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Chuang's run in Olympics draws a record audience

Wednesday, 08 August 2012 22:31 Digital - Digital TV
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - More than half the subscribers to Chunghwa Telecom Co.'s digital TV service may have tuned in Aug. 2 when Taiwanese table tennis player Chuang Chih-yuan was vying for an Olympic medal, according to the company.


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