VIDEO-ON-DEMAND – AUSTRALIA

Seven ready to stop the nation with social media

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 25 : 24-Oct-16

Seven West Media’s coverage of the 2015 Melbourne Cup was streamed live via its Plus7 app some 340,000 times during the race itself and 488,000 times over the course of the day. Seven expects to attract a larger live streaming audience for the 2016 Melbourne Cup, and the broadcaster will offer exclusive live video content via Facebook, including interviews and behind-the-scenes stories. Seven will not stream the race live on Facebook, although it will provide content for Twitter’s live coverage of the Cup.

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SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, THE EMIRATES MELBOURNE CUP, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, TWITTER INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED MOTOR INSURERS LIMITED, SCHWEPPES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, TAB

Twitter secures deal to stream Melbourne Cup

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 11 : 13-Oct-16

Social media giant Twitter will stream the 2016 Melbourne Cup live to a global audience via a revenue-sharing arrangement with the Victoria Racing Club. The Seven Network will supply Twitter’s live coverage, which has attracted Sportsbet and AAMI as sponsors. Twitter has previously secured live streaming rights to some US National Football League matches, and it is keen to gain more sports broadcasting rights. Seven will also offer streaming coverage of the Melbourne Cup.

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TWITTER INCORPORATED, THE EMIRATES MELBOURNE CUP, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, SPORTSBET AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED MOTOR INSURERS LIMITED, VICTORIA RACING CLUB LIMITED, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE, NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Amazon all set to flow here

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 29 : 10-Oct-16

Amazon has declined to comment on speculation that its Prime Video subscription video-on-demand service could be launched in Australia in November 2016, to coincide with the global debut of "The Grand Tour". The program is hosted by former "Top Gear" presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. Amazon may opt to delay the local launch of its SVOD service until 2017, to enable it to build up a larger range of original and licensed content.

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AMAZON.COM INCORPORATED, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, CBS CORPORATION, SHOWTIME, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, HBO, GOODMAN GROUP – ASX GMG, SANDVINE INCORPORATED

Cheerio to Presto: so how many subscribers are up for grabs – and can Foxtel persuade them to Play?

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 6-Oct-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 1.5 per cent of Australian homes (143,000) subscribed to Presto in the six months to August 2016. Some 77 per cent (or 110,000) of the homes with access to Presto also have at least one other pay TV/SVOD service; 55 per cent of Presto homes also have Netflix and 27 per cent have Stan, while 48 per cent have Foxtel – with almost all of them using the traditional set-top box, not the streaming Foxtel Play. Meanwhile, analysis of SVOD households based on Household Life Stage shows that half of homes with Netflix or Stan are in the Young Singles, Young Couples and Young Parents segments, while the majority of homes that have Foxtel are Mid-Life Households (33 per cent) or Older Households (28 per cent).

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, FOXTEL PLAY

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

Foxtel to add rival streaming services to keep customers

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 21 : 29-Sep-16

Foxtel CEO Peter Tonagh has confirmed that the pay-TV group’s next-generation set-top box will allow customers to access subscription video-on-demand services such as Netflix and Stan. Foxtel competitor Fetch TV also provides access to SVOD services via its set-top box. Tonagh has also indicated that the cost of Foxtel Play packages will be reduced, and subscribers will be able to access Foxtel’s premium sports and movie content via the streaming service.

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FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, FOXTEL PLAY, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, FETCHTV PTY LTD, OZTAM PTY LTD, AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN 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