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Bloomberg: Alibaba plans to build China’s version of Netflix and HBO via a new service called Tmall Box Office, as it tries to service 600 million families craving more entertainment content. Tmall Box Office will be offered in about two months through Alibaba’s set-top box and smart televisions that carry its operating system, said Alibaba digital entertainment exec Liu Chunning at a press briefing in Shanghai. Some of the content will be produced by the company and some purchased overseas, said Liu. “We want to create a whole new family entertainment experience. Our goal is to become like Netflix in the U.S, HBO in the U.S.”