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Youku Tudou Inc., doing business as Youku, is a video hosting service based in Beijing, China. It operates as a subsidiary of Alibaba Group Holding Limited. Youku has its headquarters on the fifth floor of Sinosteel Plaza in Haidian District, Beijing. Betasozluk
Headquarters: Beijing, China
Date launched: December 21, 2006
Founder: Victor Koo
Employees: 2,104
Type of site: Online video platform
Owner: Youku Tudou Youku Tudou Inc., (formerly Youku Inc.) doing business as Youku Chinese: 优酷; literally: 'excellent/cool' is a video hosting service based in Beijing, China. It operates as a subsidiary of Alibaba Group Holding Limited Type of business
Subsidiary
Type of site
Video hosting service
Available in
Chinese
Founded
March 2006
Headquarters
Beijing, China
Founder(s)
Victor Koo
Industry
Internet
Services
Online services
Revenue
US$ 649.5 million (2014
Employees
2,104
Parent
Alibaba Group
Website
www.youku.com
Alexa rank
Negative increase 1,650 (April 2018
Registration
Optional
(required to upload and/or comment on videos)
Launched
December 21, 2006
Current status
Active
Youku
Traditional Chinese
優酷
Simplified Chinese
优酷
Literal meaning
excellent (and) cool
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Yōukù
Youku has its headquarters on the fifth floor of Sinosteel Plaza in Haidian District, Beijing
On March 12 2012, Youku reached an agreement to merger with Tudou in a stock-for-stock transaction, the new entity being named Youku Tudou Inc. It has more than 500 million monthly active users, with 800 million daily video views.
Youku is one of China's top online video and streaming service platforms, alongside with iQiyi, Sohu, LeTV, Tencent Video, PPTV, 56.com and Funshion. However, Youku's domination in the Chinese market has been toppled by its competitor Baidu's iQiyi.
Youku now has streaming services for shows and films that can be distinguished from YouTube.
Headquarters: Beijing, China
Date launched: December 21, 2006
Founder: Victor Koo
Employees: 2,104
Type of site: Online video platform
Owner: Youku Tudou Youku Tudou Inc., (formerly Youku Inc.) doing business as Youku Chinese: 优酷; literally: 'excellent/cool' is a video hosting service based in Beijing, China. It operates as a subsidiary of Alibaba Group Holding Limited Type of business
Subsidiary
Type of site
Video hosting service
Available in
Chinese
Founded
March 2006
Headquarters
Beijing, China
Founder(s)
Victor Koo
Industry
Internet
Services
Online services
Revenue
US$ 649.5 million (2014
Employees
2,104
Parent
Alibaba Group
Website
www.youku.com
Alexa rank
Negative increase 1,650 (April 2018
Registration
Optional
(required to upload and/or comment on videos)
Launched
December 21, 2006
Current status
Active
Youku
Traditional Chinese
優酷
Simplified Chinese
优酷
Literal meaning
excellent (and) cool
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Yōukù
Youku has its headquarters on the fifth floor of Sinosteel Plaza in Haidian District, Beijing
On March 12 2012, Youku reached an agreement to merger with Tudou in a stock-for-stock transaction, the new entity being named Youku Tudou Inc. It has more than 500 million monthly active users, with 800 million daily video views.
Youku is one of China's top online video and streaming service platforms, alongside with iQiyi, Sohu, LeTV, Tencent Video, PPTV, 56.com and Funshion. However, Youku's domination in the Chinese market has been toppled by its competitor Baidu's iQiyi.
Youku now has streaming services for shows and films that can be distinguished from YouTube.