Tag Archives: CNTV

News Digest: December 26, 2013

The following press releases and media reports about Chinese companies were carried on December 26. To view a full article or story, click on the link next to the headline.
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  • Rolls-Royce Says Britain’s SFO Begins Bribery Investigation Related To China (English article)
  • First Virtual Network Operator (VNO) Licenses To Be Awarded By Year End (Chinese article)
  • CNTV, Tencent (HKEx: 700), Skyworth Partner on ‘WeChat TV’ (English article)
  • Unicom (HKEx: 762) Makes Biggest Upper Management Adjustment In 5 Years (Chinese article)
  • InterDigital (Nasdaq: IDCC) Gains After Settling With Huawei on Patents (English article)

IPTV Gets Boost, VNOs Coming Soon

SMG’s BesTV links with CCTV in IPTV tie-up

China’s sluggish media and telecoms sectors are getting a couple of new boosts from different directions, as part of Beijing’s bid to breathe new life into a space now dominated by slow-moving state-run behemoths. The first of those boosts has one such behemoth, CCTV, in a new joint venture to promote Internet protocol television (IPTV) with Shanghai Media Group (SMG), China’s second largest media company. The second is a bit more incremental, with media reporting that Beijing has just issued a formal pilot plan for setting up the nation’s first batch of virtual network operators (VNO). Read Full Post…

News Digest: May 21, 2013

The following press releases and media reports about Chinese companies were carried on May 21. To view a full article or story, click on the link next to the headline.
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  • Goldman Exits China’s ICBC (HKEx: 939), 7 Years And Billions Later (English article)
  • SMG’s BesTV (Shanghai: 600637), CCTV’s CNTV Establish IPTV JV (English article)
  • Pactera (Nasdaq: PACT) Announces Privatization Proposal at US$7.50 Per ADS (PRNewswire)
  • France’s Danone Takes 2nd Chance With China Mengniu (HKEx: 2319) (English article)
  • Virtual Network Operator Licenses To Be Issued in October (Chinese article)

News Digest: January 29 报摘:2013年1月29日

The following press releases and media reports about Chinese companies were carried on January 29. To view a full article or story, click on the link next to the headline.
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  • Goldman (NYSE: GS) Launches ICBC (HKEx: 1398) Selldown Of About $1 Bln (English article)
  • Ban On Games Consoles May Be Lifted, Suggests Culture Ministry Source (English article)
  • Huawei Enters Global Top 3 For Smartphones, Profitability Low (Chinese article)

News Digest: January 20, 2012

The following press releases and media reports about Chinese companies were carried on January 20. To view a full article or story, click on the link next to the headline.

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Sina’s (Nasdaq: SINA) Weibo Microblog to Launch Paid Service (English article)

China Auto First Chinese IPO Filer Since US Rule Change (English article)

China Unicom (HKEx: 762) 3G Users Pass 40 Million Mark (Chinese article)

TAL Education (NYSE: XRS) Announces Unaudited Results Fiscal Q3 Ended Nov 30 (PRNewswire)

BesTV, CNTV Discuss Possible IPTV Joint Venture (English article)