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Foxtel Crashes Due To ‘Unprecedented’ Demand For Game Of Thrones

Jon Bragg July 18, 2017 No Comments

Foxtel’s online streaming service crashed yesterday leaving some customers unable to view one of the biggest TV events of the year. After the company rebranded its streaming offering as Foxtel…

Netflix Nabs 5.2M New Subs In Earnings Call, Now 104M

Fergus Halliday July 18, 2017 No Comments

Content streaming giant Netflix has surpassed 100 million active subscribers and reported a second-quarter profit of $66 million. The company expectations for yearly revenues rose 32.3% to $2.8 billion while its total subscriber count…

Adultry Web Site That Exposed Thousands Of Australians Settles

David Richards July 16, 2017 No Comments

When adultery web site Ashley Madison was hacked the details of tens of thousands of Australians, who had registered in the hope of snagging an affair were exposed. Now the…

Roku Preps For IPO

Fergus Halliday July 14, 2017 No Comments

According to a report out of The Wall Street Journal, US streaming player Roku plan to take their company public by the end of 2017. Citing unnamed sources, they report…

Google Moves To Expand Into 4K HDR Content

Fergus Halliday July 13, 2017 No Comments

Following on from their decision to start selling 4K video content online in December last year, Alphabet have now moved to offer HDR 4K movies and TV shows on the Play…

Foxtel Now Comes To Playstation 4

Fergus Halliday July 13, 2017 No Comments

Foxtel’s rebranded streaming app Foxtel Now has now officially made its way to to PS4 and PS4 Pro owners. Available just in time for the new season of Game of Thrones, the…

Password Sharing Cuts Streaming Video Revenue

Jon Bragg July 12, 2017 No Comments

Streaming video companies are missing out on millions of dollars in revenue due to the prevalence of ‘password sharing’ according to a recent report. 21% of people aged 18-24 have…

Small Businesses Call For End To “Netflix Tax” Loophole

Fergus Halliday July 11, 2017 No Comments

Customers are already paying more but small businesses say that the new “Netflix Tax” doesn’t go far enough. As reported by The Australian, “business owners are calling foul, declaring the…

Decline Continues For Broadcast TV

Jon Bragg July 11, 2017 No Comments

As the popularity of online streaming video surges, the time spent viewing traditional TV broadcasts including free-to-air and Foxtel continues to fall. The first Australian Video Viewing Report is based…

Skype Passes “Netflix Tax” Onto Customers

Fergus Halliday July 6, 2017 No Comments

Skype has become the latest digital giant forced to change its business model for the Australian market, following the introduction of the “Netflix Tax”. In an email sent out to…