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China’s Alibaba faces gov’t pressure to divest media assets

The Chinese government has begun a clampdown on streamers operated by ecommerce giants, with potential…

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Alibaba livestreaming boss fired, accused of nepotism and accepting gifts

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, has announced the immediate departure of its livestreaming chief Zhao…

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Fremantle strikes unprecedented China deal for ‘My Brilliant Friend’

Chinese streaming giants iQiyi, Alibaba-owned Youku and Tencent Video have all bought the second season…

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Alibaba’s Youku taking Saturday Night Live into China

A Chinese Saturday Night Live (SNL) is in the works, with Alibaba-owned online platform Youku making…

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Netflix breaking into China with iQiyi deal

Netflix has inked a deal with Chinese SVOD service iQiyi, which will carry its originals…

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AR and VR investments reach $2.3bn

The amount of money invested last year in virtual and augmented reality companies more than…

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Alibaba OTT nets bag exclusive DreamWorks deal

Alibaba’s over-the-top services in China will get exclusive access to content from Oriental DreamWorks after…

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Alibaba’s Youku Tudou deal approved

Youku Tudou shareholders have approved a deal that will see it acquired by Chinese e-commerce…

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Viacom expects Paramount stake sale soon

Viacom chairman and CEO Philippe Dauman expects to have agreed to sell a stake in…

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Disney, Alibaba launch SVOD service

The Walt Disney Company and Alibaba Group are today launching a subscription OTT service in…

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NBCU SVOD deal with China’s Alibaba

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has bought a package of content from NBCUniversal for its Tmall…

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Lionsgate chairman to sell 10 million shares

Lionsgate Entertainment chairman and key shareholder Mark Rachesky is to sell 10,000,000 shares in the…

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Alibaba ‘eyes $1.6bn Lionsgate stake’

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is reportedly set to move for a 37.4% stake in US…

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DreamWorks Animation in $3.4bn sale talks

Jeffrey Katzenberg’s DreamWorks Animation is talking with Japanese conglomerate SoftBank about a US$3.4 billion deal,…