An exciting channel for music fans of all ages
FASTWEB, Italy's second-largest fixed telecommunications provider, and I-CONCERTS announce an agreement to offer an exciting new channel featuring concerts and live music performances. The new channel is a Video-on-Demand (VoD) channel available to FASTWEBTV subscribers as of today. This is the first launch of an i-concerts branded service in Italy.
FASTWEBTV's subscribers will be able to watch hours of the most popular A-list artist performances, live concerts and backstage. All the content is characterized by its excellent quality of image and sound which is further enhanced by FASTWEB's IPTV-DTT hybrid decoder that guarantees the best audio-video experience. The channel is available in the Music&Fun section of FASTWEBTV (channel 71).
The i-concerts channel covers all tastes and genres including:
- some of the live concerts that changed our world: The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Bob Marley, U2, Ben Harper, REM
- the extras of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Amy Winehouse
- the greatest hits of Robbie Williams, The Smashing Pumpkins, Gorillaz, Muse
- the performances of some of the most renowned Italian artists: Eros Ramazzotti, Paolo Conte, Andrea Bocelli.
"I-concerts on-demand not only enriches our branded channels" said Andrea Conte, FASTWEB's Director of Consumer Business Unit "but it is exciting for music fans of all ages. FASTWEBTV, with its multithematic and multichannel approach, is a perfect match for an inquisitive target which is used to navigating on the Internet and is searching for new formats and new languages on a traditional medium like the TV".
"Fastweb is without a doubt one of the most remarkable and innovative IPTV companies in Europe. We are delighted to see i-concerts deployed on their platform and look forward to providing the best live music entertainment to Italian music fans" commented Natalia Tsarkova, CEO of i-concerts.