IQiyi Removes Ad Skip Option From Basic Membership, Prompting Renewed Backlash

TechNode04:26 ET

Asian Equities Traded in the US as American Depositary Receipts Open Week Lower in Monday Trading

Asian equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts started the week on a down note Monday morning, declining 0.89% to 2,039.03 on the S&P Asia 50 ADR Index.From North Asia, the gainers

MT NewswiresJul 15 10:44 ET

Basic members can't skip the opening ads? iQiyi customer service responds: different membership rights, can be selected as needed.

On the afternoon of July 15th, Sina Technology reported that in recent days, many netizens have complained that basic members of iqiyi cannot skip 120-second video ads, pointing out ugly practices of the platform. In response, iqiyi's customer service said that there are different packages and different membership benefits for iqiyi, and users can choose the corresponding membership package according to their own needs. Basic members can enjoy the video content of the extreme speed version for free, but cannot exempt from watching ads before or during video content. The "Advertising Privilege" provided by iqiyi only refers to automatically reducing the length of some video pre-roll ads. According to the official website.

新浪科技Jul 15 03:22 ET

IQIYI (NASDAQ:IQ) Shareholders Are up 4.9% This Past Week, but Still in the Red Over the Last Five Years

Yahoo FinanceJul 12 14:28 ET

HK stocks surged | Weibo-SW(09898) rose more than 4% and collaborated with Iqiyi to release popular drama and variety AI character accounts. The company may maintain a $0.2 billion annual dividend.

Weibo-SW(09898) is up over 4%, as of press time, up 4.25%, at HKD 67.45, with a turnover of 3.0098 million Hong Kong dollars.

Zhitong FinanceJul 12 02:56 ET

Asian Equities Traded in the US as American Depositary Receipts Rise in Thursday Trading

Asian equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts were trending higher Thursday morning, rising 0.58% to 2,051.94 on the S&P Asia 50 ADR Index.From North Asia, the gainers were led by

MT NewswiresJul 11 10:49 ET