Tuesday March 23, 2010
IPTV will be available after HSBB is launched tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR: Telekom Malaysia Bhd aims to sign up more content providers for its Internet Protocol television (IPTV) service, which will be available when the company launches its high speed broadband (HSBB) tomorrow.
Executive vice-president of consumer Jeremy Kung said TM was currently working with more than 30 local and international content providers.
“There will be more in the pipeline,” he said after a signing ceremony with 20 content providers yesterday.
They included Arkib Negara, Bernama TV, BBC Worldwide, Star TV Group, Channel News Asia, Deutsche Welle, Travel Channel International and El-Kahfi Sdn Bhd.
Kung said local broadcast channels that could be viewed via the service were RTM 1, RTM 2, Bernama TV, TV3, NTV7, 8TV, TV9 and Hikmah, while international channels were BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle, CBeebies, Channel News Asia, DWTV Asia +, Travel Channel International, Star Chinese Movies 2, Star Chinese Channel, Channel [V] Taiwan, Euronews, FTV HD and LUXE.TV.
Jeremy Kung (fourth from left) with representatives of the content providers that TM had signed up for its Internet Protocol Television service yesterday
TM is also partnering Hit Entertainment and major Hollywood studios like CBS, Disney-ABC International Television and Sony Pictures Television to offer IPTV viewers the latest movies and TV series through video-on-demand.
In addition, Kung said TM would introduce exclusive interactive channels like Malaysian history, Malaysian football, tourism and games.
Kung said the agreements with the content providers were for periods ranging from one to five years.
He said the IPTV service would initially be offered within the four HSBB coverage areas, namely Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Subang Jaya, Shah Alam and Bangsar.
On the quality of the IPTV service, Kung said: “We have conducted trials and we found it satisfactory.”
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/23/business/5912351&sec=business
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