The announcement—targeting 34 of China’s largest internet companies, like Baidu and Tencent—emphasized regulators’ purported commitment to snuff out abuses of information and market dominance, among other anti-monopoly violations, per Yahoo News.

Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, and other internet giants have released senior-friendly versions of their most popular apps, with features such as larger text and icons, simplified navigation, screen readers, and dialect recognition technology powered by AI.

The traditional “BAT” goliaths—Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent—accounted for 52.3% of the digital ad market in China last year, and JD.com took another 5.7%. Beyond those four, the only other major player we have estimates for is Meituan, which made up only a 3.0% share.

Although this pattern prevails in many markets, in China conventional wisdom also holds that the poor reputation of its dominant search engine, Baidu, further hinders the growth of search ad spending. In fact, ecommerce giant Alibaba has been far more successful at generating new search ad revenues than Baidu.

Already, Google-owned Waymo and Baidu are reportedly working on developing level 4 AVs, while Tesla claims it’s nearing the completion of a level 5 vehicle. And while this is a big leap, Honda Legend AVs won’t be clogging city streets anytime soon. Honda limited the current version to a small batch of 100 vehicles with a steep price tag hovering around $102,000.

eMarketer senior analyst Jasmine Enberg joins principal analyst Nicole Perrin to discuss whether major US tech firms are taking a page from the BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent) playbook. Are Americans entering the age of the domestic super app? What would that mean for brands?

State media network China Central Television (CCTV) is the main purveyor of sports programming in China, but OTT players, including Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu, have disrupted the ecosystem by securing streaming rights to major sports properties.

This report explores our latest forecast for time spent with media in China, and how the coronavirus pandemic will impact our forecast for 2020 and beyond.

Tencent surpasses Baidu as the No. 2 ad player in China

eMarketer vice president of forecasting Monica Peart breaks down our digital ad spending estimates in China and the influence of Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent.

Smaller ad players in China are nipping at the heels of Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent (BAT) as programmatic ad spending grows faster than expected. According to eMarketer’s latest programmatic ad forecast for China, category spending will increase more than 33% to ¥208.55 billion ($30.86 billion) in 2019.

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In 2019, 94.5% of internet users in China will be social network users. That amounts to just 59.0% of the country’s population. This report covers the trends shaping the market, as well as our first-ever user forecast for the popular short-video platform Douyin and updated estimates for WeChat and Sina Weibo.

Programmatic ad spending growth in China is driven by Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent (also known as “BAT”), and they will continue to make up a significant share of the programmatic display market.

In China, Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent—the trio of tech giants known as the BAT companies—dominate digital life, including social media, instant messaging, search, ecommerce, mapping, gaming and video streaming.

Alibaba’s two closest competitors for ad dollars in China, Baidu (4.0% of digital ad spending worldwide) and Tencent (3.5%), also place highly among the largest digital ad sellers in the world. Baidu’s search engine is widely used across China, increasingly on mobile devices.