The $19M payment brings C-Media’s total investment in the China pay TV VOD service up to $25M, and gives it three of YOU On Demand‘s seven board seats, the companies say this morning. Two current board members, Michael Jackson (former chairman of Universal Television, USA Entertainment, and CEO of UK’s Channel Four)…

The arrangement should help YOU to beef up its mobile VOD business, which kicked off in November with films from Paramount. While the company isn’t disclosing deal terms, it expects to ultimately have 500 movies for its YOU Cinema app, which comes preloaded on Huawei Mate smartphones. Lionsgate‘s contributions are…

Studio and theater owners who wonder what would happen to sales if movies are rushed to home video should keep an eye on what’s happening in China. Warner Bros has begun an experiment to stay ahead of DVD pirates by putting films on the You On Demand VOD cable platform as early as four weeks after they first appear in…

‘Everybody Dance Now’ Stumbles But Murdochs Keep Music Playing Everybody Dance Now, a new Australian series hosted by Lachlan Murdoch's wife Sarah Murdoch and featuring American “dance masters” Kelly Rowland and Jason Derülo, has stumbled badly on Network Ten, whose chairman is … Lachlan Murdoch. The Sunday night…

(New York, NY, 08/01/12) – YOU On Demand Holdings, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: YOD) PRC subsidiary, a leading Pay-Per-View (PPV) and Video On Demand (VOD) platform in China, announced today that it has signed an agreement to offer Paramount Pictures titles through YOU On Demand's Transactional Video On Demand (TVOD) and…

The company name sounds a little creepy, but investors attracted to anything that has to do with China and entertainment may be glad to know that beginning tomorrow NASDAQ will carry shares of YOU On Demand, China’s top provider of pay-per-view and VOD services, under the ticker symbol “YOD.”  It currently offers…

The deal with Disney Media Distribution follows a similar one with Lionsgate’s Asian arm Celestial Tiger Entertainment and continues the ramp-up of the service, which already boasts a deal with Warner Bros. Here’s the release: NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2012 — YOU On Demand Holdings, Inc.’s (OTCBB: CBBD / CBBDD) PRC joint…