J57 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting

News adds racing site to stable

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 21 : 6-Oct-16

Media giant News Corp Australia will increase its exposure to the wagering industry with the acquisition of punters.com.au. The website features horse racing news and a free digital form guide, and boasts some 375,000 unique visitors each month. The British division of News Corporation established a wagering joint venture with Tabcorp earlier in 2016.

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NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, PUNTERS.COM.AU, SUNBETS, TABCORP HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TAH

Presto ditched as Foxtel returns to Play

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 18 : 5-Oct-16

Foxtel will discontinue the Presto subscription video-on-demand service by the end of January 2017, after agreeing to buy out joint venture partner Seven West Media. The pay-TV group will focus on its internet-based Foxtel Play service, which will be relaunched with a bigger range of packages and lower prices. Foxtel Play will be pitched at consumers who want access to premium content but are reluctant to take out a Foxtel broadcast TV subscription.

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FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, FOXTEL PLAY, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, QUICKFLIX LIMITED – ASX QFX, TELSYTE PTY LTD, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, KARMA MEDIA HOLDINGS, AMAZON PRIME, HBO

Women feel the force of Twitter ferals

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Original article by Simone Fox-Koob
The Australian – Page: 23 : 19-Sep-16

There is concern about the growing trend for female journalists in Australia to be targeted by cyber-bullies via social media. A Twitter executive has conceded that the microblogging platform is often used to harass and threaten both women and journalists. Mamamia’s associate editor Georgie Dent and News Corp Australia magazine supplement editor Sarrah Le Marquand are among the women journalists who have received threats via social media.

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TWITTER INCORPORATED, MAMAMIA.COM.AU PTY LTD, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, SKY NEWS, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, WOMEN IN MEDIA

Extended Play for streaming Foxtel

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 21 : 7-Sep-16

Foxtel has revealed plans to launch a lower-cost version of its Play streaming service in December 2016. The new product is expected to be offered at a similar price to rival subscription video-on-demand services such as Netflix and Stan, and Foxtel CEO Peter Tonagh is confident that it will primarily be taken up by non-Foxtel households rather than current customers. Meanwhile, Foxtel has commissioned a new TV version of "Picnic At Hanging Rock" and secured a new content deal with HBO.

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FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION AND RADIO ASSOCIATION (ASTRA) INCORPORATED, FREMANTLEMEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, HBO, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS

AEC’s slow vote count boosts news site traffic

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 23 : 29-Aug-16

Nielsen Digital Ratings (Monthly) data shows that news websites enjoyed a strong rise in traffic during July, due to the protracted vote count following the 2016 federal election. The ABC overtook news.com.au to become the most-visited free news website, with 6.5 million unique visitors, while the latter boasted 6.2 million. Meanwhile, the paywalled website of "The Australian" recorded a record 1.6 million unique visitors.

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THE NIELSEN COMPANY (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD,{SPAC}AUSTRALIA BUSINESS ARTS FOUNDATION,{SPAC}NEWS.COM.AU,{SPAC}NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD,{SPAC}NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS,{SPAC}NINE.COM.AU,{SPAC}NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC,{SPAC}DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA,{SPAC}MAIL ONLINE,{SPAC}MICROSOFT AUSTRALIA,{SPAC}AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION

Telstra bets on rising mobile demand for Stan, Netflix and Presto

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 10 : 19-Aug-16

Customers on some Telstra mobile plans will receive three months’ free access to Netflix, Stan and Presto. The telco will also make content from all three subscription video-on-demand services available via its new Telstra TV Plus app. Video streaming over Telstra’s mobile network has increased by 30 per cent in the last year, with a strong rise in streaming during the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in particular.

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TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, BIGPOND MOVIES, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, VODAFONE AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE, CRICKET AUSTRALIA

Optus claims ‘good start’ to EPL foray

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Original article by Paul Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 8 : 16-Aug-16

Australian telco Optus launched its streaming coverage of the English Premier League season on the weekend of 13-14 August 2016. A spokesperson has indicated that just three per cent of its customers had reported problems with the coverage. However, many people used social media to criticise the telco’s EPL coverage. The complaints included claims that there was a one-minute delay in the coverage, despite it supposedly being live, and the poor picture quality of the streaming video.

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SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE, FOX SPORTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Hywood goes it alone on digital subscription

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 23 : 11-Aug-16

Fairfax Media will no longer quote the Audited Media Association of Australia’s data on digital newspaper subscriptions in its financial reports, after questioning the accuracy of the figures. The media group will instead publish its own digital subscription data in ASX releases. The AMA has reported that subscriptions to the digital edition of "The Age" fell by 6.3 per cent in the March 2016 quarter and 3.4 per cent in the year to March, while "Sydney Morning Herald" digital subscriptions grew by 0.9 per cent in the year to March.

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FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, AUDITED MEDIA ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Cancellations, price rises slow subscriber growth at Netflix

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 18 : 20-Jul-16

US-based Netflix has posted a profit of $US40.8 million for the June 2016 quarter, which is 54.8 per cent higher than the same period in 2015. However, Netflix increased its global subscriber base by just 1.7 million during the quarter, compared with its own expectations that it would gain 2.5 million customers. An increase in its prices also resulted in a rise in Netflix’s customer churn rate. The company has noted that lower growth in international subscribers was to be expected after it launched in markets such as Australia in 2015.

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NETFLIX INCORPORATED

Publishers should be wary of online giants, says Seven, Nine

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 23 & 25 : 11-Jul-16

Media groups are increasingly seeking to generate traffic to their websites by allowing their content to be republished by companies such as Google and Facebook. However, Facebook recently made changes that give priority to content that is posted by individuals rather than media companies. Seven West Media CEO Tim Worner notes that Facebook and Google are solely content aggregators and do not create their own content, and argues that they should reinvest some of their Australian profits into producing content.

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GOOGLE INCORPORATED, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, KLEINER PERKINS CAUFIELD AND BYERS, GUARDIAN MEDIA GROUP PLC