WEB BRIEFINGS: Interactive TV to connect Asians to Web

<p>A recent survey by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has anticipated that </p><p>interactive television is to be one of the main mediums for Internet </p><p>delivery in Asia over the next three years. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>It added that 20 per cent of Asian households presently have access to </p><p>cable. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>The report also found total revenue from e-commerce in China is expected </p><p>to grow from US$250 billion to US$300 billion by 2003. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Most of the revenue is to be generated from the business to business </p><p>(B2B) sector, according to the report. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>The survey noted China's Internet users at 16.9 million, ahead of </p><p>Korea's 15.3 million users. Japan, however, took the lead at 27 million, </p><p>while Australia's Web surfers numbered 7.3 million. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>China is expected to double its Internet users every six months. Its </p><p>Internet users presently make up a mere 1.3 per cent of its estimated </p><p>1.3 billion strong population. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>According to the survey, e-commerce revenues in Asia last year totalled </p><p>between US$6 and US$8 billion, with nearly 80 per cent of </p><p>that figure generated by the B2B sector. </p><p><BR><BR> </p>