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• 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 [...]

• VIE Fears For China Internet Stocks Look Unwarranted
  Posted by bbishop on September 26th, 2011 at 7:13 am, Comments: 0

  Listed Companies to be Exempted From VIEs Regulation, Chinese Media Reports | iChinaStock: Investors of Chinese listed Internet companies such as Sina ($SINA) and Baidu [...]

• LeKan, The Chinese Netflix For Kids
  Posted by bbishop on September 23rd, 2011 at 8:50 am, Comments: 0

  LeKan 乐看 launched today. It is essentially a Chinese Netflix ($NFLX) for kids. Founded by a team of former Disney ($DIS) China execs, including a [...]

• China VIE Issue Overblown, Vice Premier Issues Directive To Recognize Existing Ones?
  Posted by bbishop on September 19th, 2011 at 3:00 am, Comments: 0

  Earlier today I commented on a somewhat alarming story about the variable interest entity (VIE) structure that many Chinese companies use to accept foreign investment [...]

• Reuters: China VIE Company Structure Under Threat
  Posted by bbishop on September 18th, 2011 at 9:46 pm, Comments: 0

  [UPDATE: This issue may be a bit exaggerated, if one of of China's veteran executives has good information. Xie Wen claims that Vice Premier Wang [...]

• Do Most Chinese Internet Firms Have A Technically Illegal Corporate Structure?
  Posted by bbishop on September 2nd, 2011 at 5:59 am, Comments: 0

  The Financial Times reports today on a potentially problematic development for many Internet in China. In Foreign internet presence in China to face scrutiny, Kathrin [...]

• Sina Buys 9.05% Of Tudou. Should Investors Cheer? (Updated)
  Posted by bbishop on August 29th, 2011 at 9:37 pm, Comments: 0

  Sina ($SINA) spent $66.4M to acquire 9.05% of Tudou ($TUDO), one of China’s leading online video sites, or as CEO Gary Wang describes it: “YouTube [...]