Top video site will offer mix of genres

SHANGHAI — China’s top video Web site, Youku.com, has inked deals with producers of more than 1,000 TV series producers to put 40,000-plus episodes online, amounting to 50,000 hours, the company said … Read the rest

CanalPlus deal brings channel 4 million more viewers

SHANGHAI — France Telecom subsidiary GlobeCast will carry Chinese national broadcaster CCTV’s French-language channel CCTV-F in Europe, the Paris-based company said Monday.

Distributed by CanalPlus, the deal will see CCTV-F join the … Read the rest

Viacom adding ‘never before seen’ episodes for total of 30

SHANGHAI — Nickelodeon’s “SpongeBob SquarePants” will return to China Central Television in January.

The American animated children’s series first aired on CCTV in 2006, and again from September-December 2007.

For … Read the rest

SHANGHAI — I love living in Shanghai, but there are three things I really miss about the U.S.

I miss driving, though I’m sure I’ll change my mind once I get back home and see the gas prices.

I miss … Read the rest

SHANGHAI — John Woo has a case of Olympic fever.

The director told attendees at a charity dinner recently in Beijing that he hopes to make a sports movie with champion hurdler Liu Xiang and multiple gold medalist diver Guo … Read the rest

Advertising could slow during Games
SHANGHAI — Baidu.com, China’s top search engine, oposted an 87% surge in quarterly profits Thursday, boosted by Internet traffic growth ahead of the Beijing Olympics.

Beijing-based Baidu, which has nearly 65% of the Chinese market, … Read the rest

SHANGHAI — Music industry groups have called the popular Chinese search engine Baidu “the largest and most incorrigible purveyor of pirated music in China.”

At a Tuesday press conference in Beijing, Music Copyright Society of China director-general Qu Jingming promised … Read the rest

SHANGHAI — Chinese broadcast regulators shut down eight online video sites this week in an open announcement about the sites having carried pornography, violence or content “harmful to social stability.”

In an unusually transparent move, the State Administration of Radio … Read the rest

SHANGHAI — Beijing courts promised heavier fines for Internet cafes that allow patrons to illegally download movies, laying down harsh fines for offenders, state-run media reported Thursday.

A maximum fine of 23,000 yuan ($3,300) fine was handed to one cafe … Read the rest