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Foxtel Play

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Headquarters
  
Sydney, NSW, Australia

Owner
  
Foxtel

Products
  
Internet television

Industry
  
Pay television Streaming media

Founded
  
11 August 2013 (11 August 2013)

Website
  
www.foxtel.com.au/foxtelplay/home/default.htm

Foxtel Play is an Australian internet television service which offers subscriptions to over 50 live channels and hundreds of video on-demand titles. The service is owned by Foxtel, and officially launched on 11 August 2013.

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The service is available on internet connected devices such as computers, game consoles and selected smart TV's and Blu-ray players. In addition, Foxtel Play subscribers have access to Foxtel's Foxtel Go app for smart phones and tablets.

History

On 14 March 2013 at the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) conference, Foxtel CEO Richard Freudenstein announced that in August 2013 the company would launch a new service named Foxtel Play. The service is an internet television alternative to Foxtel's existing cable and satellite pay television service, allowing consumers to subscribe without a lock-in contract and access it via a range of internet compatible devices (as opposed to requiring a set-top box).

The service launched on 30 July 2013, nearly two weeks ahead of its official launch of 11 August 2013. At launch, the service offered over 40 live channels and hundreds of video on demand titles, with subscriptions starting at $25 a month and 6 subscription packages on offer.

Australian singer Guy Sebastian is the ambassador for Foxtel Play.

In September 2016, Foxtel CEO Peter Tonagh announced that Foxtel Play will revamp in December that year. The new packages announced were two options for drama plus one option for LifeStyle, one for Documentary, one for Kids, a Sports tier and a Movies tier. Foxtel Play subscribers could also access Foxtel Go starting from that point.

Channels

The following is a list of the subscription packages on offer and the respective channels included:

Entertainment

  • Arena
  • The Comedy Channel
  • E!
  • Fox8
  • LifeStyle
  • LifeStyle Food
  • LifeStyle Home
  • LifeStyle You
  • MTV
  • Style
  • TVH!TS

    • Drama

  • 13th Street
  • BBC First
  • BBC UKTV
  • FX
  • Syfy
  • Universal Channel

    • Documentary

  • A&E
  • BBC Knowledge
  • CI
  • Discovery Channel
  • Discovery Turbo MAX
  • Foxtel Arts
  • History
  • National Geographic Channel,
  • Nat Geo People

    • Kids

  • Boomerang
  • Cartoon Network
  • CBeebies
  • Discovery Kids
  • Disney Channel
  • Disney Junior
  • Disney XD
  • Nickelodeon
  • Nick Jr.

    • Sport

  • ESPN
  • ESPN2
  • Eurosport
  • Fox Sports 1-5
  • Footy Play (not available on PC/Mac)
  • BeIN Sports 1-3
  • Racing.com

    • Premuim Movies & Drama

  • Showcase
  • BoxSets
  • Binge
  • Foxtel Movies Premiere
  • Foxtel Movies More
  • Foxtel Movies Masterpiece
  • Foxtel Movies Disney
  • Foxtel Movies Family
  • Foxtel Movies Action
  • Foxtel Movies Comedy
  • Foxtel Movies Romance
  • Foxtel Movies Thriller
  • World Movies

    • Additional channels included in every package

  • Fox Sports News
  • Sky News
  • Sky News Business
  • Eurosport News
  • TVSN
  • Sky News Weather
  • MAX
  • Foxtel Smooth
  • V Hits
  • CMC

    • Former channels

  • Fuel TV - replaced with Fox Sports 4 following Fuel TV's closure.
  • SF - replaced with Syfy following SF's closure.
  • Speed - replaced with Fox Sports 5 following Speed's closure.
  • Channel [V], replaced with V Hits following Channel [V]'s closure.
  • TV1 - replaced with TVH!TS following TV1's closure.
  • TVN - replaced with Racing.com following TVN's closure.
  • SoHo - replaced with Binge following SoHo's closure.

    • Compatible devices

    The following is a list of Foxtel Play compatible devices.

  • LG Smart TV's (selected 2013 models)
  • Mac (requires Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6, Mac OS X Lion 10.7 with Safari version 5 or above)
  • PC (requires Windows XP with IE8 or above)
  • PlayStation 3 (since 1 April 2014)
  • PlayStation 4 (since 1 May 2014)
  • Samsung 2012-2015 model TVs, Any Smart Hub enabled 2012-2013 model Blu-Ray Players and Home Theatre Systems.
  • Sony (2014 model Smart TVs)
  • Xbox One (since 13 April 2015)
  • Telstra TV (since 14 December 2016)

    • References

    Foxtel Play Wikipedia
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