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. …