Finally put on hiatus in November after delays of two years, could Orange’s near-dead UK IPTV ambitions be jump-started again? Speaking at IPTV World Forum on Wednesday, Orange IPTV director Francois Seligmann said: “We are making some surveys on that. As you know, the UK market is a very competitive one. Today we are surveying the public on this market, and I can’t say any more than that.”

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Orange first announced the UK roll-out in June 2006, then promised it would launch in 2007. Last year, Orange told us it would launch in 2008, but UK CEO Tom Alexander canned the idea in November, admitting it’s too similar BT (NYSE: BT) Vision, which itself has struggled on adoption. but he didn’t close the door on the scheme completely, hinting there could be more investment in mobile TV instead. I asked Orange UK exactly what the “survey” includes, but no word so far.

Orange’s ADSL TV service is popular across its European markets and has more than 2.1 million subscribers in France alone. But the French market is leaving the UK behind: Orange has an advanced three screen strategy, allowing its customers to watch its channels seamlessly across PC, TV and mobile.