Shenzhen Topway Video Communication has selected NDS’s end-to-end digital broadcasting systems to enhance digital TV service to their subscribers in Shenzhen, China.
Shenzhen is one of the first three trial cities the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has selected for digital broadcasting. According to the SARFT policy, the three trial cities are required to migrate from analog to digital TV services by 2005. Topway develops, operates, manages and provides infrastructure for the delivery and transmission of digital TV services in Shenzhen. Topway is the exclusive digital TV service provider in Shenzhen region, which is a special economic zone in China.
Recently, Topway signed contracts worth $60 million to purchase 1 million set-top boxes that will be required to implement digital cable TV services on the network. The set-top boxes will be manufactured by TCL and other leading Chinese consumer electronics manufacturers.
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