LONDON (Reuters) - BT Group is to announce deals with film studio Warner Brothers and record label EMI as part of its BT Vision broadband television service launch on Monday, newspapers reported.
BT confirmed on Sunday it would offer music videos from EMI artists, who include Kylie Minogue, Coldplay and Robbie Williams. A number of British newspapers also said it was set to announce an agreement with film studio Warner on Monday but BT said it would not comment.
The tie ups will allow customers to download and listen to music from EMI's artists and pull down Warner's films and TV from the Internet when they want.
BT is set to announced pricing for the service on Monday. The on-demand content is expected to be offered through a monthly subscription or a pay-per-view basis.
While TV and video over the internet is relatively new in the UK, Italian broadband provider Fastweb has been doing it for years and a number of French and German telecoms firms, as well as Dutch telecoms group KPN , have well-established multi-channel offerings.
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