Beijing Sohu Internet Information Service Co., Ltd., one of the top ten brands of online media, an earlier video sharing platform in China, and a comprehensive video website with genuine high-definition long video as a significant advantage, covering traditional video services such as live TV, video news, TV column library and podcasts uploaded by netizens
Sohu Video is the first comprehensive video website in China with genuine high-definition long videos as a significant advantage, and it is the first in China to realize the anonymous UGC upload function for users. The self-developed RC module and CDN scheduling optimization technology are in the leading position in the world, and have overcome a number of technical problems. On the basis of the three concepts of "authoritative media, professional production, and sincere production", Sohu Video implements the "Media (Media) Entertainment (Entertainment) strategy", and has reached strategic cooperation with more than 100 TV stations, currently broadcasting nearly 40 mainstream satellite TV stations, and realizing it on the mobile terminal, which is the only video client with live broadcast function in the current mainstream video website. Relying on the overall matrix advantages of Sohu, we will build an influential and credible media platform; With professional operation capabilities, investment strength and production standards, it has deeply integrated with the entertainment industry chain and detonated the innate advantages accumulated by Sohu Video in the entertainment industry for a long time.
At the end of 2008, it was the first company in China to launch a series of high-definition high-quality video channels such as 100% genuine high-definition movies, TV dramas, variety shows, documentaries, music, etc., which quickly became one of the most competitive and influential comprehensive video platforms in China.
In 2010, Sohu Video was fully integrated with Sohu Entertainment and Sohu Matrix Media Platform, which further strengthened Sohu Video's unique leadership in portal media attributes, and at the same time was the first to put forward and practice the concept of "Taiwan-network linkage", and in the field of publicity and marketing, it was fully integrated with traditional TV stations to achieve high-quality industrial synergistic development effects.
In 2011, Sohu Video continued to make efforts in self-made film and television dramas and columns, and Sohu production has become a recognized strong original brand in the industry, with the production idea of "all-star, big investment, high quality, and strong production", to maintain the leading position in the industry. Sohu Video's well-crafted "portal dramas" "Qian Duoduo's Marrying", "Crazy Office", "Summer Sweetheart" and the online movie masterpiece "7 Movies" have all achieved a bumper harvest in clicks and word-of-mouth. Among them, "The Story of Qian Duoduo Marrying" also won China's first national online drama award, the Jinpeng Award for Best Online Drama, relying on excellent content and excellent production level, and "Summer Sweetheart" received 558 million views. At the same time, we will intensify efforts to launch a series of high-quality original columns, such as "Sohu Video Big Vision", "Military Intelligence Outpost", "Spiritual Interview", "Weiyan Dayi", "Star Online", "Dapeng Bang Bang", and "NEW FACE". We will achieve strong synergies with our unique portal media power and achieve a positive business cycle through a sustainable business model that is constantly innovating.
In 2012, the most expensive self-made column on the Internet "Upward Boy" was born, and Sohu Satellite TV became the first program on the Internet to be reversely exported to a TV station through linkage with Hunan Satellite TV. In terms of self-made dramas, through co-production of "Secret Angel" and "Cat-Man Queen" with teams from South Korea and the United States, a new model of large-scale production, high investment and high-quality online self-made dramas has been created.
