Youku, the Alibaba-owned video-streaming service has signed a content deal with family-friendly wildlife and nature brand, Love Nature 4K, that will see the brand’s celebrated series and documentaries landing on its platform for subscribers across China. Programming that is set to debut on the streaming service includes the Ewan McGregor-narrated trilogy, Stormborn (3 x 60'; HDR, 4K & HD; Maramedia); A Wild Year on Earth, narrated by Downton Abbey‘s Laura Carmichael (6 x 60’; 4K and HD; … [Read more...] about Youku signs content deal with Love Nature 4K to continue expansion of its exclusive 4K documentary library
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Youku and Irdeto bring secure premium content to consumers in China
BEIJING – Youku, the Alibaba-owned online video streaming service provider, has selected Irdeto Rights for ChinaDRM to safeguard premium content delivery. Youku will also deploy Irdeto TraceMark for mobile, PC and OTT VOD for its paid subscription service to detect and combat content theft and redistribution piracy. As one of China’s largest online streaming video platforms with over 580 million unique subscribers, Youku recognizes the importance of securely providing premium … [Read more...] about Youku and Irdeto bring secure premium content to consumers in China
Alibaba and CNBC join forces
Singapore – CNBC has announced it has teamed up with an expert in small and medium business e-commerce and award-winning London video agency Hub to create a brand new business entertainment show, Pop Up Start Up which debuts in Asia on 17 December. The series will follow 12 aspiring manufacturing entrepreneurs who go head to head to win a £20,000 cash prize. In each episode, two candidates are given seed money and challenged to mass produce and sell their products in a pop up shop. Expert … [Read more...] about Alibaba and CNBC join forces
MIP China Hangzhou Launches in 2017
Paris - The new event is designed to foster content development between Chinese and International production companies, as well as provide an intensive educational forum for Chinese media professionals to learn more about international TV markets and trends. MIP China Hangzhou will run May 23-25 in Hangzhou, the lakeside city that hosted the G20 Summit in September 2016.MIP China Hangzhou is organised in partnership with China Media Management Inc (CMM-I), official representative for … [Read more...] about MIP China Hangzhou Launches in 2017
PCCW and Alibaba collaborates
Hong Kong – Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, and PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s telecommunications service provider, jointly announced their strategic collaboration to provide cloud based anti-DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) security products to enterprises. The two companies have cooperated to provide network and IDC (Internet Data Center) services in Hong Kong since June 2015. The new collaboration will deliver Alibaba … [Read more...] about PCCW and Alibaba collaborates
Conversant partners Alibaba
Singapore– Conversant Solutions Pte Ltd (Conversant) announced that it has entered into a new collaboration with Alibaba Cloud, leveraging the latter’s near to zero-downtime computing resources to provide Conversant’s cloud Digital Media Enablement services and CDN services to customers. The collaboration allows the offer of joint solutions comprising Alibaba Cloud’s cloud computing resources and Conversant SwiftServe CDN services to regional customers, outside of China. The collaboration … [Read more...] about Conversant partners Alibaba