CCTV: SD Broadcasting to End by 2013
Sina Tech, 8/23/10
Ding Wenhua, chief engineer at CCTV, revealed today that CCTV plans to cease standard definition (SD) broadcasting by 2013. In addition to its current standard definition/high definition (SD-HD) simulcasting of CCTV-1, CCTV also plans to expand simulcasting to another 8 to 10 channels, including the more popular channels such as CCTV-2, CCTV-3, CCTV-5, CCTV-8, CCTV-10, CCTV News and the CCTV Children's Channel, providing access to HD broadcasts to 60%-70% of CCTV's total audience.
Keywords: Ding Wenhua television CCTV CCTV-1 CCTV-10 CCTV-2 CCTV-3 CCTV-5 CCTV-8 simulcasting HDTV CCTV-News CCTV2