Pay TV network Foxtel has left subscribers hanging on the telephone after it was hit by technical difficulties resulting from a migration to a new customer records keeping and access system.
Telstra today rejected calls by the OECD for it to sell its shareholding in pay TV group Foxtel because it was hindering competition. A major report by the OECD released today criticised Telstra for owning a 50 per cent stake in Foxtel as well as its cable TV distribution network, saying it had virtually put the lid on competition in the sector.
Telstra's main competitor Optus could suffer if Telstra was made to sell its shareholding in pay TV group Foxtel, Communications Minister Helen Coonan said today.
Australian fans of TechTV have just over one month before the interactive entertainment channel is pulled from FoxTel's digital network.
Analysts and network providers have delivered a mixed response to moves from pay television companies to win the competition regulator's support for content-sharing arrangements.
Tevye, the much loved protagonist of Fiddler on the Roof, was full of wisdom. "A bird may love a fish," he memorably said, "but where would they build a home together?"
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While news that Australia's copyright law will be updated is welcome -- so copying CDs onto a digital music player is no longer illegal -- there's still plenty to dislike about the proposed new regime.
If there ever was an opportunity for a broadcaster to showcase the potential of internet video, this was it, and Seven has blown it. Perhaps its executives should have rung their mates at NBC in the US and gotten some pointers on online coverage.
There are times when the tone of Australia's broadband discussions makes me want to laugh, and others when it just makes me want to cry. The past week has been one of the latter, after two very different broadband-related stories made their way across my desk.
HTC has announced the Australian availability of the Touch Diamond in Sydney today, with the phone set to hit these shores between the end of July and early August.
Industry analysts are always predicting what will happen in the future. David Braue went back in time five years to see how analysts expected the mobile comms market to evolve, and then compared it to what actually happened.
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The F852 may not be the best Next G phone available, but it looks good and the price is right.
A cute, Next G capable clamshell that performs well, but without any remarkable features the EasyTouch fails to make a lasting impression.
The W760i is a solid performer, and we've found it hard to fault this handset during our tests. Yet, with strong competition hot on its heels, the W760i falls short of bowling us over.
Tradies interested in Telstra's "tradesman's" phone may have to toss away a hammer to make room for the F158 in their toolboxes.
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