Orange adds new channels to Orange TV

August 21, 2008 - Orange has added new channels to its "Orange TV" IPTV service in France, including five free channels and new pay-TV packages.

The five new free channels are Art Channel, No Life, AB Moteurs, Record News and Girondins TV, the channel dedicated to the Bordeaux football club. The new pay-TV options include "Mes chaînes lusophone" ("My Portuguese-speaking channels"), which costs €3.90 per month and includes SIC International and TV Record channels, both in Portuguese, while the package "Mes chaînes Adultes" ("My adult channels") costs €8.90 per month and includes content from Private Spice.

The channels are also available on Orange's satellite TV service for its customers outside the IPTV footprint. Orange's parent company France Telecom recently reported that it had 1.389mn IPTV subscribers in France at the end of the first half of this year, an increase of 65% year-on-year.