Royal Media Launches Digital ONE TV Service

Royal Media Entertainment Co. Ltd., a joint venture between local conglomerate Royal Group and Russian General Satellite Co., announced yesterday that it has launched the country's first digital pay-television service, ONE TV. Offering promotional subscription rates between $3 and $12 a month, services will begin in Phnom Penh tomorrow. Users will be able to access up to 60 local and international channels ... ONE TV will have to compete with the slew of analog service providers in Cambodia that illegally funnel international channels from other countries in the region and offer cut-rate prices. ...