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Telecom Italia Launches New IPTV Channel

DMeurope reports that Telecom Italia has launched 'Parole e Persone', the first channel created specifically for the broadband service provider's Alice Home TV IPTV service.

Through the channel, five original programs have been added to Alice Home TV and the Rosso Alice portal. The new channel will include talk shows and cultural and social themes of the day with direct audience participation of the audience via e-mail. The programing of 'Parole e Persone', which is free, will initially consist of five original formats which will be streamed each weeknight from 7.30 pm to 2.00 am and then repeated, in continuous rotation, from 2.00 am to 7.30 pm the following day.

Fanny Cadeo, Debora Caprioglio, Marta Cosaro, Marina La Rosa and Raffaello Tonon will be the stars of the channel, hosting the daily programs. The channel will also be available on Rosso Alice (www.rossoalice.it), Telecom Italia's ADSL portal, where the 'content on demand' section is also available.

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