Youku Announces Unaudited Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results
BEIJING, Nov. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Youku Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), China's leading Internet television company ("Youku" or the "Company"), today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011. *Third** Quarter 2011 Highlights** (1)* -- Net revenues w...
Youku Debuts Socially Aware Web Applications
BEIJING, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Youku Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), China's leading Internet television company, revealed Youku Classroom and Youku Music Box, two new web applications from Youku Labs. The two applications leverage Youku APIs to extend the Youku platform to support new services. In...
Youku to Foster New Generation of Filmmakers with Youku Presents
BEIJING, Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Youku Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), China's leading Internet television company, formally launched its new "Youku Presents" initiative to promote young filmmakers with the premiere of "Operation Thanksgiving," a series of short web movies by five promising young dire...
Youku to Release Third Quarter Financial Results on November 16, 2011
BEIJING, Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Youku Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), China's leading internet television company, will report its third quarter 2011 unaudited financial results on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, after the close of the U.S. markets. The earnings teleconference call with simultaneous we...
Youku Releases Revamped iPhone Client
BEIJING, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Youku.com Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), China's leading Internet television company ("Youku"), recently released a major update to its category-leading iOS client for iPhone and iPod Touch handsets. The new version of the Youku app features a radically streamlined in...
Youku and DreamWorks Animation Enter into First-of-its-Kind Online Distribution Agreement for "KungFu Panda" Films in China
BEIJING, Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Youku.com, Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), China's leading internet television company, and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NASDAQ: DWA) announced today that they have entered into a first-of-its-kind online distribution agreement for rights to the DreamWorks Animation...
Youku Expands Online Video Beyond the Web With New Desktop Client and Smart Remote
BEIJING, Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Youku.com, Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), China's leading internet television company, today launched iKu Mini, a free desktop client together with the matching mobile client application enabling users to watch high-quality professional content across multiple interne...
Youku.com Inc. to Hold 2011 Annual General Meeting on October 17, 2011
BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Youku.com Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), China's leading Internet television company ("Youku" or the "Company"), today announced that it will hold its 2011 annual general meeting of shareholders at 47/F Cheung Kong Center, 2 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong on October ...
Youku Original, Philips Premiere "One Step Away" to 2 Million Single-Day Views
BEIJING, Aug. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Youku.com, Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), China's leading Internet television company, recently premiered "One Step Away," a new Youku Original web movie series produced in partnership with Philips and Dong Music. The series marks the latest effort by a major brand to...
Youku Hosts Youku Talents ("Youku Niuren") Gala
BEIJING, Aug. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Youku.com, Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), China's leading Internet television company, is hosting the "Live Your Dreams - Youku Talents" gala in Beijing this evening. Famous comedian Degang Guo and TV hostess Ada Yan Liu emceed the gala, which will honor 24 award winn...
Youku.com Announces Unaudited Second Quarter 2011 Financial Results
BEIJING, Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- *Youku.com** Inc.* (NYSE: YOKU), China's leading Internet television company ("Youku" or the "Company"), today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011. *Second** **Quarter** 2011 **Highlight**s** *(1) -- Ne...
Youku and Partners See Success with Sponsored Original Content
BEIJING, Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Youku.com, Inc., (NYSE: YOKU) China's leading Internet television company ("Youku" or the "Company"), concluded the first season of its original animated serial drama "Miss Puff" on July 29. "Miss Puff" continued Youku Original's tradition of successful new...
Youku to Release Second Quarter Financial Results on August 8, 2011
BEIJING, July 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Youku.com Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), China's leading internet television company, will report its second quarter 2011 unaudited financial results on Monday, August 8, 2011, after the close of the U.S. markets The earnings teleconference call with simultaneous web...
Luxury Brands Step Up Online Video Marketing Efforts With Youku
BEIJING, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Since February 2011, seven world-class luxury brands, most recently Cartier, have opened exclusive branded video channels through China's leading Internet television site Youku.com, Inc. (NYSE: YOKU). Other luxury brands with exclusive presences on Youku i...
Youku Discusses Original Content Strategy and Upcoming Productions
Company Named One of the Most Valuable New Media Platforms at Shanghai International Film Festival SHANGHAI, June 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Youku.com Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), China's leading Internet television company, laid out its plan to grow Youku Original into a full-fledged platform for produci...
Youku Announces Pricing of Follow-on Public Offering of Its ADSs
BEIJING, May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Youku.com Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), the leading Internet television company in China ("Youku" or the "Company"), today announced that its follow-on public offering of 12,310,000 American depositary shares ("ADSs") by the Company and certain of its pre-IPO investor...
Soku Video Search Showcases Youku's "everything about video" Strategy
BEIJING, May 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- After almost a year of development and beta testing, Youku.com, Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), China's leading Internet television company ("Youku"), recently officially unveiled Soku (http://soku.youku.com ), a search tool designed to take into account Chinese online ...
Youku Link Powers Social Video Sharing in China
Millions of videos shared daily over China's leading social media BEIJING, May 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Youku.com, Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), China's leading Internet television company ("Youku"), announced today that Youku Link, the company's cross-platform synchronization product, is now supported b...
Youku Announces Its Intention to File a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission Relating to an Offering of Its ADSs by Youku and Certain of its Pre-IPO Investors
BEIJING, May 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Youku.com Inc. (NYSE: YOKU) today announced it intends to file a registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on or about May 5, 2011 (U.S. Eastern Time) relating to a proposed offering of its American deposita...