Foxtel HD Pricing Unveiled: $10 Per Month For iQ2 and $15/Month For All Four HD Channels
UPDATE 2: We just had a phone call from a Foxtel spokesperson who said that the pricing below has been sent out to people who registered their details on the Foxtel HD site. When asked if the pricing would be the same for regular peeps, we were told “You could presume so”.
We also asked about when the service would be available, both to people who registered and the rest of us. They wouldn’t give us a firm date for either other than “before the end of the financial year” although they did say that the registered people would get priority. Commenter “Jones” has told us that he’s got his installation booked for June 2, so it looks like that’s the earliest it’s going to happen.
UPDATE: Although we still haven’t heard from Foxtel, this is looking legit – the info came from the Foxtel newsletter, and according to members on the DTV forums, you can sign up to have the iQ2 installed from the first week of June.
We’ve been hanging out for some pricing info on Foxtel’s HD service since January, and eagle-eyed reader David just received some fairly detailed HD pricing on the Foxtel HD website. Sadly, when I went to check on the site myself, the HD pages wouldn’t load, and Foxtel themselves haven’t confirmed or denied the pricing yet. So at the moment, take these figures as rumour, although hopefully we’ll get some confirmation soon.
From the looks of things, it will set you back $200 to upgrade to the iQ2 box, then $10 per month to keep it, which isn’t too bad considering the original iQ is $10 per month for platinum subscribers or $15 per month for everybody else. For a fresh install it’s a $299 fee for your first month of HD+, including the Platinum package.
Package-wise, you’re looking at $9.95 per month for the HD sports channels (includes Fox Sports HD, ESPN HD and access to HD movies On Demand), which interestingly requires you to have the My Sport Package to be eligible. For the complete HD lineup, it’s $14.95 per month, but it appears to also require subscription to either the My Escape, My Playtime or My World SD packages.
The other alternative is to opt for the HD Platinum package, which gives you everything – all Foxtel channels, the full range of HD channels and the iQ2 Box, plus two On Demand Movies – for $130.90 per month.
Hit the jump for a shot of the (rumoured) pricing details: 
[Thanks David!]
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This ain’t no rumour. I’ve got an install booked for Monday 2nd June, prices as above. If you don’t mind waiting on hold for an hour you can confirm with Foxtel on 1300 795 388.
WEL ITHINK ITS A JOKE THAT THEY ARE CHARGING A $200 INSTALATION FEE CONSIDERING I GOT FOXTEL INSTALLED FOR FREE ANYWAY. AND WE WILL BE PAYING AN EXTRA $15 A MONTH FOR 5 CHANNELS I THINK I WILL BE WAITING FOR A WHILE TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY SPECIAL PRICING FOR ITS VERY ORIGANAL CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE BEEN PAYING TOP DOLLAR FOR AGES.I THINKS ITS THE LEAST THEY CAN DO…..
Foxtel are a little rude with their pricing model. I have two existing low-def STB’s, and called today to order two of the new HD IQ2 STB’s.
They told me that the $200 install fee would have to be paid TWICE. Once for each STB. Even though I already have two STB’s that they will replace, they still want me to pay double the install fee.
I tried pointing out that there is no additional outlets to be cabled or anything. The engineer is already there, and I will be paying the extra monthly fee as required for the additional IQ2 STB.
But Foxtel would NOT budge on the issue. They INSISTED that I would have to pay the install fee twice if I wanted to get both of the STB’s swapped out for the IQ2 boxes.
VERY disappointing.
The $200 is NOT an install fee.
Why don’t you go and buy yourself a Hard Drive Personal Video Recorder with TRIPLE HD tuners (oh thats right, there is no such thing on the market, only twin tuner), a built in Electronic TV Guide, Lifetime Warranty and the best possible cables to connect to your audio/video system (ie HDMI cables if needed) supplied for free… and see if you spend less than $900?
As far as I’m concerned, it’s $200 well spent.
Work at Foxtel Simmy or is TV just that important to you?
Simmy, difference is that 200 bucks does not buy me the STB buddy. They still retain ownership.
So if the monthly rental of $10 pays for me to have the IQ2, the $200 is just what they say it is. An install fee!
They should give free installation to previous platinum subscribers. I mean, $200 is a rip.
i agree $200 isa rip and should be free for existing platinum subscribers and to pay $15 a month for 5 channels is a joke.
Yes, this $200 fee, for nothing, is a complete JOKE.
The $15 a month is for renting the box. $200 extra installation? I can plug in 2 cables, let me do it!
I’d like to see every Foxtel channel High Definition. Considering Ultra High Definition Video has made its debut. Foxtel is pretty far behind the ball.
Everyone knows Foxtel is a total ripoff – but as long as they have a monopoly they can get away with it.
I have been a Foxtell costumer for some time now and I have put up with their inferior product for that time, first there analogue had poor sound and picture quality and then they brought out digital, the picture improved marginally put the sound quality stayed the same now they are trying to sell me IQ 2 which is HD they want $200 upfront and $15 monthly on top of my monthly bill which is $135 just for 3 or 4 HD stations which are the same as the digital ,I can get channel 7 and 10 HD for no extra cost I don’t understand why I should pay extra just because they are trying to keep up with free to air and to fix their inferior product .I like to know if I am the only person that feels like they are getting ripped off, I think they will have to replace all there Foxtel boxes to HD eventually because they will stop making the old ones. Ps, Panasonic are bringing in a bluray recorder stuff foxtel.
I think you are all a bit of the fool. If you are stupid enough to pay for Foxtels rerun TV in the first place then you too can upgrade to .. err well no channels of HD for a hell of a lot of money. well 4 to be exact. How very 1990 of them to grace the public with something that they made us have so no one would be able to have multichannel DTV for free in the first place.
Gee here is an idea, take that 1500 dollars you waste a year and buy a bluray player and buy discs from amazon.com. or better still waste the money on a really outdated broadband package and download HD programming from the USA. either way you will bet a more interesting tv experience. Happy rip off
What I carn’t understand is if u have multiroom and have platHD package,,then 2 watch the HD channels in another room,,they want another $10 service fee a month for the extra box…isn’t that the whole idea of paying the $15 for multiroom so u can watch the same package as u paid for on the main set?????? yet if u have just an iQ box then there is no $10 fee????? WHAT THE?