Sky agrees to supply for Tiscali’s TV service

After Sky took away the package of channels from Virgin Media in a difference of opinion over the charges earlier this year, they have decided to provide Tiscali’s TV service with the same package of channels they had given Virgin Media. Sky withdrew its channels from Virgin, which aggravated concern from the cable firm’s three million-plus TV customers, taking a charge on subscriber numbers.

The contract for the satellite broadcaster’s “Basics” package will make Sky One shows such as Lost and 24 available to all the 50,000 customers of Tiscali. The provider bought south east-only IPTV network HomeChoice in 2006, and also plans to roll-out to the rest of the country in the third quarter this year.

Though this is a revolution for Tiscali’s triple-play ambitions and this new move will be widely construed from Sky’s part. The relationship between the Sky and Virgin Media became bitterer soon after Sky entered into the broadband market.