[LINK] Chinese province to use digital TV for e-gov

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

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Chinese province to use digital TV for e-gov
"ENN eGovernment" <ennegovernment at enn.ie>
:: eGovernment Digest No. 89
15 December 2004

The government of China's Hainan Province is to invest in a digital TV
platform, with an eye to rolling out interactive e-government services. 
The government, together with China Broadcast Network and China
Electronics, will jointly invest CNY1.5 billion (EUR135 million) in the
establishment of a provincial cable TV network for digital broadcasting,
reports IT newswire Interfax.com.

"The first target for this new project is to sign up one million
subscribers for digital cable TV service by 2008 in Hainan Province," said
an official with Hainan Broadcasting Cable Network, the company in charge
of the province's integrated cable TV network.

Once the new digital TV platform is in place, interactive services will be
made available to users, including e-government services, e-commerce
facilities, pay TV and remote education services. Hainan Province will be
the first Chinese province to adopt a province-wide digital cable TV
platform.

The central Chinese government plans to cease analogue TV broadcasts by 2

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brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
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