STREAMING VIDEO – AUSTRALIA

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

The final Olympics tally: Seven reaches nearly three million through digital platforms

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

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 14,778,000 Australians aged 14+ tuned in to watch the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. Some 13.2 million (94 per cent) watched TV coverage on channels 7, 7HD, 7TWO and 7MATE, while Seven’s digital platforms found a combined audience of over 2.9 million people: 1,735,000 streamed coverage directly through the Olympics on 7 website or app (with 1,243,000 and 829,000 users respectively), and 1,571,000 engaged with Seven’s Olympics content through its social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Meanwhile, over 1.4 million Australians caught up on some Olympics highlights via YouTube, including the 7Olympics channel.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH CENTRE PTY LTD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, TWITTER INCORPORATED, INSTAGRAM LLC, YOUTUBE INCORPORATED

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

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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FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE

Digital helps Seven attract Olympics audience

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Original article by John Stensholt
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 9-Aug-16

The Seven Network’s TV broadcast of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games opening ceremony was watched by 1.61 million viewers in Australia’s five main capital cities. Meanwhile, Seven’s streaming coverage attracted 4.1 million viewers during the first two days of the Games, including a record 2.8 million streams on the second day. Seven has conceded that there have been problems with its streaming up, which it attributes to global demand for streaming services.

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SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, OLYMPIC BROADCASTING SERVICES, AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE

ABC boss expands Netflix content deal

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Original article by Michael Bodey
The Australian – Page: 29 : 4-Jul-16

ABC MD Michelle Guthrie has told the Crawford Australian Leadership Forum that the public broadcaster must continue to establish alliances with third parties to ensure that its content is accessible on any platform. The ABC has made more of its contents available to Netflix’s Australian subscribers, while some of its programs are also offered by Netflix in the US. Some of the ABC’s content is also available via Netflix’s local rivals, Presto and Stan.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, WORKING DOG PRODUCTIONS PTY LTD, BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION, APPLE INCORPORATED, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD

Networks seek new strategy for Presto

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Original article by Jake Mitchell, Michael Bodey
The Australian – Page: 28 : 4-Jul-16

Data from Telsyte suggests that the Presto video-on-demand service had about 418,000 subscribers in June 2016, including 112,000 paid subscribers. In contrast, rival Netflix boasted 1.29 million subscribers in total, while Stan had 640,000. Presto’s joint venture partners Foxtel and Seven West Media are said to be considering their options, which could include merging Presto with one of Foxtel’s other video-on-demand products.

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PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, TELSYTE PTY LTD, HBO, SHOWTIME, BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION, 21ST CENTURY FOX INCORPORATED, FOX UK, AMAZON.COM INCORPORATED, SKY PLC

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