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In 50 Words: Alibaba Group contemplates merging video assets into Alibaba Pictures
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In 50 Words: Alibaba Group contemplates merging video assets into Alibaba Pictures

The deliberation comes amid Alibaba Group’s plan to restructure into six different entities.
Shadine Taufik · · 1 min read
Alibaba makes first Hollywood move with funding for Mission Impossible sequel

Alibaba makes first Hollywood move with funding for Mission Impossible sequel

Alibaba is backing Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation and helping to promote it in China.
Rohan Malhotra · · 2 min read
Alibaba makes a Netflix-esque foray into subscription video

Alibaba makes a Netflix-esque foray into subscription video

Alibaba has announced it will pioneer a unique subscription-based video service for the Chinese market
Rohan Malhotra · · 3 min read
China’s top video streaming site now getting 900M views each day

China’s top video streaming site now getting 900M views each day

Youku and sister site Tudou now get 900 million views each day and have 150 million daily active users, the company revealed today.
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Controversial documentary about pollution in China is now being scrubbed from the web

With the crushing inevitability of a lungful of toxins on a Beijing spring morning, China’s controversial documentary about pollution, Under the Dome, is this evening being scrubbed from the internet.
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Big Brother arrives in China with online streaming deal for popular reality show

China’s version of Big Brother, the popular reality show series, arrives in 2015 – but only online.
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

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

Youku reaches half billion visitors for first time, but share price tumbles on pessimism

Youku reached 500 million monthly unique visitors for the first time, the company said today in its Q2 2014 earnings report.
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

‘China’s answer to Pixar’ raises US$20 million from GGV Capital, first movie to come in 2015

The self-proclaimed “China’s answer to Pixar” was founded by Tudor founder Gary Wang over a year ago after Tudou merged with Youku.
Paul Bischoff · · 1 min read

Ecommerce titan Alibaba goes multimedia with $1.22 billion investment in video site Youku

Ecommerce titan Alibaba is ploughing US$1.22 billion into Youku Tudou (NYSE:YOKU), which runs the Youku and Tudou video sites.
Steven Millward · · 2 min read