Fetchtv spreads to Westnet

Stephen Withers
Wednesday, 20 April 2011 14:51

Your IT - Entertainment

The fetchtv IPTV service is now available from another Australian ISP. Westnet has announced it will offer the service to its customers as an add-on.

WA-based ISP Westnet is following the lead of its parent company iiNet in offering fetchtv's IPTV service.

The fetchtv1 package available to the company's ADSL 1 customers provides a set-top box that supports pay-per-view movie rentals (from $3.95) and includes a triple-tuner PVR for the reception and recording of free-to-air digital broadcasts via an aerial along with access to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. The service costs $14.95 per month.

Customers on ADSL2 can go for the Fetchtv2 package. Priced at $29.95 per month including set-top box rental (or $19.95 after purchasing the hardware for $399), it includes everything in the fetchtv1 package, plus a choice from 30 movies (with seven new titles each week) and a bundle of news and entertainment channels.

The current list of channels comprises Fox Sports News, BBC World News, CNBC Australia, France 24, Al Jazeera, Euronews, NDTV 24x7, CCTV News, Bloomberg TV, DW-TV Asia+, National Geographic, Nat Geo Adventure, Discovery Science, Discovery Home & Health, Discovery Turbo, TLC, Animal Planet, MTV, MTV Classic, MTV Hits, BabyTV, E!, CityTV, Manchester United TV, Chelsea TV, and Barca TV, with Real Madrid TV to be added soon.

In addition, there is on-demand access to programs from Warner TV, Gekko TV, Frontiers, HiJinx, Profiles, Chronicles and Earth Touch.

More channels are available at extra cost - see page 2.