China’s state broadcaster CNTV clocked huge online audience numbers during the 2012 London Olympics, and a big chunk of it came from mobile devices: 610 million streams were served to phones,… Read more »
China’s state television is streaming 5,600 hours of live coverage of the the Olympic Games online — and it’s for the first time ever specifically targeting iPad and mobile users with… Read more »
Brightcove used to have significant staff in China, and was looking to expand in the country as late as March 2010 – but left China head over heels later that year… Read more »
China’s online video service PPTV struck a strategic partnership deal with local cable TV provider WASU last week that could hold the key to finally bring online video to the living… Read more »
Not long ago, the only way to watch movies like Inception in China was to buy a pirated DVD. Youku.com wants to change that by offering Western blockbusters through VOD and… Read more »
Softbank has taken a 35 percent stake in the Chinese P2P video platform PPLive for $250 million. This deal is the single largest investment in a video company since Google’s acquisition… Read more »
Private Media Group CEO Berth Milton doesn’t think it’s worth fighting piracy. The porn veteran wants to instead give the content of his adult entertainment company away and use it as… Read more »
Panasonic (s PC) started to sell its new line of 3D TVs through a partnership with Best Buy (s BBY) today, offering a bundle of a of 50-inch plasma TV, a… Read more »
Panasonic (s PC) EVP Bob Perry made it clear at this week’s TV of Tomorrow Show that there’s not much love lost in America for cable TV. He joked that even… Read more »
Understanding online video in China from afar can be challenging. The role of user generated content, regulatory and copyright issues are in many cases very different than the landscape in the U.S.,… Read more »