Netizens revealed that the overseas version of "Sweeping Dark Storm" has no advanced on-demand viewing and does not require additional payment

Recently, the drama "Sweeping Dark Storm", starring Sun Honglei, was exclusively broadcast on Tencent Video. The hit drama has been played over 3 billion times on Tencent Video, ranking first on Tencent Video's hot search list.

However, Tencent Video adopted the "advanced on-demand" method for "Sweeping Dark Storm". Even VIP members need to pay to watch the "advanced on-demand" content, and they must unlock the episodes in order. This move caused dissatisfaction among many consumers.

A few days ago , a netizen revealed that the overseas version of Tencent Video broadcasting "Sweeping Black Storm" does not have advanced on-demand viewing, which means that you only need to buy a VIP membership once, and there is no need to spend extra money. There are also no "member-exclusive advertisements."

In this regard, a person from Tencent stated that "Sweeping Dark Storm" is currently being launched simultaneously in Indonesia and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, China, following the Chinese mainland, and has synchronized its value-added service policies. Thailand started broadcasting later than Chinese mainland, and has only aired 12 episodes so far. Other regions have not yet launched.

The person said that due to different situations in various regions, the launch time of some dramas is not exactly the same as that in mainland China, but it will not be earlier than that in mainland China, and there is no situation where overseas updates are VIP while mainland China is super-point.

Previously, the Shanghai Consumer Protection Committee named "Sweeping Dark Storm" and believed that the advanced on-demand service was suspected of bundled sales. According to the Shanghai Consumer Protection Committee, Tencent Video stipulated that the episodes must be unlocked in sequence in the advanced on-demand service of the TV series "Sweeping Dark Storm".

The Shanghai Consumer Protection Committee believes that since the fee is charged by episode, consumers have the right to choose the episode they want to watch. The so-called "unlock and watch in sequence" is suspected of bundled sales and ignores consumers' right to choose.

"Sweeping Dark Storm" is directed by Wu Bai and co-directed by Wang Siyang, starring Sun Honglei, Zhang Yixing, Liu Yijun, Wu Yue, Wang Zhifei, Liu Zhibing, Wu Xiaoliang, with Jiang Shuying making a special appearance.