Telstra TV challenges tech giants

Original article by David Ramli, Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 8 : 29-Jul-15

Telstra will launch the Roku 2 video streaming device in Australia later in 2015. It will allow subscribers to video-on-demand services such as Netflix and Presto to view them on a TV. The new Telstra TV service will be pitched at consumers who do not have pay-TV, and Telstra is confident that it will have no impact on the customer base of Foxtel, in which the telco has a 50 per cent stake. Roku 2 is already widely used in countries such as the US and the UK, and competes with similar products from Google and Apple.

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TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, APPLE INCORPORATED, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, YOUTUBE INCORPORATED, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU LIMITED, FETCHTV PTY LTD, IINET LIMITED – ASX IIN, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, DODO INTERNET PTY LTD

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