Tencent Video
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Tencent Video ({{lang-zh|s=腾讯视频|p=Téngxùn Shìpín}}, also called WeTV outside of China) is a Chinese video streaming website owned by Tencent, launched in April 2011. As of October 2022, Tencent Video has 120 million paid subscribers, making it the 4th largest streaming service in the world, after Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+.{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2022 |title=TENCENT ANNOUNCES 2022 THIRD QUARTER RESULTS |url=https://static.www.tencent.com/uploads/2022/11/16/33aad36dea97848eb75aa988d785e9f8.pdf |language=en}} Tencent Video also operates an international version, WeTV,[https://wetv.vip/en WeTV] which was launched in 2018.
Tencent Video supports online video on demand, television broadcasts, and in July 2017 began featuring video content on TCL Corporation, China's biggest television maker.{{Cite news |url=http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/consumer/tencent-makes-smart-tv-push-in-joint-venture-with-chinas-biggest-tv-maker |title=Tencent makes smart TV push in joint venture with China's biggest TV maker |agency=Reuters |date=5 July 2017 |via=The Business Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709080119/http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/consumer/tencent-makes-smart-tv-push-in-joint-venture-with-chinas-biggest-tv-maker |archive-date=9 July 2017 |url-status=live}}
History
Tencent Video launched with an independent domain in April 2011; the Tencent Video documentary channel was launched in June.{{cite news|title=Tencent video documentary channel was launched|url=http://tech.ifeng.com/internet/detail_2011_06/25/7246340_0.shtml|work=tech.ifeng.com|access-date=2017-12-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212084329/http://tech.ifeng.com/internet/detail_2011_06/25/7246340_0.shtml|archive-date=2017-12-12|url-status=live}} By August 2012, Tencent Video had reached 200 million daily average broadcasts.
On 27 April 2013, Tencent Video reached an agreement with six major production companies: BBC Worldwide, ITV Studios, Fremantle Media, All3Media International, and Endemol,{{cite news|title=腾讯视频与BBC等制作公司达成中国最大英剧资源引进|url=http://ent.ifeng.com/a/20130505/24940071_0.shtml|work=ent.ifeng.com|access-date=2017-12-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212084116/http://ent.ifeng.com/a/20130505/24940071_0.shtml|archive-date=2017-12-12|url-status=live}} and shortly after launched its first British TV channel was launched, China's first British drama broadcast platform.{{cite news|title=腾讯视频发布独家大剧计划 打造第一英剧平台_娱乐_腾讯网|url=http://ent.qq.com/a/20130613/000712.htm#p=1|work=ent.qq.com|language=zh-CN|access-date=2017-12-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212084320/http://ent.qq.com/a/20130613/000712.htm#p=1|archive-date=2017-12-12|url-status=live}}
On 27 April 2022, Disney China announced that "迪家影视俱乐部" (literal translation Disney's Home of Film and Television Club) would be launched on Tencent Video,迪士尼“迪家影视俱乐部”上线腾讯视频 https://www.jiemian.com/article/7392315.html https://web.archive.org/web/20220504010704/https://www.jiemian.com/article/7392315.html providing Disney's movies, children's animation series and documentaries including selected Disney+ Original films.腾讯视频携迪士尼上线迪家影视俱乐部 以影迷生态为会员体验增值 http://news.jxntv.cn/2022/0429/9610188.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20220504010756/http://news.jxntv.cn/2022/0429/9610188.shtml
In 2023, Tencent Video launched a new version of its logo,{{Cite web |title=腾讯视频启用新Logo |url=https://www.logonews.cn/934.html |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=标志情报局 |language=zh-Hans}} and collaborated with the Douyin Group in the same year.{{Cite web |title=腾讯视频与抖音达成合作{{!}}界面新闻 · 快讯 |url=https://www.jiemian.com/article/9200875.html |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=www.jiemian.com}}
Usage
In October 2017, Tencent Video's revenue was CNY 65.2 billion (US$9.87 billion). In September 2017, Tencent Video was one of eight Chinese apps in the top 30 mobile apps with the largest revenue in the App Store and Google Play Stores. In October 2017, Tencent Video ranked among the top 15 apps with the largest global consolidated monthly income with Tencent Video ranked top in revenue of iOS entertainment applications in China in October 2017.{{cite news|last1=Liu|first1=Alon|title=Tencent Third Quarter Earnings Report: Tencent Video realized strong growth in business and revenue|url=http://tech.qq.com/a/20171120/020177.htm|publisher=Tencent Technology|access-date=2017-12-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212085824/http://tech.qq.com/a/20171120/020177.htm|archive-date=2017-12-12|url-status=live}}
Censorship
Tencent's relationship with the Chinese government has attracted controversy, as content produced or distributed by the platform is subject to censorship with high levels of surveillance.{{Cite web|date=2021-07-15|title=No cults, no politics, no ghouls: how China censors the video game world|url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/jul/15/china-video-game-censorship-tencent-netease-blizzard|access-date=2022-02-07|website=the Guardian|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Kharpal|first=Arjun|date=2020-05-08|title=Chinese tech giant Tencent reportedly surveilled foreign users of WeChat to help censorship at home|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/08/tencent-wechat-surveillance-help-censorship-in-china.html|access-date=2022-02-07|website=CNBC|language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Pavia |first=Will |title=Chinese streaming platform Tencent edits Fight Club to appease censors |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/chinese-streaming-platform-tencent-edits-fight-club-to-appease-censors-jkt2xw26j |access-date=2022-02-07 |newspaper=The Times |language=en |publication-place=New York |issn=0140-0460}}
See also
References
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External links
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- {{official website|https://v.qq.com/|Tencent Video in China}}
- {{official website|https://wetv.vip/en|Tencent Video International}}
{{Tencent Holdings}}
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{{Chinese Internet video website}}
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Category:Internet properties established in 2011
Category:2011 establishments in China