Too many streaming services? Telstra wants to make it easier for you to trawl through all that sweet, sweet content and it’s releasing a new set-top box to help you do it. Telstra Thursday announced the upcoming launch of Telstra TV2 — the follow up to its original set-top box launched in 2015. The big …
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There’s one good reason why pirates are winning the race against rights holders, and I just spent several hours sitting through it this morning. Foxtel was back in the Australian Federal Court in its bid to shut down more than 120 domains associated with pirated movies and TV. It’s a case that’s been running since May, and the third intellectual …
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A note from online streamers to Foxtel: You don’t crash during “Game of Thrones” and get away with it. It’s been coming and now a report from Telsyte predicts the amount of Australians who pay for online streaming will overtake pay TV subscribers by June, 2018. The report shows a 30 percent year-on-year increase of Aussies subscribing to online streamers, like …
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If there’s one thing worse than “Game of Thrones” spoilers, it’s not being able to watch the show at all. Foxtel says it’s “devastated” after its IPTV service Foxtel Now crashed last night, just as desperate Australians all across the country were trying to stream “Game of Thrones.” Though the episode first went to air at 11:30 a.m. AEST yesterday, …
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If you get Foxtel from Telstra for sport or “Game of Thrones,” you’re in for a price hike. Telstra has announced it’s upping prices, with subscribers to its top-of-the-line Platinum HD package now charged an extra AU$2 per month, and Sports subscribers having to pay an extra AU$4 per month. But while it will mean Telstra’s sports fans have to …
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July 17. Put it in your diaries. “Game of Thrones” returneth. It’s the time of year when everyone suddenly forgets all the other awesome shows on TV right now, to focus on just one: Gamey-Throney, the great dragon and nudity hour. And once again, if you want to get the good stuff at the same time as the US, you’ll …
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Qantas is finally switching on in-flight Wi-Fi on domestic flights this month, promising sky-high Netflix, Spotify and Foxtel streaming, all thanks to NBN’s Sky Muster satellite service. The airline first announced the technological upgrade last year, confirming that it would use idle data capacity made available through the NBN satellite service to bring Wi-Fi speeds that are up to 10 …
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Foxtel isn’t angry, it’s just very disappointed. While Australia’s pay TV heavyweight has previously been more than willing to wage war on pirates in the media and to go to court to protect its copyright, the company today took a surprise back step in its long running battle against “illegal” file sharing. Faced with two of its own customers who’d …
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If you’ve been getting your sweet streaming hit from Presto every month, you’re going to need to find a new hook-up — the Foxtel-backed video-on-demand service has officially shut up shop. Foxtel announced the death of Presto last October, confirming that the 2-year-old streaming service would be phased out by January 31. In its place, Foxtel announced a revamp of …
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The round-the-world chase of The Pirate Bay continues, with Australian internet service providers now being told they must block the site by the end of the year. The Federal Court of Australia has ordered a number of Australia’s largest ISPs to block The Pirate Bay, along with a number of other torrent sites including TorrentHound, Torrentz, IsoHunt and SolarMovie. The …
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