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1st license issued for IP video service
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-05-11 21:11 The Shanghai Media Group (SMG), the major rival of
China's Central Television (CCTV), has received the country's first license for
promising Internet Protocol (IP) video service, according to China's General
Administration of Radio, Film and TV (GARFT).
The license approved SMG to operate IP video service through TV sets and
mobile equipment like cellphones. It means that the station is authorized to
broadcast its own TV programs or introduced programs through the IP network,
reported Wednesday's The Beijing News.
The station established two companies responsible for TV receivers and mobile
receivers such as cellphones.
An IP TV company under CCTV had been allowed to operate pay-TV programs
through the IP network last February, but it was not approved to broadcast its
programs via mobile phones. It launched its IP TV service in five additional
provinces this week, totaling to eight provinces.
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