Orange have certainly kept this one quiet. The mobile network and ISP is planning to launch their own broadband-cum-Freeview IPTV hybrid a la BT Vision, Tiscali TV and a million others.
There are few concrete details on the exact nature of the service, other than that a set-top box with PVR-enhancements and a seven-day catch-up service on all the channels is expected to be included.
Tim Pearson, director of digital TV at Orange, had this to say: “Orange’s digital TV service will allow viewers to get more from their TV by putting them in control of the best quality entertainment and enabling them to watch what they want, when they want, how they want.”
We also presume that, like BT Vision, an Orange Broadband connection plus the Orange Livebox will be required to make use of the service and enable the on-demand ‘what they want, when they want’ side of things.
Other recent developments in the converged broadband/TV/phone universe include the imminent arrival of Virgin Media’s much-talked about Virgin 1 channel, and Sky’s stand-alone broadband package, currently entitled Sky Picnic Broadband.
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Darth Littlejohn said on 12 Sep 2007 at 10:29 am #
And so the BT Vision aping begins.
I thought monkeys liked bananas, not Oranges.
Perry M said on 12 Sep 2007 at 10:31 am #
It’s a little early to criticise, due to lack of details. I never though Tiscali TV was going to be up to much, tbh but their TV deal actually looks pretty good. Orange might have some more surprises up their sleeve.
Steve Smith said on 12 Sep 2007 at 10:35 am #
I’m not really surprised that Orange have announced such as venture, but I am surprised that they went ahead with it. BT have at least done the smart thing and made sure that they have football coverage in some form or other, Tiscali have the Sky channels missing from Virgin… I wonder what, if anything, Orange will pull out of the bag?
Implement Yeah! said on 12 Sep 2007 at 10:35 am #
Obscure Fall reference in blog shock! Most hilarious man; cried at on-demand video.
Darth Littlejohn said on 12 Sep 2007 at 10:38 am #
More likely they’ll try to cash in on people’s general ignorance about digital TV by offering them a quick switchover solution.