Beijing plans to launch IPTV in October and develop 100,000 households before the end of the year

Yesterday, some sources said that the State Council's Office of Coordination of the Triple Play Integration will determine the next phase of the pilot promotion program in the second half of this year. It is hoped that the pilot will be extended to 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) in the country by the end of this year or early next year. According to news from the Beijing Triple Play Group, Beijing will strive to launch IPTV around the National Day.

It is understood that some time ago the State Council's Office of the three networks integration work group formed a research group and went to pilot areas to conduct special research to further promote the pilot work. According to sources, the research team believes that the pilot broadband network upgrade of the telecommunications network is basically completed, and the digitalization and bidirectionalization of the cable television network are basically completed. At present, telecommunication and broadcasting companies in most regions have already had the ability to provide services to users. At the same time, pilot regional governments and companies also called for the issuance of operating licenses as soon as possible.

It is said that the office of the coordination group will summarize the pilot work of the first phase in the second half of this year, and determine the promotion plan for the next phase on some basis, and even expand the pilot. However, experts from the radio and television industry, Zeng Mingming, said that the 12 pilot sites are still being explored, and the possibility of further expansion under current conditions is low. Another Wu Guangyong, an observer of the broadcasting and TV industry, said that in the first batch of 12 pilots, the pace of the launch of the second batch of pilot regions needs to be properly grasped, even after no substantial progress has been made at the business level and management level. After all, the pilot business has not been good. Experimental field. Another industry expert said that on the technical level, technical preparations across the country have been relatively complete and are waiting for the launch of the policy.

An insider told the reporter that the research team had a high evaluation of the pilot work process in Beijing. Before the Beijing Triple Play team had held a working meeting, for the IPTV concerned by the public, the current working group has formulated a plan to strive for the opening of the national day or so, and to develop 100,000 IPTV users before the end of the year. It is understood that Beijing IPTV will be co-operated by Beijing Unicom and TV stations, and there are still some disputes to be resolved. For example, which side dominates the development of users and names, etc. "If these disputes are resolved, they will soon be advanced."