Bummed that OnLive isn’t really on or live in Australia? Apparently, your depression is soon to come to an end, with Mitchell Bingemann at Australian IT reporting that Telstra is working towards launching a similar video game subscription service next year. More »
It’s been a while coming, but Telstra’s switching on Foxtel on T-Box for ADSL customers — but only for selected areas in NSW or Victoria. At the same time, it’s also launched an iPhone app for remote T-Box control. More »
Put this one in the highly speculative basket, but we’ve heard that Telstra’s sweetener for its iPhone 4S (or will it be iPhone 5?) deals will be a free Apple TV with inbuilt Telstra apps. More »
In September last year, that number was around 100,000, which seemed pretty good considering the T-Box IPTV recorders and T-Hub home phone tablet only launched in June and April 2010. Fast forward to today, and Telstra’s latest performance results suggest that its annoyingly constant TV ads and Masterchef promotions might have worn us down: they’ve tripled the install base, and 190,000 of that number are T-Boxes. More »
When Foxtel launched its IPTV service on Xbox last year, they promised that they were looking at different ways to get their internet content out to a diverse range of customers. It looks like that plan has moved into phase two, with the Pay TV operator announcing they’ll be offering 30 channels of content through the Telstra T-Box from May this year. More »
If you’re thinking about getting yourself a T-Box DVR, it might be an idea to wait until November – Telstra are promising a special Christmas promotion that will gift you $300 worth of movie downloads. More »
Telstra today reported the company’s performance for the first couple of months of the 2010-2011 financial year, and one figure stood out from the rest: Apparently the Telco has sold around 100,000 T-Box IPTV DVRs and T-Hub fixed home phone tablet device since they launched in June and April. More »
When Foxtel launched their iQ2 box back in 2008, the HD PVR had an Ethernet port on the back that the PayTV network promised would be unlocked in the future. Well, the future is apparently almost here, with Foxtel CEO Kim Williams telling Sky News that they’ll be launching Internet On Demand products launching from October. More »
When Telstra announced their new T-Box yesterday, they promised us new data bundles today. And for a company that has been doing its best to hang onto its “charge through the nose because we’re the biggest” pricing philosophy, the bundles are actually pretty good. More »
Telstra’s attempt to take over the loungeroom will take its next big step forward tomorrow with the official launch of the T-Box, their IPTV-enabled PVR. More »