Free's First Half Results
September 2006
Free, the competitive carrier in France, announced its first half 2006 results. It now has 1.9 million broadband subscribers. It has 1.26 million TV enabled subscribers and had 273 thousand paying IPTV subscribers at the end of the half.
During the first half of 2006, Free introduced HD services and broadcasted French Open tennis matches in HD. It also introduced the ability to record and time shift TV programming on its HD Freebox set-top box.
Source: MRG, Inc., September 2006 IPTV Bulletin
Shanghai Telecom IPTV Service
September 2006
Shanghai Telecom introduced its IPTV service together with the Shanghai Media Group (SMG). It stated that there are currently 10 thousand subscribers using this service. It expects the number of subscribers to grow to 80 thousand by the end of 2006 and 200 thousand by the end of 2007. It stated that this service will become profitable at 1 million subscribers.
This service will provide 58 channels, 12 from SMG, 15 from China Central Television (CCTV), 20 feature channels, and 9 from other provincial satellite sources. This service will include a time shifted TV service that will provide the ability to replay programs within 48 hours of their initial airing time.
The service will also include 3 thousand video-on-demand and pay per view services. Viewing a film will cost US$.25 to US$1.25. Viewing each episode of a TV series will cost US$.038 to US$.125.
For more information, consult our MRG, Inc., September 2006 IPTV Bulletin
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