Jiangsu Province sees sharp rise in IPTV subscribers

The number of IPTV subscribers in Jiangsu Province rose by 471 percent in the first nine months of 2008, to over 200,000 at the end of September 2008, the sharpest rise in IPTV use in the country.

Shanghai Media Group (SMG) had more than 600,000 IPTV users at the end of September in Shanghai, around 150% up on the end of last year.

IPTV subscribers in China reached 2.2 million at the end of Q3, with the total expected to reach 2.5 million by year-end.

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