Chinese online TV provider PPTV, a media division of the country’s Suning retail group, announced today an exclusive partnership with China Sports Media to broadcast the 2017 season of the Chinese Football Association Super League (CSL) (in Chinese). The one-year deal, worth RMB 1.35 billion, will allow PPTV to air all of the CSL’s 240 matches […]
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Hit TV anti-corruption drama leaked online for only 8.8 RMB
China’s hit anti-corruption TV drama In the Name of People (人民的名义 in Chinese) was recently leaked online ahead of its licensed release, throwing into the spotlight the country’s copyright protection woes. The 55-episode anti-graft TV drama, adapted from a namesake novel by Chinese writer Zhou Meisen, have earned both good ratings and rave reviews nationwide […]
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Three Tips on Entrepreneurship from PPTV Co-founder Vincent Tao
Vincent Tao is more commonly known as the founder of PPTV, China’s largest online TV provider with 300 million active user per month, but he has now taking a new role as chairman of Global Earth Capital, an investment institution founded in September 2014. Tao, who has been on both sides of the tech industry. […]
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Chinese P2P Video Service PPTV Secured $420 million Investment from Lenovo and Retailer Suning
PPTV, a Chinese peer-to-peer video streaming service, has been be acquired by Hony Capital of Lenovo and Suning, a Chinese home appliance retailer, for $420 million, as reported by Sohu IT (report in Chinese). A new company will be jointly established by Suning and Hony Capital in Hong Kong, with the former taking a controlling […]
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PPTV will go IPO in 6 months
PPTV, the leading peer-to-peer video download services in China, will go for IPO in the U.S. in 6 months, said an investment banking source. Founded in 2004 as PPLive, the Shanghai base was one of the first China online video media. It changes its name to PPTV in 2010 to better reflect its business. Most people […]
