BT reveals more details on their upcoming IPTV Services

BT reveals more details on their upcoming IPTV Services

BT today announced three more deals with leading rights owners to widen the range of family entertainment available on its national next generation TV offering. Building on last month’s announcement of deals with three of the world’s biggest entertainment companies, BBC Worldwide, Paramount and Warner Music Group, BT has added deals with documentary and factual providers National Geographic Channel and with kids TV programming leaders HIT Entertainment and Nelvana.

National Geographic Channel is a world leader in factual television spanning a wide range of topical subjects including science, technology, real-life investigation, history and wildlife. HIT Entertainment provide such programming as programmes such as Bob the Builder and Pingu, which are included in BT’s licensing deal.

Nelvana, part of the Corus Entertainment Group, also produce children’s entertainment. Their licensing deal with BT includes Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, Max and Ruby, as well as Beyblade and Franklin.

BT promised to unveil even more big name deals this year, as it builds to a launch of the service in late summer or Autumn 2006. Customers of the service will be able to choose from a range of on-demand film, music and television programming as well as a groundbreaking interactive and communications service, all available through their TV sets.