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US-based online streaming service Hulu announced in February that it had sold its Japanese service (which launched three years ago) to Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV). Under the terms of the deal, Nippon TV assumes control of the day-to-day operations of the business and its management (when the deal completes). Nippon TV is the leading […]
Posted by Frost Global on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 9:22 pm
Filed under Digital Piracy, Latest News and Views, Television · Tagged Foxtel, Foxtel Play, Hulu, Mike Hopkins, Netflix, Nine Entertainment Co, Nippon TV, Plus7, Presto, Quickflix, tenplay, the Australian, TorrentFreak, Virgin Mobile
Frost Global has long highlighted the need for an Australian Hulu and Netflix, but to date there has been no firm commitment from either company about commencing Australian operations. This has left Australian consumers with silo catch-up services, that is catch-up content only accessible through each free-to-air network’s online catch-up services (save for services such […]
Posted by Frost Global on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 6:24 pm
Filed under Channel Nine, Channel Seven, Channel Ten, Foxtel, Internet, IPTV, Latest News and Views, Television · Tagged ABC, Foxtel, Hulu, iView, Netflix, Nine, Seven, Ten
FrostGlobal reported earlier this month that Hulu’s shareholders 21st Century Fox, NBCU and the Walt Disney Company had decided to take Hulu off-the-market and inject US$750 million of new capital into the company. At the time of the announcement, Disney’s Chairman and CEO Robert A. Iger, said: “Hulu has emerged as one of the most consumer […]
Posted by Frost Global on Sunday, July 28, 2013 at 4:55 pm
Filed under Digital Piracy, Latest News and Views, Television · Tagged 21st Century Fox, Chromecast, Freeview, Google, Hulu, iView, Netflix, Nine, Plus7, Robert A. Iger, Seven, Ten, Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros
US media giants 21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company have announced that their online catch-up TV service Hulu is no longer for sale. The announcement follows a sales process that was rumoured to have attracted bids from Yahoo, Direct TV and Time Warner Cable, amongst others. 21st Century Fox, NBCU and Disney have […]
Posted by Frost Global on Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 9:37 pm
Filed under Digital Piracy, Latest News and Views, Television · Tagged 21st Century Fox, Amazon, Chase Carey, Hulu, iTunes, NBC Universal, Netflix, Robert A. Iger, the Walt Disney Company
Torrent Freak has reported that the season finale of HBO’s Game of Thrones set a new piracy record. This will not be good news to content owners as digital piracy continues to threaten their business models. The statistics are astounding. Torrent Freak reported that 171,572 people were active on a single active torrent downloading the episode; […]
Posted by Frost Global on Monday, June 17, 2013 at 8:34 pm
Filed under Digital Piracy · Tagged Foxtel, Game of Thrones, HBO, House of Cards, Hulu, iTunes, Jeffrey Bleich, Netflix, Showcase, Torren Freak
Foxtel’s proposed merger with Austar took another step in the right direction last week when the Australian Competition and Consumer Commissions (ACCC) commenced market consultations over Foxtel’s draft undertakings. Foxtel has provided the ACCC with undertakings in order to allay ACCC concerns that a merged company would hamper competition in the IPTV market. Foxtel and Austar, along […]
Posted by Frost Global on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Filed under Austar, Foxtel, IPTV, Latest News and Views, Television · Tagged ACCC, AFL, Austar, Bruce Gordon, Disney, ESPN, Fox Sports, Fox Sports News, Foxtel, Hulu, iiNet, iOS, IPTV, Optus, Optus TV, Playstation, Rod Sims, Select TV, Sky News, XYZ Networks
We reported earlier in the year that leading US online catch-up TV service HULU had applied for registration of its trademark in Australia, fuelling speculation of an Australian launch of the service some time in the near future. HULU is jointly owned by US media companies NBC Universal (Comcast), News Corporation & The Walt Disney Company and has around 260 partners […]
Posted by Frost Global on Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 8:34 am
Filed under Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Channel Nine, Channel Seven, Channel Ten, Foxtel, Internet, IPTV, Latest News and Views, Television · Tagged ABC, Apple, BBC iPlayer, Comcast, Disney, Fetch TV, FixPlay, Foxtel, Freeview, Hulu, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iTunes, iView, Mark Scott, Microsoft, NBC Universal, News Corporation, NineMSN, Plus7, PS3, Quickflix, SBS, Seven, Sony, T-Box, Telstra, Ten, XBOX 360, Yahoo!, Youview
The digital content distribution market in Australia is hopefully about to become a lot more interesting. According to a report by Asher Moses in Fairfax Newspapers, the US online catch-up TV service Hulu is preparing to launch in Australia with or without the support of Seven, Nine and Ten. This is good news for content owners […]
Posted by Frost Global on Friday, April 22, 2011 at 2:56 pm
Filed under Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Channel Nine, Channel Seven, Channel Ten, Digital Piracy, Foxtel, Internet, IPTV, Latest News and Views, Television · Tagged Ashes Moses, ATMOSS, Australian Government, BBC, Channel Five, Channel Four, digital piracy, Disney, Fairfax, Federal Court, Foxtel, Freeview, High Court, Hulu, iiNet, IP Australia, iPad, iPhone, ITV, iView, Kim Dalton, Kim Williams, Modern Family, NBC Universal, Netflix, News Corporation, Nine, NineMSN, Playstation 3, Plus7, Seven, Sphere Analysis, Ten, the Age, Youview
News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch said earlier this year that “content is not just king, it is the emperor of all things electronic. Clever technology is merely an empty vessel without any great content.”
Posted by Frost Global on Thursday, December 30, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Filed under Advertising, Anti-siphoning, Austereo, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Channel Nine, Channel Seven, Channel Ten, Fox Sports, Foxtel, Internet, IPTV, Latest News and Views, SBS, Television · Tagged 7mate, 7TWO, ABC, ABC News 24, Adam Internet, Austar, BBC, BBC iPlayer, BBC Knowledge, Bigpond, Bravia, Comcast, Delhi, Doctor Who, Eleven, Federal Election, Fetch TV, FIFA, FixPlay, Fox Sports, Foxtel, Foxtel 3D, French Open, GEM, Golflink, Hamish & Andy, How-To Channel, Hulu, iiNet, Internet@TV, internode, IPTV, iView, Kim Williams, LG, LG NetCast, Lifestyle Home, London 2012, MCG, MTV Hits, MTVN Live, MyStar HD, Nat Geo Wild, Netflix, News Corporation, Nine, on-demand, Playstation 3, Plus7, Rupert Murdoch, Samsung, SBS, Seven, Shameless, Sony, Sony TV, Speed, Spooks, Tablet Devices, Telstra, Ten Network, Today Network, US Open, V8 Supercars, Winter Olympics, XBOX 360, Yahoo!7, YouTube, Youview
UK communications regulator OFCOM has confirmed no investigation will be launched into YouView (formerly Project Canvas) the new IPTV on-demand service from the UK’s free-to-air networks. According to guardian.co.uk, YouView will launch in the first half of next year and target the 7 million Freeview households that have a broadband connection. YouView’s seven partners include British […]
Posted by Frost Global on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 9:51 am
Filed under Advertising, Channel Nine, Channel Seven, Channel Ten, Foxtel, Internet, IPTV, Latest News and Views, Television · Tagged ABC, Arqiva, Austar, BBC, BSkyB, BT, CBS, Channel 10, Channel 4, Channel 5, Channel 7, Channel 9, Fetch TV, Fox, Foxtel, Freeview, Google TV, Guardian, Hulu, iiNet, ITV, iView, NBC, OFCOM, Richard Halton, TalkTalk, Telstra, TIVO, Virgin Media, Walt Disney, Warner Bros, Youview