Bell Fibe TV

Type	Subsidiary of Bell Canada
Industry	Telecommunications
Predecessor(s)	Bell Entertainment Service
Founded	September 13, 2010
Headquarters	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Area served	Canada
Products	IPTV
Parent	Bell Canada
Website	Bell Fibe TV

Bell Fibe TV is an IP-based television service offered by Bell Canada in Ontario and Quebec. It is bundled with Bell Fibe Internet, and uses the Microsoft Mediaroom platform.

Bell Fibe TV officially launched on September 13, 2010 and is currently available only in select areas of Toronto, Montreal & Quebec City, among others. Service will gradually be expanded to cover all parts of Toronto and Montreal and it is expected that Fibe TV will be available to nearly 5 million households by 2015.^[1]

History[link]

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Bell began researching for a new television solution in 2004 in order to penetrate into urban markets where building owners restricted the installation of satellite dishes. The launch of Bell ExpressVu for Condos (VDSL service) proved to be ineffective since that service did not allow for customers to benefit from HD programming and PVR options. In 2006, after much research was done, Bell started testing a new technology called IPTV in Toronto, Quebec City and Montreal with Bell employees using the ADSL platform. In October 2007, Bell finally launched a pilot project of IPTV branded as Bell Entertainment Service in select areas and buildings of Toronto. Most of the features that are now available with Fibe TV were offered with Bell Entertainment Service. Some key traits of Bell Entertainment Service were internet and TV charges being billed as one service, "White Glove" customer service, and media sharing. After finalizing testing for the new IPTV service in the following years, Bell finally rolled out a contained launch in Toronto and Montreal under the "Fibe TV" brand name in June 2010 followed by an official launch later that year in September.

Hardware[link]

Bell Fibe TV receivers are manufactured by Motorola. Two models are currently being offered to subscribers, the Whole Home PVR (VIP1232) and the HD Receiver (VIP1200). The Whole home PVR enables the recording capabilities while the HD receiver extends it to other televisions. Receivers can be connected on the network using a coaxial cable or Category 5 cable. At the moment, Bell Fibe TV offer two ways of acquiring its equipment. Two possibilities are given to acquire hardware, one is to purchase the receiver the other is what is referred to as Rental Choice, which gives the ability to take ownership of the receiver after completing 36 months of rental.^[2][3]

• The VIP1232 and VIP1200 both consist of a 400+ DMIPS(Dhrystone MIPS) system-on-chip processor with 128MB of DRAM. It supports Dolby® Digital AC-3, AAC(Advanced Audio Coding) digital audio and resolutions of 480i/480p/720p/1080i. The main difference between both models, other than their size, is that the VIP1232 is equipped with a 320 HDD for its DVR functions
• For High definition, the video connections consist of an HDMI and a component video port (YP_BP_R]).
• For standard definition, two RCA connector, one S-video output and a coaxial cable channel 3/4 output are available
• The audio connections feature one Optical S/PDIF connection and two pairs of audio RCA connectors
• Two USB ports are available on the receiver but no information is provided at the moment on their use ^[4]

Features[link]

Features of Bell Fibe TV include the following:^[5]

• Whole Home PVR: all receivers in a household are connected together via a network which allows viewers to record and playback content from any room in the house. A viewer also has the ability to pause a recorded show on one receiver then continue viewing it on another. Fibe TV PVR's can store up to 100 hours of HD (300 hours of standard) content and can stream or record up to 3 HD plus 1 SD channels simultaneously.
• Fibe TV On Demand: a VOD service with over 1000 titles, including movies & TV series
• Ability to search for programs by title, cast members, or a simple keyword search. The electronic program guide has 14 days worth of listings and allows viewers to customize the display to show their favourite channels.
• Picture in picture browsing and channel surfing: viewers can watch one channel and browse other channels or channel listings.
• Instant Channel Change. Viewers have virtually no delay when changing channels.
• For every standard definition channel subscribed to, customers receive the HD version (when available) at no extra charge in Ontario. Since the programming options are different in Québec, HD Theme packs need to be purchased additionally to have access to some high definition channels.^[6]
• TV based apps such as Facebook, Twitter and The Weather Network

Channels[link]

Bell Fibe TV provides over 500 channels including all major Canadian & American networks, popular specialty services, PPV, sports packages, over 85 international services and over 115 high-definition channels.^[7] Key services include:

• Fibe TV on Demand, includes access to hundreds of movies as well as various subscription on demand services including TMN On Demand, HBO On Demand, Treehouse on Demand & YTV on Demand
• The Movie Network / Movie Central / Super Channel / HBO Canada, English-language premium movie services
• Super Écran, French-language premium movie service
• MLB Extra Innings
• NFL Sunday Ticket
• NCAA Season Ticket (NCAA Football/Basketball games from ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN PPV)
• NHL Centre Ice
• NASCAR Hot Pass
• Sportsnet World, Soccer, rugby and Gaelic games from Europe
• Vu!, PPV featuring 50 English-language channels & 22 French-language channels
• AOV TV & Maleflixxx Television, adult services
• Playboy TV
• Various International channels including Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese), Filipino (Tagalog), German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, South Asian (Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Gujarati) and Vietnamese.
• 45 Galaxie digital music stations
• 23 Canadian commercial radio stations

See Also[link]

• List of Bell TV channels (includes Bell Fibe TV listings)

References[link]

1. ^ http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2010/13/c9242.html
2. ^ http://support.bell.ca/Documents/TV/UserGuide/Receiver/1200/VIP1200HD(en).pdf?ver=7.0
3. ^ http://fibetv.bell.ca/en/receivers/
4. ^ http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Video-Solutions/Products/Video-CPE/IP-Set-Tops/VIP1232/_documents/Static_files/VIP1232-Data-Sheet-US-EN.pdf
5. ^ http://fibetv.bell.ca/en/features/
6. ^ http://fibetv.bell.ca/global/resources/pdf/fibe-tv-qc-en.pdf
7. ^ [1]

External links[link]

• Official Bell Fibe TV website
• Official List of Bell Fibe TV Channels (Ontario)
• Fibe TV Support website

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