Youku Tudou, one of China’s leading online media companies announced on Tuesday that they would be partnering with Paramount Pictures to add over 100 movie titles to their subscription streaming service, including Star Trek, Mission: Impossible and Forrest Gump.
It’s the latest in an increasing number of deals sealed between Chinese internet powerhouses and American production companies. Last week Tencent sealed a deal with Walt Disney to become the exclusive online distributor of the six existing Star Wars movies in China.
Tecncent also signed a deal with HBO in November 2014 to stream popular series including Game of Thrones. Sohu, one of Youku Tudou’s largest competitor in the online streaming space, inked a deal with Netflix in 2014 to distribute the highly popular House of Cards series in China.
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