Foxtel on Xbox was a revelation for me during the Rugby World Cup last year. Being able to watch the matches live over my internet connection without a contract was exactly the way I wanted to enjoy the tournament. And according to Stephen Fenech over at TechGuide, soon Samsung Smart TV owners will get access to Foxtel in the same way.
Launching in April, the Foxtel service will be part of a new unified video on demand application on Samsung Smart TV sets. At this stage, channel selection and pricing is still yet to be confirmed, but it will most likely mirror the Xbox and T-Box services.
Samsung Australia director of audio visual Phil Newton told TechGuide:
“The unified application will have your free to air TV, your Bigpond TV channels which are currently only available on T-Box, your VOD (video on demand) services – both our own 3D plus the others like Bigpond movies or Quikflix.
“And in April we’ll be adding selected Foxtel channels as well down the pipe and into our TV.”
More Internet TV services is awesome, although given the availability of Foxtel on Xbox, it’s not too big of a selling point for Samsung. It’s still awesome news though…
maddogeco
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 3:32 PMi will be using this for sure if there is a 3d stream of the Olympics
Ollie
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 4:12 PMWell for those of us who game on PCs and not on stupid consoles… yes, this could be interesting. I’d be more interested when they do a deal with FetchTV though.
Sicarius123
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 5:01 PMI’d say the appeal to Samsung and Foxtel would be the majority. Families with TV’s that don’t play games, not the tiny minority of PC only gamers.
adam
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 5:56 PMlol idiot PC fan boys that are in the tiny minority of gamers but think they are superior make me laugh.
wsDK_II
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 8:41 AMwell PC gamers are superior……
but that is besides the point, if you want Foxtel cheaply, this is a good option (but probably better to get it with a T-Box cause then you get more free channels + heaps of VoD files :D)
Rod
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 6:03 PMPut the AFL on there, and my money will be all Samsung’s/Foxtel’s.
wsDK_II
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 8:43 AMall the AFL2012 games will be streamed live on the T-Box.
QUOTE:
All matches including pre-season, home and away, finals and the grand final, will be streamed live to customers who subscribe to Telstra’s FOXTEL on T-Box service which will be launching shortly. This may also extend to other IPTV-enabled devices connected to Telstra BigPond® fixed broadband services. This includes one match per round that will be made available to Telstra T-Box customers regardless of whether they are subscribed to the FOXTEL on T-Box service.
Telstra T-Box customers can also get access to match replays on demand, as well as the interactive AFL Game Analyser.
SOURCE:
http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/media-centre/announcements/all-afl-matches-live-on-mobiles-tablets-and-telstra-t-box.xml
Ben
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 8:24 PMYay, bogantel. Just in time for boganistanday!!!
Max
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 9:00 PMI was under the impression that to view Foxtel on the Xbox 360, you had to be on a Foxtel plan already. Is this not the case?
Sicarius123
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 8:53 AMNope, and a fair bit cheaper than satellite too. http://www.xbox.com.au/getfoxtel
Caroma
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 10:39 PM^^I think it’s a monthly payment that’s not tied to a contRact.