In a way I understand holding back premium titles for Foxtel such as Wentworth and other scripted and lifestyle content - they need to do a balance act. They can’t just kill Foxtel. There needs to be a content incentive to still sell foxtel.
But at the same time if they featured a Foxtel and Lifestyle logo in that logo lineup - and added in all their premium aussie drama and top rated lifestyle content - I think It would help sell binge too And drive subscriptions
They have fantastic aussie drama. It seems a shame to not get it out to as many eyeballs as possible
Stan has almost 3 million subs. If Binge got close to that In a few years. That’s a lot of people NOT seeing your best original content. And if they were people who do not subscribe to Foxtel anyway…
HBO Max is taking ALL HBO content, they are not holding any back
But then again HBO Max cheapest price is A$25 and Binge is A$10
Binge sounds like a massive waste of time. Only Foxtel could put together such a dreadful product. It’s not Netflix that’s laughing to the bank, it’s Stan and NEC.
It’s linear PLUS all the same content as binge being able to be streamed.
Binge is being panned nearly everywhere by the public commenters in forums etc. People don’t want it and there isn’t the demand for another streaming service especially from the likes of foxtel and news corp.
You mean they same 10
Millón Australians that read news Corp papers And Websites every day? Or the 9 million that watch foxtel? Or the 100,000-500,000 that make Sky And fox sports the #1 Pay channels and fox sports ?
I think primarily foxtel now is a cheaper linear version of foxtel. And all cable providers have on demand content. It’s also $25
Binge is clearly a streamer and at $10 it’s more than half price
So if it’s the same content for less than half price on a new Interface? What’s the problem.?
Foxtel is dying and they need to compete in this space. They need evolve the business
Are you suggesting they should find new content that already isn’t signed up somewhere? Or not evolve or get into streaming at all? What would you like them to do?
9 million Australians have Foxtel? In what universe is that happening?
Please, 100K people watch ABC News SA in Adelaide and Sky is doing well if a single show reaches 100k nationally. If a FTA tentpole series got 500k it would be deemed a failure. Don’t overestimate News’ audience.
Foxtel is in about 3 million homes, with 3 million people per average household that is 9 million people regularly consuming Foxtel
You conveniently ignore context. Pay TV has 30 % penetration with people who have it dividing viewing between 120 channels instead of 20. sky and fox regularly have 10-15 of the top shows. Yes 100k is small compared to FTA. But 1 millón FTA is small compared to 10 million FTA in the US. But context…: they are 2 different universe
But the point remains. If Australians hate foxtel and News Corp, why - from the top selling newspapers in the country - to news.com.au to Foxtel with 3 millón subs - why do Aussies en masse Pat for News Corp products when people claim aussies will avoid binge because it’s News Corp?
