HONG KONG, Sept. 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- HKBN Digital TV ("HKBN DTV") today announced the launch of its Drama Buffet channel, delivering enhanced near Video-On-Demand convenience to Hong Kong drama lovers. This is a Hong Kong first and follows-on from the highly successful the launch of "Infinite Theatre" in May 2005. A new era of Viewer empowerment. Satisfying the growing demand for Local, Japanese and Korean drama series, HKBN acts as the vanguard in the market to launch drama buffet. With this new service, HKBN DTV subscribers are now empowered to select the episode of drama series rather than be forced to a rigid preset set program guide. Globally, past seasons' drama series sell very well in DVD box sets because viewers are empowered to watch the whole series on their own schedules. HKBN DTV now delivers this convenience to the mass audience of Hong Kong. With Hong Kong being an extremely busy city, time is of the essence, and HKBN DTV now offers its subscribers the ability to be in full control of their viewing times. All existing HKBN DTV customers are entitled to this service without extra charge. "Going forward, HKBN will continue to capitalize on the possibilities of interactive and flexible applications via its advanced All Internet Protocol platform," said Ms. Haily Leung, Senior Vice President of HKBN DigitalTV. HKBN DTV delivers 54 TV channels and 22 interactive channels currently with network capacity for at least 200 channels. HKBN DTV currently has 120,000 subscribers and targets to reach 200,000 subscribers in the near term. For more details of the service, please visit http://www.hkbn.net/digitaltv. About City Telecom Established in 1992, City Telecom (H.K.) Limited (SEHK:1137SEHK: Nasdaq:SEHK:CTEL) provides integrated telecommunications services in Hong Kong. City Telecom's wholly-owned subsidiary, HKBN, has deployed a Metro Ethernet of 1.2 mn homes pass, achieving an aggregate Voice, Broadband (symmetric 1000Mbps, 100Mbps and 10Mbps), IP-TV and Corporate data subscription base in excess of 600,000. HKBN is the largest alternative residential operator for voice and broadband services in Hong Kong. Additional information on City Telecom can be found at http://www.ctihk.com/ . For enquiries, please contact: Jessie Cheng, Tel: 852-3145-4118, Email: . DATASOURCE: City Telecom CONTACT: Jessie Cheng of City Telecom, +1-852-3145-4118, Web site: http://www.ctihk.com/ http://www.hkbn.net/digitaltv

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