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Black Friday is coming, and iTWire has a roundup of some of the great deals you can look forward to.

Hubbl, the new entertainment device from Foxtel designed to unify all your streaming media subscriptions in one interface, now has a release date - 10 March 2024.

Netflix premium subscribers can now enjoy "immersive cinematic audio" when listening through stereo speakers thanks to Sennheiser's Ambeo two-channel spatial audio technology.

Telstra has completed its acquisition of a 51.4% interest in Fetch TV.

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.

Movie Frenzy – the promotion that makes selected recent movies available to rent for $3 or less – is back. Its latest incarnation runs from 1 October to 7 October 2021.

A NordVPN study shows that Australians spend a third of their life on the internet.

The free Samsung TV Plus streaming service is now available to Australians with Samsung smart TVs.

Tubi is billed as "the world's largest ad-supported video on demand service with over 20,000 movies and TV shows from nearly every major Hollywood studio" and is available to stream on more than 25 types of devices, with the company recording impressive growth over the last year.

The ABC has updated its iview app for certain smart TVs, bringing them into line with the Android TV and Apple TV versions.

There is an opportunity for mobile operators to compete with broadband providers by offering 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) to homes and businesses, according to new research commission by Nokia.

Nvidia has released two new Shield TV models in Australia

New Zealand telco Spark has made some configuration changes to the video stream that comes into the country, after some viewers experienced problems with the live stream of the All Blacks-South Africa match in the Rugby World Cup, the company says.

Australian national broadband network builder NBN Co has denied that it has any plans to introduce a "Netflix tax" and charge increased rates for customers who stream videos.

Nvidia's Shield TV goes on sale in Australia and New Zealand next month, after being launched in the US three years ago.

There's no indication that live NFL matches are a drawcard for Amazon Prime Video in Australia.

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

Qantas today announced streaming media service Stan's full catalogue will be available on its flights, and for 90 days after.

The Amazon Prime Video service has been extended to about 200 countries, including Australia, from Wednesday.

Consumers in New Zealand, like their Australian counterparts, are being wooed by mobile operators with increasingly bigger data allowances as part of their mobile phone plans.