Saturday, June 30, 2007

Telsur Offer IPTV in Chile

Telsur, a telco that operates in southern Chile, has introduced an IPTV service that offers 80 broadcast channels in response to Telefonica Chile's recent IPTV introduction in sections of Santiago described earlier in this blog.Telsur has invest $30 million to upgrade its broadband network, which has 50 thousand subscribers.

IPTV is starting to develop some momentum in South America. There are also efforts in Brazil, but the regulator there is not allowing the telco to offer broadcast services. Limiting the service to only video on demand makes the business case more difficult.

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