China Telecom and SMG Launch Internet TV Service

From Reuters:

"China's largest fixed-line company, China Telecom Corp., and Shanghai Media Group launched a joint internet TV service on Friday, as companies in China's maturing telecoms market forage into Web-based areas.

BesTV, the Internet Protocol Television service -- TV sent over telecoms networks using Internet protocol -- may reach 80,000 to 100,000 households by the end of 2006, BesTV chief operating officer Li Huaiyu said on the sidelines of the launch."