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HANGZHOU -- Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, and partners will pay 6.5 billion yuan (about $1 billion) for a 20 percent stake in Wasu Media Holding, a Wasu statement said on Tuesday evening.

Alibaba and Wasu Digital TV Media Group, dominant shareholders of the Wasu Media Holding Co. Ltd, signed a strategic cooperation ament on Tuesday, according to a statement delivered to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

The other partners include Shi Yuzhu, founder of Giant Interactive Group Inc. and Simon Xie, co-founder of Alibaba.

Capital raised will be used to develop original content and expand Wasu's Internet TV terminals.

皇冠体育app's leading Internet companies, including Alibaba's rivals Tencent and , have started acquiring mobile application developers and online video platforms to access opportunities through smartphones, tablets and Internet TV screens.

Wasu Media Holding Co. Ltd primarily engages in the new media and cable television business in 皇冠体育app. It was listed in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2012.

According to the 皇冠体育app Internet Network Information Center, 皇冠体育app had about 500 million mobile Internet users, 81 percent of all web users, as of the end of 2013.

 

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