Vidvo has stated that its new IPTV (News - Alert) service consisting of cultural television programming will be targeted at the African immigrants. This is a growing demographic considered to be neglected for long by larger service providers.

 

Vidvo claims that its Vidvo.tv is filling the service void for this growing demographic in the United States and Canada with its subscription-based IPTV broadband service.

 

Vidvo is a subsidiary of TA Broadcasting currently headquartered in Silver Spring, MD. The company deals in niche international television channels, video-on-demand, VoIP and other broadband-based technologies.

 

Estimates say that the number of African immigrants has grown 166 percent from 1990 to 2000 and larger service providers are providing them with limited cultural programming. Vidvo’s IPTV service offers African immigrants a greater range of cultural television stations. Stations streamed by Vidvo include Ghana’s MetroTV and OBETV; Ethiopia’s ETV and EBS; Senegal’s RTS; Haiti’s GlobalTV; SudanTV; and the continent-wide African Movie Channel, among others.

 

The company says that it has considered the fact that African immigrants live in apartments or rent residences and that is why they are providing their service via broadband and not through satellite. Vidvo’s IPTV service utilizes broadband technology to deliver African channels to its customers. Unlike most IP services, Vidvo’s technology allows its customers to watch high resolution video streams directly on their television set.

 

Vidvo’s programming includes television channels from countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Senegal and the company claims that they are designed to be practical and affordable.

 

Vidvo also offers International Live Television channels, video-on-Demand, and VoIP telephony services over the Internet. The technology they provide enables users to watch high quality IPTV, listen to online radios, make VoIP telephony calls and enjoy a number of bundled services from a single device.

 

The mobility of Vidvo’s services will allow users to enjoy them from any location with Internet access as long as they carry with them the CPE devices provided along the pack.