About Tudou

Tudou (Nasdaq: TUDO) a leading online video company in China. Our “Tudou” brand is the most valuable online video brand in China, according to a 2011 report issued by Sinomonitor commissioned by us. Our website, Tudou.com, is named by the Sinomonitor Report as the most favored and recommended online video website by online video users in China. Tudou.com was the first user generated content and video sharing site launched in China according to Gartner’s report, where users can upload, view and share video clips. Tudou, which means "potato" in Chinese, is a play on the English term “Couch Potato,” went live on April 15, 2005 and has grown into one of China’s largest content delivery networks. As a comprehensive video entertainment site, Tudou's content library includes user generated videos, premium licensed content, and programming developed in-house.

Creativity lies at the core of Tudou. The annual Tudou Video Festival, held in Beijing every spring, has become a signature industry event for China’s aspiring community of young independent video producers and artists to share their best works. We open the door for young talents to express their creative energy through vibrant visuals and original story lines. In addition, we have our in-house original production initiative, “Orange Box,” which produces independent “made-for-Internet” drama series. We will continue to benefit from the trends that the online video becomes an increasingly integral part of China’s entertainment industry and viewers frequently seek highly popular and unique content on Internet.

As of August 2011, Tudou hosted over 50 million of video clips for over 90 million registered users, and hundreds of advertising brands reached our large group of young, urban, affluent viewers across China. Tudou’s content library is available on the web, as well as through connected mobile devices, allowing our viewers to view their preferred content whenever and wherever they would like to.

With the motto "everyone is a director of life," we aspire to build an entertainment video destination where people can find what they want to see, share what they create, and connect with like-minded people.