Tiscali TV due for launch
Monday, September 3rd, 2007Tiscali aim to increase their Christmas presence
Tiscali, who have over 1 million broadband customers in the UK are to fully launch the Homechoice IPTV service to cover most of the UK. The TV package will feature Sky channels not currently available on the Virgin Media platform, along with an option to add content provided by Sky Sports for an additional monthly fee.
At the present the service only has around 50,000 customers, those which were part of the Homechoice footprint when the IPTV platform was bought by Tiscali last year. Tiscali hope to be able to service over 10 million homes by “Christmas 2007″ to offer “the best value Triple Play service in the UK for those who don’t want to pay for expensive premium TV, but do want more than Freeview.”
We’ve been keeping a close eye on Tiscali’s TV platform since the purchase was announced last year – Homechoice was a success in its trial areas and it will be interesting to see how this new entry into the wider market will shake things up.
BT Vision has seen customers sign up since the beginning of this year’s Premiership season, combined with the option of live football from Setanta Sports, with whom Tiscali are still in negotiations.
It is expected that Tiscali TV will be on offer as part of their broadband and phone packages, currently priced at £19.99 and £24.99 a month.
