VIDEO-ON-DEMAND – AUSTRALIA

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

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