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Sino-i.com confident of line access for cable TV

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Sino-i.com chairman Yu Pun-hoi is playing down concern that a proposed cable-television venture will be limited by the low fixed-line market share of its partner, Hutchison Telecom.

'We would not rule out co-operation with other fixed-line network operators,' Mr Yu said.

'I believe wide-content coverage of our television programmes would attract [their] participation.' The company is among 10 that earlier this month applied for a pay-television services licence.

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Hong Kong Network TV would use Hutchison's fixed-line network to help deliver the pay-TV service.

The combined market share of Hong Kong's three fixed-line service providers other than former monopoly Cable & Wireless HKT - Hutchison, New T&T and New World Telephone - is less than 5 per cent.

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Sino-i.com senior financial officer Walter Ng said Hong Kong Network TV was preliminarily planning to have 60 channels from Taiwan, Philippines, Japan and South Korea.

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