Tencent buys Malaysian streaming platform Iflix in SE Asia push | Malay Mail

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KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 ― Tencent said today it had purchased Malaysian video streaming platform Iflix's “content, technology, and resources” in a bid to grow its presence in Southeast Asia. The Chinese tech giant said in a statement that Iflix's catalogue of “international, local, and...

Tencent said in a statement that Iflix's catalogue of ‘international, local, and original content’ would enable it to expand the reach of its overseas video streaming service, WeTV, which it launched in Thailand in 2019. — Reuters pic

The Chinese tech giant said in a statement that Iflix's catalogue of “international, local, and original content” would enable it to expand the reach of its overseas video streaming service, WeTV, which it launched in Thailand in 2019. That would make the deal significantly smaller than the US$1 billion valuation that Iflix had sought in 2019 when it planned a public listing in Australia.

Tencent Video, its streaming platform in China, boasted over 110 million paid subscribers at the end of March.

 

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