Orange (France) is to roll out a new Mobile service later in 2008 that apparently is going to have 6 Television channels and VoD (Video On Demand) for TV, Computer, and most importantly, Mobile!

Orange made the “convergence” announcement at the MIPTV 2008 event held in Cannes - logical really, since IPTV in many ways will form the backbone of the service.

The service will have 6 channels, 5 of which will be different, and the sixth which will simulcast in HD. In parallel, there will also be on-demand programming to Television, Personal computer, and Mobile.

The Mobile service will be 3G strreaming, and I would suspect this still to be Unicast, as oppose to the Multicast MBMS servivce that’s being touted as as a possible challenger to DVB-H.

Come on Orange, bring some convergent love over to the UK - we won't bite, honest!

[Via: PCAdvisor.co.uk]

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