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

[Skeeve Stevens]

One of Netflix's latest announcements was that ANY new licensing deals will
be Global, or they won't take them.  I like that attitude.


...Skeeve


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On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Mark ZZZ Smith <markzzzsmith at yahoo.com.au>
wrote:

> I think people need to take off their rose coloured glasses when it comes
> to Netflix. They're bound by the same sorts of geographical content
> licensing deals that everybody else is, and (although I haven't looked into
> why), content even disappears from Netflix quite regularly apparently, and
> they aren't necessarily obscure movies either:
>
> "These 65 movies and TV shows are disappearing from Netflix on New Year's
> Day"
>
> http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/26/7450753/netflix-titles-disappearing-january-1st-65-movies-tv-shows
>
>
> "The 25 Best Movies Disappearing From Netflix Tonight"
>
> http://gizmodo.com/the-25-best-movies-disappearing-from-netflix-on-new-yea-1671359657
>
> I occasionally can't find movies I'd like to watch on Google Play (which I
> use with my Chromecast) or that don't have a rental option (and I'd argue
> they are just as neutral as Netflix). All the local TV channels have
> content available for rent on Google Play, so in many cases these new
> services that are owned/partnered with local TV channels aren't really
> making much new content available:
>
>
> https://play.google.com/store/movies/collection/promotion_collections_tv_networks
>
> (I'm sure some might be tempted to 'cut off their nose to spite their
> face' by taking their content off of "competing" VoD services, reducing
> their potential paying customer base. Boneheadedness lasts only so long
> before they'll start wondering where the missing money went.)
> ________________________________
> From: Nick Stallman <nick at agentpoint.com>
> To: Robert Hudson <hudrob at gmail.com>; Skeeve Stevens <
> skeeve+ausnog at theispguy.com>
> Cc: "ausnog at lists.ausnog.net" <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> Sent: Friday, 16 January 2015, 12:01
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Here we go - Presto is now live.
>
>
>
> 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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