Qiyi

iQiyi sues rival video site LeTV over unfair competition

iQiyi sues rival video site LeTV over unfair competition

iQiyi is upset with a LeTV product that seems to be profiting from iQiyi’s video library without paying for it, and it’s taking the matter to court.
C. Custer · · 2 min read
Is Baidu About to Boost its Video Site By Launching a Smart TV?

Is Baidu About to Boost its Video Site By Launching a Smart TV?

Baidu’s (NASDAQ:BIDU) video streaming site iQiyi – already boosted by the recent $370 million acquisition of a rival – might be about to invade China’s sitting rooms. According to industry
Steven Millward · · 2 min read
Baidu Acquires PPS for $370 Million, Claims It’s Now China’s Biggest Video Platform

Baidu Acquires PPS for $370 Million, Claims It’s Now China’s Biggest Video Platform

Well, the rumors are true. Chinese search company Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) announced today that it has acquired PPS.tv’s streaming video service for $370 million. The acquisition bolsters Baidu’s video offerings (it
C. Custer · · 2 min read
China’s Top Video Sites Reveal Hundreds of Millions of Mobile Users, Start Race to Monetize Them

China’s Top Video Sites Reveal Hundreds of Millions of Mobile Users, Start Race to Monetize Them

We know that Chinese netizens watch billions of hours worth of online videos each month, but how many of them are doing so from a mobile device? Now we have
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

If the PPS Rumors are True, Could Baidu Beat Out Youku-Tudou?

China’s tech media has been talking for weeks now as though Baidu’s rumored acquisition of popular streaming video service PPS is a done deal. It still hasn’t been confirmed officially,
C. Custer · · 1 min read

ComScore: China Watched 4.1 Billion Hours of Web Videos in August

Chinese web users racked up over 4.1 billion hours of collective streaming of web videos in August, according to a new report from ComScore. That time was spent watching 29.75
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Chinese Video Sites Turning off their Japan Channels

The Asahi Shimbun reports this evening that a number of Chinese video sites have made moves to remove the ‘Japan’ category from their country listings. We did a quick survey
Rick Martin · · 3 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

Sohu Video’s Alliance with Qiyi and Tencent May Be Unstable

Sohu’s (NASDAQ:SOHU) video offerings have been in the news quite a bit recently, as Sohu teamed up with Baidu’s Qiyi and Tencent’s video products to create an alliance that would
C. Custer · · 2 min read

It’s Official: Sohu, Tencent, and Qiyi Team Up to Buy Content Rights

China's 'three giants' all together on the same stage. This picture is a metaphor. Yesterday, we passed along rumblings from the Chinese media that Sohu, Tencent, and Baidu’s Qiyi were
C. Custer · · 2 min read