SBS SBS has this week announced a massive overhaul of its On Demand catch-up TV service, bolstering its line-up with new content, and repackaging its films and TV into a slick new interface. The updated platform now features more than 350 feature documentaries and factual programs (largely new and exclusive to On Demand), 600 international …

A Telstra Air public Wi-Fi hotspot in Melbourne. Telstra Telstra has officially launched its Australia-wide Wi-Fi network, opening up more than 4,000 public hotspots for the exclusive use of Telstra customers. Telstra is also promising as many as one million more hotspots to join the network as customers start sharing their home connections. Known as Telstra Air, the network will …

Image by CPOA, CC BY-ND 2.0 This week, one of the most significant pieces of anti-piracy legislation in recent years passed through Parliament, allowing rights holders to force ISPs to block overseas websites on a court order. The “Online Infringement” Bill has been labelled a win for Australia’s creative industries and rights holders, but critics have slammed it as “a …

Getty Images Australian internet users could soon be met with dead ends across the web after lawmakers on Monday approved controversial laws that allow the blockage of sites suspected of contributing to piracy. The Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015 [PDF] passed with support from both major parties in the Senate, after passing the House of Representatives last week, with …

“Dallas Buyers Club”. Focus Features ‘How much do you earn and how many films have you torrented?’ That’s the information the rights holders of “Dallas Buyers Club” are looking to get out of internet users that it alleges have pirated the Oscar-winning film. The questions would be asked as part of a “telephone script” that Dallas Buyers Club LLC wants …

NSW Police could soon be able to access banking records without a warrant. James Martin/CNET Police may soon have the power to access much more than retained phone and internet metadata after news that police in NSW are seeking the power to tap into bank records and financial data without a warrant. But critics say the move would do away …

Image by Jaskirat Singh Bawa, CC BY-ND 2.0 Update, June 17 at 10:40 a.m AEST: The House of Representatives has now passed site-blocking legislation with support from the Coalition and Labor, opening the path to the Senate and the bill’s passage into law. A joint Parliamentary committee has voiced its support for website-blocking legislation, with both Labor and Liberal Senators …

Getty Images Hundreds of Exetel customers have had their Internet service terminated after being deemed “exceedingly heavy users,” despite the ISP offering unlimited data allowances as part of its plan offering. The Australian Internet service provider opted to “let go” the data-hungry users, sending notice to “around 400” customers and warning them that they had 30 days to find a …

eBay’s new Apple Watch app. eBay Just days after it launched its first app for Apple Watch, eBay is talking up the future of wearables after seeing a massive increase in sales for smart watches and wristbands on its Australian site. The figures come out of a new eBay report, conducted by technology research firm Telsyte, which examines Australians’ technology …

A new report says Australians pay a significant “price premium” for Telstra’s services. William West/Getty Images Vodafone has fired a salvo in the battle between Australian telcos, commissioning a new report that claims high prices are leaving Telstra customers across Australia AU$3.1 billion worse off. The report on “Australia’s telecommunications market structure,” compiled by the Centre for International Economics, breaks …