The Avengers To Save 3D On Home TVs The Avengers, the record-breaking 3D box office success is being tipped as a movie that could save the reputation of 3D on TVs in the home.
Is Web To Gobble TV? No, says CBS boss. In fact, it will accelerate TV viewing even further.
Google Now Offering Movie Rentals In Australia Google users and Android customers will be able to rent movies directly through Google Play and YouTube. Google has teamed up with several production studios, giving them a range of thousands of movies which can be rented from $2.99.
Fetch TV The Big Winner Out Of Foxtel Merger The big winner out of today’s Foxtel-Austar merger is Fetch TV, who has quietly lobbied the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ever since the $2 Billion dollar proposed merger was first announced.
Fetch TV Challenges The Telstra Foxtel Content Cartel FetchTV who has recently cut new content deals with Hollywood studios has taken it up to Telstra and their T Box service by offering over 1000 titles for users to rent.
Foxtel Responds To News Ltd Scandal Foxtel, which is 25% owned by News Ltd, has finally responded to the scandal surrounding the business practices at some UK divisions of Rupert Murdoch's News Group. News Group has been accused of engaging with a secret group to conduct high tech piracy during the period when the company was seeking to take control of the Australian pay-TV industry.
News Corp Hack IPTV Rival To Death? They're at it again. Rupert Murdoch's already disgraced media giant is plunged into a fresh hacking scandal, accused of killing rival TV Co.
TV Station Pulls Out Of Freeview Freeview is facing an uncertain future in Australia after the regional TV Network WIN--which reaches 42% of Australian homes--said they are set to dump the service. WIN has described Freeview as "making little sense".
iiNet: Foxtel + Austar Will Kill IPTV That’s according to iiNet regulatory chief who is fearing the $2bn merger between Foxtel and Austar will spell the death knell for IPTV.
Dire Warning About The Cost Of A Smart TV Connected To The NBN The battle over content rights and delivery systems took a new twist yesterday with claims that the NBN is set to cost Australians who own a Smart TV or digital set top box thousands in download fees, there is also a push to allow Telstra to sell Foxtel bundled with their broadband offerings.
New Attempt To Block Free Optus TV Now Football Coverage The multi million dollar rights fight over Optus's TV Now service, which delivers delayed free-to-air matches to smartphones is back in Court in an effort to put an end to the service.
REVEALED: Why ACCC Fears Foxtel The competition watchdog has revealed its real issue with proposed Foxtel-Austar merger. Telstra.
Austar, Foxtel Respond To ACCC ‘Inquiry’ The ACCC has just put a major spanner in the works for Austar’s proposed merger with Foxtel, although Austar says its ‘confident’ the Foxtel merger will go ahead, despite inquiry.
ACCC Announcement Re Foxtel Austrar Merger Today The battle to control content delivery to a new generation of Smart TVs is set to intensify today with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission set to spell out conditions for the $1.9 billion dollar Foxtel Austar merger later today.
97% Foxtel Should Be Forced To Share Exclusive Sport The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission could hand Foxtel and Austar 97% of the Australian pay TV market with Telstra who own 50% of Foxtel holding a share of the remaining 3% via their Big Pond Movies and T Box service a leading ISP has claimed.
Optus Get Gay Rights Optus are going pink, nabbing the official digital rights for Sydney Mardi Gras 2012.
IPTV To Eat Foxtel Alive? IPTV is on the rise and its eating all in sight. That's according to analysts Telsyte, who say by 2015 one third of all Pay TV services will be over broadband networks.
Bitter Blow For Telstra After Optus TV Now Ruling Football Codes Facing Millions In Lost Fees Football codes such as the AFL and the NRL could be out of pocket by tens of millions of dollars in broadcast rights fees after a Federal Court judge ruled today that the Optus Now service that delivers football matches minutes after they have gone to air on free to air TV is legal.
Multimillion Dollar Optus TV Now Vs Telstra Ruling Due This Week A court battle between Telstra and Optus over whether a TV program can be streamed to portable devices minutes after it has been broadcast is set to get a decision this week in the Federal Court.
New Generation Smart TVs Set To Kick Start Content Streaming War With a new generation of Smart TVs set to hit Australian stores in April, content providers such as Telstra and Quickflix are set to launch new TV and movie content services that will put pressure on Foxtel.
Apple TV: More Content Delivery, Less Hardware Apple is one of the few companies who has shaped the climate of the technology industry. Its digital fingerprints are found on the music, movie, mobile, publishing and personal computing industry, with the company intending on doing the same to the television market.
iiNet Slash Fetchtv In IPTV Price Dash Its a race for survival. And iiNet has joined the ranks of Internode and Optus offering a $10 a month FetchTV service.
Desperate Times? Internode Flog Free Fetchtv As Battles Optus Internode has launched a thirty-day trial offer for its FetchTV product in a desperate bid to lure users to its IPTV service. Internode say the move is following “customers feedback,” although ensuring zero leakage to rivals Optus is a far more likely motive behind the move.
'Seismic Shift': OZ IPTV Price Race Hots Up Australia’s Internet TV is to get a whole lot cheaper as rivals scramble to make ends meet in a highly competitive market. Just yesterday, Adam Internet broke ranks with its previous pricing model and is now charging $19.95 for FetchTV's Full service, putting it on par with rival Internode, who slashed its FetchTV pricing on Friday, running scared after Optus and Telstra’s latest moves towards Internet TV.
There WILL Be Blood: Internode Slash Fetchtv Fee As Telstra, Optus Invade Telco’s move fast. Internode has just slashed fetchtv price by 30% in a frantic bid to attract more IPTV viewers to its service. This comes the very same day as Telstra announce $100 million mass investment in video streaming infrastructure. The price cut strategy is a bid to attract more customers to Internet Protocol TV, the Adelaide based ISP said today.
IPTV War: Telstra Pumps $100M On Video As Optus Attack Telstra are pumping $100 million to upgrade its media infrastructure to deliver "broadcast-quality video streaming services” over any device, it announced today. This is part of its Digital Media Business, announced today, which will see Foxtel, BigPond TV, Music , Movies and Games, IPTV (including T Box), Sensis Yellow pages, Trading Post all under the one umbrella.
'On Track' Telstra Revs Up Media Biz Hello Digital: Telstra launch media arm as revels in its September quarter growth spurt. Telstra has enjoyed “strong” sales momentum and is on track to achieve its guidance of low single digit percentage growth in total revenue and EBITDA, CEO David Thodey said today.
LG Set To Take On TV Networks & Google With Smart TV Advertising LG Electronics who are a major TV network advertiser in Australia is set to become a new threat for TV networks, with the launch of their own advertising platform which will deliver TV commercials and content to their Smart Cinema 3D TV's around the world.
Jay-Z, The Onion: YouTube 100 TV Channels The DIY video site is going gung-ho on TV - with 96 channels in the pipeline. YouTube are hooking up with the likes of Madonna, Reuters and the Wall Street Journal to give web surfers everything from pop to news and sports to keep them online.
Apple TV Project Headed By iTunes Genius Apple’s TV project is in motion with its release expected in 2012-2013. The project is being spearheaded by the same guru who helped create Apple’s iTunes and iPod.
Sex, Violence: Turn It Off! Say Aussies We love the telly, but not always what’s on, apparently. That’s according to ACMA research, which suggests Aussies are irked about graphic images, sex and violence on our TV screens.
