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Douyin and iQIYI Agree to Content Licensing Cooperation

On July 19, Baidu-backed video streaming platform iQIYI and ByteDance's short video app Douyin announced a new cooperation, under which the two sides will jointly explore secondary creation and the promotion of long video content.

iQIYI Sports Lands Streaming Rights for Italian Serie A

iQIYI Sports, a video streaming platform owned by Beijing-based tech giant Baidu, announced on Thursday that it has won the rights to broadcast Italian Serie A football competitions.

Tencent Eyes Development of Short Video Content

Tencent Video, the video streaming division of Chinese tech giant Tencent, is now attempting to motivate content creators through user traffic and cash subsidies.

Baidu App Unveils New Strategy as it Hits 560 Million Monthly Active Users

Baidu said on Monday its flagship Baidu App has reached 558 million monthly active users (MAU) in March, with more than 75% of users logging onto the platform every day.

WeChat Takes the Lead in Cracking Down on Infringement of Intellectual Property of Short Videos

On Monday, World Intellectual Property Day, WeChat released the 2020 Intellectual Property Protection Data Report.

Baidu Posts Slight Drop in Revenue as Online Advertising Sales from Video Unit Remain Under Pressure

China’s search engine and AI giant Baidu Inc. on Thursday posted a 1% year over year decrease in its total revenue to 26 billion yuan (3.69 billion) for the second quarter of 2020 ending June 30, falling slightly below the Wall Street estimates of $3.7 billion.

iQIYI Doubling Down on Sports: the First Video Platform to Broadcast the 2020 Euros in Mainland China

The summer of 2019 has ended, and for sports fans, the summer of 2020 heralds a new round of sleepless nights and exciting games.

Baidu Stock Soars After Second Quarter Revenue Beats Estimates

Baidu, Inc, the company responsible for China’s leading internet search service among other things, has reported robust financial performance in the second quarter, beating estimates on revenue.

A Summer for Chinese Indie Rock Bands: Time to Embrace the Crowd

Chinese audiences were greeted with a pleasant surprise this summer, as one of the most popular music variety shows entitled “The Big Band” started airing on the internet with its focus on Chinese indie rock bands.

iQIYI Acquires Exclusive Streaming Rights to La Liga for Upcoming Season

iQiyi Sports, a joint venture between Chinese online media streaming giant iQiyi and Super Sports Media, has acquired the exclusive streaming rights to Spain’s top football league, La Liga Santander, for the upcoming 2019/2020 season.

In a World Where AI Handles Entertainment, What is Left for People?

The days of irrational decision making are over. We are in the future and we can entrust machines with something that seemed to be the last outpost of humanity in out briskly digitizing word – entertaining us.

Stranger Things Is the Reason Netflix Ditched China, And the New Season Will Keep It That Way

Stranger Things came at a time when Netflix was in desperate need of a new subscriber injection and was preparing to hand the syringe to China regardless of the costs, but the popularity of the show suddenly solved the pressing issue.

Yanxi Palace Puts Feminist Spin on Chinese Historical Drama

A Vietnamese website broke the Internet when it released 57 episodes of the hit TV series The Story of Yanxi Palace, which put it eight episodes ahead of IQiyi, the Chinese broadcaster. The Qing Dynasty drama has become so popular that it already spread across the ocean. According to one actress, the series has set […]

Baidu Releases Q2 Report with Strong Growth in All Businesses

Baidu released on August 1 its unaudited financial report for the second quarter of the 2018 fiscal year. Baidu‘s total revenue grew 32 percent to reach 26 billion yuan ($60 billion), while its net profit grew 45 percent to reach 6.4 billion yuan.

The Meaning of Idols

2018 might not be the best year for a lot of things, but so far, it has been a blessing for one industry in China: Idol-making. It all started with two shows.

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