Czech alternative operator Volny has launched the new Volny TV fixed-line digital TV service. The basic package includes a set-top box and costs CZK 297 including VAT. It offers around 40 TV stations, movie channels, electronic programme guide (EPG), video-on-demand (VoD), HBO Digital and other services such as photo album and games. The IPTV service is currently available in selected locations in Prague and Brno. It is available combined with an unlimited broadband internet and phone package from CZK 996, including line rental.
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TheCellFreak writes…HBO announced Tuesday a partnership with S.K. Telecom that would make previously aired episodes of popular HBO programs downloadable. With such features as unlimited viewing, quick return chapter selection, viewers able to hand pick episodes, and above all, a $2 a month flat subscription fee, the deal looks like a steal for consumers.
Except one minor detail- the subtitles; the shows are going to have them. Seeing as Koreans speak Korean, that makes sense in theory but… in reality I have problems being able to make out subtitles on a full size television half the time. Are we really supposed to believe that the words are somehow going to be more legible on a 3 inch screen?
While this deal doesn’t effect the North American market as of yet, Cingular has already started offering limited HBO content and through their HBO MobileSM and HBO Family MobileSM programs, and it only seems a matter of time until a fuller roster is offered. In addition to made for mobile episodes of Entourage, an industry first, Cingular has also been offering full length episodes of the first season of Entourage, and various other full episodes of Sex in the City and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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Volny launches IPTV service in Prague and Brno
