China to Use German Technology to Pioneer Internet TV

    The Chinese government announced last week it is to partner German electronics titan Siemens in an initiative to develop and market digital internet protocol television. "IPTV will be the core of our future business," whoops Norbert Muhrer, president/CEO of Sino-German joint venture Siemens Communication Networks. China is not only one the first markets to run a commercial trial of IPTV services, according to Siemens, it is also "one of the largest IPTV markets in the world". Currently mainland China boasts around 360m TV viewers plus 25m broadband users, between them creating a huge potential market for IPTV services.

Source: WARC

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中国将采用德国技术开发网络电视

    中国政府上周表示，将与德国电子巨头西门子一起开发电子网络电视。中德合资的西门子通信网络股份公司总裁兼首席执行官穆箬先生表示，网络电视将成为他们公司今后的核心业务。西门子表示，中国不但是开发网络电视商业服务的先驱，同时也是世界上最大的网络电视市场。现在中国大陆有3.6亿个电视观众，还有2500万宽带用户，在他们中间将产生巨大的网络电视潜在市场。