Digital TV News: Optus

Freeview NZ satellite TV service to move to Koreasat 6
Feb 21, 2025 – Freeview New Zealand's satellite TV service is to move to Koreasat 6 in early April. The move is essential for service continuity as the current satellite nears the end of its commercial life.
News categories: Freeview New Zealand, Leon Mead, Content Distribution, Digital TV, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box

Sky NZ to move from Optus D2 to new satellite by May 2025
Jan 26, 2025 – Sky New Zealand is aware that a growing number of customers have experienced signal disruption following the decision by Optus to place its D2 satellite into an inclined orbit to conserve fuel.
News categories: Sky New Zealand, Content Distribution, Digital TV, New Zealand, QoE, Satellite

AVOD continues to become more mainstream in Australia
Oct 28, 2024 – Kantar has released data on the Australian video streaming market in Q3 2024. 24% of all households are now watching AVOD services, boosted by the introduction of ads on Prime Video in the quarter.
News categories: Kantar, Australia, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming

TVPlus selects Eutelsat for DTH broadcast services in Australasia
Sep 13, 2024 – Eutelsat (Paris/London: ETL) has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement with TV Plus to provide premium DTH broadcasting services across Australia and New Zealand.
News categories: Eutelsat, TVPlus, Laurence Delpy, Robert Webb, Australia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, New Zealand, Satellite

Ad-supported streaming surges in Australia
Sep 2, 2024 – The Australian entertainment subscription market, which includes video, music and game services, grew by 5% to 52.3 million services in the 12 months to June 2024, according to Telsyte.
News categories: Telsyte, Foad Fadaghi, Alvin Lee, Australia, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Streaming

Australia SVOD service revenue to grow at 8.2% CAGR over 2022-2027
Jun 20, 2023 – According to GlobalData, SVOD revenue in Australia is expected to increase from $1.9bn in 2022 to $2.8bn in 2027, driven by healthy growth in subscriptions, and a steady rise in ARPU.
News categories: GlobalData, Australia, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming

SVOD revenue in Australia to grow at an 8.9% CAGR over 2022-2027
Oct 26, 2022 – According to GlobalData, SVOD revenue in Australia is expected to increase from $2.2 billion in 2022 to $3.4 billion in 2027, driven by growth in subscriptions and unique households along with a steady rise in ARPU.
News categories: GlobalData, Srikanth Vaidya, Australia, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming

Pay TV revenues in Australia to continue to decline
Aug 12, 2022 – According to GlobalData, pay TV revenues in Australia are set to decline in line with continuing losses in Cable TV and DTH subscriptions driven by cord-cutting and the growing popularity of OTT video alternatives.
News categories: GlobalData, Aasif Iqbal, Australia, Digital TV, Market Research

Telstra adopts Fetch as TV platform provider
Apr 28, 2022 – Telstra has selected Fetch as its platform for Telstra TV. Telstra will invest around A$50m including provision for onboarding Telstra TV customers onto Fetch, resulting in Telstra acquiring a 51% stake in the company.
News categories: Telstra, Fetch TV, Kim Krogh Andersen, Scott Lorson, Australia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, MandA, UX