Cable Television

Wharf Cable Limited is licensed to operate a pay TV service until 2005. It
broadcasts a total of 35 channels - 20 of them transmitted on Microwave
Multipoint Distribution System (MMDS). Those served by the fibre-optic
network get all 35 channels. The service includes several locally-produced
channels, notably a 24-hour Cantonese news service, and channels
devoted to sports, movies, children's programmes and horse racing.
Wharf Cable also carries several overseas channels, such as CNN and
ESPN. The extra channels offered on the optical fibre network are mostly
additional pay-per-view movie channels and an international home
shopping channel.

By the end of 1997, about 1 020 000 homes were passed by Wharf
Cable's MMDS network, and about 503 000 homes were served by its
optical fibre network. The number of household subscribers increased
from about 300 000 at the end of 1996, to about 380 000 at the end of
1997.

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