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Foxtel has declared it has the solution to reigning in and managing the myriad of disparate streaming media products held by the typical household. The answer is Hubbl, a device that brings together a range of independent streaming subscriptions into one single unified interface that makes searching, viewing, and discoverability so, so much easier.

Late last year Foxtel Group announced its new division and new platform Hubbl, which is designed to overcome subscription fatigue with one device to rule them all. Now the broadcaster has revealed the app line-up with a mix of local and global options.

Australian Pay TV pioneer Foxtel has announced its new platform, Hubbl, that will bring paid and free streaming entertainment into a single interface without going in and out of apps, and also taking the frustration out of streaming subscriptions. The product is backed by Comcast in the US and Sky TV in the UK but is designed for Australia.

The days of watching F1 on any free-to-air network are numbered, if the analysis from analyst firm GlobalData is correct, with an estimate loss of US $246.49m from ticket sales a worst-case scenario.

Mobile data will be the largest revenue-contributing segment to China’s telecom and pay-TV market between 2018 and 2023, according to one global analyst firm.

Australians have a growing taste for sports and video entertainment content sending the Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) services market to new heights, reaching 12.3 million total subscriptions at the end of June, according new research from technology analyst firm, Telsyte.

Foxtel has taken the user interface from its iPad, iPhone and Telstra TV apps and has applied it to its iQ3 and iQ4 set top boxes, with the iQ4 getting the upgrade in August, the iQ3 "later this year", along with a new iQ4 remote that has a Voice search feature to be unveiled later, too.

Netflix now has nearly two million New Zealanders as subscribers to its subscription video on demand services, with slightly faster growth than its Australian counterpart, according to a newly published report.

Market researcher Roy Morgan says more than 9.8 million Australians have access to Netflix, and the number could pass the 10 million milestone this quarter.

Pay TV and free-to-air TV are under a growing threat from video-on-demand, according to a senior telecoms analyst who says global streaming is gathering pace, with the Internet now rivalling broadcast TV as a vehicle to deliver consumer content.

Foxtel shocks with its new $99 Android-powered Box, designed to be "an affordable and easy-to-use device designed to stream the best choice of the world’s biggest new shows, live sport and complete seasons to consumers’ TVs".

If you’re a being that loves sport, and you’re a Foxtel subscriber, then you’ve just scored free access to be in beIN’s Sports Connect app to watch anywhere you are.

Foxtel has “welcomed the sentencing of a Sydney man for his role in the selling of unauthorised access to Foxtel services".

New Zealand’s High Court has temporarily halted the proposed merger of Vodafone New Zealand and satellite pay TV operator Sky TV, ordering a short-term stay to the deal in the event the New Zealand Commerce Commission gives its clearance to the merger on Thursday morning.

Federal Parliament’s new streaming video service has been pulling bigger audiences than some PayTV programmes, claims Australian video streaming technology company, SwitchMedia, which developed the new webcasting service.

Former News Corp chief commercial officer and director of sales, Sharb Farjami, is joining pay TV operator Foxtel as director of content commercialisation.

Sydney-based tech company Switch Media has done a deal with Foxtel which it says will give the pay TV broadcaster’s subscribers a more streamlined viewing experience, particularly on smartphones and tablets.

The proposed merger of Vodafone and Sky News in New Zealand is under scrutiny by the country’s competition enforcement and regulatory agency, the Commerce Commission, to determine whether it will lessen competition in the NZ market.

Demand for subscription video on demand (SVOD) services delivered over the Internet is booming, with 2.7 million Australians already signed up with active subscriptions to the services, according to the latest report from analyst firm Telsyte.

The final numbers are in for the GoT Season 6 premiere viewership, and they’ve definitively topped over 1.2 million viewers - numbers fit for a king!