Located on the exhibition floor, the applications showcase will feature state-of-the-art demonstrations from IPTV providers in Asia and around the world. Delegates will be able to see, first-hand, the full capabilities and the provision of live and on-demand video over Internet Protocol. Attendees will be able to compare interfaces and service offerings with vendors demonstrating live and simulated services from commercially available IPTV packages.

The Shanghai Media Group

The Shanghai Media Group (SMG), under the Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group (SMEG), is a multimedia television and radio broadcasting, news and Internet company. The group around 5,200 staff, with capital assets totaling RMB 11.7 billion.

Formed in 2001, SMG is the result of a merger between the People’s Radio Station of Shanghai, East Radio Shanghai, Shanghai Television Station, Oriental Television Station.

SMG’s core business is television broadcasting and related media entertainment services including sports, showbiz, performance arts, science and technology, and finance. The television broadcasting media consists of 11 analogue TV channels, 90 digital paid cable TV, a full broadcasting Internet TV service, along with 10 analogue and 19 digital radio services. The group also operates and owns 5 sports centers and 14 cultural art centers. Other areas of operation include newspapers, magazines, news websites and audio-visual publishing. According to a survey of AC Nielsen, eleven of the group’s TV channels have achieved a market share of 76% during prime time in 2003. Its revenue from advertising accounts for 10% of the commercial sales turnover in the local market. Being a producer and a publisher in the various fields of news, movies, TV series, music, sports, finance, entertainment and documentary, SMG is proactively pushing itself towards the domestic and international Chinese speaking market.

Through reinforcing financial initiatives, SMG is currently undergoing aggressive expansion into various new areas such as pay cable TV services, program patent sales, brand-related business and program innovation. SMG Broadband Ltd received the first IPTV license in China and is the leading company in new media and broadband industries.

PCCW

PCCW Limited (SEHK: 0008, NYSE-ADR: PCW) is the premier telecommunications provider in Hong Kong and a leader in Information and Communications Technologies in Asia. While expanding opportunities in mainland China in partnership with China Network Communications Group Corporation, PCCW continues to enhance Hong Kong's role as a regional center of technological excellence through innovative services in new generation fixed-line and mobile telephony, broadband, Information Technology, wireless communications, and IPTV, through its successful now Broadband TV network. Internationally, PCCW is proceeding with the phased rollout of a sophisticated wireless broadband network in the United Kingdom. The Company also provides cutting-edge technical services to network operators worldwide. Through its subsidiary, Pacific Century Premium Developments Limited, PCCW is engaged in property development.

To learn more about PCCW, go to www.pccw.com


City Telecom

Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of City Telecom (H.K.) Limited (NASDAQ: CTEL, Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 1137.HK). HKBN, with over 500,000 subscriptions across its triple-play service offerings of voice, broadband and IP-TV, has become Hong Kong's largest alternative provider of residential voice and broadband services within five years of its Fixed Telecom Network Service License grant.

Having built the world's largest Metro Ethernet broadband network, HKBN’s network is currently delivering 10/100/1000 Mbps broadband services. HKBN is in the process of expanding its network from 1.2 million home passes today, to 1.8 million home passes (80% of Hong Kong's total 2.2 million homes) over the next 2-3 years