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Youku Tudou, China’s largest video hosting website, announced the creation of its own film studio Thursday in a move to capture a larger slice of the film industry. 中国最大的视频网站优酷土豆(Youku Tudou)周四宣布将设立自己的电影工作室，以便从中国电影市场分得更大份额。 Victor Koo, chairman and chief executive of the company, said the film division, Heyi Film, would produce eight films per year destined for the big screen and a further nine aimed to premiere on the internet. The group, which last week announced a loss of $26m for the second quarter despite increased revenues, has not revealed how much it plans to spend on the project. 优酷土豆首席执行官古永锵(Victor Koo)表示，这个名为合一影业(Heyi Film)的新电影公司将每年制作八部大屏幕电影，还会制作九部首发于互联网的影片。就在上周，优酷土豆曾宣布，尽管第二季度营收出现增长，该季度合计却亏损了2600万美元。目前，该集团并未披露打算往合一影业投入多少资金。 Mr Koo said Youku had $1.6bn in cash to spend after a $1.2bn investment by ecommerce group Alibaba in April. “We’re very strong,” he said. 古永铿表示，在今年4月获得电子商务集团阿里巴巴(Alibaba)的12亿美元投资后，优酷土豆目前可支配的现金高达16亿美元。他说：“我们的现金非常充裕。” | 
