China Digital Media Corporation Launches New IP Based Set-Top-Box in China


Company Becomes One of First Digital TV Operators to Deploy New Set-Top Boxes in Country

HONG KONG, May 11 / / -- China Digital Media Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: CDGT) today announced that the Company is starting shipment of the new version of its IP- based Set-Top-Box ("STB") for the migration of cable TV subscribers from analog to digital system in the city of Nanahi. The Company is one of the first digital TV operators in China to deploy the full functions IP based STB to the digital TV subscribers.

The new IP based STB is built around the IBM Power PC architecture and equipped with Java platform, Ethernet port for Internet connection and XML based information browser and these features will become standard to all STB models for migration and sales. IP based STB is capable to provide interactive services to end-users; such as targeted advertising, interactive TV programs, online games and interactive education services.

''The Java equipped STB allows us to provide further new value-added services that we could not offer previously,'' said Daniel Ng, Chairman and CEO of China Digital Media Corporation. ''This advanced design would enhance our growth potential and enable us to generate new revenue sources. We believe that deployment of this new STB can give us a competitive advantage in the provision of digital TV services in China.''

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About China Digital Media Corporation

China Digital Media Corporation focuses its business in three main areas: Cable TV Operations, Programs Production and Advertising Sales. Arcotect Technology (GZ) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of CDGT in China, is the sole contractor and operator of digital television services in Nanhai, a city with 400,000 cable TV subscribers. As of today, Nanhai's cable television operation provides 148 television channels, which comprises of 48 basic channels and 100 pay channels. The pay channels are categorized into various value added packages.

Source: China Digital Media Corporation

Web Site: http://www.chinadigimedia.com/

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