Pursuits
Youku Looks to U.S. for Videos to Stream to Chinese Users
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Youku Tudou Inc., China’s most popular video-streaming website, will collaborate with U.S. entertainment companies to produce original content after regulators capped the amount of imported shows on the site.
Youku, which already works with Korean film and television production houses to create programming for its 500 million users, is looking even further abroad for original dramas and talk shows, Youku Tudou Chairman Victor Koo said in an interview in Hong Kong yesterday. The overseas push comes in addition to efforts to develop more homegrown programming.