BellSouth Corp has announced the launch a market trial that will incorporate digital video and high-speed data services. The service trial is penciled in to last 18 months and will be available to 8,000 households in Chamblee, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. BellSouth will initially offer 70 analog channels, 128 digital broadcast channels including multiplexed premium channels, and 256 digital switched channels. In the summer, it intends to offer video-on-demand and high-speed personal computer access. The video-on- demand servers will come from Hewlett-Packard Co and television set-top boxes from Scientific-Atlanta Inc.
