A small but potentially useful update: Foxtel’s apps for iOS and Android now include a channel changer feature, letting you use your phone or tablet to select a particular channel.
The update adds a ‘Change Channel’ button to program information pages, so if you located something you fancy while browsing on your device, you can switch directly to it. Grab either version from the links below.
Muz
Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 12:36 PMI have my foxtel box setup so that I can watch it in several different rooms, via a HDMI matrix, so the ability to change channels via the foxtel IOS software is something I have been waiting for ages for. Great to finally have it!
Greg
Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 4:31 PMDon’t those things include an IR extender anyway? Struggling to understand the logic here.
Bobby Soon to be Ex-Foxtel
Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 1:00 PMThis is awesome. Now you can switch from one channel of garbage to another. How about the powers that be at Foxtel seek to provide some content worth watching?
Daniel Dere
Friday, November 4, 2011 at 5:05 AMWhat about Austar…?
Angus Kidman
Friday, November 4, 2011 at 6:34 AMNot with this app. If the Foxtel/Austar merger ever happens, I imagine there’ll be a unified app pool but it will take a while.
Daniel Dere
Friday, November 4, 2011 at 9:57 AMThanks for the reply. Are there any updates on the merger? Or any news on either Foxtel/Austar offering IPTV-type streaming of their channels for PC, like they now are with the Xbox Live platform?
sadsac
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 10:02 AMDoes it require a home phone line connected to the foxtel box?