Presto

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Good riddance

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I don’t think you’ll find this to be an absorbing. They are two different services and the new Foxtel Play is no different. News sources are reporting that Presto is going to be shut down with focus on the new Foxtel Play product instead.

Foxtel Play is still going to be an IPTV service whereas Presto is a SVOD service. The SVOD part of Foxtel Play is only Foxtel Anytime which will only show programs within the subscribed Foxtel Play Package.

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Looks like you’re right, which is a shame. I thought the services were being merged which would’ve been a good idea imo.

Presto failures: Too late in getting HD, a HBO deal without GoT (probably out of their control) and a FOX deal without Simpsons. Deserved to fail.

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Telstra reps still spruiking Presto at a pop up stall in a shopping centre I was walking through at lunch time today. I wish I’d stopped to pick up some of their promotional material as a memento of the short lived service.

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Should have said something to them… :wink:

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Presto has been removed from the App Store

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I AM surprised by this news, because Presto has a far superior library to Netflix which is stuck with providing third-rate no name movies nobody has heard of. I’m also surprised that Netlfix has far more subscribers than Presto.

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Presto had a “far superior library” due to Foxtel’s agreements with the various movie studios. Meanwhile, Netflix has more subscribers due to the advantage they had of people being subscribers to the US service through VPN/DNS services for years before Presto & indeed Stan launched

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Netflix movies aren’t the main reason for subscribers, it’s their original and exclusive content.

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##foxtel invites Presto subscribers to join Foxtel Play

Presto customers can check out Foxtel Play for two weeks free, plus special migration offer

Foxtel today invited Presto subscribers to come and see what Foxtel Play has to offer with a two week free trial to Foxtel Play. The free trial is accompanied by three months of special pricing offered exclusively to Presto subscribers*.

Following the free trial, Presto subscribers will be able to subscribe to Foxtel Play’s Pop and Movies tiers for $15 per month for three months, discounted from its normal price of $35 per month, for a $60 saving over three months.

Foxtel’s move offers Presto subscribers a much more comprehensive selection of programming than their existing service. As Foxtel Play subscribers with the pop and movies tiers, they will have access to a vast collection of the most current movies available from all of the major Hollywood studios as well as a host of the most recent TV series, with many broadcast ‘Express from the US’; plus access to a constantly growing on demand library.

The Pop tier includes a raft of Foxtel’s most popular channels, with programs never before seen on Presto, including showcase, offering HBO’s critically acclaimed drama such as Game of Thrones (every episode), Westworld and Insecure, plus the newest series of Foxtel originals as they premiere like A Place to Call Home, Wentworth and more. The Pop tier also includes the Binge. channel featuring complete seasons of popular programs including True Blood, Bitten, and Beauty and the Beast; FX, with the latest seasons of The Walking Dead, The Exorcist and The Last Ship, plus programming from FOX8, SyFy, MTV, and the Comedy Channel.

Subscribers will also have access, on demand, to the upcoming special event, Home and Away: Revenge, with Dan Ewing and Lisa Gormley reprising their roles as Heath and Bianca Braxton.

The movies tier features all of Foxtel’s movie channels airing the best in action, comedy, romance, family, thriller and world movies. Key highlights include Deadpool, Steve Jobs, Jurassic World, Spectre, Zoolander 2 and The Finest Hours; plus, Foxtel’s popular pop-up movies channels including the upcoming ‘12 Days of Christmas’ pop-up showcasing all-time holiday hits; and the ‘Best of 2016’ pop-up, slated for December and January.

The offer follows new pricing and packaging for Foxtel Play that kicked off earlier this month, and features five different entry level tiers to match viewers’ interests including Drama and Pop packs priced at $15 per month each or $25 for both, plus Lifestyle, Documentary and Kids packs for $10 each per month.

In addition, customers can take the Movies tier for an additional $20 per month; and the Sports tier for an extra $29 per month~. The Sports tier features the best in live sport from 12 dedicated sports channels featuring every game from the NRL, AFL, Super Rugby, A-League, NBL as well as every race, practice and qualifying session of Formula 1 and V8s.

Foxtel Play customers can enjoy their programming via eligible Samsung, Sony and LG Smart TVs, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 & 4, selected Samsung Blu-Ray and home theatre systems, PC and Mac computers and Telstra TV.

Foxtel Play customers also have access to all live and on demand content from the channels in their subscription on selected smart phones and tablets by downloading the Foxtel Go^ app at no extra cost.

Current Presto subscribers will receive a promo code from Foxtel that they can redeem for their special Foxtel Play pricing at www.foxtelplay.com.au/presto

*Offer currently not available for Presto through Telstra subscribers.

~$25 per month until 1 February 2017.

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