Chinese TV station to launch

Cambodia could soon get its first Chinese-run digital television station, the latest local project hailing from a country that represents one of the Kingdom’s largest foreign investors.

Yu Hua, deputy director of Yunnan Mobile Digital TV Corporation, based in China’s Yunnan province, met with Cambodia’s Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith on Monday to discuss the venture, according to state-run news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse.

The report said the company will commence broadcasting “soon” in Phnom Penh and Kampong Cham, Siem Reap and Battambang provinces, in both Khmer and Chinese languages. …

In the AKP report, he was quoted as pledging support to the company in the form of assistance from Cambodia’s own technical experts. Yunnan Mobile could not be reached for comment. …

Eddie Morton
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