Victor Koo
Victor Koo
Victor Kooserved as president Sohu.com before leaving to co-found video website Youku in 2006, which merged with Tudou in 2012, creating one of China's premiere video portals. Prior to the announcementof the merger, Youku was the #11 website in China, and Tudou was #14...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryChina
believes business continue enhance increase key number opportunity platform strongly terms users value
Our management team strongly believes that the key opportunity of our business does not only come from just the increase in terms of number of users but also how we continue to enhance the value of our platform for our users.
audience base brand leadership online platform reach user video
On the monetization front, our strengthening leadership in internet user base and broadening reach of our platform have already positioned us as a must-buy platform in online video for brand advertisers to reach a nationwide audience within China.
became carrying early marketing mostly platform premier promotion
Our platform is a one-stop shop, from marketing and promotion through to ticketing. But even in the early days, in 2006-07, when we were mostly carrying shortform video, we became the premier movie marketing platform.
helped since transform video
Since our inception, Youku Tudou as the leader in the multi-screen video space has helped transform how video and entertainment-related content is distributed and marketed.
china content database form hard pure users whether youtube
It's very hard to just have a pure form like a Hulu or a YouTube to be successful in China because our view is, users come to a platform; they really don't care whether it is professional or whether it's a user-generated, or it's premium, you see. They want to come to a big database to be able to find the content they want.
continue cooperation emphasize open partners remain strategic wish
I do wish to emphasize that in light of the Alibaba deal, Youku Tudou management will remain independent, and we will continue to be open to opportunities for cooperation with other strategic partners going forward.
age based both difference itself number original position terms
Both YouKu and Tudou do original content for a number of years, and we position it based on our difference in terms of age demographic. And so the content itself is really more suitable for the brand itself.
china continues evolve fully further increasing online realize top traffic video
On top of opportunities in further traffic growth, there are increasing opportunities to fully realize the potential of the online video ecosystem, as China continues to evolve into a consumer-driven economy.
helped since
Youku Tudou has helped transform how media and entertainment-related content is distributed and marketed since our inception.
confident content future profitable scale
With the scale of our traffic, content library and monetization ability, we are confident to see profitable growth in the future.
business
If Youku had adopted YouTube's business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist.
If you don't like what you do, you're probably dragging your feet.
consumer direct games movies revenue
Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for.
relationship strategic
Broadening and deepening the relationship with our users and advertisers have always been our strategic priority.