I know friends and Big Bang are massively popular. But they are also on FTA. Will people really part with $50 a month just for friends and Big Bang?
Foxtel / Binge / Project Ares needs a $9.90 a month plan. It’s that simple
6.90 with ads
9.90 no ads
12.90 more content
15.90 more content again
My nearest KFC only has either WIN or Nine tuned on. My nearest Hungry Jacks has Foxtel Smooth tuned and the other one in Canberra has MAX tuned on.
My nearest KFC always has 7 on!
Hungry Jack’s has either MAX or Seven tuned on.
my local KFC has Max on
my local Hungry Jacks has Sky News on
Taco Bill has Channel 10
the local doctors has Nine
the local pharmacy has Nine
the local footy club has 7mate
the local Shopping Centre has Fox Sports News
From the article as linked in the below thread:
$US931 million non-cash impairment charge related to the goodwill and intangible assets at News Corp-controlled pay TV operator Foxtel.
Foxtel had 2.93 million subscribers at March 31, driven by growth from subscription service Kayo. The company reported 444,000 Kayo subscriptions.
Show the real data;
“The company has 272,000 paying subscribers for Kayo as of May 2”. That’s a 43% drop in subs, how many will join again when sport becomes live?
Are Friends and Big Bang Theory non exclusive , so they won’t be removed from Stan and Netflix?
As Big Bang only was added to Netflix last year I think in Australia and still is 1 season short.
Looking at JustWatch on several countries across Continental Europe, The Big Bang Theory is on Netflix as well as on rival SVOD services such as HBO Europe and/or Amazon Prime Video within the same country, meaning that the Netflix deal for that program is non-exclusive. Over in NZ, the show is on both Netflix & TVNZ On Demand, although the latter is considered a BVOD service. Both have the entire series available to stream.
By contrast, Friends is only available on TVNZ On Demand, and is not available on Netflix or any other SVOD service over in NZ. In several countries across Continental Europe, it’s also non-exclusive.
So how far can Foxtel take this restructuring stuff before they look for a buyer for the business?
Knowing them, they’ll take it to the grave.
Tidying up the roof on Saturday.
According to this guy Foxtel are charging for included movies. I guess it depends which path he took to get to the movie as to whether the charge appears or not?
There are some good points in this piece from the ABC.
They’ll threaten to shut it down and Murdoch’s mates in the federal government will bail them out.
Telstra (the ‘minor’ shareholder) has wanted out for a while - when Foxtel exit delivery over Cable, they will have little interest in being involved.
I doubt News want to sell it, they oddly kept it as part of News in the big split a few years ago when the rest of their subscription television investments went to 21CF (the majority of which ended up being sold to Comcast before 21CF went to Disney)
They’ve been trying to get out of it the partnership for quite a while. They used to be 50/50 shareholders with Newscorp and have sold some of their share. They have been trying to sell it all off.
Last time Foxtel asked Telstra and Newscorp to invest more into it, Telstra refused. This might actually be why they’re down to 35% shareholders?
Telstra’s share was diluted when Foxtel and Fox Sports merged
Not sure if Foxtel’s new deal with WarnerMedia was worth the money. According to SMH, Foxtel was believed to be paying 2.5 time more than the previous contract, and did not secure a ‘life-of-series’ clause for all of the new programs it creates, meaning WarnerMedia can take these in-house whenever it chooses to.
Would moving more subscribers to an online model save money? For example a number of overseas pay tv providers are using Apple TV as a set top box over clunky big boxes like the IQ.
