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Tiscali has rarely been out of the headlines lately, with plans for its UK division to be taken over by Vodafone, The Carphone Warehouse and Sky all eventually falling by the wayside.
The ISP has now hit the headlines again, with the sudden announcement that it is closing its IPTV service in Italy at the end of the month.
The move has led to speculation that the UK IPTV service could be next in line for the chop.
The Italian service had around 50,000 customers, and Tiscali has been ominously quiet about the number of IPTV subscribers in the UK.
The UK service is based on Homechoice, which Tiscali acquired in August 2006.
At that time Homechoice had 36,000 subscribers and, with what now looks like unfounded optimism, Tiscali said it planned to increase this number to 200,000 by the end of 2008.
Tiscali’s UK IPTV offering has struggled in a market dominated by major players such as Sky, Virgin and BT.
It seems unlikely that any decision will be made about the UK IPTV service until the current auction of the ISP’s UK assets is finally resolved.
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