Bytedance Overtakes Baidu, Tencent in H1 Digital Ad Revenue

 /  Entertainment Marketing  / 
Brands are increasingly shifting budget to short video apps, which are outperforming other internet platforms. Read More

Tencent’s Profits Fall in Q3 Amid Rising Competition for Ad Budget

 /  News  / 
Media advertising revenue fell 28% year on year to RMB 3.7 billion due to weaker performance from platforms such as Tencent Video, which was affected by the challenging economic environment and unpredictability in scheduling major content releases. Read More

Tencent Partners with Nintendo on Console Games for US

 /  Game  / 
The company hopes to create console games using virtual characters from known Nintendo titles. Read More

Headlines from China: Tencent to Release Comic Book Series Based on ‘The Three-Body Problem’

 /  Headlines From China  / 
The Three-Body Problem, an award-winning science fiction novel written by Liu Cixin, has now been adapted into comic series. Read More

Tencent Video Partners with Maoyan to Further Entertainment Push

 /  News  / 
With this partnership, Maoyan and Tencent Video will integrate their ecosystems by converging traffic, promoting a joint membership program, and sharing data. Read More

Headlines from China: Tencent’s Hit Web Series ‘The Untamed’ to Stream on Netflix

 /  Headlines From China  / 
Based on a web novel titled Mo Dao Zu Shi (魔道祖师), the 50-episode web series was first released on Tencent Video, and made its two lead actors, Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo, hottest male stars in China. Read More

Tencent Resumes NBA Preseason Broadcasts After Brief Suspension

 /  News  / 
The game suspension started on Oct 8 and lasted just five days. Read More

Tencent’s Patriotism-themed Game Tops Charts Prior to China’s 70th Anniversary

 /  Game  / 
Tencent’s patriotic city-building mobile title "Homeland Dream" has topped the free game chart on Apple’s China App Store on the eve of the country’s anniversary, beating the company’s other popular titles such as "Honour of Kings." Read More

Tencent Taps Teen Market With Anime Investment

 /  News  / 
In announcing the investment on Tuesday, Kuaikan didn’t detail how the money will be spent, but highlighted its ambition to become the “Disney of the new era.”  Read More

CBI News Wrap: Alibaba’s Idle Fish, Tencent’s Rocket Girls, Placing Products in the Past

 /  CBI  / 
Alibaba’s Idle Fish recent talk show sponsorship offers a model for the development of brand integration in Chinese variety programming. Read More

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