Media

• 6th Plenum Report Suggests China Will Strengthen Internet Management
  Posted by bbishop on October 26th, 2011 at 7:40 am, Comments: 0

  The official report (中共中央关于深化文化体制改革推动社会主义文化大发展大繁荣若干重大问题的决定) from the 6th Plenum of the 17th Communist Party Congress is now public. The “Central Committee Decision Concerning the Major Issue of [...]

• China Officially Limits Entertainment Programming on Satellite TV. Good Or Bad News For Youku And Tudou?
  Posted by bbishop on October 25th, 2011 at 3:52 am, Comments: 0

  The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), China’s primary regulator of television and video programming, has issued an edict (限娱令) limiting the amount of [...]

• China Closes 6600 Websites For Illegal Online PR Deals, Will Not Change Anything
  Posted by bbishop on August 28th, 2011 at 8:39 pm, Comments: 0

  From China Daily: China’s telecommunications authorities have shut down 6,600 websites nationwide for illegal public relations (PR) deals in a special campaign launched in April, [...]

• Chinese Video Site Tudou Raises $50M Series E
  Posted by bbishop on August 5th, 2010 at 9:27 am, Comments: 0

  Tudou just announced that it has raised $50m, bringing the total amount the company has raised to $135m; no word on the valuation but hard [...]

• Can China Successfully Build Soft Power Without A Global Internet Strategy?
  Posted by bbishop on June 18th, 2010 at 12:19 pm, Comments: 0

  This post originally appeared on Sinocism.com, my blog about more general China topics. China’s efforts to build its “soft power” have been in the news [...]

• Ku6.com To Become First US-Listed Chinese Online Video Site
  Posted by bbishop on June 3rd, 2010 at 9:57 pm, Comments: 0

  Ku6, acquired by Shanda (Nasdaq:SNDA) controlled Hurray Holdings (Nasdaq:HRAY) in November 2009, is now poised to become the first US-listed pure play Chinese online video [...]

• Readings For 2010-05-11
  Posted by bbishop on May 11th, 2010 at 3:30 am, Comments: 0

  Trilogy Ventures China early stage VC investment http://bit.ly/bw9uuT # Southern Weekend-R Chinese web users tiring of SNS sites like Kaixin001, Renren, 51.com et al? 国内社交网站急降温：舍本逐末频遭厌倦感 [...]

• Qiyi, Baidu’s Hulu Clone, Launches. Time For Consolidation in China’s Online Video Industry?
  Posted by bbishop on April 24th, 2010 at 11:28 am, Comments: 0

  Qiyi.com launched this week. It is a partnership between Baidu and Providence EquityPartners, an investor in Hulu. Qiyi flatters Hulu with a front page nearly [...]

• Will Investment Ever Stop Flowing Into Chinese Video Sites?
  Posted by bbishop on February 25th, 2010 at 9:36 pm, Comments: 0

  As I mentioned in my last post, over the last several months money has continued to pour into Chinese online video sites. Baidu (UPDATED with [...]

• A Coming China Golden Age Of Online Video Profits For Content Owners?
  Posted by bbishop on February 4th, 2010 at 5:29 pm, Comments: 0

  China’s online video usage is massive. According to CNNIC 240m Chinese Internet users watched online videos at the end of 2009. The online video ad [...]