Imagenio

Imagenio is the commercial name of the IPTV television over ADSL service of Spain's Telefonica telecommunications company. The service was started as a commercial pilot test in the city of Alicante on 2002 and later extended to some major cities like Madrid and Barcelona on April 2004. [cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/navegante/2004/04/19/empresas/1082366837.html|title='Telefónica ya ofrece televisión por ADSL en Madrid y Barcelona'|language=Spanish|author='Elmundo.es']

As of March 2006 the coverage doesn't include all of Spain. Major cities and province capitals are covered, but not rural areas or minor cities. It is possible to check on-line if the service is available for your phone line on the [http://www.imagenio.com Imagenio Home Page] .

The channel line-up includues some international English language channels, such as CNN International and BBC World. Additionally for certain channels, Imagenio allows the viewer to switch instantly from the dubbed Spanish versions of foreign-made programs to the original language version. This facility is available for many digital channels such as [http://tcmes.com/ TCM] , [http://www.calle13-es.com/ Calle 13] , [http://www.fox.es/ Fox] and [http://www.disney.es/DisneyChannel/ Disney] but not for national terrestrial/digital channels such as [http://www.rtve.es/ TVE] , [http://www.antena3tv.com/ Antena3] or [http://www.telecinco.es/ Telecinco] .

Technology

Since November 2007, the television service Imagenio incorporate new features that allow the customer to have a truly TV 'a la carte': the services "Past TV," "Shift TV," "Rewind TV" and "Recorder Staff. " These services are made possible by a decoder HD TV (High Definition Television) with a hard drive of 160 GB, similar to TiVo.

"Past TV" is an exclusive service of Imagenio, pioneer and unique in the world, which makes it possible to access content (delivered up to seven days before the main channels in general), has been officially recorded by Imagenio without the client should do anything . "Shift TV," is an option that allows users to stop live broadcast of any program from any channel, and then continue seeing; The service "Rewind TV," allows instant repeat of last minute broadcast of the channel that was being for, for example, be able to follow since the beginning.

Lastly, the Recorder staff "offers the possibility to record contents of any channel at the push of a button.

Channels

Nationals

*1 - TVE1
*2 - TVE2
*3 - Antena 3
*4 - Cuatro
*5 - Telecinco
*6 - La Sexta
*7 - Authonomic Channel 1
*8 - Authonomic Channel 2
*10 - Intereconomía
*11 - Veo TV

Entertaiment

*20 - FOX
*21 - Calle 13
*22 - AXN
*23 - Cosmopolitan
*24 - People&Arts
*25 - Paramount Comedy
*26 - Animax
*27 - Sci Fi
*30 - Buzz
*31 - Telecinco Estrellas
*32 - Sony Entertainment Television

Movies

*40 - Canal Hollywood
*41 - TCM (movie pack)
*42 - Extreme teuve (movie pack)
*43 - MGM (movie pack)
*44 - Somos teuve (movie pack)
*45 - Cinematk teuve (movie pack)

Kids

*50 - Disney Channel
*52 - Cartoon Network
*53 - Nickelodeon
*54 - Jetix
*55 - Toon Disney
*56 - Playhouse Disney
*57 - Clan TVE

Documentaries

*68 - Decasa
*69 - Canal Cocina
*70 - VIAJAR
*71 - National Geographic Channel (documentary pack)
*72 - The History Channel
*73 - Odisea
*74 - Discovery Channel
*75 - Biography
*76 - Discovery Science (documentary pack)
*77 - Discovery Civilization(documentary pack)
*78 - Discovery Turbo (documentary pack)
*81 - Andalucía Turismo

ports

*90 - Eurosport
*91 - Eurosport 2
*92 - Sportmanía
*93 - ESPN Classic (sports pack)
*94 - Real Madrid TV
*95 - Barça TV (selected channel)
*96 - Telecinco Sport
*97 - Teledeporte
*102 - Extreme Sports Channel (selected channel)
*103 - Sailing Channel (sports pack)

Music

*110 - 40 Latino
*111 - Sol Música
*112 - 40 TV
*113 - MTV España
*114 - VH1
*115 - VH1 Classics (music pack)
*116 - Trace TV (music pack)
*117 - MTV2 (music pack)
*118 - MTV Base (music pack)
*119 - MTV Hits (music pack)
*120 - Fly Music
*121 - La Sexta 2
*123 - Unitel Classica (selected channel)

News

*130 - Bloomberg Television
*131 - Intereconomía TV
*132 - Euronews
*133 - CNN+
*134 - BBC World
*135 - Fox News (international news pack)
*136 - Al Jazeera English (international news pack)
*137 - France 24 (international news pack)
*138 - Russia Today (international news pack)
*139 - CNBC (international news pack)
*150 - TV5MONDE
*152 - CNN International
*153 - Canal 24 Horas

Autonomous Channels

*170 - TVG
*171 - ETB SAT
*172 - Andalucía TV
*173 - Telemadrid SAT
*174 - TVVi
*175 - TV Canaria Internacional
*176 - TVCi

Other

*0 - Promocional Imagenio

References

External links

* [http://www.imagenio.com Imagenio Home Page]