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This past year has seen China's television industry continue to develop at breakneck speed. Although the process has not always been straightforward, most cable networks in the country's major and secondary cities have been upgraded to hybrid HFC networks capable of digital transmission; well ahead of the original 2005 deadline.

At the same time, China has launched pay-TV services and brought the children's/animation sector to centrestage with the launch of new channels at major regional broadcasters.

Pay-TV services began in late 2003 with the State ...

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