Baidu Recruits Video Player Programmers
Sohu IT, 8/20/10
Chinese internet company Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU) has announced on its jobs webpage that it is recruiting several video codec engineers and video player product staff. Positions include video codec engineers, product designers, marketing staff, user interaction designers, operations staff, user research engineers, and senior visual designers. Applicants are required to have experience in player design and streaming on-demand media development; product designers will be responsible for the design of functionality including on-demand streaming and advertising network systems.
A source revealed that in addition to its video site Qiyi.com, Baidu resolved early this year to update its video strategy by overhauling its video search, releasing a client-side media player, and by integrating future products with the Baidu Union advertising network.
On March 3, Baidu announced in an internal email to employees that it was establishing a client application division to head up the former client software, client software services, and TTPlayer divisions.
Editor's Note: For more background on this topic, please see "Rumor: Tencent Deputy Director Joins Baidu" MD 5/12/10 issue.
Keywords: Internet media player software video search Baidu Baidu Union BIDU Qiyi HR online video online search
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