Doug Young: China telcos push Internet TV, but who will watch?

From Reuters.com:

China’s two fixed-line phone companies are moving ahead with plans to offer pay TV on their broadband networks, hoping to overcome tough restrictions on programming and squeeze more profits out of their infrastructure.

China Telecom Corp., the larger of China’s two carriers, is operating a trial service in the relatively prosperous cities of Shanghai and Guangzhou.

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