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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,…