According to The Australian, FOX Sports Australia will start charging for access to its website as part of an overhaul of the business that will also see new shows added to its pay-TV channel line-up and greater integration with the other digital and print assets of owner News Corp Australia. The website will be added to the News+ digital subscription package, joining the sites belonging to News's metropolitan tabloids, Sydney's Daily Telegraph, Melbourne's Herald Sun, Adelaide … [Read more...] about FOX Sports Australia to charge for website access
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Indigo licenses factual content to Australia
Indigo Film and Television's factual entertainment series Secret Museums (12 x 30’) has been picked up by Foxtel. Described by Time Out magazine as an “engaging tribute to some genuine London oddities”, the series follows Professor Ronald Hutton on an exploration of the curious and the bizarre objects within Britain’s ‘secret’ museums. In addition SBS, Australia has bought both Literary Landscapes (6 x 30’) … [Read more...] about Indigo licenses factual content to Australia
Foxtel launches Foxtel Play
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Foxtel's new internet pay-TV service has gone live, sidestepping the need for users to have a cable or satellite connection. Anybody with a broadband connection and a PC, Mac, Xbox 360 or eligible Samsung smart TV will have access to the new service, called Foxtel Play. It offers four streams: entertainment, documentary, drama and kids, priced at AUD$25 for one stream, AUD$35 for two, AUD$45 for three and AUD$50 for all four. Sport and movies … [Read more...] about Foxtel launches Foxtel Play
Business leader Tony Shepherd to chair ASTRA
ASTRA has announced that business leader Tony Shepherd will replace Steve Bracks as chair of the subscription television peak body in November. Shepherd is President of the Business Council of Australia, chairman of Transfield Services and the Greater Western Sydney Giants, a non-executive director of other organisations and well known supporter of sports and arts organisations. “I have long admired the subscription television sector because of its role in promoting competition, expanding … [Read more...] about Business leader Tony Shepherd to chair ASTRA
Foxtel to close 3D channel
From August 27, 2013, Foxtel's 3D channel will cease to broadcast and will be removed from the Foxtel onscreen and online TV Guides. Foxtel will continue to show the occasional 3D Pay Per View Movie title via the On Demand service. However, due to the declining availability of 3D Sport and Documentary content, the company does not expect to be able to show these types of 3D content via On Demand once the 3D channel is closed down, they announced. In early July 2013, BBC also announced that it … [Read more...] about Foxtel to close 3D channel
Yahoo!7 partners Brightcove to drive online video consumption in Australia
Singapore - Brightcove Inc., a global provider of cloud content services, announced that Yahoo!7 has teamed with Brightcove to deliver a technology platform for online video consumption and monetisation in Australia. Through the partnership, Brightcove Video Cloud enables Yahoo!7 to deliver high-quality catch-up TV, including long and short-form content, to viewers throughout Australia across desktops, smartphones and tablets. The video experience is now live on the Yahoo!7 network. Grant … [Read more...] about Yahoo!7 partners Brightcove to drive online video consumption in Australia
