Google could offer pay-TV services

The group search engine Google plans to offer pay-TV services, reports the Wall Street Journal on its website (article fee), Thursday, November 3.

Google began looking for "ways to complete a project" already announced high-speed Internet access in Kansas City, in the center of the United States "by adding video services and telephony," the newspaper citing a "person having been informed" of the group's plans.

NO DECISION YET TAKEN

To this end, the California company "has discussed the possibility of distributing large television channels belonging to groups such as Walt Disney, Time Warner and Discovery Services", the newspaper said. However, the article adds, "These discussions were exploratory and no final decision has yet been taken."

In late October, the group announced a new version of its television system connected to the Internet, which is struggling to win. The launch of Google TVen Europe, originally planned this year, was postponed to a later date.