OT: Foxtel FoxSports / Kayo /Ch9 + NRL TV Rights

[Poupou Escobar]

Binge is the only streamer I never switch off. Kayo is on all footy season.

 

[the phantom menace]

*Minge

 

[Chipmunk]

Interesting to see who would be interested in buying Foxtel, and what they'd ultimately do with it.

Their Movies/Drama/Binge/content is something that they don't have full ownership of the content, and can change streaming platform on the decision of someone they have no control over. They're continually losing content each month to other streaming platforms. Most British stuff disappeared last month.

The Sports/Kayo is a lot of their own content and would have value, but if there wasn't Foxtel, would other sports content (ESPN, Racing channels) just choose to sell their content to someone else.

I think News Corp would likely retain ownership of Sky News, given it would continually fit with their core business, and they appeared to have manoeuvred it into a position where this could be a separate streaming service outside of Foxtel anyway.

The rest is rubbish no one is likely to continue to pay for as a standalone product.

Interesting times...

 

[Suitman]

Interesting to see who would be interested in buying Foxtel, and what they'd ultimately do with it.

Their Movies/Drama/Binge/content is something that they don't have full ownership of the content, and can change streaming platform on the decision of someone they have no control over. They're continually losing content each month to other streaming platforms. Most British stuff disappeared last month.

The Sports/Kayo is a lot of their own content and would have value, but if there wasn't Foxtel, would other sports content (ESPN, Racing channels) just choose to sell their content to someone else.

I think News Corp would likely retain ownership of Sky News, given it would continually fit with their core business, and they appeared to have manoeuvred it into a position where this could be a separate streaming service outside of Foxtel anyway.

The rest is rubbish no one is likely to continue to pay for as a standalone product.

Interesting times...

I'm an old fogey re Foxtel but not for long. I've been a subscriber since they started in the mid 90's
I still have Foxtel but I sparingly watch any of the content. I watch more FTA these days and it's mostly the ABC and SBS anyway.
It's mainly for the sport that I've kept Fox, so it is time to dump Fox and get Kayo.
In hindsight, I should have done it years ago.

 

[Gronk]

I'm an old fogey re Foxtel but not for long. I've been a subscriber since they started in the mid 90's
I still have Foxtel but I sparingly watch any of the content. I watch more FTA these days and it's mostly the ABC and SBS anyway.
It's mainly for the sport that I've kept Fox, so it is time to dump Fox and get Kayo.
In hindsight, I should have done it years ago.

The good thing about Kayo being a pure streaming app, is that you can pause it in the summer if nothing particularly interests you.

 

[EelEtric]

I'm an old fogey re Foxtel but not for long. I've been a subscriber since they started in the mid 90's
I still have Foxtel but I sparingly watch any of the content. I watch more FTA these days and it's mostly the ABC and SBS anyway.
It's mainly for the sport that I've kept Fox, so it is time to dump Fox and get Kayo.
In hindsight, I should have done it years ago.

Long-time Foxtel user and about 12 months ago when I realised I was paying $140 per month for Foxtel in 2 rooms at home and Foxtel Go on the laptop, I got my family to re-think their streaming needs. We now have Paramount, Disney+, Kayo, Netflix and Prime for less than the Foxtel cost and no one is missing anything important.

 

[Suitman]

Long-time Foxtel user and about 12 months ago when I realised I was paying $140 per month for Foxtel in 2 rooms at home and Foxtel Go on the laptop, I got my family to re-think their streaming needs. We now have Paramount, Disney+, Kayo, Netflix and Prime for less than the Foxtel cost and no one is missing anything important.

Yep.
I pay $8 a month for Paramount+ (mainly for the A-League) but I also watch other stuff on there as well.
FTA as I said also keeps me going these days.
There's only so many hours a day that I get to watch tv which is mostly during the evening.
This is more than enough for my needs.
On weekends, if I dump Fox and subscribe to Kayo, I'll be saving about $100 a month.
I honestly don't know why I haven't done this sooner.

 

[Chipmunk]

I'm an old fogey re Foxtel but not for long. I've been a subscriber since they started in the mid 90's
I still have Foxtel but I sparingly watch any of the content. I watch more FTA these days and it's mostly the ABC and SBS anyway.
It's mainly for the sport that I've kept Fox, so it is time to dump Fox and get Kayo.
In hindsight, I should have done it years ago.

I'm the other way, the only shows I watch on Free to Air is The Front Bar on a Wednesday night, and Offsiders on a Sunday morning.

I mainly watch YouTube these days.

I will likely switch to Kayo soon, although a mate says he's not happy with it, as the App has some issues.

 

[Chipmunk]

Long-time Foxtel user and about 12 months ago when I realised I was paying $140 per month for Foxtel in 2 rooms at home and Foxtel Go on the laptop, I got my family to re-think their streaming needs. We now have Paramount, Disney+, Kayo, Netflix and Prime for less than the Foxtel cost and no one is missing anything important.

I called up to cancel the service some years ago, and they drop the price quickly.

I also have two boxes, and rent a room in my house to a bloke, and he gets his own lounge room with a Foxtel box...I can justify keeping it given the circumstances.

However, I was paying $99 for 2 boxes with every channel, 4K, and standard Netflix included, up until last month, but they've bumped it up to $115, and next month they want $117!

I will consider cancelling at the end of the season...clearly they want to get people off the Boxes.

 

[Suitman]

I'm the other way, the only shows I watch on Free to Air is The Front Bar on a Wednesday night, and Offsiders on a Sunday morning.

I mainly watch YouTube these days.

I will likely switch to Kayo soon, although a mate says he's not happy with it, as the App has some issues.

That is an issue that I fear transferring from cable to streaming.
Streaming can be so irregular and unreliable. I have good internet connection and Paramount+ has never been a problem for me, but I have heard horror stories from others.

 

[Chipmunk]

Yep.
I pay $8 a month for Paramount+ (mainly for the A-League) but I also watch other stuff on there as well.
FTA as I said also keeps me going these days.
There's only so many hours a day that I get to watch tv which is mostly during the evening.
This is more than enough for my needs.
On weekends, if I dump Fox and subscribe to Kayo, I'll be saving about $100 a month.
I honestly don't know why I haven't done this sooner.

Sounds like you're paying a lot for Foxtel.

 

[Suitman]

Sounds like you're paying a lot for Foxtel.

$110 / month.
Way too much.

 

[Chipmunk]

$110 / month.
Way too much.

Yeah, I was at $99 until last month, but that for 2 IQ4 boxes, every channel, 4K and Netflix included.

At $115 I kept it for the football season, but I'd say I call up before the end of September to cancel.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I also have two boxes, and rent a room in my house to a bloke

Is this some kind of metaphor?

 

[Gronk]

That is an issue that I fear transferring from cable to streaming.
Streaming can be so irregular and unreliable. I have good internet connection and Paramount+ has never been a problem for me, but I have heard horror stories from others.

Can’t say that I have ever had internet problems for years. In my house at 8.30pm there could be 4k streaming in 3 rooms and another gaming (who is super whingy about latency) with zero issues. We are with bigpond hybrid cable that uses the foxtel cables*.

* Actually there was a time in the past that I was contemplating going back to Foxtel to get 4K footy and they told me that they were not permitted to use the existing cables. They wanted to put a dish on the roof. They when they came out they were spooked by the huge Moreton Bay Fig trees and could not guarantee perfect reception. On top of that, they then wanted to run conduit down the side of my house (could not be bothered to go looking for cavities in the brick wall) and penetrate my sandstone footings. Nah see ya.

 

[the phantom menace]

Is this some kind of metaphor?

FFMM

 

[MarkInTheStands]

So the question is with Foxtel putting in so much $$$ for NRL Rights, and indeed recent assessments saying the NRL could ask for over a Billion in the next rights package the biggest question is, will that $$$$ be there or should the NRL Start and NBA / MLB subscription service to pay for the TV coverage themselves ?

 

[Twizzle]

Between Foxtel and the Betting agencies, the AFL could be in some serious shit.

That's a shame

 

[strider]

Thats melbourne news which is totally AFL centric. So of course they just worry about AFL.

NRL will be just as rooted. Betting is a massive revemue stream. If it gets shredded the NRL and broadcasters are gonna need to find alternatives.
If Fox isnt a strong bidser in tv rights do they drop? The more bidders the higher the price.

Its gonna be as big an issue for NRL as AFL.

 

[JokerEel]

Thats melbourne news which is totally AFL centric. So of course they just worry about AFL.

NRL will be just as rooted. Betting is a massive revemue stream. If it gets shredded the NRL and broadcasters are gonna need to find alternatives.
If Fox isnt a strong bidser in tv rights do they drop? The more bidders the higher the price.

Its gonna be as big an issue for NRL as AFL.

Probably why the NRL is pushing to get into the USA betting Money