I should get them to ring up and see if they can upgrade them. They’ve been loyal customers for 15+ years and they used that reason to get a free upgrade from the old analog cable service.
Looking forward to see The Championships in HD. The difference between HD on Sky and SD on 7 will be clear
Streaming on Foxtel Anytime in April
Game of Thrones seasons 1-6, The Walking Dead seasons 1-6, Fear the Walking Dead season 2, Wentworth seasons 1-3 and Real Housewives of Melbourne season 1-3 headline a massive month of Anytime^ viewing on Foxtel
Foxtel today highlighted a massive line up of hit complete seasons streaming on its Anytime^ on demand service in April starting with the international mega-hit, Game of Thrones. Based on George R.R. Martin’s best-selling series, ‘A Song of Fire and Ice’ this fantasy epic, from Hollywood heavyweight HBO, tells the ongoing saga of powerful families, kings, queens, knights and villains all playing a deadly, ‘winner-takes-all’ game for control of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. Foxtel Anytime is streaming the complete seasons 1-5, with season 6 added weekly, at the same time as the US, starting Monday, 25 April, exclusive to Foxtel.
Widely hailed, The Walking Dead is also streaming on Foxtel Anytime. The American zombie-drama based on the comic book series of the same name is one of the most watched shows on subscription TV and portrays life in the weeks and months following a zombie apocalypse as a group of survivors struggle to stay alive despite constant threats from other humans as well as the ever present zombies walking among them. Seasons 1-5 are available on Foxtel Anytime with the most recent episodes from season 6 added in line with US broadcasts. Additionally, Fear The Walking Dead, the gritty hit prequel to The Walking Dead that tells the origin story of the zombie outbreak will air season 2 on Foxtel Anytime with new episodes arriving in line with the US broadcast.
In the lead up to the highly anticipated return of Wentworth, Foxtel Anytime is streaming seasons 1-3 of the incredibly popular Foxtel drama that tells the story of life inside Wentworth correctional facility in a contemporary re-envisioning of the 1979 classic Prisoner.
Foxtel Anytime, keeps the drama alive with the Real Housewives of Melbourne, streaming seasons 1-3 of this hit reality show that follows Melbourne socialites through the trials and tribulations of their glamorous lives including cocktail parties, exotic getaways and champagne by the magnum.
Additional complete seasons streaming on Foxtel Anytime in April include: reality show favourite Dance Moms; the hilarious political comedy Veep; country cooking with River Cottage Australia; classic sit coms Frasier and Everybody Loves Raymond; the entertaining third season of Gogglebox; and the corruption and scandal filled drama The Good Wife.
Top movies screening on Foxtel Anytime in April include: Dinosaur blockbuster, Jurassic World; hilarious family favourite, Pixels; Earth-shattering disaster hit, San Andreas, romantic comedy The Rewrite, and cop comedy Hot Pursuit; plus every Harry Potter movie as part of a special collection.
Foxtel is home to the widest selection of the world’s most popular shows, from our own locally produced hits to must see programs from around the globe. This month, Foxtel kicked off its new marketing campaign dubbed ‘Make It Yours’, reminding subscribers that Foxtel is available to watch Anytime, Anywhere on-demand, via Foxtel Anytime, on internet connected iQ boxes, through Foxtel Play and can be streamed to select tablets and smartphones through Foxtel Go all as part of an existing Foxtel or Foxtel Play subscription.
New TV shows streaming on Foxtel Anytime in April include:
• Game of Thrones – seasons 1-6 (25 Apr)
• The Walking Dead – seasons 1-6 (1 Apr)
• Wentworth – seasons 1-3 (1 Apr)
• Real Housewives of Melbourne – seasons 1-3 (1 Apr)
• Band of Brothers (1 Apr)
• Brotherhood – seasons 1-3 (1 Apr)
• Penny Dreadful – seasons 1-2 (1 Apr)
• Devil’s Playground (1 Apr)
• Gogglebox – seasons 1-3 (6 Apr)
• Fear The Walking Dead – season 2 (11 Apr)
New movies streaming on Foxtel Anytime in April include:
• Jurassic World
• San Andreas
• Pixels
• Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F
• Inside Out
• The Golden Compass
• The Parent Trap (1998)
• Stardust
• The Day The Earth Stood Still
• The Time Machine
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
• Blonde Ambition
• Runaway Bride
• What Happens in Vegas
• Just My Luck
• Boys on the Side
• Shutter Island
• The Skeleton Key
• Dawn of the Dead
• ‘71
• Black Sea
• Far From The Madding Crowd
• Eyes Wide Shut
• Nell • Danny Collins
• The Rewrite
• Hot Pursuit
• The Book of Life
• The Jungle Book 1&2
• The Fox and the Hound 1&2
• George of the Jungle 2
• The Aristocats
• Stuart Little
• Four Brothers
• GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra
• A Few Best Men
• Kings of Mykonos
• Chocolat
• Footloose
• Post Grad
• Along Came a Spider
• Snitch
• Whiteout
• Woman in Gold
• People Places Things
• Billy Elliot
• Gran Torino
• Harry Potter (every film) – Apr 1 - 23
^The right internet connected iQ or device is required. Programs only available if they’re in your pack. Not all channels and programs available. Existing Foxtel residential and Foxtel Play customers only. ISP and data charges may apply.
Sky Thoroughbred Central has switched on HD from today
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This may have been raised here before, but was over at a relatives, watching 7 News via Cable.
Do all of the FTA retransmissions look like they’re of VHS quality? The colours look dreadful and grainy, especially during the sports report (which, somewhat ironically, had footage sourced from 7mate in HD).
Live streaming pictures of various Foxtel services
WatchESPN
beIN Sports Connect (available to all sports customers on 15 May)
Foxtel Go
Incorrect about BeIN Sports Connect being available to all sports subscribers from May 15th. In BeIN Sports FAQ section on their website it states that BeIN Sports Connect will be available to Foxtel subscibers at a later date but all 3 channels will be added to Foxtel GO
People often complain about Foxtel Go’s image quality, but I think a lot of it has to do with the Internet connection. I have a 100 Mbps connection and Foxtel Go looks HD to me. Here are some screenshots I’ve taken:
The quality of streams depends on your Internet speeds IMO
Those caps look pretty good.
I think a lot of the complaints re Foxtel Go PQ are for the Fox Sports channels. Any improvement there?
Edit: No improvement. I’m on 100/40 connection and the Fox Sports channels are still bad. I can stream in better quality via FS2 US
Foxtel GO
7mate
Fox Sports 2 US
Foxtel GO
7mate
FOX Sports 2 US
ESPN2 via Foxtel Go
Tennis Channel in HD
Any tips on how to access FS2 USA?
This is the first time I get to see what the AFL coverage on Fox Sports US looks like.
(I am a part-time contributor to Australian Football Association of North America, which represents many Aussie fans in the US, Canada and beyond and has been campaigning for better TV coverage of AFL matches in that part of the world for the past three decades.)
Looks like your group is doing a good job as I’ve noticed recently, one game a week is now broadcast live on FS1, which is a one of the mainstream sports channels in the US.
The US coverage last night was pretty much a straight rebroadcast of Seven’s coverage, even Seven’s promos.
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##foxtel Play heralds special pricing for Game of Thrones
Special offer brings full access to Foxtel Play’s Premium Movies & Drama featuring Game of Thrones season 6
Foxtel today announced that Foxtel Play is offering a discounted subscription to the Premium Movie & Drama pick, including showcase, the ‘home of HBO’, during the broadcast of the hotly anticipated HBO drama Game of Thrones season 6, which returns to Foxtel screens starting on Monday, 25 April at 11am, same time as the US.
Customers who sign up to Foxtel Play between 18 April and 29 April will be able add Premium Movies and Drama to their first $25 a month genre pick for only $5 extra a month for the first three months.**
Foxtel’s special offer allows fans, old and new, to watch the continuing drama of Game of Thrones unfold, following the shocking developments at the end of season 5, for only $30* a month for the first three months. Subscribers will also have access to Game of Thrones seasons 1-5 via Foxtel Anytime (on-demand) to ensure they’re completely up to speed with the politics, passion, blood and betrayal erupting across Westeros.
In addition to Game of Thrones, Premium Movies and Drama subscribers have access to a host of other premium drama screening on showcase including, Veep (s.5), Orange is the New Black (s.4), Penny Dreadful (s.3), Hap and Leonard (s.1), Turn: Washington’s Spies (s.3) and new comedy, Casual; plus the incredibly popular Throne Cast that airs every Tuesday at 10:30pm starting April 26, recapping each week’s latest episode.
Customers will also have access to Foxtel’s BoxSets channel, featuring hundreds of hours of the most binge-worthy drama, along with a massive volume of blockbuster and library movies as part of their subscription.
Game of Thrones continues to be a world-wide sensation that marks a major high point in Foxtel’s premium drama offering. Season 5 saw nearly 900,000 average viewers watching, up 57% on season 4 and with more than half watching the show played back the same day from the simulcast, showing that fans are excited about the flexibility of watching how and when they want. Today’s news regarding Foxtel Play’s special pricing will make it easier than ever for more people to enjoy this popular series.
Foxtel Play offers customers instant access to great entertainment within minutes of signing up and enables them to subscribe by the month and pay as they go, so they will be able to enjoy Game of Thrones season 6 and other premium drama and movies. With no lock-in contract and no installation costs, subscribers can stop and start their subscription month-to-month, to suit their circumstances or viewing choices.
Foxtel Play enables customers with a broadband connection to stream and watch programs from Foxtel’s amazing range of sports, drama, entertainment, documentary and movie channels live or on catch-up.
Foxtel Play customers can enjoy their programming via eligible Samsung, Sony and LG Smart TVs, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 & 4, selected Samsung Blu-Ray and home theatre systems and PC and Mac computers. Foxtel Play customers can also access content on selected smart phones and tablets by downloading the Foxtel Go^ app at no extra cost.
More: https://www.foxtel.com.au/foxtelplay/offer/gameofthrones.html
*$30 per month based on one Genre pick plus the Premium Movies & Drama pick. This price only applies for the first three months if you subscribe to one Genre pick plus the Premium Movies & Drama pick between 18 April 2016 and 29 April 2016. At the end of the first three months, the ongoing subscription fee for one Genre pick plus the Premium Movies & Drama pick will be charged at $45 per month. New Australian residential users with a compatible internet connected device running an eligible operating system. See full list of compatible devices here: www.foxtel.com.au/foxtelplay/howitworks. Not all channels/content available on all devices with Foxtel Play. Credit card details are required at time of sign up for any ongoing direct debit subscription payments if you do not cancel your subscription. Ongoing subscription fees reflective of your package apply unless you cancel your subscription. Broadband internet connection with minimum speed of at least 2Mbps required. ISP and data charges apply. Only available for use in Australia. Full terms and conditions available at www.foxtel.com.au/foxtelplay/terms.
I’ve had an idea that I’m willing to give to Foxtel for free - Sports Megawall, where you can have every sports channel playing on the one screen (and in HD) - audio could be selected.
I’d seriously pay extra for this, I’m sick of having to do the TennisRugby thing to watch multiple sporting events
DirecTv does it.
They now Have Sky Throughbreds in HD and Nickelodeon and Disney Channel are still not in HD Yet???
How many kids would really care whether Nickelodeon, Disney Channel or any other kids channels were in HD? Realistically, probably not that many.
I remember Foxtel doing an interactive feature among these lines about a decade or so ago…branded as “SportsScreen” or something like that? Anyway, it only lasted a few years IIRC.
Mark Buckman to Join Foxtel
Foxtel Chief Executive, Peter Tonagh today announced that Mark Buckman would join Foxtel as Managing Director, Customer and Retail, commencing in June.
“Mark Buckman is a globally recognised business leader,” said Mr Tonagh. “Having worked most recently in London, he has many years of experience with two of Australia’s most significant businesses and an undisputed record of success in changing consumer perceptions and building customer loyalty.
“Mark has a true understanding that companies only win and retain customers if they pay close attention to the total customer experience: from the marketing message that attracts them, to the process by which they join, and the service they receive when they have questions or requests or need problems solved.
“Therefore, I have decided to restructure key aspects of Foxtel’s business so that Mark will take responsibility for both Foxtel’s sales and marketing functions and all customer service operations. He will ensure that a Foxtel customer’s experience is second to none. This will drive customer loyalty and advocacy, which will further support sales growth.
“Mark will be responsible for further developing Foxtel’s brand which is synonymous with the best content from Australia and around the world and an amazing entertainment experience. He will ensure that the attributes of our brand are present at every customer touch point.
“I am particularly pleased to have Mark coming on board as his previous experience with Telstra Media means that he knows the Foxtel business well and will really hit the ground running,” Mr Tonagh said.
Mr Buckman said, “I am delighted to be joining the Foxtel leadership team at such an exciting time. With a line up of amazing Australian and international drama, entertainment and factual programs and brilliant live sport, Foxtel provides the best entertainment available in Australia. By combining the marketing, sales and customer service teams we will be able to create a seamless and fantastic experience for all our customers.”
“Following the recent appointment of Deanne Weir, Mark completes the team that will guide Foxtel over the coming years. That team is very strong and Mark’s appointment only makes it stronger,” Mr Tonagh concluded.
Prior to joining Foxtel Mr Buckman was Chief Strategy Officer of Accenture Interactive in London. Before that he was Group Managing Director, Media and Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer at Telstra. Mark has also held positions as Chief Marketing Officer at the Commonwealth Bank and as Chairman and CEO Pacific Region of advertising agency McCann World Group.