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Baidu to Launch Video Portal QiYi.com in March

February 24, 2010

Baidu is to launch its HD video portal site QiYi.com in March. It announced its ambition in HD video in early January this year and hired former 12580 COO Gong Yu to be its CEO.
QiYi.com aims to provide FREE and legal high definition video to Internet netizens and try to duplicate Hulu’s business model in [...]

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Baidu Raises $60m to Expand into Online Video

January 5, 2010

According to Tencent Tech, someone from Baidu confirmed yesterday that Baidu will set up a new business through the investment holding company to expand into the Internet video space; the ex-CEO of 12580 Mr Gong Yu will be the CEO of the new company.
The new company has received 60 million U.S. dollars from U.S. private [...]

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China Central Television Launched Online TV Station CNTV.cn

December 27, 2009

China Central Television (CCTV)’s new online TV website CNTV.cn was supposed to launch on December 28, 2009. But, CCTV launched CNTV.cn quietly this morning. Currently CNTV website includes five categories:

News
Sports
Entertainment
Ai Bugu
Ai Xiyou

According to CCTV, more categories will be added in 2010. Ai Bugu (Love Cuckoo) and Ai Xiyou (Love Grapefruit) are more like two columns [...]

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Top Online Video Providers in China

November 28, 2009

Analysys International, a Chinese research company, released a report about China Q3 2009 online video; this is the market share of different online video providers:

YouKu.com: 12.6%
PPStream: 11.5%
Ku6.com / UUSee: 10.7%
PPLive: 10.4%
Tudou: 9.7%
QQlive (from Tencent): 9.1%
56.com
6.cn
pomoho.com
Others: 16.5%

PPStream, PPLive, and QQlive are p2p online video streaming desktop clients.

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