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Hits to the fandom economy will reshape entertainment platforms.

Kuaishou is increasing user engagement, leading to more e-commerce conversion as brands flock to the platform to sell and market their products.

ByteDance and Tencent have an embittered history of wrangling over exclusive intellectual property.

State agencies now hold 1% share and board seat at domestic unit.

ByteDance has lost yet another court case against Tencent for hosting videos involving Honor of Kings.

CCTV has exclusive broadcast rights to the Olympics in China and urged the government to clamp down on the proliferation of unauthorized content on short-video apps.

Data protection becoming more important as consumers demand privacy.

The company trains and markets short-video content creators across social channels like Douyin.