Foxtel unveils cheaper streaming service to compete with global giants

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Foxtel has unveiled its second attempt at a low-cost subscription video platform, Binge, three years after dumping its failed streaming service Presto.

Foxtel's new streaming service Binge starts at $10 per month.“Binge speaks to the heart of what great entertainment viewing is about,” said chief executive Julian Ogrin, who also runs Foxtel’s on-demand sports platform Kayo. “The time is right to unleash this new service providing Australians with the best in drama, lifestyle, reality and movies.”Foxtel, which is majority-owned by News Corp, has maintained an overall subscriber base of around 2.9 million in recent years.

Acclaimed drama Big Little Lies is among 10,000 hours of content on Foxtel's new streaming service Binge. “People now expect very high quality for a very low price,” Ms Levine said. “Those who still subscribe to Foxtel – and I’m one of them – probably aren’t that price conscious. But if Foxtel wants to keep growing beyond that ‘sticky’ base, they need something to compete more directly with the newer entrants in the market.”

It is not yet clear which Foxtel programs will remain exclusive to its cable and Foxtel Now platforms, which also allow customers to watch live channels including Sky News, BBC First and MTV.

 

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I’m getting Binge. Don’t care who runs it. It’s time to just Binge!

It looks like a time machine, not a streaming service.

Horrible name.

Foxtel already up to their old tricks trying to neuter the service with no 4k. Don't want it to canibalise their old infrastructure offering. Steve Jobs once said 'if you don't canibalise your own product, someone else will'.

Nope. I may be forced back onto Kayo because my beloved Raiders are seemingly banned from FTA. But other'n that, it's a 'no' to TheIPA from me

they can make foxtel free and i still wont go near it

No chance. They had the biggest opportunity to deliver reasonable streaming services to Australia and instead they monopolised the market and ripped people off. I hold grudges.

Foxtel's biggest problem is it's called Fox...

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