Tiscali, who have around 1.5 million broadband customers in the UK are to expand it's HomeChoice broadband TV (IPTV) service to cover most of the UK.

At the present the service only has around 50,000 customers in and around the home counties which were part of the Homechoice when the  IPTV provider was purchased by Tiscali last year. By the end of the year it homes to have the potential to reach 10 million homes and is targeting half a million of these to sign up to the service which is plugging the gap filled by those who want more than the basic freeview digital channels but do not want to pay for a full satellite or cable service.

Along with the broadband and IPTV service users will also receive free phone calls depending on the package, the basic one will start at £19.99 a month or £24.99 for the top package.
If customers still want more then an extra £22 will see them be able to watch the Sky sports channels which shows two thirds of televised Premier League soccer while Tiscali is also in talks with Irish broadcaster Setanta which shows the other live games.

While this is a step in the right direction, having the kids surfing and dad trying to watch the footie will only end up in rows unless customers live close to the exchange and are able to obtain a good connection. True IPTV is really a dream for most of us until BT finally start pushing Fibre-to-the-Premises.