Baidu Inc's iQiyi is targeting a US initial public offering as soon as in 2018 that could value China's most popular streaming video service at more than$ 8 billion, two people familiar with the matter say.

The H Collective said that it will finance "xXx 4" alongside several investment partners, including Sparkle Roll Media, iQiyi Pictures, Dadi Huarui, and so on is slated to begin in 2019.

The H Collective电影公司表示，将与多家投资伙伴一起为《极限特工4》融资，投资伙伴包括Sparkle Roll Media、爱奇艺、大地华瑞等。影片计划于2019年投产。

According to the statistics on iQIYI, the first season was viewed more than 700 million times.

据爱奇艺的统计数据显示，该动画第一集浏览量超过了7亿。

Starring Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo, the show is now airing on iQiyi.com at 9 p.m. every Wednesday and Thursday, the same time as on South Korean KBS 2TV.

这部由宋钟基和宋慧乔主演的电视剧，每周三和周四的下午9点在爱奇艺播出，而韩国的KBS2TV也在同步播出。

Gong Yu, CEO of iQiyi, said earlier that the company had 20 million paying subscribers in June.

爱奇艺CEO龚宇今年6月曾表示，爱奇艺付费用户已突破2000万。

IQIYI already has agreements with the BBC, Paramount Pictures and Lionsgate, among others.

爱奇艺也已经与英国广播公司（BBC）、派拉蒙影业、狮门影业以及其他公司达成了协议。

The exact increase in subscriptions is not yet available until the drama concludes at the middle of April, but iQiyi estimates that at least 3 million new VIP users have signed up to watch.

在该电视剧四月中旬播放结束之前，订阅增长的准确数字还无法得出。但是爱奇艺方面预计现在至少有300万名新VIP用户已经报名观看。

The pair informed the board that they had withdrawn the offer after failing to strike a deal despite several rounds of discussions, Baidu said last Monday.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."

百度公司上周一表示，双方在几轮讨论之后仍未达成协议，之后致信百度董事会撤回私有化要约。百度股东、纽约对冲基金Acacia Partners批评爱奇艺的出售价格“过低”。

The tradition of outsourcing scriptwriting has been replaced by internal teams at such companies.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