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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.

Roy Morgan's research shows that while Foxtel, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video showed strong growth in viewer numbers during 2021, Netflix is still the top dog.

Amazon promises to take "home entertainment to a new level" with three new Fire TV devices in Australia: the Fire TV Stick 4K, Fire TV Stick and the all-new Alexa Voice Remote. 

From today, the Apple TV app, including Apple TV+, is now finally available on Google's rather excellent ChromeCast with Google TV, with more Google TV devices to come, according to a new blog post by Jonathan Zepp, the Director of Media & Entertainment, Android and Google Play.

Whether it's Netflix, Disney+, Stan, Binge, Foxtel Go or some other TV streaming service, Finder has found 44% of Aussies "freeload off a friend or family member's" subscription, equating to an estimated 8.5 million Australians "moochers".

Nvidia has released two new Shield TV models in Australia

Milennials who use streaming services or use an Apple device capable of streaming are the key target market for Apple TV+ when it debuts later this year in a “crowded, and growing, streaming TV” Australian market.

Amazon is making a play for the sports audience in its Prime Video line-up for October, but the geek market isn't overlooked.

Australian TV viewers streamed 1.2 billion minutes of television programmes throughout March, according to a newly published report.

Certain Optus mobile plans now offer an all-you-can-eat option video streaming option in addition to the existing unmetered music streaming feature.

We were once iPod-crazy, now Australians are going SVOD-crazy with a range of streaming subscription services as usage and viewing go exponential!

The ABC has scored a pat on the back from the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) for the launch of its iview Audio Description trial for viewers who are blind or have a vision impairment.

Long awaited online video service, Netflix will finally be available in Australia and New Zealand this month. The popular online service will begin streaming in ANZ on 24 March, the company announced today.

Netflix and Fetch TV have announced that Fetch is the first Australian Pay-TV service to integrate Netflix on Fetch’s 2nd-gen TV box.

Digital TV playout, streaming and archiving service company MediaHub has used MapR's Hadoop distribution as the basis of its content archiving system.

While there were rumours Telstra’s T-Box was set for termination, the Company has denied this and instead is delivering new “premium” Plus7 content to its T-Boxers.

After struggling with the DVD rental model, the company is betting its future on streaming. DVD rental and content streaming company Quickflix has announced a simplified and lower cost line up of entertainment subscription options providing ”unparalleled choice and convenience for Australian fans of movie and TV series.”

It's election time in the Australian state of Victoria, and as always happens during elections, promises are made, with the first being $6.3m to be spent, if re-elected, to stream some Victorian court cases live over the Internet, while also promising no 'Judge Judy'.