Adam, Internode and iiNet have all recently dropped their FetchTV pricing, making the IPTV service more appealing than ever. Planhacker rounds up what’s on offer. More »
NOTE: This Planhacker guide has been superseded. Click here for the most recent version. Optus yesterday became the sixth major ISP to offer FetchTV as part of its bundles. But which one offers the best deal? Planhacker investigates. More »
We’ve known for a while that Optus was planning to offer its own version of the FetchTV platform, and it finally goes on sale this week. For $9.95 a month (over a 24-month contract), you get a set-top box with a one-terabyte hard drive and the ability to schedule recordings across FetchTV’s channel suite. More »
This week, IPTV service FetchTV is adding the YouTube on TV interface, making it simpler to browse YouTube videos via your TV set. That’s just one of a host of new options FetchTV is planning over the next year, including a full HD channel, access to iView, iPhone and Android apps and lots of other goodies. More »
If you’re an iiNet customer (and many Lifehacker readers are), this might be appealing: the ISP is offering a three-month trial of its FetchTV service for existing customers, giving you a chance to sample the service before signing up for the full-scale 24-month deal. More »
After several months of trials, Internode is now making the FetchTV TV-over-the-Internet service generally available to its customers. The pricing is virtually identical to the existing FetchTV offering from iiNet: $29.95 a month for the full service, or $14.95 a month for the ‘lite’ version. More »
The idea of Internet-based TV services is not a new one, and the arrival of options such as Fetch and the T-Box means that it’s now something most people in Australia can access pretty readily. But does anyone actually give a damn? More »
A government review looking into how convergence will affect the media industry has just finished accepting submissions on what it should investigate, and unsurprisingly the existing free-to-air networks are pushing for a reduction in their licence fees, given the range of competition they now face. But is the problem as bad as the networks make out? More »
iiNet has added a second bundle to its FetchTV TV-over-the-Internet offering. It’s only half the price of the original FetchTV package and doesn’t require an ADSL2 connection, but you miss out on monthly access to 30 free movies and the “on command” library of watch-on-demand shows.. More »
Foxtel today launched its Foxtel on Xbox 360 service, which lets you access the pay TV channel via an Xbox 360 console without needing a set-top box. While the basic $20 a month price might sound appealing compared to full-blown pay TV, there’s a big risk involved, as Foxtel doesn’t have any unmetered partnerships with ISPs. More »
