Weibo Files for IPO on Nasdaq, Under the Ticker “WB”
On April 1 2014, Sina Weibo renewed its prospectus and announced that Weibo will be listed on Nasdaq as “WB”. On March 15 in 2014, Sina Weibo submitted Form-1 to Securities and Exchange Commission for...
View ArticleSina Net Revenues Increased 19% YoY to $187M in Q2 2014
Sina reported net revenues of $187.0 million, compared to $157.5 million for the same period last year. Gross margin for the second quarter of 2014 was 61%, comparing to 54% in Q2 2013 according to...
View ArticleChina Advertising Spend Overview in July 2014
In July 2014, China overall advertising market had an increase of 4.6%; and, ad spend on traditional media had an increase of 1.1% from prior year according to data of CTR. Ad on newspaper and...
View ArticleChina Online Automobile Buyers Insights 2014
Since 2000, China automobile market has been developing rapidly. As of 2013, average sales volume of automobile increased by 19.8% annually in China. However, the growth slowed in recent two years....
View ArticleTravel Industry Performance on Weibo 2014
Estimated by China Tourism Academy, China would accept 3.76 billion person trips in 2014 with total revenue of RMB3.3 trillion (US$0.53 trillion). With the overwhelming development of mobile internet...
View ArticleBaidu Post Bar More MAUs Than Weibo in Jan 2015
The number of total active users of Baidu Post Bar was 200 million in January 2015, which was 1.27 times of Sina Weibo’s MAUs according to the latest report of We Are Social. Baidu Post Bar was more...
View ArticleChina Advertising Insights 2015
In May 2015, CTR, a Chinese reserach company, announced a new report on China advertising market, which focused on key industries and top advertising marketing companies. In early 2015, advertisers...
View ArticleChina Social Media Marketing Trends in 2015
In 2015, when the total usage of digital media users outpaced that of traditional media, the social media also showed their own unique development properties and characteristics in China. Businesses...
View ArticleChina Mobile Phone Brands Advertising Spends in June 2015
In June 2015, the total advertising spends of mobile phone brands totalled 54.14 million yuan (US$8.45 million). Among them, Meizu spent 10.21 million yuan on online advertising, ranking first;...
View ArticleChina Advertising Market in H1 2015
Affected by multiple factors, the advertising market in China in H1 2015 was mediocre which did not develop as expected. The overall advertising market in China in 2013 showed a growing trend, with a...
View ArticleWhere Will China‘s Mobile Gaming Market Go?
By the first half of 2015, the number of China’s mobile gaming users totaled 365.5 million, which achieved a growth rate of 12.5% compared with the same period last year. China’s mobile gaming market...
View ArticleChina Social Media Users Insights in 2015
China users’ time spent on digital media has exceeded that on traditional media in 2015. Digital media is the largest media by ad revenue; online ad revenue will continue to grow, especially mobile ad...
View ArticleChina Mobile Internet Insights in H1 2015
Despite continuous weak growth and even decline in smartphone sales in China, major domestic mobile phone manufacturers still set a “big leap” of shipping target in H1 2015. Although foreign brands...
View ArticleHong Kong: Only 14% on Online Advertising in Q3 2015
The advertising business admanGo’s survey data shows that internet advertising accounts for only 14% of total advertising spend in Hong Kong in Q3 2015. Most online advertising were on PC or laptops...
View ArticleChina Advertising Market to Grow by 9.1% in 2016
China will remain the world’s largest advertising market in 2016 according to This Year, Next Year report by GroupM. GroupM predicts the growth rate of China’s advertising market will decline from...
View Article482M Chinese Visited Social Media Per Month in 2015
China social media users maintained a rapid growth across all age groups in 2015 according to Kantar. The most popular social media was WeChat, Qzone and Weibo. 50.9% Chinese internet users used...
View ArticleChina Online Video Market Snapshot in Q4 2013
China online video market achieved 12.81 billion Yuan(USD 2.08 billion) with 41.9% YoY increase. The market was expected to maintain a rapid growth and reach 36.6 billion Yuan (USD 5.97 billion) in...
View ArticleiResearch: APP Advertising Will Be The New Growth Point
China digital advertising market kept increasing fast in 2013. The multi-screen media environment was much more common in Chinese netizen’s life, and the cross-screen integration became the focus...
View ArticleMobile World Congress Shanghai 2017 (28 Jun-1 Jul) highlights
The GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai, will be held 28 June – 1 July 2017 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). First and foremost, we are continually working to expand and enhance...
View ArticleChina Wechat App Developers 2013 Report
WeMedia published China wechat app developers 2013 report on November 22 2013, the first report about Chinese wechat app developing industry situation. According to WeMedia, Tencent launched wechat...
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