[AusNOG] Netflix coming to Australia

Mon May 26 13:48:40 EST 2014

Also, It might make them look like fools for black banning the NBN FTTP
design....

On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Serge Malev <smalev at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Similar article still there on The Australian website.
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> Netflix heads to Australia as Seven plots rival service
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>     Darren Davidson
>     The Australian
>     May 19, 2014 12:00AM
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> SEVEN Network is considering approaches from telco Optus, digital TV
> platform Freeview, and movie subscription service Quickflix about joining
> forces for an online streaming service to rival US streaming giant Netflix.
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> It was not previously known that Optus, Freeview and Quickflix were
> planning a foray into subscription video on-demand services.
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> The service will compete with Netflix, which The Australian can reveal is
> considering an official launch in Australia next year.
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> “There’s quite a list of players circling in the space,” a local
> television executive told The Australian.
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> Netflix has publicly downplayed its local aspirations after local network
> bosses complained to US studios that the maker of Kevin Spacey hit House of
> Cards was diminishing the value of output deals, the agreements under which
> the Seven, Nine and Ten networks pay studios fees for television programs.
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> Local executives have been concerned that Netflix has attracted an
> estimated 50,000 to 200,000 local subscribers by flouting international
> regulations and accepting payments from Australian credit card holders,
> despite a “geo-block” that could be easily bypassed by internet users.
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> But Netflix is said to be in talks about output deals for Australian
> content that can be streamed locally and in other markets.
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> This comes despite official claims from Netflix that it is focused on
> expanding its footprint in Europe, where it has recently struck a deal with
> British cable provider Virgin Media to incorporate Netflix into
> subscription packages.
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> Seven is also entertaining overtures from pay-TV operator Foxtel’s Presto,
> which was launched in March as a beachhead against Netflix before it
> arrives in Australia.
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> Presto has also approached Nine and Ten networks.
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> As revealed by The Australian in December, Nine is working towards
> launching its own streaming service, codenamed Stream Co, by the end of
> this year.
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> A string of explosive emails produced under subpoena in a bitter court
> battle last week over veteran programmer John Stephens revealed that Seven
> considered offering Stephens a job on Nine’s Stream Co to keep him from
> working at Ten.
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> The court heard the plan was hatched by Seven chief operating officer Nick
> Chan.
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> “Nine have as much of a vested interest in him not going as we do,” Mr
> Chan wrote.
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> “He won’t be the first to walk away from a contract.”
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> But it’s understood Seven has not entered into an agreement with Nine and
> is keeping its options open.
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> Seven has held discussions with Nine, but has developed reservations about
> a tie-up with its biggest rival since the email was sent in March.
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> ------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 13:28:37 +1000
> From: ben at zeno.io
> To: the.damo at gmail.com
> CC: ausnog at ausnog.net
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> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Netflix coming to Australia
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> The link that skeeve used has been taken down. Interestingly Enough.
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> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Damian Guppy <the.damo at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 7:20 AM, Skeeve Stevens <
> skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:
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> I am not sure why they don't consider Netflix as a competitor... I guess
> it is all a matter of perspective.
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> FetchTV is a replacement of the 'cable company' business model - they
> compete with Foxtel to deliver you TV channels etc
> Netflix is a replacement of the 'video rental' business model - they
> compete with VideoEzy/Blockbuster etc to deliver you a large library of
> content to watch on demand.
>
> Additionally FetchTV is normally delivered as a box that plugs into your
> TV, Netflix is normally delivered as a app/service that you install on
> something. Fetch is saying they want their box to be one of thoes
> somethings. In the US netflix has started to partner with cable companies
> to install Netflix on your traditional cable box.
>
> --Damian
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