TikTok Volanews

ByteDance Explores Sale Of Indian TikTok Assets To Rival Firm Glance China’s ByteDance is said to be exploring the sale of the India operations of TikTok to rival unicorn Glance, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday.

by DealStreetAsia

2021-02-15

INDIA REGULATION TikTok

India Moves To Permanently Ban TikTok, And 58 Other Chinese Apps The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) has issued fresh notices to TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps to impose a permanent ban on these apps in India, a person aware of the development said.

by LiveMint

2021-01-26

US WALMART TikTok

Walmart Partners With TikTok to Sell Merchandise While Livestreaming The world's largest retailer's planned investment in TikTok will help it engage with younger audience and supercharge its battle against Amazon.com Inc

by LiveMint

2020-12-18

CHINA GIANT TikTok

Chinese Tiktok Ban Halted by US Federal Judge Amid the ongoing tussle between the US and China, TikTok has been working with Walmart (NYSE:WMT) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) to broker a deal, in a bid to bypass a sanction.

by KrAsia

2020-09-29

CHINA US GIANT

Trump Agrees to China's Tiktok Deal with Oracle And Walmart, Allowing App’S U.S. Operations to Continue TikTok said it will maintain and expand its headquarters in the U.S., while bringing 25,000 jobs across the country. Trump had said a new company will likely be incorporated in Texas.

by cnbc

2020-09-21

CHINA US GIANT

Oracle, Walmart, Other US Investors Set to Own Majority Stake in Tiktok Global The new company, called TikTok Global, will have a majority of American directors and a US chief executive.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-09-18

CHINA GIANT TikTok

Oracle Confirms Deal with Chinese Tiktok-Owner Bytedance to Become 'Trusted Technology Provider' Depending on how the deal works out, it could boost Oracle’s cloud business. It might make Oracle more visible to young consumers and give it control over a prominent advertising venue.

by cnbc

2020-09-15

CHINA GIANT TikTok

Chinese Tiktok in Talks with Donald Trump Administration to Avoid Full Sale of US Assets The talks with the administration have picked up since last week, when the Chinese government passed new rules restricting the export of artificial-intelligence technology, which could affect the sale of TikTok to a non-Chinese owner.

by KrAsia

2020-09-10

CHINA GIANTS TikTok

Softbank Is Said to Consider Bid for China's Tiktok in India TikTok is considering selling its operations in several countries after local governments shut out the app, citing fears that sensitive user data was passing into the hands of the Chinese state.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-09-04

CHINA GIANT TikTok

China's TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Quits after Less Than Three Months TikTok, in an emailed statement, confirmed the departure and said that the political dynamics of the last few months had “significantly changed” the scope of Mayer’s role.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-08-28

CHINA VIDEO GIANT TikTok

Trump to Give Tiktok’s Chinese Owner 45 Days to Reach Deal to Sell Under the proposed deal, Microsoft said it would take over TikTok's operations in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-08-03

CHINA GIANT BYTEDANCE

Chinese Bytedance Investors Value Tiktok at $50b in Takeover Bid By comparison, Snap is valued at 15 times its projected 2020 revenue, at about $33 billion, according to data provider Refinitiv.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-07-30

CHINA VIDEO GIANT TikTok

Tiktok to End Operations in Hong Kong Last August, TikTok claimed to have 150,000 users in the territory.

by KrAsia

2020-07-08

AFRICA GIANT TikTok

TiKTok Pledges $10 Million towards Immunization Efforts in Africa The funds will go towards supporting efforts for both routine vaccinations against existing infectious diseases in Africa, as well as future deployment of COVID-19 vaccines.

by TechMoran

2020-04-30

INDIA ENTERTAINMENT TikTok

After TikTok’s Success, Bytedance Brings Resso Music Streaming App To India Resso is also offering free and paid models in India.

by Inc42

2020-03-05

CHINA ENTERTAINMENT TikTok

Report: TikTok, Douyin’s Overseas Version Took in $177 Million in 2019, with 69% of the Revenue Coming from China SensorTower claimed that in Q4 of 2019 alone, TikTok took in $88.50 million. Chinese IOS users spent $122.9 million on TikTok, contributing 69% of its total revenue.

by Carol

2020-01-17

CHINA ENTERTAINMENT TikTok

Tencent Music and Douyin reach rare sublicensing cooperation The cooperation between the two parties will focus on promoting high-quality songs and supporting musicians. Tencent provided content and vibrato to traffic resources.

by cntechpost

2020-01-14

CHINA TikTok DOUYIN

Bytedance’s Douyin reaches 400 million users Bytedance’s short video app Douyin has surpassed 400 million daily active users (DAU), according to its 2019 annual report released on Sunday.

by technode

2020-01-07

INDIA TikTok ENTERTAINMENT

India Monitors TikTok More Than Any Other Country The Indian government sent a total of 107 requests demanding user information to TikTok

by Inc42

2020-01-03

GIANTS CHINA TikTok

TikTok Owner Is Testing Music App in Bid for Next Global Hit Called Resso, the new app is now available in India and Indonesia, two of Asia’s most populous countries and places already keenly familiar with TikTok.

by Bloomberg

2019-12-12