This is damaging not only to those network operators but also to us and others who wish to provide a wide range of exciting new services to consumers, and damaging to the government's objectives of combating the digital divide and ensuring the widest possible access to digital interactive services in the home. There are currently around 6,000 subscribers. HomeChoice programming is available to subscribers on-demand through the television set. However, we expect competition in the market for VOD to intensify and increase in the near future. These are available on the service six months after they appear in video shops.
Subscription is for a minimum of a year.
NewsChoice offers daily news on a timeshift basis from the BBC, ITN, ABC, CNBC and Bloomberg. HighStreetChoice is a new home shopping service featuring Shop the popular TV shopping channel. It will allow customers to order products and services from featured retailers. This allows customers to access the Internet through telephone lines and their PC much faster than through a traditional modem and without incurring call charges. We expect to offer an e-mail to television service in due course.