According to The Australian, Optus has linked up with Stan, ending a three-year distribution deal with Netflix. The article says Optus will offer three months of free subscription to Stan to existing and new customers on broadband plans, and could even enlist Stan to stream English Premier League matches in HD.
This was a cancelled series. Looks sort of like it could be worth watching. Obviously isn’t Billions or one of Showtime’s hit shows but worth a look nonetheless.
Teaser for Wolf Creek
Better Call Saul has been renewed for the third season.
For A third season perhaps?
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From TV Tonight: “Perth-based SVOD and DVD rental company Quickflix has gone into voluntary administration, after negotiations with Stan failed to reach an agreement.”
http://tvtonight.com.au/2016/04/quickflix-enters-voluntary-administration.html
Discussion continues in the Quickflix thread.
This is good news for original Australian productions.
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That info was based on an article I read in The Australian. Not sure why Stan have not sent anything to any other outlets. I had wondered how the show went, as social media seemed to be pretty quite on the launch day.
started watching this last night - it’s chilling. Great production. Excellent cast. But chilling.
Update to Stans Telstra TV app
• Closed Caption support
• Change your video settings in the player
• Auto-Play at the end of an episode
• "More Like This” related content
• Activate codes: a quick and easy way for users to activate their account on a TV
• A number of bug fixes
Also profiles are now supported and autoplay can be turned off. Also an option if autoplay enabled “Ask if I’m still here after 4 eps”. Fast forward and rewind work properly now.
The broadcast of the first episode of Season 3 of The Last Ship has been postponed in the US because it featured a shooting in a nightclub. This was to be fast-tracked today on Stan so will probably be delayed here.
Titles coming to Stan in July was sent in an email to me. I split it into two parts . Click on them to see more details as the screenshots do not show all titles.
Stan & Nine have picked up a sci-fi indie, Restoration, starring Craig McLachlan, Nadia Townsend and Grant Cartwright.
The one hour drama, funded by a Kickstarter campaign, tells the story of a man who awakes after a routine backup, with his memories restored into a body that is not his own. It was written by director Stuart Willis and Matthew Clayfield.
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Fox UK has bought the British rights to Wolf Creek mini-series. The producers are also looking to sell the series to Germany where the original movie was popular.
Stan and BBC Worldwide have signed a new licensing agreement meaning Sherlock season four, and any future seasons and specials of the show, will premiere exclusively in Australia on the streaming service, at the same time as the worldwide premiere. So that rules out any FTA broadcast on Nine (even though its holding company owns half of Stan).
Stan today announced that all North and Latin American rights for Stan Original Series Wolf Creek have been licensed to Lionsgate.
Amazon has announced season 3 of Transparent will premiere in the US on September 23 (September 24 in Australia).
Rose Byrne, Damon Herriman, Anthony Hayes and Kim Gyngell will join the cast of the second season of No Activity, which will be released on October 26.