PPS.tv (PPStream) is a Chinese

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streaming video network software. Since the target users are on the Chinese mainland, there is no official English version, and the vast majority of channels are from

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, mostly

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, and

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. Programmes vary from Chinese movies to Japanese

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, sports channels, as well as popular American TV and films.PPS Internet television official website
The Global Biggest

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service, 2010. It had an 8.9% market share in China in Q3 2010, placing it third, behind

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and Tudou. In May 2013, the online video business of PPS.tv was purchased by

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for $370 million. After the acquisition, PPS.tv continued to operate as a sub-brand under

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, Baidu's online video platform.

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However, the nature of peer to peer serving means that each user of the system is also a server. The upload speed of standard home broadband connections is usually a fraction of the download speed, so several upload sources may be required by each additional peer. Additionally, on services with high contention ratios or poorly configured switches, large numbers of people attempting to use the service may slow all internet usage to unusable speeds. Acting as an upload server to the limit of one's uploads, bandwidth increases the round trip time for webpage requests, making web browsing while using PPS.tv difficult.

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Official site
IQIYI Chinese entertainment websites File sharing networks Streaming television Peercasting Software that uses Qt Peer-to-peer software 2006 establishments in China {{internet-tv-stub

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