Dec 17, 20070
O2 to launch UK pay-TV offering
The mobile phone company O2 is reported to be planning to launch a pay-TV offering in the UK from 2008.
O2, owned by Spanish telecoms company Telefónica, already has a broadband offering in the UK after acquiring Be Broadband. According to UK media reports it wants to add a TV service.
It is thought it will trial the service, ahead of a full roll out, if successful, by end 2008. O2 already runs a similar service, O2TV, in the Czech Republic, offering 55 channels and video on demand content from Warner Bros, Sony Pictures, Disney, Paramount and HBO. It also holds the rights for the Czech national ice hockey league.
