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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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Aussie SVOD service pulls off Showtime coup
Australian subscription on-demand service Stan has scored exclusive streaming rights to programming from premium US…
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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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Australia’s Nine creates MD role
The new CEO of Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine has made his first senior executive appointment,…
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ACMA: 14% of Australians use Netflix
An estimated 14% of adult Australians, some 2.5 million people, used Netflix to stream TV…
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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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Stan scores ‘significant’ Warner Bros. deal
Australia on-demand service Stan has secured an exclusive content deal with Warner Bros. that it…
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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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Stan feels Power, adds Ash
Australian subscription on-demand service Stan has bought Starz series such as Power and the upcoming…
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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 secures Optus streaming pact
Ahead of its launch in Australia this month, Netflix has secured a carriage agreement with…
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SBS, Stan partner for Tim Kring’s Dig
SBS and Stan have joined forces to acquire broadcast and subscription on-demand rights to Tim…
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Watchdog okays Seven, Foxtel SVOD JV
Australian media regulators have given Seven Network the greenlight to acquire half of new streaming…
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Nine’s SVOD service nears 100,000 subs
Australian SVOD service Stan is on course to sign up 100,000 members just a month…
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Wolf Creek remake is Stan’s debut original
Australian SVOD platform Stan is getting into the originals game by working up a pair…
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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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Aussie Netflix rival eyes A$1m share raise
Australian on-demand service Quickflix has asked its customers to acquire shares in the company in…
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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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Netflix confirms Oz, NZ launches
Netflix has confirmed its long-expected move into the Australasian market, and will launch a streaming…
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Nine’s SVOD service to launch with Better Call Saul
Nine Network’s upcoming A$100 million (US$86.7 million) SVOD service will launch in the new year,…