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- Action heats up on interactive TV.
- Nov 18, 2002 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian interactive and digital TV will receive a boost from a pay-TV content sharing deal. The approval of a deal between Foxtel and Singtel Optus by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC means Foxtel...
- Research articles 2002-11-19
- Rival gives Foxtel nod for restructure.
- Sep 30, 2002 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Neighbourhood Cable has endorsed the content sharing pay television deal proposed by Foxtel and Singtel Optus. Neighbourhood Cable is a regional Victorian pay television and high-speed Internet service provider. CEO, Fred Grossman, in reversing a...
- Research articles 2002-09-30
- Foxtel still has elbow room.
- Sep 08, 2002 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) Telstra, Foxtel's 50 per cent owner, has indicated it could improve its pay television anti-monopoly undertakings. Foxtel has undertaken to provide third party access to have the Australian competition regulator, the Australian Competition...
- Research articles 2002-09-08
- Fels hoses down expectations for Foxtel-Optus merger.
- Jul 31, 2002 The Age ABIX via COMTEX -- Regulatory approval is by no means assured for Foxtel's revised proposal for program sharing with Singtel Optus. On 31 July 2002, the chairman of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC, Allan Fels, said...
- Research articles 2002-07-31
- No surprises in watchdog's vigilant stand.
- ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian investors reacted mildly to news on 21 June 2002 that the Foxtel-Singtel Optus alliance had been rejected. According to UBS Warburg's media analyst, Nola Hodgson, no-one had expected the competition regulator to approve the deal. Shares in Optus's parent, Singapore Telecommunications,...
- Research articles 2002-06-24
- Foxtel to fight for pay-TV merger.
- ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian pay television group, Foxtel, will work to give media companies access to its cable. Foxtel's CEO, Kim Williams, said the central issue in winning approval for a $A1.3bn content-sharing deal with pay television rival Singtel Optus is a transparent and...
- Research articles 2002-06-24
- Chisholm v Fels.
- ABIX via COMTEX) -- Legendary Australian media executive, Sam Chisholm, has had dealings with the competition regulator, Allan Fels, before. Known for his ability to negotiate deals behind the scene, Chisholm was called back to help News Corporation's proposed merger with Australis Media in 1996. On...
- Research articles 2002-06-24
- Fairfax opposes Foxtel deal.
- Jun 04, 2002 The Age ABIX via COMTEX -- John Fairfax Holdings has lodged a complaint with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. This concerns a proposed content-sharing deal between Foxtel and Singtel Optus, which Fairfax says will cause wholesale and retail prices...
- Research articles 2002-06-04
- Alston's multi-TV plan.
- Apr 29, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- Australia's free-to-air television stations may be able to broadcast extra channels. The Australian Government is considering approving the arrangement in order to overcome the competition problems associated with Foxtel's proposed pay television...
- Research articles 2002-04-29
- Pay-TV alliance may breach regulations.
- Apr 21, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- There are new doubts about a proposed pay television strategic alliance between Foxtel and Singtel Optus. The two companies are said to have admitted that some aspects of the deal are in ...
- Research articles 2002-04-21
- Foxtel plan hit by record opposition.
- Apr 11, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- The proposed Foxtel and SingTel Optus pay television alliance in Australia has sparked widespread opposition. Allan Fels, chairman of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC, said on 11 April 2002 that a...
- Research articles 2002-04-11
- The pay master.
- Mar 14, 2002 The Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- Kim Williams was appointed chief executive officer of Foxtel at the end of 2001 after serving as the Australian head of Fox Studios for six years. Williams has expressed approval of the pay television...
- Research articles 2002-03-13
- Foxtel takes pay TV deal to regulator.
- Mar 13, 2002 The Sydney Morning Herald ABIX via COMTEX -- Australian pay television TV operator, Foxtel, has taken its deal with Singtel Optus to the competition regulator. On 12 March 2002, Foxtel, which is owned by Telstra, Publishing & Broadcasting and News Corporation,...
- Research articles 2002-03-12
- Investors back fledgling deal.
- Mar 7, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- In Australia on 6 March 2002, investors supported pay television group, Foxtel, in its new alliance with SingTel Optus. The deal is aimed at rationalising the under-performing Australian pay TV sector. Foxtel is...
- Research articles 2002-03-06
- Foxtel grabs the pay TV crown.
- Mar 9, 2002 The Age ABIX via COMTEX -- Australia's 1.5 million pay television subscribers are in for a better deal. A planned content-sharing arrangement between Foxtel and Singtel Optus will increase program and channel options. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCC...
- Research articles 2002-03-11
- Fels talks tough over pay-TV shake-up.
- Mar 11, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- Concerns about access to Telstra's broadband cable networks have been renewed. According to the Australian Film Commission, local content television producers and smaller pay television operators such as Neighbourhood Cable have expressed concerns...
- Research articles 2002-03-11
- Foxtel wins in pay-TV carve-up.
- Mar 6, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- The two Australian pay television players, Foxtel and Singtel Optus, have ended eight years of intense rivalry. Under the terms of a new agreement, Foxtel will provide its pay television program package to...
- Research articles 2002-03-05
- Networks the losers in the pay-TV war.
- Mar 9, 2002 The Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- The future of pay television services will be determined by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCC. The proposed merger between Foxtel and Singtel Optus faces scrutiny by the regulator and if the competition policy...
- Research articles 2002-03-11
- Why we can't afford a 20th century Foxtel.
- Mar 9, 2002 The Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- The cost of keeping non-viable businesses in operation has been seen in the cases of Australis and Ansett Australia. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCC has a record of intervention in the pay television...
- Research articles 2002-03-11
- Watchdog wary of Foxtel deal.
- Mar 7, 2002 The Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- A proposal about pay television TV in Australia will attract regulatory scrutiny. The deal between Foxtel and Singtel Optus, announced on 6 March 2002, has attracted criticism that it will essentially give Foxtel a monopoly....
- Research articles 2002-03-06
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