Cable TV network segmentation serious multi billion loans difficult

National Development Bank is providing a loan of 10 billion yuan to the digital TV industry for a year to feel embarrassed. This is not difficult because of lack of funds, but not a face around the system, not a profit model, while the number of numerous cable network companies, CDB funds do not know how to lend.

In recent years, the effect more clearly, programs enrich the digital television industry sudden acceleration in the country, the state proposed the digital cable television's "four step" strategy, namely at the end of this year or municipalities directly under the central government and the eastern part of the prefecture level city to start the transition to digital, and strive to achieve the digital cable TV in China before 2015. Thus, a digital revolution involving the national cable network at all levels.

To support digital strategy, national cable television at the end of 2004, the bank and the State Administration of radio on the development of digital TV has signed a financial cooperation agreement. However, in yesterday's "2005 China digital TV industry forum, CDB review two deputy director bureau Zhang Zhenyu said that the digital TV industry is full of potential, CDB very willing to support," but the problem is not solved, the CDB loan problem about some difficult".

CDB concerns mainly refers to the national cable television network fragmentation: world classification do a wired network, but the lack of a unified national network, each province has ten or twenty, even twenty or thirty municipal network company.

At the meeting, the banking sector is the key point to direct - around the city network company is too small, and the business mode, charging mode is not uniform, some companies only permit no network operators, but also to apply for a loan"...... As banks have to consider the proceeds of the loan, in the face of such a situation, it is difficult to measure the prospects of the lender's earnings.

"Can have a unified business model? By the provincial companies to apply for loans?" Zhang Zhenyu asked. In this regard, attended the meeting yesterday of the deputy director of the State Administration of Radio Science and Technology Secretary Wang Lian said: "the SARFT also hope that in the implementation of a unified national business model, now is taken to encourage Qingdao digital TV promotion is successful in cable network company network operators across the region, and to the promotion of its business model."

Wang Lian re emphasized on digital cable TV "four step" strategy, but the face is not smooth prospect, Wang Lian did not disclose the specific goal of this year's complete digital conversion. Now, every year to achieve the conversion of the number of households is not the key, the focus is to establish a unified business model in the country." Wang Lian said.