BSkyB and HomeChoice sign premium channel deal

LONDON – BSkyB has clinched a deal to offer its premium channels over household telephone lines to viewers who subscribe to Video Networks' HomeChoice service.

HomeChoice offers a bundled subscription package of broadband internet access, digital radio and TV channels. Movies on demand are also available. The deal will enable customers who do not have a satellite dish or cable television to subscribe to BSkyB's channels.

BSkyB will offer HomeChoice customers Sky Sports 1, 2 and 3, Xtra and Sky Movies. The cheapest package will cost about £20 amonth.

Martin Goswami, the commercial director at BSkyB, said: "[The agreement] enables Sky to retail its services on the HomeChoice platform. This is a new initiative for Sky and a further broadening of the distribution of our channels."

BSkyB recently unveiled an intensive marketing strategy and an overhaul of the Sky brand to combat slowing subscriber growth.

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