NETFLIX. Just got on board

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Originally Posted by Bob

You need to watch some of the Commercial Channels to offset some of your Left Wing Views LMAO

Just some friendly Banter between Friends

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Bloody hippies :smileyvault-cute-bi

You guys are funny...

You know Cuppa doesn't have time for TV because he is mastering the art of changing gear whilst simultaneously engaging a hand throttle as he sits pigeon toed with his knees jammed together, one heel shoved up his butt and sponges tied to his shoes so he doesn't bunny hop the Ute

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Originally Posted by Cuppa

Each to their own. Personally I don’t know how folk find time between free to air Tv & the internet to watch extra content. The ABC + occasionally SBS & NITV has sufficient of quality to fill my viewing needs. Rarely ever bother to watch any of the commercial channels. Have never paid to watch TV & don’t expect I ever will.

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True. I barely have time to watch anything.
But the wife likes the occasional quiet time and I guess instead of watching a downloaded new movie on a Saturday night we'll now be legal.

It's not for all. Granted.
But hopefully it curves a bit of the piracy and gives fox and Austar a wake up call.

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Originally Posted by biggqwesty

But hopefully it curves a bit of the piracy and gives fox and Austar a wake up call.

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Fox bought 100% of Austar a few years ago... sucked big time as I had to sell all my employee shares I was sitting on for a rainy day.

It will cost Foxtel a reasonable amount of customers I spose but Netflix doesn't carry very much of what I watch anyway (House of Cards aside) but each company has their flagship programs so they'll both have their subscribers and make their money.

In Foxtels case maybe not as much profit but if Netflix does have an impact on Piracy that will help Foxtel and the other providers/streamers as well so who knows what the bottom line will be but agree it should be good for the subscriber.

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Originally Posted by the evil twin

Fox bought 100% of Austar a few years ago... sucked big time as I had to sell all my employee shares I was sitting on for a rainy day. It will cost Foxtel a reasonable amount of customers I spose but Netflix doesn't carry very much of what I watch anyway (House of Cards aside) but each company has their flagship programs so they'll both have their subscribers and make their money. In Foxtels case maybe not as much profit but if Netflix does have an impact on Piracy that will help Foxtel and the other providers/streamers as well so who knows what the bottom line will be but agree it should be good for the subscriber.

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Yea absolutely. Netflix doesn't have sport. So many will stay with Foxtel. Didn't know about the take over.

But by the looks of it it sounds like Telstra and fox are in bed with each other.
I think Telstra have metered Netflix due to having unmetered fox sports etc.

Telstra and Foxtel have a very incestuous relationship... pretty much on the same level as Jamie and Cersei lannister actually.
Foxtel is available on Telstra Tbox internet streaming for example and as mentioned some Foxtel is unmetered on Bigpond sama sama the Netflix Optus & Netflix iinet agreements.

Austar was in the sack with Optus early for bundled services but after a couple of years began sleeping around (tarts that we were).

Get one of the $49 chromecast sticks and stream netflix to your TV. Works an absolute trick and streams directly, you can start the streaming from any smart phone or PC.

Love the netflix so far. Watch it on pc, phone, tablet, streamed to my chromcast to the teli, launched from any netflix app or directly from pc. Not a bad gig so far... First month free to test it out so , not bad.

I like how you can tell which show/movie your kids or wife are watching from the app on the phone...lol

I'm really liking the on demand setup.
And they have some great titles.