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KPN to test live TV service over 4G

2014-03-12 10:09:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) KPN announced plans for a trial of live TV service for mobile customers. A group of customers subscribed to its quad-play offer KPN Compleet will be asked to participate in the three-month trial, with the associated data for the service not deducted from their monthly allowances. KPN said the service will be available on both Android and iOS smartphones and tablets and include 16 channels: Discovery, Comedy Central, National Geographic, Animal Planet, BBC World, Kindernet, Nickelodeon, MTV, CNN, Xite, TLC, Videotheek TV and the Flemish channels Ketnet, Canvas and Een. None of the main Dutch channels are included. A report on the site Tweakers.net said KPN was in talks with RTL to add its channels, but the two cannot agree on a price. According to the Dutch operator, its 4G network makes the live TV service possible, and the aim of the trial is to test out new possibilities for interactive TV over 4G. The operator cited a survey on the site Peil.nl showing growing adoption of on-demand TV and watching TV on the go in the Netherlands. A majority of under-30s (65%) said they expect watch as much or more TV on-demand than through traditional channels within five years. Almost 40 percent said they expect then tobe available to watch on-demand where and when they like. 

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