FASTWEB offers LA7 Cartapiù premium content to IPTV subscribers

February 8, 2008 – Italian triple-play provider FASTWEB has announced that it has formed an agreement with Italian TV channel LA7 to offer the latter’s premium content to its IPTV subscribers.

The FASTWEB decoder has been certified by LA7 to receive and transmit DTT pay content.  To access the service, FESTWEB clients must purchase an LA7 Cartapiù Smart Card and content packages or a “top-up” card which are on sale at electronic equipment stores, tobacconists and newsstands.  The service has a one-off activation cost of €29.

With the prepaid “top-up” card or content packages, subscribers can view all of the Serie A TIM football championship matches of the Fiorentina, Palermo, Reggina, Sampdoria, Cagliari and Catania teams; the matches on LA7 pitches of the Empoli, Parma, Siena and Udinese teams, as well as the goals and highlights of some top international championships.  The Cartapiù programme schedule also offers a wide choice of other content including motor racing, cartoons, movies, TV series and entertainment.