China Netcom is ready to partner with Shanghai Media Group, which has an IPTV license, and is poised to expand its test broadcast area from one to twenty-one cities. By including Beijing in these twenty new cities, Netcom is throwing down the gauntlet for the city's dominant television provider, Gehua CATV Network. Gehua has been involved in discussions with the Beijing government over digital television development for quite some time now, and China Netcom's move puts pressure on it to find a solution or be left behind...