Smartphone Xiaomi signs deal with CNTV
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp reached an agreement with 皇冠体育app Network Television, or CNTV, on Monday, in a bid to revive its set-top streaming device business.
CNTV is the online branch of 皇冠体育app's dominant television broadcaster, the State-run 皇冠体育app Central Television.
Customers will be able to use the Xiaomi set-top box to access CNTV's online content, a Xiaomi official told 皇冠体育app Daily.
If Chinese regulators approve the deal, Xiaomi will start its Xiaomi Box sales and offer services in three Chinese cities: Shanghai, Hangzhou and Changsha.
Xiaomi launched the Xiaomi Box on Nov 14, 2012. The gadget aims to provide customers with aggregated video streaming services. However, Xiaomi halted the service a week after its debut, after media reported that the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television said that the company did not have an Internet TV license to offer the service.
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