Media Partners Asia has announced the full line-up of speakers for its Apos Summit in Bali, which includes Canal+ Group’s Asia Pacific chief Manuel Rougeron, Bodhi Tree Systems director Uday Shankar and Amazon Prime Video head of international Kelly Day.
Canal+ Group recently acquired a 26% stake in Asian regional streamer Viu, which will also be present at the Asia-focused media, tech, telecoms and streaming conference, with Viu CEO Janice Lee among the confirmed speakers.
The heavy duty roster also includes Warner Bros Discovery CEO and president, Global Streaming, Jb Perrette; Paramount president & CEO, International, Pam Kaufman; Netflix Japan vice president of content Kaata Sakatomo; BBC Studios’ SVP & Gm Phil Hardman; Candle Media co-ceo and founder Kevin Mayer; Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany; Nine Entertainment CEO Mike Sneesby; and Saugata Mukherjee, head of content at Indian streamer SonyLIV.
Leading figures from the tech world include Animoca Brands executive chairman Yat Siu...
Canal+ Group recently acquired a 26% stake in Asian regional streamer Viu, which will also be present at the Asia-focused media, tech, telecoms and streaming conference, with Viu CEO Janice Lee among the confirmed speakers.
The heavy duty roster also includes Warner Bros Discovery CEO and president, Global Streaming, Jb Perrette; Paramount president & CEO, International, Pam Kaufman; Netflix Japan vice president of content Kaata Sakatomo; BBC Studios’ SVP & Gm Phil Hardman; Candle Media co-ceo and founder Kevin Mayer; Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany; Nine Entertainment CEO Mike Sneesby; and Saugata Mukherjee, head of content at Indian streamer SonyLIV.
Leading figures from the tech world include Animoca Brands executive chairman Yat Siu...
- 8/17/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Brian Walsh, the popular Australian TV and film executive credited with a key role in Neighbours‘ global success, died unexpectedly Thursday in Sydney. He was 68.
An outpouring of sadness has come from Australian media industry following the death of Walsh, who was mentor to stars such as Guy Pearce and helped launch the careers of Nicole Kidman and Kylie Minogue.
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Australian network Foxtel, where Walsh most recently worked, confirmed the news.
Pearce wrote on Twitter he was “utterly devastated” at the loss of his “long time friend and mentor,” while the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts called him “one of Australia’s most distinguished television producers.”
I’m in shock & utterly devastated at the...
An outpouring of sadness has come from Australian media industry following the death of Walsh, who was mentor to stars such as Guy Pearce and helped launch the careers of Nicole Kidman and Kylie Minogue.
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Australian network Foxtel, where Walsh most recently worked, confirmed the news.
Pearce wrote on Twitter he was “utterly devastated” at the loss of his “long time friend and mentor,” while the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts called him “one of Australia’s most distinguished television producers.”
I’m in shock & utterly devastated at the...
- 3/17/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Brian Walsh died in Sydney yesterday Thursday.
Pay-tv group Foxtel, where he had been a co-founder, said Walsh’ death was sudden and that he had been one of the most admired creative leaders in Australian television.
Walsh began his career at the ABC, and subsequently worked at Palm Beach Pictures, radio station 2Sm and Network 10. Then in 1995, he was a key member of the management team which established Australian subscription television with the launch of Foxtel.
He’s been remembered for his multi-faceted media career, including as a gifted media, entertainment and sports publicist, and his important role in many iconic Australian television moments.
He was credited with the global success of “Neighbours”, including launching the careers of its actors Kylie Minogue, Jason Donocan and Guy Pearce.
In addition, he created the “Simply the Best” season lanch of the National Rugby League, which featured Tina Turner, and was the...
Pay-tv group Foxtel, where he had been a co-founder, said Walsh’ death was sudden and that he had been one of the most admired creative leaders in Australian television.
Walsh began his career at the ABC, and subsequently worked at Palm Beach Pictures, radio station 2Sm and Network 10. Then in 1995, he was a key member of the management team which established Australian subscription television with the launch of Foxtel.
He’s been remembered for his multi-faceted media career, including as a gifted media, entertainment and sports publicist, and his important role in many iconic Australian television moments.
He was credited with the global success of “Neighbours”, including launching the careers of its actors Kylie Minogue, Jason Donocan and Guy Pearce.
In addition, he created the “Simply the Best” season lanch of the National Rugby League, which featured Tina Turner, and was the...
- 3/17/2023
- by Vivienne Kelly
- Variety Film + TV
The highest-ranking executive at Australian TV company Foxtel is apologizing after insulting “Game of Thrones” star Emilia Clarke at a premiere of the “GoT” prequel series, “House of the Dragon”.
Patrick Delany, the CEO of Foxtel, underhandedly attacked Clarke while addressing the audience at the Sydney premiere of “House of the Dragon.” Before the screening began, Delany told the audience that he didn’t much care for “GoT” at first, according to Australian news outlet Crikey.
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“I was like, ‘What’s this show with the short, dumpy girl walking into the fire?'” he said, referencing a famous scene in season 1 of the show that focused on Clarke’s character Daenerys Targaryen .
The audience was reportedly shocked.
“It felt like he was expecting us to laugh along, but people in the room were obviously shocked by it,...
Patrick Delany, the CEO of Foxtel, underhandedly attacked Clarke while addressing the audience at the Sydney premiere of “House of the Dragon.” Before the screening began, Delany told the audience that he didn’t much care for “GoT” at first, according to Australian news outlet Crikey.
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“I was like, ‘What’s this show with the short, dumpy girl walking into the fire?'” he said, referencing a famous scene in season 1 of the show that focused on Clarke’s character Daenerys Targaryen .
The audience was reportedly shocked.
“It felt like he was expecting us to laugh along, but people in the room were obviously shocked by it,...
- 8/19/2022
- by etcanadadigital
- ET Canada
A TV network has apologised after its CEO made offensive remarks about Emilia Clarke.
On Wednesday (17 August), the boss of Foxtel, which aired Game of Thrones in Australia, described the Daenerys actor as “short and dumpy” during a premiere event for the new spin-off series.
In a speech given before Sydney premiere of prequel House of the Dragon, Patrick Delany is reported to have said of his experience first watchng Game of Thrones: “I was like, ‘What’s this show with the short, dumpy girl walking into the fire?’”
There was said to have been a “cold” reaction from the crowd, with one audience member telling the outlet that “there was a bit of a gasp”, and another adding: “It felt like he was expecting us to laugh along but people in the room were obviously shocked by it.”
Delany’s comments have been explained away by by a spokesperson for Foxtel Group,...
On Wednesday (17 August), the boss of Foxtel, which aired Game of Thrones in Australia, described the Daenerys actor as “short and dumpy” during a premiere event for the new spin-off series.
In a speech given before Sydney premiere of prequel House of the Dragon, Patrick Delany is reported to have said of his experience first watchng Game of Thrones: “I was like, ‘What’s this show with the short, dumpy girl walking into the fire?’”
There was said to have been a “cold” reaction from the crowd, with one audience member telling the outlet that “there was a bit of a gasp”, and another adding: “It felt like he was expecting us to laugh along but people in the room were obviously shocked by it.”
Delany’s comments have been explained away by by a spokesperson for Foxtel Group,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
As the ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel series ‘House of the Dragon’ released in Sydney, Patrick Delany, the CEO of Australian television company Foxtel, referred to actress Emilia Clarke as a “short, dumpy girl.”
Foxtel, an Australian pay television company, is the country’s home for ‘Game of Thrones’, reports Variety.
As reported by Australian publication Crikey, Delany was giving a speech ahead of the ‘House of the Dragon’ premiere screening and tried to make a joke about the first time he watched ‘Game of Thrones’.
The CEO said: “I was like, ‘What’s this show with the short, dumpy girl walking into the fire?'”
Delany was referencing Emilia Clarke’s character, Daenerys Targaryen, who famously walks through fire during the series.
An attendee at the Sydney premiere told Crikey that “there was a bit of a gasp” after Delany made the comment.
A Foxtel spokesperson told Crikey after the...
Foxtel, an Australian pay television company, is the country’s home for ‘Game of Thrones’, reports Variety.
As reported by Australian publication Crikey, Delany was giving a speech ahead of the ‘House of the Dragon’ premiere screening and tried to make a joke about the first time he watched ‘Game of Thrones’.
The CEO said: “I was like, ‘What’s this show with the short, dumpy girl walking into the fire?'”
Delany was referencing Emilia Clarke’s character, Daenerys Targaryen, who famously walks through fire during the series.
An attendee at the Sydney premiere told Crikey that “there was a bit of a gasp” after Delany made the comment.
A Foxtel spokesperson told Crikey after the...
- 8/18/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Emilia Clarke stars as Daenerys Targaryen in Episode 4 of Game of Thrones Season 8. Pic credit: HBO/Helen Sloan
With House of the Dragon only days away from dropping its debut episode, premiere events have been occurring around the world.
In Australia, House of the Dragon will premiere on the Foxtel service, which houses all of the HBO shows.
At the recent premiere event held in Sydney to honor the new show, the Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany managed to offend Emilia Clarke and horrify everyone around him when he referred to Clarke as that “short, dumpy girl” from Game of Thrones.
In the original series, Clarke portrayed Daenerys Targaryen, the last surviving member of the once-impressive Targaryen family.
The character had a spectacular rise to fame, amassing a huge army and storming Westeros to claim the Iron Throne. However, she also had a rather spectacular fall, succumbing to the traits of...
With House of the Dragon only days away from dropping its debut episode, premiere events have been occurring around the world.
In Australia, House of the Dragon will premiere on the Foxtel service, which houses all of the HBO shows.
At the recent premiere event held in Sydney to honor the new show, the Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany managed to offend Emilia Clarke and horrify everyone around him when he referred to Clarke as that “short, dumpy girl” from Game of Thrones.
In the original series, Clarke portrayed Daenerys Targaryen, the last surviving member of the once-impressive Targaryen family.
The character had a spectacular rise to fame, amassing a huge army and storming Westeros to claim the Iron Throne. However, she also had a rather spectacular fall, succumbing to the traits of...
- 8/17/2022
- by Rachel Tsoumbakos
- Monsters and Critics
HBO’s “Game of Thrones” prequel series “House of the Dragon” touched down in Sydney this week for its official Australian premiere, but the event quickly turned controversial after Patrick Delany, the CEO of Australian television company Foxtel, referred to Emilia Clarke as a “short, dumpy girl.” Foxtel, an Australian pay television company, is the country’s home for “Game of Thrones.”
As reported by Australian publication Crikey (via Vanity Fair), Delany was giving a speech ahead of the “House of the Dragon” premiere screening and tried to make a joke about the first time he watched “Game of Thrones.” The CEO said, “I was like, ‘What’s this show with the short, dumpy girl walking into the fire?’”
Delany was referencing Emilia Clarke’s character, Daenerys Targaryen, who famously walks through fire during the series. An attendee at the Sydney premiere told Crikey that “there was a bit of...
As reported by Australian publication Crikey (via Vanity Fair), Delany was giving a speech ahead of the “House of the Dragon” premiere screening and tried to make a joke about the first time he watched “Game of Thrones.” The CEO said, “I was like, ‘What’s this show with the short, dumpy girl walking into the fire?’”
Delany was referencing Emilia Clarke’s character, Daenerys Targaryen, who famously walks through fire during the series. An attendee at the Sydney premiere told Crikey that “there was a bit of...
- 8/17/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Patrick Delany, the CEO of Foxtel, has apologized after calling “Game of Thrones” star Emilia Clarke “short and dumpy” at the “House of the Dragon” premiere in Sydney, Australia.
Delany was talking about how he was late to the HBO hit series, in which Clarke played the powerful Daenerys Targaryen, but struck a nerve when he shared his first reaction to her character: “I was like, ‘What’s this show with the short, dumpy girl walking into the fire?” he said.
Australian news outlet Crikey reports that not only were people offended, but one attendee said “there was a bit of a gasp” after the comment. Another said, “It felt like he was expecting us to laugh along, but people in the room were obviously shocked by it.”
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Delany was talking about how he was late to the HBO hit series, in which Clarke played the powerful Daenerys Targaryen, but struck a nerve when he shared his first reaction to her character: “I was like, ‘What’s this show with the short, dumpy girl walking into the fire?” he said.
Australian news outlet Crikey reports that not only were people offended, but one attendee said “there was a bit of a gasp” after the comment. Another said, “It felt like he was expecting us to laugh along, but people in the room were obviously shocked by it.”
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- 8/17/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Brian Walsh.
Belying fears that Foxtel would cut back on local commissions following the Federal Government’s media reforms, the pay TV platform expects to have three Australian dramas in production next year.
Two are intended to be returning series: a fresh take on the crime genre to replace Wentworth, the other a family drama to fill the gap left by A Place to Call Home.
Brian Walsh, who heads the Foxtel Originals division that was created in a restructure in August orchestrated by group CEO Patrick Delany, today reaffirmed the company’s commitment to drama, factual and lifestyle programming after the government halved the obligation on pay drama channels to invest 10 per cent of their annual revenues on local content.
“The new quota system will provide some confidence to the production sector but by no means does it indicate that that is the limit to which we are investing in local production,...
Belying fears that Foxtel would cut back on local commissions following the Federal Government’s media reforms, the pay TV platform expects to have three Australian dramas in production next year.
Two are intended to be returning series: a fresh take on the crime genre to replace Wentworth, the other a family drama to fill the gap left by A Place to Call Home.
Brian Walsh, who heads the Foxtel Originals division that was created in a restructure in August orchestrated by group CEO Patrick Delany, today reaffirmed the company’s commitment to drama, factual and lifestyle programming after the government halved the obligation on pay drama channels to invest 10 per cent of their annual revenues on local content.
“The new quota system will provide some confidence to the production sector but by no means does it indicate that that is the limit to which we are investing in local production,...
- 10/29/2020
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Paul Fletcher.
In a major overhaul of the regulatory system, the Federal Government is scrapping the fixed quotas for local drama, children’s programming and documentary and harmonising the film and TV Producer Offsets at 30 per cent.
Ignoring the vast majority of submissions to its Supporting Australian Stories on our Screens Options Paper review, the government has elected not to impose local content spending obligations on SVOD platforms.
Instead, it will merely ask the streaming services to report their Australian acquisitions to the Australian Communications and Media Authority from next year.
Foxtel is a major beneficiary of the reforms as the requirement to allocate 10 per cent of the revenues of its drama channels on local content will be halved from next July.
Setting the Producer Offsets for film, TV and docs at 30 per cent from July 1 2021 will be welcomed by TV producers but will almost certainly make it much tougher...
In a major overhaul of the regulatory system, the Federal Government is scrapping the fixed quotas for local drama, children’s programming and documentary and harmonising the film and TV Producer Offsets at 30 per cent.
Ignoring the vast majority of submissions to its Supporting Australian Stories on our Screens Options Paper review, the government has elected not to impose local content spending obligations on SVOD platforms.
Instead, it will merely ask the streaming services to report their Australian acquisitions to the Australian Communications and Media Authority from next year.
Foxtel is a major beneficiary of the reforms as the requirement to allocate 10 per cent of the revenues of its drama channels on local content will be halved from next July.
Setting the Producer Offsets for film, TV and docs at 30 per cent from July 1 2021 will be welcomed by TV producers but will almost certainly make it much tougher...
- 9/29/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Julian Ogrin.
Foxtel is counting on new entertainment streaming service Binge to help arrest the slide in the platform’s subscribers, revenues and profitability.
Offering more than 10,000 hours of local and international drama and movies, the sibling to Kayo Sports will launch on May 25.
Foxtel Group CEO Patrick Delany says the service, codenamed Project Ares, is aimed at a younger demographic and the 70 per cent of the population who “either don’t want to pay for our premium product or who have decided Foxtel is not for them.”
It will draw on the extensive content, including exclusive rights to HBO Max Originals programming, from its new long-term licensing deal with WarnerMedia companies, plus programming from Sony, NBCUniversal, FX and the BBC.
That agreement, which covers content from Warner Bros, HBO, HBO Max and WarnerMedia networks, includes pay and SVoD rights to library series including Friends and The Big Bang Theory,...
Foxtel is counting on new entertainment streaming service Binge to help arrest the slide in the platform’s subscribers, revenues and profitability.
Offering more than 10,000 hours of local and international drama and movies, the sibling to Kayo Sports will launch on May 25.
Foxtel Group CEO Patrick Delany says the service, codenamed Project Ares, is aimed at a younger demographic and the 70 per cent of the population who “either don’t want to pay for our premium product or who have decided Foxtel is not for them.”
It will draw on the extensive content, including exclusive rights to HBO Max Originals programming, from its new long-term licensing deal with WarnerMedia companies, plus programming from Sony, NBCUniversal, FX and the BBC.
That agreement, which covers content from Warner Bros, HBO, HBO Max and WarnerMedia networks, includes pay and SVoD rights to library series including Friends and The Big Bang Theory,...
- 5/17/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Australian pay-tv leader Foxtel has renewed and expanded its long-standing content and channels deal with WarnerMedia. The deal includes a new agreement to co-produce original local content in Australia.
The agreement covers programming from WarnerMedia’s Warner Bros., HBO, HBO Max and WarnerMedia networks, and allows Foxtel to play the content on its broadcast and on-demand platforms.
Foxtel will continue as the Australian home of HBO and become the new exclusive licensee for Warner Bros.’ produced and distributed scripted Originals from HBO Max, which will launch in the U.S. on May 27. Targeted at younger streaming viewers, these stories the reboot of “Gossip Girl,” “The Flight Attendant,” starring Kaley Cuoco, and Ridley Scott’s upcoming sci-fi series “Raised by Wolves.”
The deal also extends exclusive rights for Warner Bros. TV and rights for Warner Bros. extensive movies catalogue, and continues existing carriage agreements supporting Foxtel’s kids’ offering with Cartoon Network and Boomerang,...
The agreement covers programming from WarnerMedia’s Warner Bros., HBO, HBO Max and WarnerMedia networks, and allows Foxtel to play the content on its broadcast and on-demand platforms.
Foxtel will continue as the Australian home of HBO and become the new exclusive licensee for Warner Bros.’ produced and distributed scripted Originals from HBO Max, which will launch in the U.S. on May 27. Targeted at younger streaming viewers, these stories the reboot of “Gossip Girl,” “The Flight Attendant,” starring Kaley Cuoco, and Ridley Scott’s upcoming sci-fi series “Raised by Wolves.”
The deal also extends exclusive rights for Warner Bros. TV and rights for Warner Bros. extensive movies catalogue, and continues existing carriage agreements supporting Foxtel’s kids’ offering with Cartoon Network and Boomerang,...
- 5/6/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Paul Fletcher.
The commercial free-to-air networks and Foxtel are major beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s package of measures to help sustain Australian media businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Fta networks will get $41 million in tax relief via a 100 per refund of the broadcasting spectrum tax and will save money from the suspension of the local content quotas for drama, documentary and children’s programming until the end of this year.
Similarly, the government is waiving the rule obliging pay TV drama channels to spend at least 10 per cent of their revenues on local content for the rest of 2020.
Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner slammed the total suspension of the quotas as a “very blunt tool,” particularly given that animation and documentary programming could still have been commissioned, keeping people in jobs during the wider shut down.
“These hard cuts have the potential to at worst cripple Australia...
The commercial free-to-air networks and Foxtel are major beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s package of measures to help sustain Australian media businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Fta networks will get $41 million in tax relief via a 100 per refund of the broadcasting spectrum tax and will save money from the suspension of the local content quotas for drama, documentary and children’s programming until the end of this year.
Similarly, the government is waiving the rule obliging pay TV drama channels to spend at least 10 per cent of their revenues on local content for the rest of 2020.
Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner slammed the total suspension of the quotas as a “very blunt tool,” particularly given that animation and documentary programming could still have been commissioned, keeping people in jobs during the wider shut down.
“These hard cuts have the potential to at worst cripple Australia...
- 4/15/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Ross Crowley.
Foxtel director of content Ross Crowley is among the 200 Foxtel employees who have been made redundant as the company copes with the pandemic, in particular the loss of live Australian sports.
Crowley, who spent a total of 25 years with the pay TV platform and oversaw Foxtel Originals and Foxtel Movies, bears no ill will.
“Foxtel has made a rational commercial decision for the future strength of their business,” he tells If. “They have to transform to meet the new world.”
Most of the 200 lay-offs out of a total staff of 2,800 were at Fox Sports and other production-related areas. In addition 140 employees, mostly at Fox Sports, have been stood down until June 30, while others have been asked to reduce hours.
Majority-owned by News Corp., Foxtel had already stopped hiring, released all casuals, contractors and freelancers in non-critical roles and announced a shut down over Easter for everyone who is not essential to maintaining services.
Foxtel director of content Ross Crowley is among the 200 Foxtel employees who have been made redundant as the company copes with the pandemic, in particular the loss of live Australian sports.
Crowley, who spent a total of 25 years with the pay TV platform and oversaw Foxtel Originals and Foxtel Movies, bears no ill will.
“Foxtel has made a rational commercial decision for the future strength of their business,” he tells If. “They have to transform to meet the new world.”
Most of the 200 lay-offs out of a total staff of 2,800 were at Fox Sports and other production-related areas. In addition 140 employees, mostly at Fox Sports, have been stood down until June 30, while others have been asked to reduce hours.
Majority-owned by News Corp., Foxtel had already stopped hiring, released all casuals, contractors and freelancers in non-critical roles and announced a shut down over Easter for everyone who is not essential to maintaining services.
- 4/9/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Brian Walsh.
For Brian Walsh, 2020 shapes as the most competitive year for the broadcast and streaming sector since the inception of television in Australia in 1956.
There will be casualties among the new entrants but ultimately the viewers will be the winners, predicts Walsh, Foxtel’s executive director of TV, one of the few who were there when the pay TV company launched in 1995.
“The landscape will be the most competitive since the start of television as we see the new players consolidate their positions for consumers in Australia,” he says. “Like all competition, it will bring out the best in everyone. When you have robust competition the winner will be the customer.”
While he expects Disney+ to draw a sizable audience here, particularly among young families, he predicts: “There won’t be an endless array of Ott services that will have the same success as Netflix, Disney and Amazon. There...
For Brian Walsh, 2020 shapes as the most competitive year for the broadcast and streaming sector since the inception of television in Australia in 1956.
There will be casualties among the new entrants but ultimately the viewers will be the winners, predicts Walsh, Foxtel’s executive director of TV, one of the few who were there when the pay TV company launched in 1995.
“The landscape will be the most competitive since the start of television as we see the new players consolidate their positions for consumers in Australia,” he says. “Like all competition, it will bring out the best in everyone. When you have robust competition the winner will be the customer.”
While he expects Disney+ to draw a sizable audience here, particularly among young families, he predicts: “There won’t be an endless array of Ott services that will have the same success as Netflix, Disney and Amazon. There...
- 1/6/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany.
The ongoing reinvention of Foxtel under CEO Patrick Delany has extended to a fresh revamp of the network’s entertainment offering with the introduction of four new Fox-branded channels and makeover for its Lifestyle franchise.
The network has also confirmed that Matchbox Pictures’ The Real Housewives of Melbourne, which first launched in 2014, will be reanimated for a fifth season and air in 2020 on Arena.
The global Real Housewives franchise started from Orange County and has spread across the Us in Miami, New York, New Jersey, Atlanta, Beverly Hills, Washington DC, Dallas and Potomac. Other international Housewives series include Auckland, Israel, Athens, Cheshire, Vancouver, Toronto, Johannesburg, Hungary and France.
The Foxtel Lifestyle Group, which includes Arena, has also been re-engineered under the recent appointment of former Pacific Magazines executive Wendy Moore.
“Our female audiences are incredibly important and this wholesale revision and revitalisation of the Lifestyle...
The ongoing reinvention of Foxtel under CEO Patrick Delany has extended to a fresh revamp of the network’s entertainment offering with the introduction of four new Fox-branded channels and makeover for its Lifestyle franchise.
The network has also confirmed that Matchbox Pictures’ The Real Housewives of Melbourne, which first launched in 2014, will be reanimated for a fifth season and air in 2020 on Arena.
The global Real Housewives franchise started from Orange County and has spread across the Us in Miami, New York, New Jersey, Atlanta, Beverly Hills, Washington DC, Dallas and Potomac. Other international Housewives series include Auckland, Israel, Athens, Cheshire, Vancouver, Toronto, Johannesburg, Hungary and France.
The Foxtel Lifestyle Group, which includes Arena, has also been re-engineered under the recent appointment of former Pacific Magazines executive Wendy Moore.
“Our female audiences are incredibly important and this wholesale revision and revitalisation of the Lifestyle...
- 9/11/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
The Walt Disney Co will roll out its direct-to-consumer streaming service in Australia on November 19, one week after the Us launch.
Disney+ will cost $8.99 per month or $89.99 per year, undercutting Netflix, which charges $9.99 a month for the standard feed and $13.95 for HD, and Stan which is $10 basic (one screen), $14 standard (three screens) and $17 for premium.
At launch the platform will offer around 300 movies and 7,500 TV episodes drawn from the company’s vast array of Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel Studios’ series and movies as well as classic animated shows and its recently acquired 21st Century Fox library.
The line-up includes the Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian, which stars Game of Thrones’ Pedro Pascal as a lone Mandalorian gunfighter operating in the outer reaches of the galaxy.
Among the Marvel productions will be The Falcon and the Winter Solider featuring Anthony Mackie as Falcon and Sebastian Stan as Winter Soldier; Hawkeye starring...
Disney+ will cost $8.99 per month or $89.99 per year, undercutting Netflix, which charges $9.99 a month for the standard feed and $13.95 for HD, and Stan which is $10 basic (one screen), $14 standard (three screens) and $17 for premium.
At launch the platform will offer around 300 movies and 7,500 TV episodes drawn from the company’s vast array of Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel Studios’ series and movies as well as classic animated shows and its recently acquired 21st Century Fox library.
The line-up includes the Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian, which stars Game of Thrones’ Pedro Pascal as a lone Mandalorian gunfighter operating in the outer reaches of the galaxy.
Among the Marvel productions will be The Falcon and the Winter Solider featuring Anthony Mackie as Falcon and Sebastian Stan as Winter Soldier; Hawkeye starring...
- 8/19/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Mr Inbetween’ (Photo: Mark Rogers).
Foxtel today launched Fox Showcase, a rebrand of the showcase drama channel, designated as the streaming home of the best drama from Australia and around the world.
One pillar of the new channel will be Foxtel Originals starting with Goalpost Pictures’ Fighting Season, which premieres at 8.30 pm on October 28, plus the seventh season of FremantleMedia Australia’s Wentworth and the second series of Matchbox Pictures’ Secret City: Under the Eagle.
Currently in post-production, Lingo Pictures’ four-part Lambs of God follows three nuns, each a generation apart, living in an isolated convent who are interrupted by an unwelcome visitor, a priest. Directed by Jeffrey Walker and written by Sarah Lambert, the show stars Anne Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale), Essie Davis (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries), Jessica Barden, Sam Reid, Damon Herriman, Sigrid Thornton, Kate Mulvany and John Bell.
Lingo Pictures will soon start shooting Upright,...
Foxtel today launched Fox Showcase, a rebrand of the showcase drama channel, designated as the streaming home of the best drama from Australia and around the world.
One pillar of the new channel will be Foxtel Originals starting with Goalpost Pictures’ Fighting Season, which premieres at 8.30 pm on October 28, plus the seventh season of FremantleMedia Australia’s Wentworth and the second series of Matchbox Pictures’ Secret City: Under the Eagle.
Currently in post-production, Lingo Pictures’ four-part Lambs of God follows three nuns, each a generation apart, living in an isolated convent who are interrupted by an unwelcome visitor, a priest. Directed by Jeffrey Walker and written by Sarah Lambert, the show stars Anne Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale), Essie Davis (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries), Jessica Barden, Sam Reid, Damon Herriman, Sigrid Thornton, Kate Mulvany and John Bell.
Lingo Pictures will soon start shooting Upright,...
- 9/26/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Fox Sport has announced its new channel Fox Footy will broadcast out of Global Television’s studios in Melbourne.
Global will construct purpose-built production offices and high definition studios at its Southbank Melbourne complex for the 24 hour Afl channel.
Fox Footy will broadcast not only every game in the Afl premiership season for 2012, without ads, but also produce a panel show sports entertainment and news presentations.
Global Television will also facilitate Fox’s high definition digital Afl coverage until 2016. The channel is 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the football season available to Foxtel and Austar subscribers as of February 17.
Patrick Delany, Fox Sports CEO, said: “We‟ve had a long relationship with Global Television as our outside broadcast provider and we look forward to building an even more formidable partnership in 2012.”
“We have very high aspirations for Fox Footy and we are confident that these new purpose-built...
Global will construct purpose-built production offices and high definition studios at its Southbank Melbourne complex for the 24 hour Afl channel.
Fox Footy will broadcast not only every game in the Afl premiership season for 2012, without ads, but also produce a panel show sports entertainment and news presentations.
Global Television will also facilitate Fox’s high definition digital Afl coverage until 2016. The channel is 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the football season available to Foxtel and Austar subscribers as of February 17.
Patrick Delany, Fox Sports CEO, said: “We‟ve had a long relationship with Global Television as our outside broadcast provider and we look forward to building an even more formidable partnership in 2012.”
“We have very high aspirations for Fox Footy and we are confident that these new purpose-built...
- 2/6/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Foxtel has reached agreements with a number of major international and independent distributors to launch films at the same time as DVD/Blu-ray release, on both its existing pay-per-view and the new On Demand internet TV services.
“The enhanced agreements with Hollywood studios further cement Foxtel as the number one entertainment provider in Australia as we will now have blockbuster movies available to our subscribers the same day as DVD release. We are also working towards screening the first new release 3D video-on-demand movie for Foxtel iQ2 subscribers early in the New Year,” said executive director for product and sales Patrick Delany.
Although the initiative is not new – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Warner) was the first simultaneous release in 2009 – this announcement sees Foxtel competing against DVD rental and retail with a wider slate of product. Some of the first titles to be released simultaneously on DVD and pay...
“The enhanced agreements with Hollywood studios further cement Foxtel as the number one entertainment provider in Australia as we will now have blockbuster movies available to our subscribers the same day as DVD release. We are also working towards screening the first new release 3D video-on-demand movie for Foxtel iQ2 subscribers early in the New Year,” said executive director for product and sales Patrick Delany.
Although the initiative is not new – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Warner) was the first simultaneous release in 2009 – this announcement sees Foxtel competing against DVD rental and retail with a wider slate of product. Some of the first titles to be released simultaneously on DVD and pay...
- 11/3/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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