PPTV () is a Chinese video streaming website. Its predecessor, PPLive, was peer-to-peer streaming video freeware created at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, Hubei Province. The group of companies that runs the website was headed by

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-incorporated offshore company PPLive Corporation. However, the actual operations were mainly carried out by Shanghai SynaCast Media Tech Co., Ltd. ().

History

A 68.08% stake of the parent company of PPTV, PPLive Corporation, was acquired by Chinese

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listed company Suning Commerce Group (now known as Suning.com) in 2013–14. However, the stake was re-sold to Suning.com's largest shareholder,

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in 2015, for .

TV rights

PPTV owns the following

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broadcasting rights in China: * International Champions Cup * UEFA **UEFA National Team Home Friendlies (2018–2022) ** UEFA Champions League (2018–2022) ** UEFA Europa League (2018–2022) ** UEFA Super Cup (2018–2021) ** UEFA Youth League (2018–2021) ** UEFA Women's Champions League (2018–2021) *

Copa América The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...

(2020) * Chinese Super League (2018-2025) (terminated before 2021 season commenced) *

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J League The , officially is Japan's professional football league including the first division J1 League, second division J2 League and third division J3 League of the Japanese association football league system. J1 League is one of the most successfu ...

* DFL (2018-2023) (terminated after 2020–21 season) ** Bundesliga ** DFL-Supercup ** DFB-Pokal * La Liga (2015–2020) (terminated after 2018–19 season) * Copa del Rey *

Supercopa de España The Supercopa de España or the ''Spanish Super Cup'' is a super cup tournament in Spanish football. Founded in 1982 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2019–20 by four teams: the winners and runners-up of ...

* Premier League (2019–2022) (terminated early in August 2020) * FA Cup (2018–2024) (terminated in February 2021) *

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(2018–2020) * Serie A (2018-2021) (terminated in February 2021) *

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(2018-2021) * Brasileirão (2021) * Primera Division de Argentina https://www.cbf.com.br/a-cbf/informes/index/brasileirao-assai-sera-transmitido-na-china-pela-pp-sports-lider-em-d

References

External links

* Peercasting Peer-to-peer software Chinese entertainment websites Video hosting {{China-stub