Fastweb (telecommunications company)
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| Company type | Public (BIT: FWB) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1999 Milan |
| Headquarters | Milan , Italy |
| Services | Internet, on-demand TV |
| Revenue | €1260m (2006) |
| €425m (2006) | |
| -€124m (2006) | |
| Owner | Swisscom (82%) |
| Website | http://company.fastweb.it |
FASTWEB S.p.A. (BIT: FWB) is an Italian broadband telecommunications company. It provides voice, Internet and cable and IPTV television and FTTH connection. The cable television and IPTV service was developed by Fastweb themselves as the technology market in 2000 was not mature enough to offer the level of sophistication required to deploy and manage a premium service. Fastweb rapidly became the leading reference worldwide for how to create and build IPTV services, employing a mixture of own developed middleware and Set Top Box software[citation needed]
In May 2007, the Swiss telecommunications company Swisscom paid 3 billion euros for 82.4% of Fastweb.[1] Fastweb retains its stock market listing and remains a distinct operating entity.
TV di Fastweb
TV di Fastweb is Fastweb's cable television and IPTV service. Its major features are the On Demand channels (a total of 17), with also an HDTV On Demand channel, and an advanced interactive service, available thanks to the Videostation, the decoder TV di Fastweb gives to its subriscribers.
The TV di Fastweb service is available also without subscribing any telephone nor ADSL offer since September 2007.
TV di Fastweb is the only cable television network in Italy, but not for the IPTV, where there are other three companies (Tiscali TV Italy, Alice Home TV and Infostrada TV).
Fastweb TV Channels
This is the list of channels broadcasted on cable tv and IPTV by TV di Fastweb.
- Music Box
- Bloomberg Television
- Rai News 24
- SKY TG24
- SKY Meteo 24
- Rai Sport Più
- Cartoon Network
- CNN International
- BBC World
- MTV Music
- ESPN Classic
- Rai Click Fiction Live
- TV5 Monde Europe
- Replay Tv
- FastGame
- FastKids
On Demand channels:
- ONtv Calcio & Sport
- ONtv Fiction
- ONtv Ragazzi
- ONtv Musica
- ONtv Spettacoli
- ONtv Sapere
- ONtv Film
- Rai Click Fiction
- Rai Click Cinema
- Rai Click Junior
- Rai Click News e Sport
- Rai Click Culture
- Rai Click Spettacolo
- Passion Tv
- Cartoon Network On Demand
- ESPN Classic On Demand
- Disney Channel On Demand (available since November 2007)
TV di Fastweb also broadcasts all the nine national analogue terrestrial channels (Rai Uno, Rai Due, Rai Tre, Retequattro, Canale 5, Italia 1, La 7, MTV Italia and All Music) in the digital technology.
HDTV Channels
- ONtv Film HD (On Demand HDTV channel)
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