Tudou’s Co-Founder and CEO Gary Wang spoke at the recent Forbes Global CEO Conference in Sydney, Australia.

This annual invite only event was the 10th of its kind and Gary was among 400 global CEOs, tycoons, entrepreneurs, up-and-comers, capitalists and thought leaders in attendance.

More information on the panel that Gary was invited to speak on:

Dive into our imagination

Want to catch a movie, watch television, listen to music, play video games, read a book, search, shop or socialize online? Consumers today face multiple choices for entertainment and information across different media platforms. While celebrities grab headlines and hits capture audiences, media companies creating and distributing content face a spotlight of a different kind.

Amid a global advertising slump, they must develop innovative business models and strategies that adapt to rapid technological change. In the age of the Internet, where information can be free, digital works can be duplicated and distributed on a global scale. Search engines are increasingly powerful in areas such as online advertising and mobile technology.

How should media companies capitalize on the Internet’s potential for content delivery and maximizing digital revenues? How should content be valued and tied to rights? Another challenge for media companies is to build enduring entertainment brands that grow fans and customers.

How should they produce and manage lucrative properties that generate diverse revenues from DVDs, merchandise, theme-park rides, Broadway musicals and video games?

The panel was moderated by Senthil Chengalvarayan, President and Editorial Director of India’s TV 18 Business Media and Host of the Forbes India Show

Confirmed speakers:

• Ryan Stokes, CEO, Australian Capital Equity and Executive Director, Seven Group Holdings

• Dr. Seok Hyun Hong, Chairman and CEO, JoongAng Ilbo

• Le Hong Minh, Chairman and CEO, VNG Corporation

• Gary Wang, CEO, Tudou.com

• Timothy Forbes, President and Chief Operating Officer, Forbes Media

In addition to speaking, Gary was also interviewed by key media outlets during the conference who were interested in learning more about Tudou’s new initiatives and strategy.

If you’re interested in learning more about Tudou contact:

Anita Huang 黄蕙雯
VP of PUB – Product, User, Business Development Tudou – www.tudou.com
土豆网 产品和社区部副总裁
Tel: +86 21 51702355 ext. 6300
Email: ahuang@tudou.com

“The Annual Meeting of the New Champions, the “Summer Davos”, is the foremost global business gathering in Asia. Introduced in 2007, the Meeting is held in close collaboration with the People’s Republic of China and with the personal support of Premier Wen Jiabao.

Driving growth through sustainability is fundamental for global, national and business competitiveness in the 21st century. This year’s programme will focus on how to increase energy efficiency, lower carbon emissions, develop green technology and rebuild basic infrastructure.

It will also provide a systemic overview of key economic, industry and technological developments that will reshape business and society for the foreseeable future.”

Tudou is proud to be a media partner of the 2010 Tianjin Summer Davos  “Annual Meeting of the New Champions” conference. We will be on the ground in Tianjin live streaming the open session of the conference from September 13-15 and have created a dedicated mini site on Tudou.

Tudou will also have its own media booth on site at the conference and will be interviewing the government and business leaders in attendance with Q&A from users that we’ve been soliciting on Tudou’s site since early August. Where possible, those interviews will be live streamed and broadcast on the dedicated mini-site.

Tudou’s Founder & CEO Gary Wang will be participating in the following Summer Davos private sessions as an invited attendee.

Sep 13 at 14:15: “Live from China – The Future of Online Video”

Sep 14 at 10:45: “Social Media in China”

Stay tuned on Tudou for updates and interview from this annual gathering of world leaders and business influencers!

If you’re interested in learning more about Tudou contact:

Anita Huang 黄蕙雯
VP of PUB – Product, User, Business Development Tudou – www.tudou.com
土豆网 产品和社区部副总裁
Tel: +86 21 51702355 ext. 6300
Email: ahuang@tudou.com

click on each image to download

Tudou Launches  Real Time Video Trans-coding for Mobile Platforms

Launching new mobile video technology combining HTML5 and HTTP live streaming enabling mobile users to access its 40-million video library

First video site to roll out real time video trans-coding access to its complete library of 40 million videos.

(September 7, 2010 – Shanghai, China) China’s leading video website Tudou (www.tudou.com) announces the open beta of its mobile video technology using HTML5 and HTTP live streaming enabling consumers’ full access of its over 40 millions videos on the web repository.  The break-through core technology “real time video trans-coding” is applied on major mobile platforms, now in open beta for Symbian, Andriod, Windows Mobile, and in closed beta for iPhone and iPad.  Globally Tudou is the first video website rolling out real time video trans-coding access to its complete video library.

Gary Wang, Tudou Founder and CEO, explained that Tudou’s mobile research and development efforts foresee HTML5 video rendering to become the next major protocol delivering video contents cross multiple platforms from PCs, and mobile phones to various portable devices providing much higher compatibility.

On the web, HTML language with Adobe Flash Player embed delivering FLV flash format video files has been the dominant industry standard for video websites across the world.  In January 2010, Youtube announced testing HTML5 on select videos on desktop and in July testing HTML5 on its mobile site has remained in limited launch since then.  In the mobile space, browsers and apps are not as standardized from a platform perspective.  By transitioning to HTML5, video content can be viewed by implementing < video > tag and delivering MPG4 format video files.  Videos being requested will load inside a new browser-based player instead of generating another player app, which usually takes more time on mobile devices.

In the meantime, Tudou is gradually launching Tudou Mobile Widget 2.0 across Symbian, Andriod, Windows Mobile, iPhone, iPad, Java and Bada platforms.  Within a month or two it will be available on 27 major mobile brands, and over 210 handset models shipped out of China.  Recently, the Tudou Mobile Widget was featured in the Nokia OVi app store and iPad Safari as the preferred Chinese online video application.  Tudou Mobile Widget 2.0 can be downloaded on the web via http://mobile.tudou.com/

For more about Tudou’s mobile developments. Please feel free to contact:

Anita Huang 黄蕙雯
VP of PUB – Product, User, Business Development Tudou – www.tudou.com
土豆网 产品和社区部副总裁
Tel: +86 21 51702355 ext. 6300
Email: ahuang@tudou.com