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The First Honest Pay TV Company Commercial
Cable companies are universally regarded as only slightly more popular than evil dictators, and a little less fashionable than certain strains of STDs. How do you fix something like that? Honesty!
Samsung Launching Foxtel and Olympics On Its 2012 TVs
Samsung’s launching its Australian 2012 range of TVs tonight, and it has just announced that it’ll be bringing Foxtel to its new TVs in July, along with eight free Olympics channels.
ACCC Approves Foxtel/Austar Deal
The ACCC has approved Foxtel’s long-awaited takeover of Austar, although it’s not without quite a few considerations.
Pay-TV Smartcard Hacking – How Easy Is It?
Over the last couple of days a small furore has erupted over allegations a News Corp subsidiary, NDS, has been hacking the pay-TV smartcards of News Corp’s competitors, and even News Corp’s own companies – allegations that NDS vigorously denies.
Rupert Murdoch Allegedly Employed Hackers To Destroy Pay-TV Rival
Everybody’s favourite octogenarian media tycoon is at it again. This time, Rupert Murdoch is accused of hiring hackers to crack a pay-TV rival’s encryption system and then post the hack on the internet in order to financially cripple them. It worked: they’re now bust.
Intel Wants To Start A Web-Based TV Service?
Just a few weeks ago we heard rumours that Google was plotting a pay TV service set to launch this year, and now a Wall Street Journal report has surfaced, suggesting that Intel is also planning to launch a web-based TV service in 2012.
Why ‘TV Everywhere’ Is Bogged Down In Negotiations And Pacts
When Time Warner and Comcast decided to make cable programming available to its American customers online three years ago, it was a great idea. But currently, the project is swamped by failed deals, long negotiations and ongoing disputes. What went wrong?
Foxtel Launching A 1TB IQHD Box
Up until now, recording HD content to an iQ box with Foxtel has only given you about 30 hours worth of recording time. But Foxtel has started to inform customers that they are offering a new 1TB iQHD PVR, increasing the amount of HD recording space to about 140 hours. Yay!
Sat Chair Hides Your Satellite Dish In Plain Sight
In many high-rise buildings satellite dishes are banned for safety or aesthetic reasons. But since patio furniture is still ok, Sat+ has created a chair-shaped satellite dish secretly giving you hundreds of channels without being hassled by your landlord.
