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TelstraClear may let customers on its InHome cable networks in Wellington and Christchurch access YouTube on their televisions and says it would be technically possible to show internet sites such as Trade Me or news sites as television channels.
The HomeMedia PVR can be used to access TelstraClear's pay-television service, to which about half its InHome customers subscribe. Like MySky and TiVo, the PVR will let customers pause and rewind "live" television and record programmes straight from its electronic programming guide (EPG) to a hard drive. But consumer markets head Steve Jackson says it has trumped MySky and TiVo with a device that has 300 gigabytes of storage and delivers "1080P" high-definition. The PVR will cost $499, or $15 a month, plus installation – not including pay-TV subscriptions. "This is a platform on which we are going to build and expand our entertainment services nationwide. There will be several things happening over the next 12 to 24 months. I don't want to commit to what they are at this stage, but video-on-demand plays a key component in that." |
Mr Jackson says that adding YouTube could be "relatively easily do-able". The PVR is being manufactured by Irish company Digisoft. Its optional add-ons include: Mr Doyle says none will be available on launch, but everything is being evaluated. "We wouldn't be going with Digisoft if we didn't have plans to try and investigate some of those things." Continue reading the articleArticle source: www.stuff.co.nz For more information on Digisoft and our IPTV products visit www.digisoft.tv |
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