Chinese e-commerce and entertainment giant Alibaba has taken a $1.2 billion goodwill impairment charge against its video-streaming operation Youku. The move was disclosed on Wednesday as Alibaba ...

Shareholders of Youku Tudou, the U.S. traded Chinese online video provider, will vote on its merger plan with Alibaba on March 14th and the approval will make it a fully owned subsidiary of Alibaba.

Chinese streamer Youku is teaming with Beijing-based producer-distributor Hishow Entertainment to produce high-end drama series My Dearest Stranger, starring Wang Luodan and Bosco Wong. The 16-part ...

Imagine if YouTube pivoted to licensing and producing professional content years ago, transitioning away from user-generated videos to become more like Netflix or Hulu. This more or less sums up the ...

Social networking may get all the rave but latest stats from comScore reveal Chinese Internet users actually spend the bulk of their time on portal sites (24.4 percent) followed by entertainment (9 ...

July 4 (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding (9988.HK), opens new tab is exploring options for its video streaming platforms Youku and Tudou, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar ...

Two Daughters Entertainment and digital media distributor Jetsen Huashi Wangju have announced the launch of Moley in China. The celebrated animated series is now available on iQIYI and Youku—the ...

The online video market in China is a fragmented scene dominated by national portals where sites like YouTube don’t even get a look in; but today sees that market move one step closer to consolidation ...

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Alibaba, the New York Stock Exchange-listed Chinese e-commerce giant, is getting into video in a major way, after it announced plans to buy out Youku Tudou, one of China’s top YouTube-like services, ...

Chinese Internet users spend 24.4% of their time on portal sites, 9% on entertainment, 6.2% on search, and 5.5% on social networking, Adaline Lau writes, citing comScore numbers. She uses those stats ...

On a tree-lined street in Tianjin, one of Asia's hottest directors, Wong Ching-Po, reclines in his foldout blue chair, one eye on the monitor in front of him. "This is the opening shot," mumbles Wong, ...