From the Chinese press

Bright future ahead for Net dramas

Video websites in China are investing big time in self-produced Internet dramas to capitalize on the sudden slowdown in the production of traditional TV dramas because of government restrictions on the latter's broadcast, says an article in Beijing Times. Excerpts:

Director Teng Huatao, whose movies and TV dramas have been very popular with the audience, has announced that his first Internet drama will go online this fall. Within a few months, major video websites, including tudou.com, tencent.com, iqiyi.com and levtv.com, have invested hundreds of millions of yuan to make their own Internet dramas.