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Jun. 22, 2007 (China Knowledge) – It has been announced that a patent fee imposed by China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB), will be repealed in the next two years. They will however be collecting a token patent fee of RMB 1.
This amendment will allow subscribers to watch TV on their mobile phones for free come 2008. This would also help elevate the commercial standards of the CMMB, marking the advent of the convergence of TV and Internet networks in China.
Since the launch of the CMMB mobile TV, users have free access to CCTV1 or CCTV News channel on their mobile phones, as well as other paid channels. To date, about 120 enterprises have joined the CMMB network.
The "mobile TV business" uses an intelligent mobile phone with an operating system and video functions to watch TV.
China plans to broadcast the CMMB network in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang, Qingdao, and Qin Huangdao in 2008.
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