Cdiscount Starts Triple Play Streaming

France’s Cdiscount has acquired 16 million customers since it was founded in 1999. It is now offering a streaming service which it describes as a “world first”. Cstream has three applications – music, video and books – and has three-year contracts for each. It is currently offering 300 films (with 50 more added each month), 1,000 programmes for younger viewers, 5 million music titles and 5,000 books (plus 30 newspapers).