Currently, the service offers channels of live broadcast television with time-shifting capabilities, 48-hour TV-on-demand, and approximately 5,600 hours of video-on-demand.
There are also value-added services, such as on-line weather reports, information browsing, and program searching. The service has accumulated approximately 53,000 subscribers to date.
We believe that UTStarcom’s IPTV technology and service epitomizes the evolution of network and service convergence, said Ying Wu, CEO of UTStarcom China.
We believe the Harbin case indicates that a typical business model and value chain for IPTV in China is emerging and that there are large market opportunities and consumer demand throughout many regions. With this contract, UTStarcom continues to prove its position at the forefront of real-world IPTV deployments with the largest number of subscribers.
