China - Convergence - Triple Play & Digital Cable TV - Document Details

Cable TV is set to play a pivotal role in China’s converged media environment, as triple play services – which include the provision of television, telephony and broadband Internet access over a single network – begin to be delivered over cable TV infrastructure. China has the largest cable TV network in the world. This report provides an overview of triple play developments and related happenings in the massive Chinese cable TV market. There is also some information provided on major cable TV players in China. Additionally, broadband TV is discussed in this report.

1. Synopsis
2. Overview of media convergence
3. Triple play models
4. Broadband TV
- 4.1 Internet Protocol TV (IPTV)
  - 4.1.1 IPTV over fixed lines
  - 4.1.2 The issue of P2P streaming TV over broadband
  - 4.1.3 IPTV forecasts
  - 4.1.4 Shanghai Telecom and BesTV
  - 4.1.5 Jiangsu IPTV project
5. Digital cable TV
- 5.1 Cable TV market overview
- 5.2 Regulatory issues
  - 5.2.1 Regulations for Online Audio and Video Services
  - 5.2.2 Proliferation of cable systems
  - 5.2.3 Unification of cable networks
  - 5.2.4 Foreign investment in Chinese cable TV
  - 5.2.5 Foreign ownership laws
- 5.3 Cable TV goes digital
  - 5.3.1 Bundling with Internet
  - 5.3.2 Digital cable TV operators required to provide six analogue channels
  - 5.3.3 Digital TV forecasts
  - 5.3.4 Conditional Access
- 5.4 Cable TV infrastructure
  - 5.4.1 Shanghai
- 5.5 Major cable TV players
  - 5.5.1 China Cable Television Network (CCN)
  - 5.5.2 Shanghai Cable TV (SCTV)
  - 5.5.3 Sichuan Provincial Network
  - 5.5.4 Guangdong Cable TV
  - 5.5.5 China Central Television (CCTV)
  - 5.5.6 China Cable Networks
  - 5.5.7 News Corp (Star Group)/AOL Time Warner
  - 5.5.8 Viacom/MTV
  - 5.5.9 i-Cable Communications
  - 5.5.10 China Convergent (formerly China Broadband)
- 5.6 Video-on-Demand (VoD)
6. Related reports