Summary: View the latest market Sohu Zhang: Whether to do smart TV is still in the investigation of December 6 afternoon news, Sohu Video today in Beijing to hold a brand recommendation, Sohu CEO Charles Zhang said that 2014 will be the year of self-control, Sohu will make great investment,
See the latest market Sohu Zhang Chaoyang: whether to do smart TV is still research
December 6 afternoon news, Sohu Video today in Beijing to hold a brand recommendation, Sohu CEO Charles Zhang said that 2014 will be the first year of self-control, Sohu will make a big investment, and homemade content will become Sohu Video's debut content product line. On intelligent television, Zhang said it is still in the research stage.
According to Zhang, Sohu Video 2014 of homemade investment will be twice times 2013, self-made content flow output is expected to be 4 times times this year, and self-control will surpass the comprehensive arts, Sohu Video layout after the series category.
In self-control, Sohu Video program and Korean art producers and the team launched a number of homemade programs. At the same time, Sohu Video also plans to launch a TV series as the standard network long play, research and development and production of "hurried that year" and other drama drama, a total of 16 episodes per episode of 45 minutes.
Zhang, speaking with the media after the press conference, talked about the anti-Piracy Alliance, stressing again the appeal for a fair environment. "We are not against a company, against Baidu we have been blocked, suffered great losses, we just want to tell you that the video industry copyright is the most important thing for fair competition." ”
When talking about the development of homemade drama, Charles Zhang believes that there is a real risk, but the network video companies have relatively abundant funds, and the content of the production limit is relatively small, so the risk is relatively small.
After Archie, Youku Potatoes also announced yesterday that it would push the United TV makers to smart TV. Charles Zhang, referring to the strategy, said Sohu video In this aspect is the research stage, because the intelligent TV involves operating platform, manufacturers, operators and many other links, and because the piracy problem still exists, the whole industry is not good shape, so Sohu video In this regard is to do content, hardware or software, currently no conclusion.
Zhang said that in the smart TV strategy, the film is a very important content, but the film industry's most critical issue is piracy, if there is no piracy, users are willing to pay to watch movies, video sites will be to the new trend of development. "The way out of the movie must be a charging model without piracy, and the movie is ideal for watching in an intelligent TV environment," he said. ”