Orange pause IPTV RSS

Orange have postponed the launch of its broadband television service until sometime in the new year. Initially due to be launched before Christmas to run against market leaders BT, Virgin Media and Sky, Orange are instead keen to expand their LLU reach further before launching a nationwide rollout of the IPTV service – currently, Orange’s LLU fishnet is said to cover just under 50% of the UK population.

Orange have announced that MGM and Disney-ABC International have already signed on as content providers, and many more are said to be keen to hop on board.

But with BT already connecting over 100,000 customers to its BT Vision platform, should the broadband market leader have cause to worry? France Telecom, the corporate parent of Orange, already runs a lucrative IPTV service in la France and hopes to replicate the success over here.

Having said that, Orange have been quietly soldiering on with trails conducted with 350 customers in Leeds and London. Tim Pearson, director of digital TV for Orange, said: “A nationwide roll-out of home digital TV demands an excellent viewer experience. The feedback from customers watching digital TV from Orange in London and Leeds will be essential as we roll out across the UK next year.”

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1 Comment »Posted by Tom on December 17th 2007 in BT Broadband, Orange Broadband



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One Response to “Orange pause IPTV”

  1. jona said on 24 Mar 2008 at 11:44 pm #

    This IPTV thing could change the way the whole television system works, was checking out some freaky facts about iptv check out http://www.iptv-source.info/


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