Tencent Video ( zh, s=腾讯视频, p=Téngxùn Shìpín, also called WeTV outside of China) is a Chinese video streaming website owned by

Tencent Tencent Holdings Ltd. ( zh, s=腾讯, p=Téngxùn) is a Chinese Multinational corporation, multinational technology Conglomerate (company), conglomerate and holding company headquartered in Shenzhen. It is one of the highest grossing multimed ...

, launched in April 2011. As of October 2022, Tencent Video has 120 million paid subscribers, making it the 4th largest streaming service in the world, after

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, and

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. Tencent Video also operates an international version, WeTV, which was launched in 2018. Tencent Video supports online

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, television broadcasts, and in July 2017 began featuring video content on TCL Corporation, China's biggest television maker.

History

Tencent Video launched with an independent domain in April 2011; the Tencent Video documentary channel was launched in June. By August 2012, Tencent Video had reached 200 million daily average broadcasts. On 27 April 2013, Tencent Video reached an agreement with six major production companies:

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, Fremantle Media, All3Media International, and Endemol, and shortly after launched its first British TV channel was launched, China's first British drama broadcast platform. On 27 April 2022,

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China announced that "迪家影视俱乐部" (literal translation ''Disney's Home of Film and Television Club'') would be launched on Tencent Video, providing Disney's movies, children's animation series and documentaries including selected Disney+ Original films. In 2023, Tencent Video launched a new version of its logo, and collaborated with the Douyin Group in the same year.

Usage

In October 2017, Tencent Video's revenue was CNY 65.2 billion (US$9.87 billion). In September 2017, Tencent Video was one of eight Chinese apps in the top 30 mobile apps with the largest revenue in the

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and Google Play Stores. In October 2017, Tencent Video ranked among the top 15 apps with the largest global consolidated monthly income with Tencent Video ranked top in revenue of iOS entertainment applications in China in October 2017.

Censorship

Tencent's relationship with the Chinese government has attracted controversy, as content produced or distributed by the platform is subject to

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with high levels of surveillance.

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