Baidu Online Video Unit iQiyi Works With China Unicom on 5G
Chinese online video giant iQiyi began collaborating with carrier China Unicom on rollout of 5G services, and opened a Beijing “innovation showroom” that showcases the “ample bandwidth and minimal latency of 5G to effectively ensure high frame rates,” said CEO…
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Yu Gong on a fiscal Q1 earnings call Thursday evening. “In the future,” 5G will allow users “to enjoy a smoother experience when watching our extensive selection of high-quality video content,” he said. “We believe the Chinese online entertainment industry has entered a new growth space with enormous opportunities for the years to come,” said Gong. IQiyi parent Baidu hopes to expand its “platform reach” to DuerOS smart devices “in home and in auto and out-of-home digital screens,” said CEO Robin Li on a separate call. The artificial intelligence-based DuerOS platform is China’s leading voice assistant, with an installed base of 275 million devices at the end of Q1, a 279 percent increase from a year earlier, said Li. The Beijing internet-tech provider wants to “prepare our users to move from mobile-only to a cross-platform experience, seamlessly crisscrossing back and forth on mobile, in-home and in autos,” he said.