As Internet TV Grows Popular, Regulator Mulls Show of Force

(Beijing) – Chinese companies have been busily tapping the potential of the Internet protocol television (IPTV) business over past year. More than 20 new Internet TV screens and streaming boxes have been launched by various companies.

At the end of 2013, Tencent Holdings rushed to launch its IPTV product, Weixin TV, in partnership with Internet video content provider iCNTV and manufacturer Skyworth. Earlier in the year, e-commerce giant Alibaba Group released a set-top streaming box developed with content provider Wasu Digital TV Media Group Co., and Baidu Inc also released its IPTV and streaming box based on its video subsidiary iQIYI.