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By: 56.com Down for Data Maintenance? : China Web2.0 Review

56.com Down for Data Maintenance? : China Web2.0 Review — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:31:15 +0000

[...] The new regulation by SARFT, which became effective since Jan 31st, requires all video sharing site to have a license to operate video business in China. 56.com has not obtained such license so far, nor did Tudou.com and Youku.com. Some of the VC-backed video companies who have obtained the license include 100du.com, Ku6.com, 6.cn, and P2P video service UUSee.com. [...]

By: Leading Chinese video sharing web sites are having trouble staying online » VentureBeat

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:50:27 +0000

[...] This past winter, the Chinese government introduced new regulations that require any new video site to have a license showing that it is majority-owned by a government-controlled business. A grandfather clause in the regulations, as China Web 2.0 Review reported, appeared to have made these three sites exempt from that rule. It is my understanding, from talking to these companies, that not one has actually obtained any sort of operating license, in any case. [...]

By: 互联网视频条例并不太危险

互联网视频条例并不太危险 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:10:51 +0000

[...] 看起来大家都可以放轻松些了。国家广电总局已经在新的互联网法规上作出了一些澄清。China Web 2.0 Review的Tangos在早先的一篇博客中提供了一个来自广电总局新闻发布会的稿子，里面很多都是一些官话，一些都是爷爷辈的语句了。据悉，已经在运营的公司将被允许申请执照，处罚真的是相当的轻，而且没有引起多少人的关注。我确实听说一些谣言，说偶偶已经退出视频分享的前三甲了，并且酷6现在也成现无人看守状。（任何确认和批驳此谣言的留言，我都欢迎）。Tangos也相信，至少有一家这些视频分享网站已经在庆祝，这意味着新的视频分享网站踏入市场变得困难重重，而IDC和带宽的涨价足够令人头疼了。 [...]

By: Paul Denlinger

Paul Denlinger — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:14:07 +0000

Once again, the government moves in late and offers favor to the already established companies. Just shows that it pays to move in early, even if the regulations are unclear.

I wrote about this in the article:http://www.chinavortex.com/2008/02/working-the-gray-areas-in-china

By: trevelyan

trevelyan — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:30:21 +0000

Regulators are once more storming shortly behind venture capitalists and far ahead of a viable revenue model for the industry.

China can’t monetize web services around Adsense, making most of the VC effort doomed. The major sites are still running their own advertising in-house. This leaves the only player with the ability to create an ecology to handle online payments as Tencent, which seems to be occupied elsewhere.

I don’t see how these sites will survive, licensed or not.

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Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:18:07 +0000

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Youtube » Chinese Video Services Allowed to Work Arounds the Restricts — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:22:29 +0000

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