kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
Are you with them for your internet?
Foxtel loses EPL to Optus
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No TPG, but on a monthly. Fox sports goes the day after the Norwich game, which is nearly half my monthly fee.
I sat down and asked my self what sport do I really watch and it was all on FTA anyway
Tour de France
Ashes
Origin
F.A. Cup final
NRL
AFL finals
Olympics
World Cup
I've pre-registered with OPTUS and wait to see what their deal is. I might go the whole hog, and biff FOXTEL altogether we'll see.
costs
foxtel $100 - soon to be $50
TPG $49 for Internet and home phone...which I never use.
So long as OPTUS don't try to extract the urine AND I can record it in the early hrs to watch later, I'll probably be in
worst case; OPTUS take the financial micky and Martinez is still there, then for that reason I'd be Out, 'kem all.
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
My question about you being with Optus internet was as they may require you to be with them? We haven't had that clarified. Or maybe purchase a Fetch Box for around $400.
If they don't give me the box for free when I sign on they can 'koff...$400 ffs Mrs Degsy would go simian manure.
like I said if the start taking the financial micky I will go cold turkey and they can stuff it.
Do they forget that there is more than one way for me to skin the TV cat like netfix for $12.99.
They mess this up and it's going to bite them in the rear.
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
If you are with Optus already, or go to them with your internet, the box will probably be free as part of a monthly plan?
From the perspective of my modest means they've got to get their pricing right...by right I mean something I can sell to the Mrs and not get the standard answer...HOW MUCH? - YOU CAN DO ONE.
Or wait for FOXTELS counter offer when I bin them
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
Well and truly under the thumb are you my good man
Well and truly under the thumb are you my good man
that's not the only thing I'm under if I'm a good boy
(fiscally) sound is Mrs D.
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
You minx
*blushes
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
Hopefully this includes EvertonTV which was on ESPN last season
http://www.theage.com.au/business/m...nal-liverpool-and-others-20160501-goj8i5.html
Foxtel to strike channels deals with Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool and others
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May 1, 2016 - 7:03PM
Dominic White
Media editor
Foxtel is expected to secure channels like Manchester Utd's MUTV. Photo: Getty Images
Foxtel is poised to acquire the rights to show delayed English Premier League football games featuring key teams via the clubs' own channels.
The pay TV group is expected to secure licences to carry channels from the likes of Manchester Utd's MUTV, Liverpool's LFC TV, Manchester City TV, Arsenal TV and Chelsea TV as part of the deal.
The channels, which were previously carried in Australia by Foxtel's smaller rival Fetch TV, have the rights to show tape-delayed coverage of games, normally the day after the matches are screened live. They also carry club history documentaries, old games and behind-the-scenes shows from the clubs.
The move is part of Foxtel's attempt to retain customers unhappy at its loss of English Premier League rights to Optus, which begins showing games from August.
Late last year, Optus announced that it had secured the rights to show English Premier League games for $63 million per season for the next three seasons, starting in August.
Optus' expensive swoop put Foxtel at risk of losing some of the EPL fans who had subscribed to the cable and satellite service predominantly to get the sport.
Foxtel chief executive Peter Tonagh, who declined to comment on whether the company was interested in the EPL club channels, said only a "pretty small number" of soccer fans were likely to ditch Foxtel altogether.
"I think there'll be some hardcore fans that'll be pretty upset about not having it and they'll go and they'll buy from Optus. I suspect most of those hardcore fans will keep buying Foxtel as well," he said.
Foxtel began its fightback against Optus in late March, announcing that it would broadcast European football direct through its cable and satellite service.
Foxtel and beIN announced the launch of three beIN Sports high-definition channels available to Foxtel sports subscribers at no extra cost to the Foxtel sport pack, boosting the pack's offering from nine to 12 sports channels.
"I think the reality is, most people who support EPL or who watch EPL, watch other sports as well. And you know, part of the beIN sport benefit for us is that you've got all those South American leagues, you've got European leagues, so you've got a terrific presence with football anyway so it's hard to say, "hey I'm gonna give away my Foxtel and just go with this one package of EPL," he said.
Foxtel also faces competition for audiences in non-sports content from subscription video-on-demand services led by Netflix and also including Stan, owned by Nine Entertainment Co and Fairfax Media, owner of The Australian Financial Review.
But Mr Tonagh said he did not believe that Foxtel, which secured key rights to the NRL and AFL in blockbuster deals last year, would face competition for those rights from Netflix when those contracts expired.
"I have a personal view that Netflix have been very focused in what they do ... so I'd be surprised if Netflix bought sporting rights, they don't do live streaming."
He added: "The telcos already are a threat, obviously Telstra paid a lot of money [for the AFL digital rights], Optus paid a lot of money for the EPL, they are already spending money on those things.
"There's no doubt it will be a competitive market. I'm not trying to downplay the competition. I just think [Netflix founder and chief executive] Reed Hastings has done a great job of keeping Netflix focused and I'd be surprised if he was doing that in five years' time."
Bankers are working on a merger of Foxtel, which is owned by News Corp and Telstra, with News Corp's Fox Sports before a potential $8 billion float.
"From our perspective we have contracts with [Fox Sports], it means we get all their sport anyway ... it doesn't make a lot of difference," Mr Tonagh said. "We work effectively together."
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Foxtel to strike channels deals with Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool and others
Date
May 1, 2016 - 7:03PM
Dominic White
Media editor
Foxtel is expected to secure channels like Manchester Utd's MUTV. Photo: Getty Images
Foxtel is poised to acquire the rights to show delayed English Premier League football games featuring key teams via the clubs' own channels.
The pay TV group is expected to secure licences to carry channels from the likes of Manchester Utd's MUTV, Liverpool's LFC TV, Manchester City TV, Arsenal TV and Chelsea TV as part of the deal.
The channels, which were previously carried in Australia by Foxtel's smaller rival Fetch TV, have the rights to show tape-delayed coverage of games, normally the day after the matches are screened live. They also carry club history documentaries, old games and behind-the-scenes shows from the clubs.
The move is part of Foxtel's attempt to retain customers unhappy at its loss of English Premier League rights to Optus, which begins showing games from August.
Late last year, Optus announced that it had secured the rights to show English Premier League games for $63 million per season for the next three seasons, starting in August.
Optus' expensive swoop put Foxtel at risk of losing some of the EPL fans who had subscribed to the cable and satellite service predominantly to get the sport.
Foxtel chief executive Peter Tonagh, who declined to comment on whether the company was interested in the EPL club channels, said only a "pretty small number" of soccer fans were likely to ditch Foxtel altogether.
"I think there'll be some hardcore fans that'll be pretty upset about not having it and they'll go and they'll buy from Optus. I suspect most of those hardcore fans will keep buying Foxtel as well," he said.
Foxtel began its fightback against Optus in late March, announcing that it would broadcast European football direct through its cable and satellite service.
Foxtel and beIN announced the launch of three beIN Sports high-definition channels available to Foxtel sports subscribers at no extra cost to the Foxtel sport pack, boosting the pack's offering from nine to 12 sports channels.
"I think the reality is, most people who support EPL or who watch EPL, watch other sports as well. And you know, part of the beIN sport benefit for us is that you've got all those South American leagues, you've got European leagues, so you've got a terrific presence with football anyway so it's hard to say, "hey I'm gonna give away my Foxtel and just go with this one package of EPL," he said.
Foxtel also faces competition for audiences in non-sports content from subscription video-on-demand services led by Netflix and also including Stan, owned by Nine Entertainment Co and Fairfax Media, owner of The Australian Financial Review.
But Mr Tonagh said he did not believe that Foxtel, which secured key rights to the NRL and AFL in blockbuster deals last year, would face competition for those rights from Netflix when those contracts expired.
"I have a personal view that Netflix have been very focused in what they do ... so I'd be surprised if Netflix bought sporting rights, they don't do live streaming."
He added: "The telcos already are a threat, obviously Telstra paid a lot of money [for the AFL digital rights], Optus paid a lot of money for the EPL, they are already spending money on those things.
"There's no doubt it will be a competitive market. I'm not trying to downplay the competition. I just think [Netflix founder and chief executive] Reed Hastings has done a great job of keeping Netflix focused and I'd be surprised if he was doing that in five years' time."
Bankers are working on a merger of Foxtel, which is owned by News Corp and Telstra, with News Corp's Fox Sports before a potential $8 billion float.
"From our perspective we have contracts with [Fox Sports], it means we get all their sport anyway ... it doesn't make a lot of difference," Mr Tonagh said. "We work effectively together."
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Too little too late I hope they go belly up ( not a big fan of foxtel )
So you have to be an optus customer to get the premierleague here i just read. I'm out of contract with telstra now so hopefully its just a matter of swapping my Internet plan over to optus and that's about it.
Probably flick as much foxtel as i can and go with the cheapest package that includes sport now too
Probably flick as much foxtel as i can and go with the cheapest package that includes sport now too
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
Has that been confirmed? Where did you read this?
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