Ellen Degeneres

The Ellen DeGeneres Show has been bought by the Chinese equivalent of US online giants Netflix and Hulu.

Rupert Murdoch couldn't do it. And Coca-Cola's conquest was thwarted in 2009. But when it comes to expansion into China, America's talk show queen Ellen DeGeneres has left them all in the shade.

DeGeneres's program has become the first American talk show to be acquired by a Chinese broadcaster.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show has been bought by Sohu, an online broadcaster which is the Chinese equivalent of the American online giants Netflix and Hulu.

The deal was announced by the US studio Warner Bros, which distributes the show internationally.

Speaking on her show, DeGeneres joked the series would be retitled "The Happy Lady Dance Hour".

According to Warner Bros, episodes of the show will be subtitled in Chinese and made available in the world's biggest TV market within 48 hours of airing in the US.


