Great news gang, while we're all in the process of getting ready for 4K, with our televisions and our consoles and our Netflix subscriptions and our NBN -- the ABC is getting ready for the almighty switch...
To regular HD.
The US non-ratings season is nearly over, which means all your favourite TV shows will soon be returning to television screens. However, whether you'll actually get to watch them depends on the entertainment services you subscribe to. With that in mind, here are five of the most popular shows in Australia -- as voted by our readers -- along with the only places you can (legally) access them.
In Question Time at Parliament today, Government senate leader Senator Eric Abetz was asked if the government would apologise for imposing cuts on the ABC that will result in 400 people losing their jobs, thereby breaking an entirely unambiguous pre-election promise that no cuts will be made. His response? "Nobody has lost their job." Huh?
When the Chromecast streaming dongle from Google officially launched in Australia back in May, we were told that apps to enable easy streaming of the ABC's excellent iView catch-up service was in development. Looks like that development work is almost done.
Hey Lifehacker, I'm wondering if there is a simple way to get my IP re-routed to be recognised as an Australian address? I'm going to be travelling through Europe for several months for business and am hoping not to miss out on ABC iView! My current VPN doesn't have any servers for Australia, and Hola Unblocker doesn't seem to be much help either. Any ideas?
Big computing news over the weekend was that a chatbot had succeeded in passing the Turing Test -- an often-discussed measure of machine intelligence. But did that really happen?
The ABC's catch-up TV platform iView has just received a major overhaul, including a revamped interface, improved search functionality, an integrated TV guide and a new Watchlist feature that lets you aggregate favourite shows into a single list. The Android, iOS and web version of the app have all received the update.
After a successful debut last year (and even a cameo appearance by Lifehacker), the ABC's consumer rights show The Checkout returns to our TV screens this week. Lifehacker chatted with co-host and serial Chaser offender Craig Reucassel about what we can expect on the new series.
We've been waiting a long time, but the ABC has finally made good on its promise to bring out an Android app for its excellent iView TV catchup service. It's even managed to meet the recent promise of a December release.