PTCL had launched the IPTV service on August 14th at the ITCN Asia in Karachi. It was given as a free service till October 1st but the President Mr. Walid Irshaid decided that the free service will be extended till the 1st of January next year. The tariff declared for the service was Rs. 300 in addition to the price of broadband already circulated. The company waived off the PTCL line rent on the phone, hence the existing broadband customers will eventually pay about Rs. 125 in addition to what they were previously paying to get this IPTV service branded as Smart TV because of its interactive functionality where customers can lock for juvenile viewing, rewind and pause, live channels at their discretion. More than 100 movies have been offered as video on demand, that can be viewed as on the DVD player, with pause, rewind and search functions. Near video on demand aka cinema channels are also available with voting among lists
A big hindrance to the customers was the price of the equipment, about Rs. 9000; this has been facilitated by dividing the price in easy 24 installments of Rs. 500 per month as an option
Optic network units are also being upgraded for compatibility with IPTV. This development has been done in Karachi and is expected to be in the three cities within a month.
The IPTV aka Smart TV is an overall wonderful experience and is recommended to be ordered early to evaluate it for free till the end of this year
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