U.S.-based Dolby Laboratories Inc. hopes its latest move to support Chinese consumer electronics makers will expand sales of its Blu-ray Disc products.

The Olympics in Beijing have provided companies around the world the opportunity to jockey into the media spotlight to gain exposure for small Olympic technology feats.

China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has published a full list on its official website, detailing 247 organizations and websites that have been issued an Online Audio-Visual Broadcasting License.

Alipay, a subsidiary of Alibaba, has announced in Hangzhou the launching of Hai Wai Bao, a new Chinese shopping platform which has been jointly set up between Alipay and Australia's online payment company Paymate.

China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has released an announcement on its official website, welcoming online audio and video service providers from both home and abroad to join China's Internet Audio & Video Program Service Alliance.

China will soon issue the second batch of information network audio and video program licenses, which allow companies to provide Internet video websites.

At the Olympic New Media Property Rights Protection Forum organized by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, over one hundred online media in China, including Xinhuanet.com, people.com.cn, uusee.com and Sohu.com, signed the Olympic New Media Property Rights Protection Beijing Manifesto to jointly prevent infringement and piracy during broadcasting of the Olympics in August [...]

Access to Chinese online video provider 56.com has been suspended since 18:00 on June 3, but the company has denied this has something to do with a rumored shutdown by China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. Instead the company attributes the suspension to a server malfunction.

The China Audio and Video Copyright Collective Management Association, which has been brewing for about ten years, has been formally set up in Beijing to implement China's "Copyright Collective Management Rule".

China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has published a second announcement on its official website on the results of online audio and video program service providers in which SARFT says it has asked eight websites to stop running audio and video services and has issued a warning to another 20 websites.

Xunlei.com, a downloading service provider in China, has begun to partner with China's mainstream online content providers such as bbvod.net, jeboo.com, 51tv.net and vale.com.cn in an effort to provide legitimate online content.

Eight websites have signed the Self-discipline Convention on Internet Audio and Video Program in Beijing to promote the long-term development of the online audio and video industry and create a good environment for growth of the industry.