New ch’s for Bluewin TV

Jörn Krieger

Swiss telco Swisscom is expanding the TV offer of Bluewin TV, the IPTV platform distributed on its ADSL broadband networks, with eight new channels being offered in the basic package from 1 July.

The new services are Swiss sports channel Schweizer Sportfernsehen, regional broadcaster La Télé, French-language channel TV5 Monde, British commercial broadcasters E4, More 4 and Five, Rai Storia from Italy and Thai channel Thai TV Global Network.

Also new is a service which will enable viewers to order individual major league soccer live matches from England (Premiere League), France (Ligue 1), Spain (La Liga) and Portugal (Liga Sagres) through pay-TV operator Teleclub. This adds to the currently available matches from Germany's soccer Bundesliga, Italy's Serie A and the UEFA Champions League.