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Move over cable operators: China’s telecom giants eye online video market

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Growing competition in mainland China’s fixed-line broadband market could see the “Big Three” telecommunications network operators overtake the mainland cable companies in the red-hot online video distribution segment, according to analysts.

“Unlike North America and Europe, we believe the telecommunications network operators in China will continue to dominate in fixed-line broadband on the back of their significant investments in fibre [optic infrastructure],” said Bernstein senior analyst Chris Lane, lead author of a report on the broadband and pay-television wars in China.