J57 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting

HuffPost to launch on August 19

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 32 : 3-Aug-15

The Australian edition of online newspaper "The Huffington Post" will boast a staff of 30, led by editor-in-chief Tory Maguire. HuffPost Australia will also have access to content from a network of 900 journalists worldwide. It is a joint venture between The Huffington Post and Fairfax Media, and Maguire is confident that the new site will not gain readers at the expense of Fairfax titles. HuffPost Australia will be officially launched on 19 August 2015.

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THE HUFFINGTON POST, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE (SBS), BAUER MEDIA KG, GUARDIAN NEWS AND MEDIA LIMITED, DAILY MAIL AND GENERAL TRUST PLC, BUZZFEED PTY LTD

Quickflix shares halted amid buy fervour

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 18 : 31-Jul-15

Shares in Quickflix were suspended from trading at $A0.002 on 30 July 2015, ahead of an announcement on a possible deal with an offshore group. Quickflix did not specify whether it is the potential target or the acquirer, but the trading halt has prompted speculation that the video-on-demand and DVD rental group will be taken over. It is estimated that Australia’s streaming video industry boasts about two million subscribers.

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

Telstra TV challenges tech giants

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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

News Corp websites cement digital standing

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 26 & 28 : 27-Jul-15

Data from Nielsen shows that News Corp’s news.com.au website boasted 3.7 million unique visitors in June 2015, making it Australia’s most popular free news website. Meanwhile, News Corp’s "The Australian" is the most popular paywalled news website, with one million unique visitors in June. The website of "The Australian Financial Review" had 452,000 unique visitors.

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THE NIELSEN COMPANY (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, GUARDIAN NEWS AND MEDIA LIMITED, APN NEWS AND MEDIA LIMITED – ASX APN, DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA, THE HUFFINGTON POST

Telcos vie for Netflix as Singtel-Optus deal ends

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Original article by David Ramli
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 13-Jul-15

Telstra and Vodafone Hutchison Australia are believed to be seeking an alliance with Netflix following the end of a three-month deal between the US-based video streaming group and Singtel Optus. Customers of Optus received free access to Netflix during the joint marketing arrangement, which was used to officially launch Netflix in Australia. Telstra has expressed its desire to be an aggregator of content from all providers, despite owning 50 per cent of pay-TV group Foxtel.

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TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, VODAFONE HUTCHISON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, SPOTIFY LIMITED

Telstra’s Penn lays out vision

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Original article by Tony Boyd
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 40 : 10-Jul-15

Telstra has indicated that it is willing to host streaming video on demand providers’ content on its servers, as part of its push to become Australia’s market leader among aggregators. The SVOD sector is a growth industry in Australia, with Telsyte reporting that the nation boasted two million active subscriptions to such services at the end of June 2015. A recent Roy Morgan Research survey also showed that Netflix boasts about one million subscribers, just months after officially launching in Australia.

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TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, TELSYTE PTY LTD, ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIA, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, QUICKFLIX LIMITED – ASX QFX, TESLA MOTORS INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE, ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP, NOMURA AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NBN CO LIMITED

iiNet says Netflix surge calls for NBN price cut

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Original article by David Ramli
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 37 : 6-Jul-15

Australian-listed iiNet has increased its network capacity after customers complained of slower internet speeds due to the popularity of Netflix. However, CEO David Buckingham says prices for accessing the national broadband network will need to be significantly reduced to take into account the use of video streaming services. He adds that such services may not be affordable for many consumers when the NBN rollout is complete unless the issue is addressed.

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IINET LIMITED – ASX IIN, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, SUPERLOOP LIMITED – ASX SLC, TPG TELECOM LIMITED – ASX TPM, DODO INTERNET PTY LTD, EXETEL PTY LTD, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, NBN CO LIMITED

Apple Music switches model to subscriptions, taking on Spotify

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Original article by John Davidson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 2-Jul-15

Apple launched its new music streaming service on 1 July 2015. The subscription fee for Apple Music will be waived for the first three months, and users will then pay $A11.99 per month. Telsyte MD Foad Fadaghi expects the new service to be popular with iPhone users, as the Apple Music app will be automatically installed on their devices. Apple has traditionally sold individual albums or songs via downloads from its iTunes store.

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APPLE INCORPORATED, TELSYTE PTY LTD, SPOTIFY LIMITED, GOOGLE INCORPORATED

Streaming addresses digital appetite: James

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 29 : 29-Jun-15

Presto CEO Shaun James believes that Australian streaming video services offer sufficiently competitive prices to deter consumers from downloading illegal copies of films and TV shows. He argues that the situation cannot be compared with the rise of music-sharing service Napster, as there were no alternatives for buying legitimate copies of music online at the time. The Presto joint venture between Foxtel and Seven West Media will launch its first Australian-made TV show later in 2015.

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PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, NAPSTER INCORPORATED, THE PIRATE BAY, XYZNETWORKS PTY LTD, WARNER MUSIC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, APPLE INCORPORATED, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION

Netflix is the new black: 1 million users, more than 3 times rivals Presto, Stan, Quickflix & Foxtel Play combined

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 23-Jun-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 1,039,000 Australians aged 14+ in 408,000 households had subscribed to the Netflix streaming video on demand service in May 2015. In contrast, 97,000 Australians were subscribed to the Presto joint venture between Foxtel and Seven West Media, while 91,000 had a subscription to Stan, which Nine Entertainment and Fairfax Media launched in January. Meanwhile, Australian-listed Quickflix had just 43,000 subscribers and 40,000 had Foxtel Play, the streaming version of its pay-TV service.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, QUICKFLIX LIMITED – ASX QFX, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD