China's Web Firms Invest in Original Shows

Written By The USA Links on Sunday, 7 September 2014 | 14:39


WSJ.com: US Business

China's Web Firms Invest in Original Shows

Sept. 7, 2014 12:53 p.m. ET


BEIJING—Wang Dachui may be a penniless daydreamer, but his backer is anything but poor.


Mr. Wang is the everyman main character on a television show in China called "Surprise," one of a growing number of Web-first programs developed and produced by the country's flush Internet industry. Made by U.S.-listed video-streaming company Youku Tudou Inc., "Surprise" has been viewed more than one billion times since it...





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