DTT, cable television and Internet in China
For Digital Future | August 3, 2008
The CCTV (originally Beijing Television) is the largest public television in China, with 16 channels and remains Beijing TV, with 10 channels, also controlled by the communist government.
Digital terrestrial television (DTT) china started its tests on January 1. A total of 7 channels available, including one in HD and standard definition in another six. It will not be until 2015 that will make the analog blackout.
Cable TV in China is growing by 28% this year. In total, 44% of Chinese households have cable television. This large volume of homes with cable is because many areas have little or no coverage of television antennas because of the terrain. The lead in this change coming to all sites, which appear in more inhospitable.
It is forbidden for anyone upload videos on the Internet related to sex, gambling, discrimination against nationalities, terrorism and criticism of the Chinese government and institutions. Youtube was blocked for two weeks last year (in October), just during the congress of the Chinese Communist Party. All sites are accessible to the network have been approved by the Chinese government, and there is strict control of what is published both in people's own country by other countries as well and block access to this website throughout the country.
Despite the censure China has 220 million Internet users (more than U.S.) and nearly 500 million mobile phone users.
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