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Mobile Foxtel Now Available On Telstra iPhones

9:30AM Nick Broughall | Telstra customers have been able to watch a mobile version of Foxtel on pretty much every NextG handset except the iPhone for a few years now. But as Gus at Lifehacker points out, that’s all changed now, with the Big T bringing the service to their iPhone customers. More »
Entertainment

You Didn’t Think Those New Foxtel Channels Would Be Free, Did You?

10:24AM Nick Broughall | Last month, Foxtel announced that they were launching 30 new channels on the back of the Optus D3 satellite. What they didn’t mention was price. Now they have, and if you were crossing your fingers that they were going to just give you those bonus channels for free, you’re going to be a bit disappointed. Although it’s not all bad… More »
Entertainment

Foxtel Download. 10 Things You Should Know

11:00AM Chris Oaten | In principle, the idea of legal movie and TV show downloads from Foxtel is a welcome one, because it paves the way for the market to grow. So while there’s room for a lot of improvement, the best news here is that there’s room in the first place. For improvement. In the meantime, here’s 10 things you should know about the service, complete with suckage ratings. More »
Entertainment

Foxtel. Now It’s About Downloads

2:01PM Chris Oaten | Foxtel Australia today announced “Foxtel New Generation”, with a raft of new features scheduled for a November 15 launch, but downloadable content will be fast-tracked to kick off from Thursday, October 1. More »
Entertainment

Foxtel, What Are You Up To?

2:11PM Chris Oaten | Rumours have been circulating over the last week about Foxtel. From new channels to changes to pricing and subscriptions to rolling out new hardware to, well… that pretty much rounds up the rumours. Giz’s take? We’ll let you know tomorrow, once the official word is out. But something is definitely up.
Business

Government To Force Telstra To Structurally Separate Wholesale And Retail

11:46AM Nick Broughall | Somebody get me some popcorn: This could get very messy. Today Senator Conroy announced that the Rudd government has made some pretty major changes to telecommunications laws that will require Telstra to structurally separate its wholesale and retail businesses. And if they don’t do it voluntarily, the government’s going to bring the pain… More »
Entertainment

Unconfirmed: Austar’s MyStar HD Launching Mid-November, 15 HD Channels

10:31AM Nick Broughall | A source close to Austar has seen fit to send us some (as yet unconfirmed) details of the upcoming HD MyStar service in Australia. It sounds pretty decent… More »
Entertainment

Foxtel’s New Channels To Be Mostly Movies And Sports?

1:20PM Nick Broughall | Now that D3 is up and orbiting the earth, it must be time to begin speculating as to exactly what bonus content we’ll get on Foxtel later this year when they flick the switch. The Australian today reckons we’ll be seeing a lot more movies and sports. More »
Science

Optus D3 Satellite Is In Orbit

10:27AM Nick Broughall | That Optus D3 satellite launched without a hitch over the weekend. Fingers are crossed everywhere (at Giz HQ, at least) that it won’t be too long before we get bonus Foxtel channels. [Img: Optus]
Entertainment

Foxtel Launching 30 New Channels This Year

11:30AM Nick Broughall | So when that Optus D3 Satellite goes up this month, Foxtel will get a chunk of the extra bandwidth to launch some new channels. How many channels you ask? 30 new channels, according to the Courier Mail. More »