RTHK and Chinese University have joined the scramble to provide handover information over the Internet and will offer 48 hours of live video footage to network users worldwide.
The huge amount of data needed for live video means the plan could be one of the biggest Internet events of the year - generating more data traffic than the chess match between Garry Kasparov and the Deep Blue computer.
But the footage will be restricted to official events and major unofficial ones such as the fireworks, and will not cover demonstrations or alternative 'celebrations' organised by protest groups.
Video is the most difficult type of data for the Internet to handle, and Cheng Che-hoo, head of the Chinese University's data communications and networking section, admits the quality may not be good. A good modem may allow several frames a second, he said.
The service will run from midday on June 30 for two days.
The New York Times, Xinhua (the New China News Agency), the Hong Kong Government and other groups already have handover Web sites.
