Belgacom to offer ‘free’ IPTV

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The dedicated Belgian music channel MCM Belgique will close down on December 31. The international public channel RTBF Sat will meanwhile cease transmissions in mid- February.

Lagardère has decided to close down MCM Belgique because of the slowdown in the TV advertising market, as well as the difficulty of reaching a young audience on Belgian cable networks. Digital cable is only very slowly progressing in the French speaking part of the country. The channel was launched about 15 years ago and ad sales were handled by RMB.

The closure of RTBF Sat is due to severe budget cuts at the French language public broadcaster. The only RTBF channels on satellite (Eutelsat Hot Bird) that will remain are RTBF La Une and RTBF La Deux as part of the encrypted TeleSat DTH bouquet.

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Belgacom to offer ‘free’ IPTV

Written by Schelstraete Bart

Sunday, 12 July 2009 17:27

Belgacom TV is offering its basic bouquet TV Comfort to all subscribers buying a bundle of telephony and internet services from the incumbent operator. This gives the consumer a saving of €18.50 a month.

The cheapest version costs €49.95 a month, which buys the consumer telephony and internet light access. The most expensive option is a pack with mobile telephony, broadband access, including Mobile 35 and internet plus, which costs €86.75 monthly.

Consumers can rent a second IPTV set-top box for €6 a month or buy the set for €79.00. A one-time activation fee of €50.00 is applicable.

Belgacom has said it now has 555,000 TV customers. The service has a potential reach of 87% of the entire population, 78% can receive two IPTV streams and 66.2% (or 75% of all Belgacom TV customers) can receive HD channels.

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