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Presto
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Presto closure costs Foxtel $21m
Folding SVOD service Presto into Foxtel’s existing subscription on-demand service has cost the Australian pay…
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Shares in Aussie SVOD service suspended
Struggling Australian subscription on-demand service Quickflix has had its shares suspended from the country’s stock…
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Report: Seven to exit SVOD joint venture
Seven West Media is set to pull out of its joint venture subscription video-on-demand platform…
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Aussie SVOD service calls in administrators
Embattled Australian subscription on-demand service Quickflix has entered into administration. The Australian Securities Exchange-listed company…
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Foxtel ‘plots own streaming device’
Australian pay TV giant Foxtel is reported to be planning to launch a streaming device…
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Foxtel CEO joins Ten board
Foxtel CEO and managing director Richard Freudenstein has joined the board of Australian commercial channel…
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Australian SVOD market to grow 17-fold
Australian subscriptions to streaming services like Netflix, Presto and Stan will grow by a factor…
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Study: Netflix drives down Oz piracy
New streaming services are helping to drive down illegal downloading in Australia, new research shows….
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Quickflix China acquisition off
Struggling Australian SVOD service Quickflix has called off its planned acquisition of an unnamed Chinese…
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EzyFlix shuts as Netflix dominates
Australian streaming service EzyFlix has shut down as competition heats up in the fiercely competitive…
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Price cuts boost Foxtel as Netflix surges
Price cuts introduced ahead of Netflix’s Australian launch earlier this year have helped Foxtel increase…
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Quickflix plots China deal to create global streamer
Struggling Australian SVOD platform Quickflix is planning to acquire an unnamed Chinese content company. The…
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Netflix drives Oz SVOD to 2m
There are now two million SVOD subs in Australia, with the launches of new service…
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Aussie SVOD platform adds BBC docs
Australian on-demand platform Presto has acquired several documentaries from BBC Worldwide’s local Australasian arm. The…
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Netflix undercuts the competition in Australia
Netflix launches in Australia tomorrow and in a fiercely competitive market has come in at…
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Netflix ‘working up Zelda series, Ten deal’
Netflix is reportedly developing a series based on the popular Legend of Zelda video games,…
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DHX sells thousands of hours to SVOD
DHX Media has shopped 5,000 half hours to various international SVOD platforms. The Canadian kids…
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Sony poaches exec for Oz sales
Greg Sneddon is replacing Mark Young as Sony Pictures Television’s senior VP, distribution in Australia…
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Stan nabs Amazon series, launches ahead of Netflix
Stan has become the latest subscription video-on-demand service to roll out in Australia, beating streaming…
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HBO, Showtime deals for Presto as Stan taps ABC
Australian on-demand services Presto and Stan have both scored new programming deals. The deals come…
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Foxtel service adds TV series as Netflix approaches
Foxtel’s subscription-on-demand service, Presto, will add television series for the first time, as the platform…
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Competition heats up for Netflix
Netflix has shaken up the whole content world – from production with its programme of…
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Foxtel takes First place
Foxtel’s director of programmes Brian Walsh tells Jesse Whittock about the Australian pay TV leader’s…