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 »
Local suitors have reportedly been told that Netflix wants to launch in Oz in the next 12 to 18 months. I wouldn’t be surprised. They’re expanding into Latin America this year, and here we are rolling out an NBN. But what would it mean for the likes of Bigpond Movies or Fetch TV? 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 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 this morning officially announced the availability of the T-Hub, a stupidly named touchscreen home hub device that acts as the central port for home phone and internet within the home. And there’s a good chance they’ll sell a lot of them. More »
If it wasn’t for the fact that I need a home phone line for ADSL (I can’t get Naked at my exchange), I would have dumped my home landline years ago. The T-Hub, which was shown off at the Telstra Investor Day yesterday and also popped up on their intranet, doesn’t really make me want to hang on to the legacy landline option… More »
