Youku Transcends YouTube as China Becomes Center of Internet
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Youku.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Victor Koo says he’s tired of being asked whether his company, China’s biggest online-video provider, is the nation’s version of YouTube or Hulu. It’s both and better, he says.
“We are in the midst of an arguably more interesting opportunity: Hulu at a YouTube scale,” Koo, 44, said in an interview. “The Internet TV opportunity in China is unique and also arguably more attractive than the rest of the world.”