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PRESTO ARRIVES ON FETCH TV

Australia’s premium streaming service now available on Fetch TV

Presto today announced its arrival on Fetch TV, reinforcing its commitment to big-screen viewing with this exciting new roll-out. The news comes following the announcement of Fetch TV’s newest generation of set top boxes at a media event in Sydney overnight.

From today, Presto will commence streaming on the Gen 3 (Mighty) Fetch TV PVR, and will be introduced on Gen 2 PVRs in early July along with new Fetch TV Mini when it launches next month.

From the integrated Presto app, customers can easily access and enjoy the world’s best TV shows and movies on their TV, including recent arrivals Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo, Empire, The Mindy Project and Scandal; as well as the newest seasons of the critically acclaimed Aquarius starring David Duchovny and Golden Globe® award-winning drama series Mr Robot, express from the U.S.

“The addition of Fetch TV continues Presto’s drive to bring Presto’s premium SVOD entertainment offering to living rooms around the country, providing customers yet another way to enjoy over 8500+ hours of the world’s most bingeworthy TV shows and movies,” said Shaun James, Presto TV CEO. “Through this partnership with Fetch TV, we are making it easy for all Australians to access Presto’s extensive entertainment library on the biggest screen in the house, with a simple click of their Fetch TV remote control.”

Fetch TV provides access to free-to-air TV, a 1TB Personal Video Recorder, a video store in the home with over 5,000 movies to rent or buy, and access to up to 38 subscription channels from major providers. The service is delivered over a broadband connection to the TV via a Fetch TV box.
Fetch TV subscribers can record up to 585 hours of TV, buy seasons and episodes of the latest shows, access catch-up TV services, and use web based apps like YouTube for TV. Additional access to Fetch TV content is provided through free apps for iOS and Android mobile devices.

“The addition of Presto is another great milestone for Fetch TV and our partners, as we continue to add to our market leading one stop entertainment experience,” said Fetch TV CEO Scott Lorson.

New arrivals to Presto in June also include hit TV programs Inside Amy Schumer, Broad City, Parks and Recreation, Silicon Valley, Workaholics; and movies Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, Ted 2, Trainwreck, Amy, The Walk and Jurassic World.

For new subscribers, Presto is currently offering a one month free trial of the Presto Entertainment bundle subscription, providing access to Presto’s full TV and movie libraries.

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Today at 3PM AEST, the thrilling, 60s themed drama Aquarius will return for its second season in a special three episode premiere, express from the U.S. and exclusive to Presto.

Episodes 1-3 will stream express from the U.S. in line with their broadcast on America’s NBC Network. New episodes will continue every Friday at 3.00pm AEST.

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Presto has today announced that three of Australia’s highest grossing and critically lauded films of 2015 will debut on the service this winter.

Last Cab to Darwin streams from 1 July, followed by Holding the Man from 23 July and The Dressmaker from 25 August.

All three films contributed to setting a new Aussie box office record, with local films achieving their highest share of overall box office since 2001. Last Cab to Darwin generated $7.4 million, with Holding the Man taking $1.2 million and The Dressmaker attaining a massive $20.2 million at the Australian box office last year. In addition to their box office success, each film took out a number of well-deserved AACTA Awards and nominations.

Last Cab to Darwin forms as a dying with dignity drama filled with hope, humour and heart. Set against the stunning Australian outback, this emotionally-charged story follows Rex (Michael Caton), a Broken Hill cab driver who, when told he doesn’t have long to live, sets out on an epic journey to Darwin in a bid to die on his own terms.

Based on the much loved and hugely successful memoir and stage play of the same name, Holding the Man is the warm, funny and extraordinarily moving story of the 15 year-long relationship between Timothy Conigrave and the boy he fell in love with at high school, John Caleo. This affecting coming-of-age tale shows delicacy and depth while tackling the burgeoning HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s.

The Dressmaker sees legendary Australian filmmaker Jocelyn Moorhouse return to the director’s chair to deliver the ultimate revenge story. Based on the bestselling novel by Rosalie Hamm, this bittersweet comedy sees a glamorous woman return to her small town in 1950s rural Australia, and features an all-star cast including Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving and Judy Davis.

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###July

Presto has provided the following information regarding its streaming service for July.

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MR ROBOT S2 and THE MINDY PROJECT S4 FINALE stream EXPRESS FROM THE U.S. CATCHING MILAT, MODERN FAMILY S6, THE SOPRANOS, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

Ready for season_2.0 of Mr. Robot? The critically acclaimed drama returns for its second season July 14, express from the U.S. first on Presto. Sam Esmail’s ground-breaking second season picks up after fsociety’s 5/9 hack on Evil Corp and will explore the consequences of the attack, as well as the illusion of control. More fast-tracked content includes the must-watch season 4 finale of The Mindy Project streaming exclusively on Presto July 5, will Mindy (Mindy Kaling) figure out how to juggle life as a newly single mum?

July also sees the arrival of two of television’s most influential families. From a hard-hitting mob family to a revolutionary mod family, every episode of the Emmy® Award winning crime-drama, The Sopranos and season 6 of the laugh out loud comedy, Modern Family stream from July 1. Also coming early July is the HBO comedy Eastbound and Down (July 3) as well as every episode of the Showtime hit, Nurse Jackie (July 9).

July 27 marks 20 years since Australia’s most infamous serial killer, Ivan Milat, was convicted. In line with the anniversary, Presto streams the psychological thriller, Catching Milat which tells the story of the men who brought the killer to justice. Thrilling content continues with Blindspot which arrives July 14 and Os¬car-winner Frances McDormand (Fargo) and Oscar-nominee Richard Jenkins (The Visitor) star in the four-part drama Olive Kitteridge which streams July 22.

Can’t miss films coming to Presto in July include; Last Cab To Darwin (one of Australia’s highest grossing films of 2015) - July 1, The Normal Heart - July 1, Straight Outta Compton - July 17 and Everest - July 31.

###Television

THE SOPRANOS - EVERY EPISODE 1 July
MR ROBOT - SEASON 2 EXPRESS FROM THE U.S. 14 July
BLINDSPOT - 14 July
CATCHING MILAT - 27 July

• Modern Family S6 – July 1
• The Normal Heart – July 1
• Angels in America S1 – July 1
• Band of Brothers S1 – July 1
• In Vogue: The Editor’s Eye – July 1
• Larry Kramer In Love And Anger – July 1
• One Last Hug: Three Days At Grief Camp – July 1
• Questioning Darwin – July 1
• The (Dead Mothers) Club – July 1
• Eastbound & Down S1-3 – July 3
• Nurse Jackie S1-7 – July 9
• The Mindy Project, S4 Finale – July 5
• Winners and Losers – July 15
• Olive Kitteridge – July 22

###Movies
LAST CAB TO DARWIN - 1 July
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 - 2 July
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON - 17 July
HOLDING THE MAN - 23 July

• Manny Lewis – July 1
• Bridget Jones’s Diary – July 1
• Big Momma’s House – July 1
• Big Momma’s House 2 – July 1
• Can’t Hardly Wait – July 1
• Commando – July 1
• Crazy Heart – July 1
• Dream House – July 1
• First Blood – July 1
• The Fly – July 1
• The Fly 2 – July 1
• Free Willy – July 1
• Free Willy 2 – July 1
• The Girl Next Door – July 1
• Girl, Interrupted – July 1
• The Glass House – July 1
• Ice Age – July 1
• Ice Age 2: The Meltdown – July 1
• Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs – July 1
• Independence Day – July 1
• Insidious – July 1
• Intersections – July 1
• JFK – July 1
• Joe Dirt – July 1
• Kate & Leopold – July 1
• The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen – July 1
• Little Man Tate – July 1
• The Mod Squad – July 1
• Money Train – July 1
• Multiplicity – July 1
• New York Minute – July 1
• Notorious – July 1
• Open Water – July 1
• The Others – July 1
• The Perfect Guy – July 1
• Rambo III – July 1
• Rambo: First Blood Part II – July 1
• Stand By Me – July 1
• Street Kings – July 1
• Thunderbolt And Lightfoot – July 1
• Undisputed – July 1
• The Normal Heart – July 1
• Independence Day – July 1
• Frozen – July 2
• Frozen Fever (short film) – July 2
• The Night Before – July 2
• The Insider – July 2
• The Yards – July 3
• The Interpreter – July 3
• Pinocchio – July 3
• Starship Troopers – July 3
• Two By Two – July 4
• 88 Minutes – July 4
• Monsters Inc. Mike’s New Car – July 5
• Tin Toy – July 5
• Lava (Pixar short) – July 7
• Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason – July 8
• Ladder 49 – July 8
• Land Of The Lost– July 8
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day – July 9
• Bambi – July 9
• Bambi II – July 9
• Luxo Jr. – July 9
• Dumbo – July 10
• Munich – July 10
• Day & Night – July 13
• The Ladykillers – July 13
• Flipper – July 15
• Bend It Like Beckham – July 16
• The Princess Diaries – July 16
• Take Me Home Tonight – July 16
• 17 Again – July 17
• Robin Hood – July 17
• George And A.J. – July 19
• The Visit– July 21
• Imagine That – July 22
• La Luna – July 22
• Star Trek Iv: The Voyage Home – July 22
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier – July 22
• Star Trek Vi: The Undiscovered Country – July 22
• For The Birds – July 23
• The Guardian – July 23
• Holding The Man – July 23
• Leatherheads – July 23
• Star Trek – July 23
• Star Trek Generations – July 23
• Star Trek 2 The Wrath Of Khan – July 23
• Star Trek 3 The Search For Spock – July 23
• Star Trek: First Contact – July 23
• Star Trek: Insurrection – July 23
• Star Trek: Nemesis – July 23
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture – July 23
• The Count Of Monte Cristo – July 24
• Frost/Nixon – July 24
• Holy Man – July 25
• Never Cry Wolf – July 26• Party Central – July 26
• Village Of The Damned – July 28
• Feast – July 29
• Geri’s Game – July 29
• Pixie Hollow Bake Off – July29
• Everest – July 31

###Collections

Gangsta’s Paradise
• Goodfellas
• Miller’s Crossing
• Pulp Fiction
• The Godfather
• New Jack City
• Carlito’s Way
• Bugsy
• Bra Boys
• The Godfather Part 2
• The Godfather Part 3

Must See Buzz TV
• Mr Robot
• Halt and Catch Fire
• Girls
• Bates Hotel
• Broad City
• Blindspot
• The Americans
• Rectify

Epic Tales of Epic Scales
• Everest
• Lawrence of Arabia
• Jurassic World
• Last Cab to Darwin
• X-Men: The Last Stand
• Terminator: Genisys
• Insurgent
• Australia
• Alexander
• Wrath of the Titans

Australian Film Focus
• Last Cab to Darwin
• Holding the Man
• Ruben Guthrie
• Kill Me Three Times
• Son of a Gun
• Galore
• The Little Death
• Somersault
• Lantana
• Mad Max
• Babe
• The Blinky Bill Movie
• Wog Boy 2

Unsettling Crime Dramas
• Catching Milat
• Aquarius
• Devil’s Playground
• The Jinx
• Winter
• True Detective
• Endeavour
• Five Days
• American Crime
• Rectify

Love Equals Love
• Milk
• Holding The Man
• The Normal Heart
• Larry Kramer In Love And Anger
• Brokeback Mountain
• The Adventures of Priscilla
• Philadelphia
• The Kids Are All Right
• Pride

Ice Cube Baby
• Straight Outta Compton
• Barbershop
• Torque
• Trespass
• Are We Done Yet?
• Lottery Tickets

(Modern Family Feature) - Hayley Dunphy Loves
• Girls
• American Horror Story
• Ja’mie: Private School Girl
• Workaholics
• Bitten
• Heroes
• Sex and the City

(Modern Family Feature) - Cameron Tucker Adores
• Glee
• Looking
• The X-Files
• Mr Robot
• Mad Men
• 30 Rock
• Inside Amy Schumer
• Rake
• The Mindy Project
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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I don’t mean to sound negative but there is not much in the tv section that I think “Wow I am going to get great value for $15 a month”. I suppose most people are on trials like myself ?

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Mr Robot (which Presto has the Australian rights to) has its upcoming second season extended from 10 to 12 episodes. Season 2 will premiere with two back-to-back episodes followed by a live after-show in the US on July 13, it’s not known if the after-show will be available to Presto subscribers.

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Velocity Frequent Flyer members now earn by streaming on Presto

Presto and Velocity Frequent Flyer today announced a partnership allowing customers to earn Velocity Points when using the entertainment streaming service. The partnership is the only one of its kind in market between an airline loyalty program in Australia and an on-demand streaming service.

From today, Velocity members who sign up to the one month Presto Entertainment trial will receive 600 Velocity Points on the first paid month, then 50 Points every paid month thereafter.

www.presto.com.au/velocity

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Yes I saw that yesterday when checking my billing.

http://imgur.com/PPz3v54
Reading throught the links :

You are eligible for 50 monthly Points awarded on every $14.99 Presto Entertainment subscription payment.

Someone on another forum worked out that it would take 12 years to get your free flight after being a PAID Presto subscriber.

So it seems this is how they are going to get paid subscribers .

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In case it doesn’t open (subscription needed)

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/foxtel-seven-west-media-seek-new-strategy-for-presto/news-story/3c2c5791f93f8b0ce08c6f3acea5291f

Foxtel, Seven West Media seek new strategy for Presto

Foxtel and Seven West Media are considering strategic options for their streaming service Presto as it comes under extreme pressure in its war against US giant Netflix and the Nine Entertainment and Fairfax Media joint venture, Stan.

Admin: Do not post entire articles from news sites.

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2015’s explosive breakout drama series MR. ROBOT has hacked into the 2016 Primetime Emmy® race, receiving six nominations from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, including a series nomination for Outstanding Drama Series, a nomination for Rami Malek for Lead Actor in a Drama Series and a nomination for Sam Esmail for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series.

In addition to Malek’s Emmy recognition and the Outstanding Drama honor, MR. ROBOT was also nominated for Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Music Composition, Outstanding Casting and Outstanding Sound Mixing.

Following it’s critically-acclaimed first season and two major wins at this year’s Golden Globe® Awards which crowned the series Best Drama and also rewarded Christian Slater as Best Supporting Actor, MR. ROBOT has also received a Peabody Award, four Critics’ Choice® Award nominations and three wins, and two Writers Guild® Award nominations and one win for Best New Series.

MR. ROBOT, currently streaming its second season express from the U.S. on Presto, follows Elliot Alderson (Malek, The Pacific), a cyber-security engineer who becomes involved in the underground hacker group fsociety, after being recruited by their mysterious leader (Slater, Nymphomaniac). The series also stars Portia Doubleday (Her), Carly Chaikin (Suburgatory), Martin Wallström (Simple Simon) and season 2 newcomer Grace Gummer (The Newsroom).

Presto’s exclusive anthology series AMERICAN CRIME also received four Emmy® nominations overnight, including a series nomination for Outstanding Limited Series, a nomination for both Felicity Huffman and Lili Taylor for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie, and a nomination for Regina King for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie.

New episodes of MR. ROBOT Season 2.0 stream express from the U.S. every Thursday at 5pm AEST on Presto

AMERICAN CRIME seasons 1 and 2 are now streaming exclusively on Presto

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The only way Presto will have a chance of success is to totally rehaul the interface. It is by far and away has the worst UX of any streaming platform I’ve used. Content wise it isn’t bad but man, so glitchy.

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###August

Presto has provided the following information regarding its streaming service for August.

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Cheer on the Aussies with a marathon of home-grown titles, starting with the comedy-drama 800 Words streaming from August 1. Starring Erik Thomson and Melina Vidler, the much loved series follows a wid¬owed father who moves with his family to a remote New Zealand seaside town after quitting his job as an 800 word columnist for a Sydney newspaper.

August 8 marks 28 years since Australian rock royalty INXS released their iconic track Never Tear Us Apart. On the anniversary, Presto will stream INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, an authentic behind-the-scenes look beyond the music starring Samantha Jade, Georgina Haig, Mallory Jansen, Hugh Sheridan and Luke Arnold. The miniseries tells INXS’ extraordinary and uncensored story, with complete access to their ar¬chive of music and photography. Continuing the celebration of Aussie icons, legendary Australian filmmak¬er Jocelyn Moorhouse returns to the director’s chair to deliver the ultimate revenge story in The Dress¬maker streaming August 27. Based on the bestselling novel by Rosalie Hamm, the AACTA Award-winning comedy-drama stars Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving and Judy Davis.

August also sees the arrival of complete series collections from HBO and Showtime. Dare to spend hours with everyone’s favourite serial killer, Dexter as every blood curdling episode streams on Presto from August 5. Continue the frightening frenzy with the complete first season of Fear The Walking Dead from August 24. A prequel to, and set in the same universe as, The Walking Dead, the gritty drama explores the onset of the undead apocalypse through the lens of a fractured family who must embrace their darker histories. Take a break from the scream stream and walk on the lighter side with seasons 1-3 of HBO’s Emmy® Award-winning crack-up comedy Veep starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus on August 3, and every episode of HBO’s The Newsroom starring Jeff Daniels, from August 19.

###Television

VEEP SEASONS 1-3, 3 AUGUST,
DEXTER EVERY EPISODE 5 AUGUST,
THE NEWSROOM EVERY EPISODE 19 AUGUST,
FEAR THE WALKING DEAD SEASON 1, 24 AUGUST

• Winners and Losers, S4 — August 1
• 800 Words — August 1
• Veep, S1-S3 — August 3
• Mr Robot S2, ep 4 — August 4
• Aquarius S2, eps 9 & 10 (double ep) — August 5*
• Dexter S1-S8 — August 5
• Chuggington S2 — August 6
• Lah Lah’s Adventures S1 — August 6
• Cat in the Hat: Xmas Special — August 6
• INXS: Never Tear Us Apart — August 8
• Dark Net — August 10
• Mr Robot S2, ep 5 — August 11
• Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 — August 15
• Max & Ruby S1-S2 — August 15
• Mr Young S1 — August 15
• Scaredy Squirrel S1 — August 15
• Sidekick S1 — August 15
• Mr Robot S2, ep 6 — August 18
• The Newsroom, S1-S3 — August 19
• Fear The Walking Dead S1 — August 24
• Mr Robot S2, ep 7 — August 25

###Movies
MACBETH 1 AUGUST
THE 5TH WAVE 20 AUGUST
YOUTH 21 AUGUST
THE DRESSMAKER 27 AUGUST

• Back on Board: Greg Louganis (HBO) — 1 August
• Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (HBO) — 1 August
• Dead Poets Society — 1 August
• Good Morning Vietnam — 1 August
• The Legend of Johnny Lingo — 1 August
• Pushing Tin — 1 August
• Scoop — 1 August
• Femme Fatale — 1 August
• Ghosts of Girlfriends Past — 1 August
• Starsky & Hutch — 1 August
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang — 1 August
• Meet Dave — 1 August
• Dragonball: Evolution — 1 August
• Airheads — 1 August
• Dirty Sanchez: The Movie — 1 August
• The French Lieutenant’s Woman — 1 August
• Goodbye Lover — 1 August
• Interiors — 1 August
• Match Point — 1 August
• The Sentinel — 1 August
• Crank: High Voltage — 1 August
• The Grudge — 1 August
• Stay — 1 August
• Bye Bye Love — 1 August
• Hannah and Her Sisters — 1 August
• The Purple Rose Of Cairo — 1 August
• It Could Happen To You — 1 August
• Made in America — 1 August
• Of Mice and Men — 1 August
• Dumb Criminals: The Movie — 1 August
• Copycat — 1 August
• Life Or Something Like It — 1 August
• Radio Days — 1 August
• V For Vendetta — 1 August
• Alice — 1 August
• Open Season: Scared Silly — 1 August
• Broadway Danny Rose — 1 August
• Grandma — 1 August
• Annie Hall — 1 August
• The Transporter: Refuelled — 1 August
• The End of the Tour — 1 August
• Macbeth — 1 August
• Bananas — 1 August
• Ratter — 1 August
• Manhattan — 1 August
• The Concierge — 3 August
• Peter Pan — 5 August
• Mr. Holmes — 6 August
• Beverly Hills Chihuahua — 6 August
• The Chamber — 7 August
• Rock the Kasbah — 7 August
• Happy Gilmore — 7 August
• The Terminal — 7 August
• The Hangover 3 — 8 August
• House Arrest — 8 August
• Young Ones — 10 August
• Apollo 13 — 12 August
• Return to Neverland — 12 August
• Bruno — 13 August
• High School Musical 3: Senior Year — 13 August
• Coraline — 13 August
• American Beauty — 14 August
• Slumdog Millionaire — 15 August
• Hannibal Rising — 16 August
• Tinker Bell — 19 August
• No Strings Attached — 19 August
• Shooter — 19 August
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of Black Pearl — 20 August
• War of The Worlds — 20 August
• The 5th Wave — 20 August
• Primal Fear — 21 August
• Youth — 21 August
• Bill — 24 August
• I Love You, Man — 25 August
• Paycheck — 26 August
• Just Like Heaven — 26 August
• Public Enemies — 27 August
• The Heartbreak Kid — 27 August
• Bedtime Stories — 27 August
• The Dressmaker — 27 August
• Disturbia — 28 August

###Collections

Binge Challenge: Go the Distance
• Dexter
• Wentworth
• The Walking Dead
• The Sopranos
• The Americans
• Sons Of Anarchy
• Scandal
• Rectify
• Mr Robot
• Mad Men
• Homeland
• Halt & Catch Fire
• Bates Motel
• Banshee
• Aquarius
• American Crime
• American Horror Story
• A Place To Call Home
• All Saints

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!
• Rake
• The Castle
• All Saints
• A Place to Call Home
• Deadline Gallipoli
• Home and Away: An Eye For An Eye
• Jack Irish
• Redfern
• The Slap
• Lets Talk About
• Wanted
• Wentworth
• Winners & Losers
• Angry Boys
• Ja’mie: Private School Girl
• Packed to the Rafters
• Russell Coight’s All Aussie Adventures
• Summer Heights High
• The Moody’s
• The Hollowmen

Indie Underdogs
• Lost River
• Still Alice
• The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
• District 9
• Like Crazy
• Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
• Mr. Turner
• x+y
• Man Up
• Manny Lewis
• About Alex
• What If
• The Kids Are All Right
• Wish I Was Here
• Garden State
• Infinitely Polar Bear
• Rachel Getting Married
• Ricki and the Flash
• Sideways
• Amy
• Sleeping With Other People
• 99 Homes
• Seven Psychopaths
• Learning to Drive

The Films of Woody Allen
• Interiors
• Match Point
• Hannah And Her Sisters
• The Purple Rose Of Cairo
• Broadway Danny Rose
• Bananas
• Annie Hall
• Scoop
• Manhattan
• Magic in the Moonlight
• New York Stories
• Whatever Works

Never Throw In The Towel
• Everest
• Bend It Like Beckham
• Rocky
• Shaolin Soccer
• Cliffhanger
• Major League
• The World’s Fastest Indian
• Raging Bull
• The Rookie
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Invictus
• Invincible
• Revenge of the Nerds
• The Walk

Down To The Wire Nail Biters
• American Horror Story
• Banshee
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Strike Back
• Sons of Anarchy
• The Walking Dead
• True Detective
• Mr. Robot

All Over But The Crying
(Tearjerkers)
• Marley & Me
• Bambi
• Up
• Babe
• Brokeback Mountain
• Philadelphia
• Still Alice
• Milk
• Love Story
• Gran Torino
• Mystic River
• Changeling
• Ordinary People
• Dead Man Walking
• Armageddon
• 12 Years A Slave
• The Normal Heart

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Seven West likely to withdraw from Presto joint venture

Seven West Media is expected to pull out of its digital streaming joint venture with Presto, which is under extreme pressure from US giant Netflix and the Nine ­Entertainment and Fairfax Media service, Stan.

Free-to-air television, print and digital group Seven and its JV partner Foxtel, owned by Telstra and The Australian’s publisher News Corporation, have agreed on a six-month budget rather than a full ­financial year agreement, as revealed by this newspaper.

The budget does not exceed a previously agreed funding commitment and sources said Seven was reluctant to invest any more money into the venture.

Seven pulling out of Presto could see the service become the first casualty of Australia’s digital streaming war. It is believed funds committed to the JV would last around three to six months if Presto aggressively invested in content and marketing to try to claw back the gap between itself and Stan and Netflix.

If the business was run conservatively the funds could be drawn out to a year, sources said.

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###September

Presto has provided the following information regarding its streaming service for September.

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As the weather warms up, you’ll want to couple that extra spring in your step with a few roundhouse kicks when Rush Hour streams from September 9. Starring Justin Hires and Jon Foo, Rush Hour is a buddy-cop drama, a re-imagining of the blockbuster film, which follows a maverick LAPD and a by the book detective from Hong Kong who knock heads when they are forced to partner together.

In Britain’s largest lookalike agency, Lily Allen is asking for a pay rise, Ed Sheeran and Johnny Depp are competing for work at a kids party and Robert de Niro is having a hissy fit in the corner. Get to know the doppelgängers of some of your favourite celebrities in the mockumentary series Lookalikes, streaming September 11.

Buckle in for a spring-fresh binge-fest as every episode of Golden Globe Award winning dramas; The Good Wife, Sons of Anarchy and Boardwalk Empire stream from September 1. From September 2, every episode of the David Duchovny smash, Californication rounds out the list of complete collections comingto the service this month. September also sees the arrival of film favourites; Shine (September 1), Crimson Peak (September 3), and Suffragette (September 24).

Friend, we are about to terminate transmission. The season finale of Mr Robot Season 2.0 streams September 22. Don’t miss the epic end to this “hallucinogenic, engulfing masterpiece” (The West Australian), streaming express from the U.S. first on Presto.

###Television

SONS OF ANARCHY EVERY EPISODE - 1 SEPTEMBER
BOARDWALK EMPIRE EVERY EPISODE - 1 SEPTEMBER
RUSH HOUR - 9 SEPTEMBER
LOOKALIKES -11 SEPTEMBER

• Witness — September 1
• The Good Wife (every episode) — September 1
•Gasland Part II (HBO) – September 1
• Love Child – (HBO) – September 1
• Southern Rites – (HBO) – September 1
• The Newburgh Sting (HBO) – September 1
• Toe Tag Parole: To Live And Die On Yard A (HBO ) – September 1
• Californication (every episode) — September 2
• Aquarius S2 eps 10 & 11 — September 3
• Aquarius S2 eps 11&12 (S2 finale) — September 10
• Whitney Cummings: I’m Your Girlfriend — September 15
• Mr Robot Season 2.0 finale — September 22
• A Good Job: Stories Of The FDNY (HBO) – September 1

###Movies

SHINE - 1 SEPTEMBER
CRIMSON PEAK - 3 SEPTEMBER
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY:THE GHOST DIMENSION - 16 SEPTEMBER
SUFFRAGETTE - 20 SEPTEMBER

• House Of Wax – September 1
• Blow – September 1
• Dumb & Dumberer – September 1
• Get Carter – September 1
• In Bruges – September 1
• Queen of the Damned – September 1
• Tenacious D: In the Pick of Destiny – September 1
• Boundin’– September 1
• Dug’s Special Mission – September 1
• Jack-Jack Attack– September 1
• Big Trouble – September 1
• New In Town – September 1
• Twilight Zone: The Movie – September 1
• Showtime – September 1
• National Lampoon’s Movie Madness – September 1
• St. Elmo’s Fire – September 1
• Point Of No Return – September 1
• One Missed Call – September 1
• Supremacy – September 1
• Don’t Say A Word – September 1
• Black Knight – September 1
• Drive Me Crazy – September 1
• Code 46 – September 1
• Never Been Kissed – September 1
• The Piano – September 1
• Paranormal Activity – September 1
• Poseidon – September 1
• Drawing The Audience In – September 1
• The Imp, The Spirit, The Hero – September 1
• Sculpting The Movie – September 1
• Roadkill – September 1
• G.I. Jane – September 2
• The Hunchback Of Notre Dame – September 2
• The Hunchback Of Notre Dame 2 – September 2
• Napoleon Dynamite – September 2
• Man Of Steel – September 3
• Flightplan – September 3
• The Flintstones – September 3
• The Soloist – September 3
• Race To Witch Mountain – September 3
• The Soloist – September 3
• Frequency – September 4
• Inglourious Basterds – September 4
• Your Friend The Rat – September 4
• A Walk In The Woods – September 5
• Head Of State – September 7
• Terminal Velocity – September 8
• Boogie Nights – September 8
• Sweet Home Alabama– September 9
• Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse – September 9
• Assault On Precinct 13 – September 10
• Bolt – September 10
• Irrational Man – September 10
• Deep Impact – September 11
• Funny People – September 11
• The Watcher – September 11
• 30 Days Of Night – September 15
• Ghostbusters – September 15
• Snatch – September 15
• Big Daddy – September 15
• Night At The Museum 2 – September 15
• My Girl – September 15
• My Girl 2 – September 15
• Single White Female – September 15
• 1408 – September 15
• Anaconda – September 15
• A Goofy Movie – September 16
• An Extremely Goofy Movie – September 16
• Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension – September 16
• The Nutcracker – September 16
• Dragonfly – September 17
• Pacific Rim – September 17
• The Conjuring – September 17
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – September 18
• Project X – September 22
• Small Fry – September 25
• The Driftless Area – September 27
• Jem And The Holograms – September 30

###Collections

Celebrating the Cast & Crew of Shine
• Shine
• Shine Short Film
• The Boys Are Back
• He Died With A Felafel in his Hand
• Australia
• Lantana
• Finding Nemo
• The Dressmaker
• Sliding Doors
• Kill Me Three Times
• Oscar and Lucinda

Reliable TV Favourites
• Mad Men
• 30 Rock
• The Sopranos
• Dexter
• Nurse Jackie
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Love My Way
• Sex and the City
• Parks and Recreation
• The Office
• The X-Files

Girl Squads
• Suffragette
• Pitch Perfect 2
• Jem and the Holograms
• Josie and the Pussycats
• Spice World
• Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
• Coyote Ugly
• Sucker Punch
• Sex and the City
• Cheetah Girls
• Bend it Like Beckham
• Caramel
• Boys on the Side
• Hocus Pocus
• Heathers
• The Parent Trap

Game Changing Visionaries
• Suffragette
• Selma
• Milk
• Mississippi Burning
• Citizenfour
• Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
• Pride
• Friday
• The Normal Heart
• Banksy Does New York
• The Theory of Everything
• Frost/Nixon
• The Social Network
• Love & Mercy
• Mr. Turner

Ultimate Outlaws
• Sons of Anarchy
• Boardwalk Empire
• Into the Badlands
• Mr Robot
• The Red Road
• Banshee
• Hell on Wheels
• The Sopranos

Comedy Kweens
• Broad City
• Veep
• Inside Amy Schumer
• Girls
• Nurse Jackie
• 30 Rock
• Parks and Recreation
• Absolutely Fabulous
• The Mindy Project
• Tig Notaro, Boyish Girl Interrupted
• Sex and the City
• Glee

Big Stars on the Small Screen
• Boardwalk Empire
• Bates Motel
• Generation Kill
• Empire
• Sex and the City
• The X-Files
• 30 Rock
• Inside Amy Schumer
• The Office
• Workaholics

Boyz Rule
• Ben 10
• Arthur
• Bob the Builder
• Caillou
• Ninja Turtles
• The Wiggles
• Postman Pat
• Slugterra
• Transformers
• Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures

Documentaries to Discover
• Citizenfour
• Amy
• That Sugar Film
• The Emperor’s New Clothes
• Going Clear, Scientology and the Prison of Belief
• Dior and I
• Blackfish
• Cocaine Cowboys
• Midnight Movies
• Banksy Does New York
• Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine
• Lemmy
• I’m Still Here

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###October

Presto has provided the following information regarding its streaming service for October.

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Hair-raising streaming is in store this Halloween as Presto today announced its thrilling line-up for the month of October.

No-one should underestimate Australia’s most psychotic villain, “The Freak” when Bea and her cell-mates return to H Block for Wentworth Season 4 on October 5. The girls find that a new dynamic is in play when Bea’s Top Dog status is challenged and on the outside, Franky is trying hard to be a productive member of society. Settle in for an epidemic of apocalyptic proportions as Season 6 of The Walking Dead streams from October 12. The thirst for fear continues with every episode of HBO’s True Blood streaming from October 1 as well as the darkly comic thriller Hap and Leonard from October 10.

Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door also streams on Presto from October 10. The AACTA-Award winning, two part mini-series explores the rollercoaster story of the iconic Australian entertainer, Peter Allen, who went from being a childhood performer in country NSW to a Grammy and Academy Award-winning songwriter and the toast of Broadway, marrying into Hollywood royalty along the way.

From October 1, binge on silver screen screams; Saw (1-4), Alien (1-3) and The Last Witch Hunter, where it’s up to Vin Diesel to save humanity from the most horrifying witches in history. One, two, Freddy’s coming for you on October 28 with the entire collection of A Nightmare on Elm Street streaming just in time for Halloween.

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg will have you swapping shrieks of terror for shrieks of laughter in the ultimate Dad vs. Step-Dad showdown, Daddy’s Home, streaming from October 2. More must watch films coming in October include Miss You Already, starring Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette on October 2, All Roads Lead to Rome, starring Sarah Jessica Parker on October 7, Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara on October 18, and Risen, starring Joseph Fiennes and Tom Felton on October 25.

###Television

• The Big Bang Theory S8 —1 October
• True Blood S1-S7 —1 October (HBO)
• Hung S1-3—1 October (HBO)
• Bessie—1 October (HBO film)
• Herblock: The Black & The White—1 October (HBO)
• Nightingale—1 October (HBO)
• Nixon By Nixon: In His Own Words—1 October (HBO)
• Phil Spector—1 October (HBO)
• Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr. (HBO) —1 October
• The University of Sing Sing—1 October (HBO)
• Wentworth S4 —5 October
• An Audience with the Cast of Wentworth—5 October
• Hap and Leonard S1—10 October
• Peter Allen: The Boy Next Door—10 October
• The Walking Dead S6—12 October

###Movies

• Alien—1 October
• Aliens—1 October
• Alien 3—1 October
• Alien Resurrection—1 October
• Aliens Vs Predator: Requiem—1 October
• America’s Sweethearts—1 October
• Animal Kingdom—1 October
• AVP: Alien vs. Predator—1 October
• Bedazzled—1 October
• Blitz—1 October
• The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas—1 October
• Brazil—1 October
• Desperado—1 October
• Evolution—1 October
• Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare—1 October
• Hear No Evil—1 October
• Herblock: The Black & The White—1 October
• House At The End Of The Street—1 October
• Howling, The —1 October
• The Hustler —1 October
• Jackie Brown—1 October
• Joe Somebody—1 October
• Kill Bill Vol. 1—1 October
• Kill Bill Vol. 2—1 October
• Knight’s Tale, A—1 October
• Let Me In—1 October
• Malcolm X—1 October
• The Man Who Knew Too Little—1 October
• The Manchurian Candidate—1 October
• Michael Collins—1 October
• Moonwalker—1 October
• The Negotiator—1 October
• Nightingale—1 October
• A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge—1 October
• A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors—1 October
• A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master—1 October
• A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child—1 October
• Nixon By Nixon: I His Own Words—1 October
• Nowhere To Run—1 October
• Nurse Betty—1 October
• Once—1 October
• Phil Spector—1 October
• Point Break—1 October
• Pulp Fiction—1 October
• Remembering The Artist Robert De Niro Sr—1 October
• Sandlot, The—1 October
• Saw—1 October
• Saw 2—1 October
• Saw 3—1 October
• Saw: The Final Chapter—1 October
• Snakes On A Plane—1 October
• Swamp Thing—1 October
• University Of Sing Sing, The—1 October
• Wes Craven’s New Nightmare—1 October
• Daddy’s Home —2 October
• Miss You Already —2 October
• Watchmen—2 October
• My Life In Ruins—3 October
• My Sister’s Keeper—3 October
• Maid In Manhattan—6 October
• All Roads Lead to Rome —7 October
• Looking For Grace—8 October
• Something Borrowed—8 October
• A Simple Wish —9 October
• Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close—10 October
• Blade: Trinity—12 October
• White Noise—14 October
• Wild At Heart—15 October
• We’re The Millers—17 October
• Carol —18 October
• The Ant Bully—18 October
• Curious George—18 October
• Land Before Time Xiv: Journey Of The Brave—18 October
• The Mermaid —18 October
• (500) Days Of Summer—21 October
• Laws Of Attraction—22 October
• Narc—23 October
• Risen —25 October
• Eagle Eye—27 October
• Freddy Vs Jason—28 October
• Youth—28 October

###Collections

One, Two, Freddy’s Coming for You
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1994)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Reveng
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
• Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
• Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
• Freddy VS Jason
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

HallowScream!
• Hotel Transylvania 2
• Corpse Bride
• Coraline
• Casper

Halloween Hauntings
• The Conjuring
• Poltergeist
• Insidious
• The Haunting in Connecticut
• The Amityville Horror
• The Others
• The Frighteners

Rocktober
• The Rocker
• Rock of Ages
• Rock Star
• The Doors

Bloody Good Dramas
• The Walking Dead
• Bastard Executioner
• The Pacific
• Banshee
• Sons of Anarchy
• Into the Badlands
• Bitten
• True Blood

Dark & Deadly
• True Blood
• The Walking Dead
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Fear the Walking Dead
• Bitten
• American Horror Story
• Bates Motel
• Dexter
• Banshee

Australian Stories
• Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door
• 800 Words
• INXS: Never Tear Us Apart
• Packed to the Rafters
• All Saints
• Winners & Losers
• Let’s Talk About
• Always Greener

Nerd Alert
• The Big Bang Theory
• Silicon Valley
• Mr. Robot
• Dark Net
• Adventure Time
• The X-Files
• Regular Show
• The Inbetweeners

School Holiday Essentials
• Ghostbusters
• Minions
• Hotel Transylvania 2
• Babe
• Coraline
• Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat
• Ice Age
• Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
• Night at the Museum 2
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
• Shaun The Sheep
• The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water

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STATEMENT REGARDING PRESTO TV

Foxtel and Seven West Media today announced that Foxtel will acquire Seven West Media’s interest in the Presto TV joint venture.

Tim Worner, CEO and Managing Director, Seven West Media, said: “We look forward to continuing to work closely with Foxtel, in particular in the creation of new programming content.”

Peter Tonagh, Foxtel CEO, said “It has been great working with the team at Seven on Presto and we look forward to future collaborations. We are delighted to be ableto offer Presto subscribers access to the new look Foxtel Play, which we know will be highly attractive to them."

From December 2016, Presto customers will be able to access the new Foxtel Play product.

Presto will cease on 31 January 2017.

Presto and Foxtel Play subscribers will have exclusive Australian access to two new Home and Away specials to be released this summer. The production of these Home and Away specials underlines the ongoing partnership between Foxtel and Seven West Media on content production for new consumer services.

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Not surprising we’re seeing Presto out of the market soon with increased competition, especially from Stan who offered a superior offering from launch.

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A rare defeat for Foxtel given its domination of pay TV market for nearly two decades.

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I don’t think absorbing presto into the Foxtel brand is smart. A lot of people don’t like Foxtel and may find it confusing to differ the products.

Presto however is a poor service, I have a two month trial i am using exclusively for 30 Rock. It’s a truly poor service and it’s IOS app is riddled with bugs.