BT has announced the launch of a slate of new channels for its IPTV service including channel bolt ons and the opportunity for customers to pick channels on an a la carte basis.
At the core of the new structure is the Entertainment pack, priced at £7 per month and including 18 popular pay TV channels, such as Discovery, National Geographic, Comedy Central and Gold.
Two additional channel bolt ons have been announced, but only for those companies on the high-speed BT Infinity broadband.
HD Extra which features high definition versions of many of the channels in Entertainment plus the three BT Sport channels in HD, and Kids Extra, featuring nine popular kids channels including Nickelodeon, Disney, Boomerang and Cartoon Network.
BT is also changing its on demand offerings to flexible monthly bolt-ons, allowing customers to choose from Kids or Music on demand at £3 a month each or Film & TV Box Sets at £5 per month.
The company has also introduced a “three for £20” deal for new customers, (BT line rental £15.45 a month) until December 9. This offers Infinity fibre-optic broadband, the Entertainment channels pack, BT Sport and a free award-winning YouView box featuring catch up TV from all the major public sector broadcasters and more than 70 Freeview TV and radio channels.
