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BT Vision Launches Next Week
BT has finally gotten around to launching its TV-via-broadband contender
to Sky, NTL and others. BT Vision, which we have covered here and here, will go live next Monday, December 4. That said, it will be lacking some key
components at launch, including ‘catch-up’ TV which allows punters to retrieve episodes
of some of their favourite TV shows from the past week.
There have been delays on the BBC-end getting clearance for the service.
Ironically, rival service NTL offers the BBC ‘catch-up’ facility.
Users will need a set-top box f
rom Philips with an in-built 80GB hard
disk drive for recording TV and a BT broadband package. What they get is all
the Freeview channels, children and family programmes, some US dramas, music,
entertainment and documentary programming. There will also be ‘near-live’
football coverage, but there are few details on just how near to live that footie
will be.
Adult entertainment is also on the menu as are on-demand services like live football, movies and music downloads. It’s all a bit bitty at the moment but the key selling point is that once you have your set-top box and BT broadband, there is no monthly subscription charge to BT Vision.
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