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Netflix Integrates with Foxtel, Healing the Splintered Australian Streaming Offerings

posted by martyb on Thursday July 25 2019, @07:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the If-you-can't-beat-em dept.

Chocolate writes:

Recently, news of subscriber numbers dropping triggered a lawsuit against Netflix, Disney announced their own channel, and content providers are clawing back their IP ("Imaginary Property"), and generally it was all looking bad for Netfix and Friends. Talk of how splintered the streaming market is becoming and how long Netflix can last in the foreseeable bleak future has dominated the discussion. Good news, everyone: Netflix has confirmed a deal to integrate with Foxtel Australia to allow Foxtel subscribers access to the Netflix catalogue.

This is a huge step forward in healing the fractured market in Australia and importantly cementing Netflix's dominant position in the streaming space. Foxtel has been fighting a losing battle to Netflix as it shed 100,000 subscribers in their last financial quarter while its debt builds. This deal is meant to be a lifeline for Foxtel but it may end up being the boost Netflix needs to encourage other streaming competitors to join rather than fight.

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 26 2019, @12:36PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 26 2019, @12:36PM (#871430)

    Wait. $90 per month? With ads? WTF?

    Have it all
    $58*

    Sport + Drama +
    Entertainment
    per month on a 12 month plan
      + 6 months of Netflix on us

    Okay, so that is $60 a month, for 12 months [foxtel.com.au] locked in, which includes 6 months of Netflix.

    OR
    $10 per month [netflix.com] for Netflix.

    Is Foxtel worth it?
    Let's see [foxtel.com.au].

    Well. There's the Queen movie. That's nice.
    Supercars. Meh, who cares.
    Shazam! Oh. From their 'Store'. ... ... .. No.
    Wentworth! I've heard great things. Not worth this kind of month though.
    Snowfall. No.
    Big Little Lies. Sounds interesting. Not enough to pay $60 a month.
    Chernobyl. I've heard good things.
    Sport.
    Sport.
    (Yawn)
    Sport.
    Similar movies to Netflix.

    Wait. What's this? An old old show that might be interesting.

    Magnum PI Season 1 Episode 10 (M)

    8:30pm Sunday 28 July

    Wait. What. Oh get the absolute fuck off. This is the age of THE INTERNET. Why would I wait to watch a TV show they obviously have? For fucks sake. Get screwed Foxtel. STREAMING not TV schedules.

    Oh, wait, this could be interesting.

    Big Hero 6 - The Series (G)

    7:30am Sunday 28 July

    Wait. What? 7:30am. 7. 30. am. On a Sunday. I am not a fricking kid. I do not get up at seven fucking am on a Sunday to watch cartoons. Fuck off Foxtel.

    Okies, I think I can see the pattern here. Why, oh why, would Foxtel do this? I don't need TV. I need shows on demand. Netflix provides. Foxtel is a waste of money.

    Goodbye Foxtel. Take Telstra with you when you go.

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