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Foxtel has expanded availability of its National Broadband Network services for premises in fibre to the node (FttN) and fibre-to-the-building (FttB) serviceable areas across Australia.

Fox Sports has sealed a new six-year deal with outsourced production solutions company NEP Australia which the two companies claim will “usher in the future of live sports broadcasts” in Australia.

Google has announced it is launching Fiber Phone, a home phone service which is basically a landline service for its customers - in addition to its existing Fiber high-speed internet and cable TV offerings - in the US market.

To paraphrase former Prime Minister twice removed Julia Gillard, the  science is in and the death of cable TV is real. What’s more, equally real is the market disrupting surge into the mainstream of streaming video on demand (SVOD).

So-called Over the Top (OTT) TV providers like Netflix and Amazon Prime are expected to generate $31.6 billion by 2019, up from just under $8 billion last year, and posing an increasing competitive threat to traditional broadcasters.

Pay TV subscription service Foxtel has announced its Foxtel Go app now supports additional Samsung Android tablets and smartphones, including the Galaxy S4.

Apple's next-generation Apple TV might have to be crippled before it goes on sale in Australia - if we get it at all.