The pair informed the board that they had withdrawn the offer after failing to strike a deal despite several rounds of discussions, Baidu said last Monday. The withdrawal came days after New York hedge fund Acacia Partners criticized the online search giant for considering selling iQiyi at a price that is "far too low."

The tradition of outsourcing scriptwriting has been replaced by internal teams at such companies.

这样一来，之前外聘编剧的传统就逐渐被诸如爱奇艺这类公司的内部团队操作所取代。

Baidu wants to continue holding a controlling stake in iQiyi upon the IPO via dual-class shares.

百度希望在IPO后通过双股权制继续控股爱奇艺。

IQiyi, the only Chinese service that licenses shows from Netflix Inc, needs to build up its war chest as it battles rival platforms run by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd.

作为目前中国唯一一家获得Netflix内容授权的视频网站，爱奇艺需要像其竞争对手--阿里巴巴和腾讯的平台一样，打造自己的战争基金。

In April 2017, iQiyi signed a licensing agreement with Netflix to steam some of the US provider's original content including Stranger Things and Black Mirror.

2017年4月，爱奇艺与Netflix签署了一项授权协议，以播出美国提供商的部分原创内容，包括《怪奇物语》和《黑镜》。

IQiyi said in June it's in talks to share more data and revenue with partners, including Alphabet Inc's Google, to bolster its platform.

爱奇艺曾在今年6月份表示，他们正在与包括Alphabet谷歌在内的合作伙伴就分享更多数据和收益进行探讨，以推动该平台。

Qiyi, now known as iQiyi, started in 2010 with investments from Baidu and Providence Equity Partners.

百度与普罗维登斯投资（Providence Equity Partners）在2010年共同投资创办了视频网站奇艺，后更名为爱奇艺。

On Iquiyi alone, the 26 episodes of the 2002 Mr. Bean animated series received 3390 million viewing times.

仅仅在爱奇艺一家网站上，2002年出品的《憨豆先生动画版》的26集节目就有33.9亿的浏览量。

An investor group led by Baidu CEO Robin Li and iQiyi CEO Gong Yu offered in February to acquire Baidu's 80.5 percent stake in a deal that valued at$ 2.8 billion.

今年2月，百度CEO李彦宏和爱奇艺CEO龚宇领导的投资集团计划收购百度持有的爱奇艺80.5%的股份，估值为28亿美元。

Almost a decade after Dragon Ball Z ( 1989-2006) ended, Goku is back again. Dragon Ball Super, a new series that is set to run 100 episodes, recently premiered on Fuji TV in Japan and on Chinese streaming video website iQiyi.

《龙珠Z》（1989-2006）完结已近10年，悟空归来——《龙珠超》设定的剧情长度为100集，近日在日本富士电视台和中国的爱奇艺视频网站上首映。

In February, Mr Li made a non-binding offer for iQiyi.

2月，李彦宏发出对爱奇艺的非约束性要约。

The series has been streamed more than 15 billion times on iQiyi, China's Netflix-like site where the show premiered in July before it reached domestic TV channels and more than 70 markets abroad.

该电视剧于7月在中国的Netflix类网站“爱奇艺”首播，播放量已超过150亿次，之后在国内电视频道和70多个海外市场播放。

Gong Yu, founder and CEO of iqiyi.com, one of China's biggest video stream website, thinks mobile devices influence filmmaking when they create their exclusive shows.

而作为中国最大的视频网站爱奇艺的创始人和CEO，龚宇认为，在制作独家节目时，移动设备会是影响影片制作的一大因素。

But Victor Koo, Youku. com's CEO, says that advertising fees for Chinese video sites are a tenth of a TV ad's price and more cost-effective.

不过，优酷网首席执行长古永锵（Victor Koo）说，中国视频网站的广告费只有电视广告价格的十分之一，更加划算。

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Holding Group continued its streak of deals yesterday, paying$ 1.22 billion for an 18.5% stake in one of China's most popular online video sites Youku Tudou.

中国电子商务巨头阿里巴巴集团（Alibaba Holding Group）续写了其交易记录，该公司已同意斥资12.2亿美元收购优酷土豆（Youku Tudou）18.5%的股份。

Let's go to YouTube and I am gonna pick a clip but called "Wet and Woofy" that I know is in the High-Def on YouTube, here it is.

让我们去优酷看看，我会看一个名为“Wet and Woofy”的视频短片，这个短片在优酷上的点击量还挺高。

Last year, an antipiracy group of Chinese Internet companies filed a number of lawsuits against Youku in Chinese courts, including one that alleged that a Coca-Cola Co. ad had run on Youku accompanying a clip from a Chinese TV show that Youku hadn't licensed.

去年，一个由中国互联网公司组成的反盗版组织向中国法院对优酷网提起了数起诉讼，其中一起诉讼指控可口可乐（Coca-Cola Co.）的一则广告在优酷网上播出时伴有优酷网没有授权的中国电视节目的片段。

Popular series in China include 'The Heirs,' which featured South Korean heartthrob Lee Minho and last year became a huge hit on Youku, the Chinese equivalent of YouTube.

去年由韩星李敏镐（Lee Minho）主演的热门韩剧《继承者们》（The Heirs）在中国视频网站优酷网（Youku）人气爆棚。

Youku Tudou, China's largest video hosting website, announced the creation of its own film studio Thursday in a move to capture a larger slice of the film industry.

中国最大的视频网站优酷土豆（Youku Tudou）周四宣布将设立自己的电影工作室，以便从中国电影市场分得更大份额。

Partners contributing content to its Mi VR app include glossy magazine Cond é Nast Traveller and Chinese video side Youku.

向其小米VR应用贡献内容的合作伙伴包括时尚杂志《悦游》（CondéNast Traveller）以及中国视频平台优酷（Youku）。

Youku Tudou's CEO says they won't monopolize the market in China.

优酷土豆集团CEO说他们不会对中国市场进行垄断。