video site PPTV

Chinese electronics retailer Suning (SHE:002024) has expanded its fast-growing web empire yet again today with the acquisition of video site PPTV for $420 million. According to Chinese media, a press
Steven Millward · · 1 min read

Report: Suning to buy PPTV for around $400 million

Could the purchase of Chinese streaming video site PPTV finally be at hand after months of rumors? According to Sina Tech, PPTV and Suning are in the final stages of
C. Custer · · 1 min read

PPTV to launch PPLink hardware that switches video between mobiles and TVs

Following on the heels of its entry into the set-top box market, PPTV is about to launch the PPLink, a piece of hardware that is designed to easily link mobile
C. Custer · · 2 min read

Alibaba and Hunan TV to buy PPTV? PPTV says no

Here’s a rumor that’s simply too juicy not to pass along: Chinese tech blog 36kr is reporting that according to an unnamed Chinese venture capitalist in the industry, Alibaba is
C. Custer · · 2 min read