Sohu Zhang: Video dealers will not be paid for the scale of two years

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April 9 Afternoon news, Sohu Video today held a homemade drama "hurried that year" press conference, Sohu CEO Charles Zhang said in communication with the media, video is a small audience demand, will not become scale. He is more bullish about charging users, but it takes more than two years to form a scale.

It takes two years to pay for a scale.

Zhang said that the Sohu video revenue model is mainly advertising mode, which is to the brand to collect money, but also to the user charges, such as to see the exclusive source and skip advertising, but user fees are not mainstream.

However, Zhang said the user charges is not far away, "TV can not charge, but it involves a shorter, such as film can be charged, and now payment means development quickly, through mobile phone pay 5 yuan to watch a movie is not expensive." "In fact, in addition to Sohu Video, Archie, Youku potatoes, etc. have already begun to try this model, but Zhang said that the formation of the size of 2 years."

This is also the current Sohu video has no homemade films, Charles Zhang believes that the first business model to set up, the premise is to charge. Charles Zhang hopes to wait for the largest number of charges before considering making a film.

Prior to pplive Foreign said, will join hands to invest in Fang Sunin development of video electronic products. Zhang is not too optimistic, he thought that video may only be a supplement to the electricity quotient, the screen embedded ads for users is only a small audience needs, although it sounds tempting, but will not form a scale.

A truly successful company is not a merger.

Recently on the video industry integration of mergers and acquisitions rumors flying, showing rumors that Sohu video and Tencent Video acquisition, and later on Sohu Weibo, Zhang denied that later on the rumors Tencent shares Youku potato.

Zhang has previously said that the integration of mergers and acquisitions, but others to do he also feel very good. "This actually gives a lot of way to start a business, not only listed, channel integration is also more optimized, this is a good aspect." ”

The bad side of Charles Zhang is summed up, if not very good integration to produce explosive force, it will cause internal injuries. "At least the current Sohu video We dare not go this way." ”

Zhang admitted that the video industry capital mergers and acquisitions, will indeed give Sohu video pressure, but not as the outside analysis, two enterprises after the merger became a Big Mac. "There have been a lot of mergers and acquisitions in the media, but the end result is not necessarily mergers and acquisitions, the real power is internal innovation." ”