[AusNOG] Here we go - Presto is now live.

[Skeeve Stevens]

Netflix will be directly peering, and will be on some IX, but not sure
who/where yet.

Stan will be on Akamai, which is on some IX fabrics.


...Skeeve


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On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Daniel Watson <daniel at dwatson.me> wrote:

> My question would be, are any of these others planning on peering? Or are
> they all going to be running off the Telstra network?
>
> D.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 16 Jan 2015, at 12:24 pm, Joe Saxton <Joe.Saxton at workforce.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> Well lets see how stan.com.au compares when its due to release at the end
> of this month.
>
>
>
> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>] *On Behalf Of *Robert Hudson
> *Sent:* Friday, 16 January 2015 12:08 PM
> *To:* Nick Stallman
> *Cc:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Here we go - Presto is now live.
>
>
>
> FetchTV is picking up a whole range of different channels instead of the
> Discovery set.  Whether that's a good or a bad deal is another story - I
> note that iiNet/Internode have offered to let people out of contract
> without charge (the price also goes up as of February), so I suspect they
> feel a good number of customers may see it as a bad deal.
>
>
>
> Yes, this means I have FetchTV - given the limitations of the box (1TB
> hard drive, and I've not found a way to successfully hack a larger drive
> in), I'm watching what's coming closely - FetchTV will have to evolve, or
> it will die...
>
>
>
> On 16 January 2015 at 12:01, Nick Stallman <nick at agentpoint.com> wrote:
>
> This is the major issue, and which is why Netflix will be so important to
> watch since they are the most neutral service.
> It could just be that they get zero content from channel 7 and 9 though.
>
> I noticed FetchTV was losing the Discovery set of channels as of Feb 1.
> Presto doesn't seem to have any Discovery content either.
> Does anyone know what is going on there? Did one of these new players get
> exclusivity?
>
>
>
> On 16/01/15 11:53, Robert Hudson wrote:
>
> I have to say, this doesn't excite me considerably.
>
>
>
> The reason - the programming (or lack thereof) - I found there were more
> things that I'd want to watch that aren't on this service than things that
> are on this service.  Maybe they'll add more stuff (and broaden what's
> available) over time - but I don't see that each channel selling online
> access to their own content on their own paid service being particularly
> valuable.  I'd much rather pay for a service that takes contents from
> multiple channels/networks and makes it all available to me in one place.
>
>
>
> It's widely acknowledged by everyone BUT the content owners that the
> reason that people pirate their content is that they make it so damned
> difficult to access that it's easier to pirate it than jump through the
> hoops of acquiring it legally.  In my mind, at this stage, this service
> doesn't fix that unless all you're interested in is content that
> Fox/Channel 7 have rights to.
>
>
>
> On 15 January 2015 at 23:34, Skeeve Stevens <skeeve+ausnog at theispguy.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> So, here we go... the first of the three are now online.
>
>
>
> Foxtel & Channel 7's Presto has launched - https://www.presto.com.au/
>
>
>
> News Release:
> http://www.news.com.au/technology/home-entertainment/presto-entertainment-launches-for-1499-a-month/story-fn8tnfhb-1227185706539
>
>
>
> TV only - $9.99
>
> Movies only - $9.99
>
> Both - $14.99
>
>
>
> I've just signed up to give it a test.  I love one question on the
> signup "I don't want my information passed to our Foxtel Partners (Telstra
> and News Ltd)." - Love it - TICK!
>
>
>
> One note at the bottom of the news article was interesting: "The joint
> venture between Foxtel and Channel 7 is still awaiting regulatory approval
> via the ACCC."  Waiting approval but launched?
>
>
>
>
>
> ...Skeeve
>
>
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