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Major cities to shut off analogue television by 2005

Satellite broadcasting in China is expected to be available on more than 120 digital channels by the year 2005, China Daily reported on Monday.

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Satellite broadcasting in China is expected to be available on more than 120 digital channels by the year 2005, China Daily reported on Monday.

The country plans to shut down analogue television broadcast operations in 33 major cities by the end of 2005, but some insiders are not so optimistic because of the lagging state of digital television's development.

If all goes as planned, residents in China's major cities will be able to watch digital broadcasts of all 2008 Olympics action.

Beijing has already opened three digital cable television channels on a trial basis, noted the newspaper.

At present, China is adopting one of Europe's digital television transmission standards as a transitional standard, said Bai Weimin, an official with the Ministry of Information Industry.

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