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Canadian telco Colba.Net has launched its new IPTV service on the Island of Montreal (Quebec province).

The new service offers a number of high-definition channels and some popular US channels, as well as access to the content streaming websites NetFlix, AppleTV and TOUT.TV. Colba.Net's footprint currently covers around 375,000 households on the Island of Montreal.

The company will face a tough competitor however in Bell Canada, which has already launched its IPTV service 'Fibe TV' in Montreal, delivered over the telco's fibre-based network and offering over 100 high-definition channels, more than 70 international channels and over 20 thematic packages, as well as interactive features and whole home PVR capabilities.

Fibe TV is expected to be available to 5mn Canadian households by the end of 2015, whereupon Bell expects to become Canada's largest TV provider, and to that end plans to invest billions of dollars in its fibre, satellite and wireless broadband networks in order to deliver the most extensive TV services possible.

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