More end-of-year activity in China’s online video market. Sohu and Shanda—two of China’s largest online entertainment and media companies—plan to invest up to $10 million in a new fund that will buy Hollywood film and TV content licenses. Shanda (NSDQ: SNDA) is investing in the fund through newly-acquired online video…

Yes, some companies are still brave enough to file for IPOs: Changyou.com, the online gaming division of Chinese online and mobile portal giant Sohu (NSDQ: SOHU), has filed to raise up to $120 million in an IPO. It will be traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol CYOU. It will…

The major Chinese portals continue their torrid pace of growth, as Sohu.com (NSDQ: SOHU) announced Q2 revenue growth of 162 percent to $102 million. GAAP net income of $40.2 million or $1.02 per share was up over 600 percent from last year. The top-line was helped by 53 percent ad…

Sohu (NSDQ: SOHU), the Chinese portal company who already is the online host/content provider for the upcoming Beijing Olympics, has now snagged the rights for the live webcast of all the events, in a deal with the internet arm of CCTV, the Chinese state television network. Though the release doesn’t…

Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU) last week, and now Sohu (NSDQ: SOHU), it’s a good time to be a Chinese internet firm: the provider of search, games and mobile services reported Q1 revs of $84.8 million, a 156 percent increase from the year-ago quarter. Just on a sequential basis, revenue was up…

Now that the Beijing Intermediate People’s Court has accepted the copyright infringement suits brought by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which represents the major record labels, the amounts of their recent lawsuits against Chinese websites can now be made public: Universal Music Group, Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG and…

The music industry is turning up the legal heat on Chinese websites it reckons are flouting its IP. First, Universal, Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG and Warner have filed suit against Baidu, China’s biggest web portal, demanding it remove links to music files around the web. Second, Hong Kong-based EMI spin-off…

Chinese portal Sohu (NSDQ: SOHU) has announced Q4 revenue of $65.3 million, 90 percent more than the previous year’s $34.3 million. Net income soared by nearly 150 percent to $15 million ($.40 per share) from $6 million ($.17 per share). The company’s core ad-driven business grew 35 percent to $33.7…

Chinese internet portal Sohu.com reported Q3 revenues of $51.5 million, up 46 percent from last year’s $35.4 million. Net income kept pace, rising 45 percent to $9.7 million ($.25 per share) from $6.6 million ($.18 per share) in the year-ago period. Results surpassed expectations, as did the company’s Q4 guidance…