iiNet IPTV launches

iiNet has revealed that FetchTV will be providing the content for its long-awaited IPTV service.

Ten months after it kicked off a trial of the service and almost a year after it was launched by rival iiNet, national broadband provider Internode has launched the FetchTV internet video service on its network, pricing the offering at very similar rates to those offered by iiNet.

iiNet has reduced the minimum contract for its fetchtv IPTV service and added a new range of free content.

IPTV service provider FetchTV, whose service will be resold by iiNet and other Australian ISPs, has selected middleware from Israeli company Orca Interactive to underpin its service offering.

Internode has formally launched its version of the FetchTV IPTV service offering video-on-demand, time-shifted television viewing and a range of TV channels. The launch coincides with a redesign of the FetchTV user interface

Optus is partnering with wholesale IPTV service provider, FetchTV to jointly develop a converged IPTV service that will be available over is fixed broadband network and on smartphones and tablet devices.

The fetchtv IPTV service is now available from another Australian ISP. Westnet has announced it will offer the service to its customers as an add-on.

Telecommunications industry rumours have long hinted that the nation’s number two telco Optus would follow in the footsteps of rivals iiNet and Internode and sign up with fledgling internet video player FetchTV. The rumours, it turns out, were true – but the partnership between the pair goes further than previous deals in the space.

Telecommunications industry rumours have long hinted that the nation’s number two telco Optus would follow in the footsteps of rivals iiNet and Internode and sign up with fledgling internet video player FetchTV. The rumours, it turns out, were true – but the partnership between the pair goes further than previous deals in the space.