HKBN Digital TV Announced the Launch of 'Drama-Buffet' - Enhanced Near Video-On-Demand Convenience
2005年9月15日 - 10:47PM
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HONG KONG, Sept. 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- HKBN Digital TV ("HKBN
DTV") today announced the launch of its Drama Buffet channel,
delivering enhanced near Video-On-Demand convenience to Hong Kong
drama lovers. This is a Hong Kong first and follows-on from the
highly successful the launch of "Infinite Theatre" in May 2005. A
new era of Viewer empowerment. Satisfying the growing demand for
Local, Japanese and Korean drama series, HKBN acts as the vanguard
in the market to launch drama buffet. With this new service, HKBN
DTV subscribers are now empowered to select the episode of drama
series rather than be forced to a rigid preset set program guide.
Globally, past seasons' drama series sell very well in DVD box sets
because viewers are empowered to watch the whole series on their
own schedules. HKBN DTV now delivers this convenience to the mass
audience of Hong Kong. With Hong Kong being an extremely busy city,
time is of the essence, and HKBN DTV now offers its subscribers the
ability to be in full control of their viewing times. All existing
HKBN DTV customers are entitled to this service without extra
charge. "Going forward, HKBN will continue to capitalize on the
possibilities of interactive and flexible applications via its
advanced All Internet Protocol platform," said Ms. Haily Leung,
Senior Vice President of HKBN DigitalTV. HKBN DTV delivers 54 TV
channels and 22 interactive channels currently with network
capacity for at least 200 channels. HKBN DTV currently has 120,000
subscribers and targets to reach 200,000 subscribers in the near
term. For more details of the service, please visit
http://www.hkbn.net/digitaltv. About City Telecom Established in
1992, City Telecom (H.K.) Limited (SEHK:1137SEHK: Nasdaq:SEHK:CTEL)
provides integrated telecommunications services in Hong Kong. City
Telecom's wholly-owned subsidiary, HKBN, has deployed a Metro
Ethernet of 1.2 mn homes pass, achieving an aggregate Voice,
Broadband (symmetric 1000Mbps, 100Mbps and 10Mbps), IP-TV and
Corporate data subscription base in excess of 600,000. HKBN is the
largest alternative residential operator for voice and broadband
services in Hong Kong. Additional information on City Telecom can
be found at http://www.ctihk.com/ . For enquiries, please contact:
Jessie Cheng, Tel: 852-3145-4118, Email: . DATASOURCE: City Telecom
CONTACT: Jessie Cheng of City Telecom, +1-852-3145-4118, Web site:
http://www.ctihk.com/ http://www.hkbn.net/digitaltv
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