Foxtel has announced that both the 2013 Rugby Championship series — including the Bledisloe Cup — and the Barclays Premier League will be available as part of the Sports premium package on Foxtel Play. The Bledisloe Cup will join Foxtel Play’s sport package. (Credit: Foxtel) The addition of these events to the live sports component …

Overnight, Samsung unveiled its US$8999 55-inch curved OLED TV for the US market. Is Samsung’s curved OLED on its way to Australia? (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) The product joins LG’s same-sized product, but undercut the pricing by around US$6000. While this means that the US has two curved OLED TVs to choose from, Australians are still awaiting the arrival of LG’s …

Night owls and home entertainment fanatics take note: in the wee small hours of tomorrow morning, Samsung will be unveiling “what’s next in home entertainment”. (Screenshot by Shara Tibken/CNET) The event is taking place in New York, where it will be the far more reasonable time of midday on Tuesday, 13 August. CNET‘s David Katzmaier, Ty Pendlebury, Sarah Tew and …

Virgin Mobile has undergone a brand refresh, with the new strategy focusing on the telco’s connection to the entire Virgin “family” of products and services. Virgin Mobile’s tweaked logo. (Credit: Virgin) This refresh has included a redesigned logo and a new “Irresistible Plan”, costing AU$140 per month. For that, customers will receive unlimited local calls and SMSes, AU$200 worth of …

Launched overnight in New York, LG’s new flagship G2 will arrive in Australia in Q4 this year — believed to be around November, according to an LG press release. The LG G2. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) This is a marked change in strategy for LG, which has had previous flagship “superphones” such as the Optimus G launching considerably later in Australia …

Samsung has announced plans to release new versions of the S4 and S4 Mini that will be able to work across multiple long-term evolution (LTE) standards. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) The new phones will be able to switch between 4G networks based on Time-Division Duplex (TDD) and those based on Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) LTE. According to Samsung, the move will …

Amaysim has operated in the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) space since late 2010, delivering mobile and data plans across the Optus network. (Credit: Amaysim) The company has won multiple awards for both customer satisfaction and value, and its three-hour delivery service may well garner it another. The offer is currently limited to just the Sydney CBD and North Sydney. …

Chinese manufacturer TCL will have 65-inch 4K TV in retail by mid-September for just AU$4999. The TCL E5691. (Credit: TCL) Australia’s Ultra HD offerings are set to get a new low-cost competitor as TCL introduces its E5691 65-inch TV. The 4K set will be smart TV enabled, have three HDMI ports and come loaded with both SBS On Demand and …

TCL announced this morning that it would be selling its 55-inch Ultra HD TV for AU$4999, making it the lowest RRP for 4K in Australia. (Screenshot via Nic Healey/CNET) However, as was pointed out to CNET Australia via reader comments, JB Hi-Fi is selling the Hisense Ultra HD TV for just AU$4998 — and that’s the 65-inch model according to …

Foxtel will pull the plug on its 3D channel, channel 201, on 27 August, with a lack of content being to blame, according to the pay-TV provider. (Credit: Joseph Kaminsky/CNET) An announcement on the Foxtel site says: “due to a worldwide lack of 3D content production, it is no longer viable for Foxtel to maintain a dedicated 3D channel.” It …