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Supercars are now the third highest rating sport on Fox Sports

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Original article by John Stensholt
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 27 : 12-Sep-16

Ratings for Fox Sports’ coverage of the 2016 Supercars series are 36 per cent higher than at the same time in 2015. The Supercars now rank behind the National Rugby League and the Australian Football League as the most popular sport on the pay-TV channel. Supercars CEO James Warburton also notes that there has been an 80 per cent increase in the number of videos that are viewed on the Supercars website. The Ten Network broadcasts six Supercars races each year.

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V8 SUPERCARS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FOX SPORTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, THE A LEAGUE PTY LTD, SUPER RUGBY, VOLVO CAR AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, VOLVO DEALERS COUNCIL

More Australians now have SVOD than Foxtel

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 9-Sep-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 50 per cent of Australians aged 14+ (9.8 million) had access to one or more types of paid TV services in their home in the six months to August 2016. The survey also shows that 28 per cent of Australians (5,595,000 people) have Subscription Video on Demand, while 27 per cent (5,309,000) have linear pay-TV. The bulk of SVOD’s growth is attributable to Netflix, but other services can now be found in the homes of around 1.4 million Australians. However, over 60 per cent of these subscribers also have Netflix.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, QUICKFLIX LIMITED – ASX QFX, YOUTUBE RED, FOXTEL PLAY, FETCHTV PTY LTD

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

Anti-siphoning rules ‘rob sport’

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

Fox Sports CEO Patrick Delany says the pay-TV channel and Foxtel have invested $A1.2bn in sports over the last four years, and he argues that many sports would not be viable without this contribution. Delany has criticised the anti-siphoning list, noting that Foxtel cannot buy the exclusive rights to 1,800 sports events yet telcos and streaming video providers have no such restrictions. He also notes that the Seven Network bought the rights to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and proceeded to charge for premium content that was streamed online.

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FOX SPORTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, SUPER RUGBY, THE A LEAGUE PTY LTD, V8 SUPERCARS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS

Foxtel chief on mission to win over subscribers

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 24 : 12-Aug-16

Australian pay-TV provider Foxtel has reported that its subscriber base grew by 4.7 per cent in 2015-16 to 2.9 million, while its customer churn rate rose by 1.3 per cent to 12.2 per cent. Foxtel’s EBITDA was 2.2 per cent lower at $A880m, but revenue rose by 4.6 per cent to $A3.3bn. CEO Peter Tonagh says Foxtel’s marketing will emphasise that the company streams video on demand to any device rather than merely providing a linear TV service. He adds that it boasts more of the biggest box-office hits from 2015 than Netflix.

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Netflix streams ahead of the rest

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Original article by Paul Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 31 : 27-Jun-16

Research by Telsyte has concluded that Australia will boast 2.7 million active online streaming video subscriptions by the end of June 2016, including 1.9 million paid subscriptions. The number of paid subscriptions is expected to rise to 4.1 million by mid-2019, based on current growth rates. Meanwhile, Telsyte MD Foad Fadaghi forecasts that the pay-TV sector will record compound annual growth rate of less than four per cent over the next four years.

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TELSYTE PTY LTD, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, QUICKFLIX LIMITED – ASX QFX, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, AMAZON PRIME, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP

Fetch TV renews Dodo deal, adds Presto, 9Now and Spike

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 26 : 17-Jun-16

Pay television service Fetch TV has renewed its partnership with M2’s Dodo. Its platform has been expanded by the addition of new services such as Spike TV, subscription streaming service Presto and free-to-air streaming service 9Now. Fetch TV has a target of 600,000 subscribers by the end of 2016. In May 2016, it reached the figure of 400,000 subscribers.

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FETCHTV PTY LTD, DODO AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, M2 ENTERTAINMENT, JB HI-FI LIMITED – ASX JBH, HARVEY NORMAN HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX HVN, SPIKE (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, ASTRO, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM

TV today: free and paid, linear and on demand

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 24-May-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 95.4 per cent of Australians aged 14+ watched TV in some form in the first four months of 2016. The survey also shows that 90.2 per cent of Australians watched any ‘linear’ free-to-air (FTA) TV during an average week. Meanwhile, 34.8 per cent watched TV ‘On Demand’ in an average four weeks, including the FTA networks’ catch-up services and Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) services, while 26.7 per cent watched ‘linear’ Foxtel in an average four weeks.

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Foxtel chief waves off Ten takeover talk

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Original article by Dominic White
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 29 : 9-May-16

Foxtel CEO Peter Tonagh has downplayed speculation that the pay-TV group could seek to acquire free-to-air broadcaster Ten Network if cross-media ownership rules are relaxed. He argues that the competition regulator could be expected to closely scrutinise such a deal, and notes that a merger with Ten would make it more difficult for Foxtel to enter commercial arrangements with other free-to-air networks. Foxtel bought a 13.8 per cent stake in Ten in 2015.

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FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, MULTI CHANNEL NETWORK PTY LTD, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, FOX SPORTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NOVA ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX SXL, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Foxtel seeks delayed EPL coverage

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Original article by Dominic White
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 30 : 2-May-16

Pay-TV group Foxtel is said to be negotiating a deal to broadcast the TV channels of some of the most popular English Football League teams. The channels provide delayed coverage of EPL matches, and were previously shown in Australia by FetchTV. Foxtel CEO Peter Tonagh does not expect many EPL fans to cancel their Foxtel subscription when Optus’s exclusive three-year deal for live coverage of EPL matches begins in August 2016.

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FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, FETCHTV PTY LTD, MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB, MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB, LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB PLC, ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB PLC, CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB, BEIN MEDIA GROUP, BEIN SPORTS, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, FOX SPORTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS