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October

The Brumbies’ Ryan Lonergan speaking to Stan Sport earlier this year.

Nine mulls adding advertising to Stan in search for new revenue

Streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video were once entirely commercial-free. Now almost all services have a cheaper ad-backed plan.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones

September

Anna Sawai, winner of the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for “Shogun”, and Hiroyuki Sanada, winner of the awards for outstanding lead actor in a drama series, and outstanding drama series for “Shogun”.

Shogun wins best drama Emmy, Hacks shocks in comedy category

A tale of political machinations, Shogun also won acting awards for Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai, the first Japanese actors to win their categories.

  • Lisa Richwine and Danielle Broadway

May

Adrian Foo and Mike Sneesby have been friends for many years.

Stan executive left Nine’s streaming business after workplace claims

The departure followed complaints from multiple staff, and was months before another executive left the media group amid separate sexual harassment allegations.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones

January

Domain boss Jason Pellegrino.

Nine’s bankers asked private equity if they were interested in Domain

Nine executives have privately discussed options for Domain, which has not grown at the same pace as rival REA Group. KKR and TPG were sounded out last year.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones and Emma Rapaport

October 2023

Sydney Sweeney as mixed up high school student, Cassie Howard in Euphoria.

Warner Bros streaming boss flags local Max rollout in blow for Foxtel

A launch in Australia would likely see some of the most popular shows – including The Last of Us, Succession and The White Lotus – pulled from other platforms.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones
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January 2023

Reed Hastings has run Netflix for more than two decades.

Netflix founder steps aside as CEO after banner quarter

The leadership change came as the streaming company reported a surge in subscribers and forecast improving profit margin and free cash flow for this year.

  • Lucas Shaw

November 2022

The cast of Luxe Listings Sydney, which screens on Amazon Prime. From left: real estate agent Monika Tu, buyer’s agent Simon Cohen, real estate agents D’Leanne Lewis and Gavin Rubinstein.

Streamers spend up on Australian content to entice subscribers

The five main streaming services Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Stan and Paramount+ spent around $670 million on Australian and Australian-related programming in fiscal 2022, ahead of the government introducing content quotas for the streamers.

  • Edmund Tadros
Alcock as Meg with Tim Minchin as Lucky in season 2 of Upright.

Streaming services come to the rescue of local TV drama

While Neighbours may have ended its run on Ten after almost 37 years, the country’s pay TV and streaming services have stepped in to become the dominant force producing scripted Australian dramas.

  • Edmund Tadros

October 2022

Real Housewives of Dubai will screen on 7Bravo.

How Seven is betting the house on an American content studio

The network’s deal with NBCUniversal will run for seven years, and it expects to be able to launch yet another subscription video on-demand partnership after two years.

  • Edmund Tadros and Mark Di Stefano
Russell Crowe, along with Liam Hemsworth and Brooke Satchwell, will star in the Stan original film Poker Face.

Stan not for sale but open to partnerships, as ‘peak subscriber’ nears

Nine management has shot down rumours Stan is for sale, but acknowledged the company remains open to a strategic partnership with international content companies.

  • Edmund Tadros
Actress Asher Keddie will star in a new Foxtel show Strife, a drama inspired by the memoir of media entrepreneur Mia Freedman.

Binge TV streaming service to introduce ads in 2023

A group of existing subscribers will find they have to watch ads while using the service.

  • Edmund Tadros
The AFL Grand Final drew in an audience of more than three million on Channel Seven and its streaming app 7plus.

Fight begins over access to major sporting events

Potential changes to sports broadcasting rules could lead to big events disappearing from free-to-air broadcasters and moving to subscription streaming services such as Foxtel, Amazon Prime and Stan.

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  • Edmund Tadros

August 2022

Bob Odenkirk will star in new Sony series Straight Man.

Stan signs new multi-year Sony content deal

The new agreement comes as competition for content is tight and securing a funnel of premium content is incredibly valuable.

  • Max Mason
Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi helped drive subscriber acquistion.

Cost of living starts to bite subscription streaming

Viewers also tend to be more selective, picking and choosing a service based on its content at any given time.

  • Miranda Ward

July 2022

Subscription TV drove consumer spending in the media and entertainment sector in 2021, with audiences lured by shows such as Netflix’s “Squid Game”.

Subscription streaming to grow to $6.51b sector by end of 2026

Consumers are spending $510 more per household on media and entertainment than before the pandemic, driven by subscription streaming to alleviate lockdown boredom.

  • Miranda Ward
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June 2022

Mike Sneesby, Patrick Delany, Siobhan McKenna and Hugh Marks were involved in talks about working together in the streaming space.

Nine, Foxtel explored combined streaming service before Binge launch

Nine and News Corp’s Foxtel discussed how they could work together in the subscription streaming service to better compete against international giants like Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon.

  • Miranda Ward and Max Mason

May 2022

Streaming audiences want to pay less for ad-funded tiers rather than pay more than what they already receive.

Users want discounts if Netflix introduces ads

Australians would want streaming services discounted by at least 20 per cent if ads were introduced on the platforms rather than pay more for an ad-free experience.

  • Miranda Ward
Telstra says Fetch will continue to operate as a standalone entity.

Telstra’s acquisition of Fetch heats up bundling war with Optus

The aggregation phase of the streaming wars is escalating, as Telstra sides with hardware and Optus goes all in on value.

  • Nick Cherrier

April 2022

Australian screen producers want subscription streaming services to have to invest 20 per cent of revenue into local content.

Proposed local rules for Netflix, Disney ‘weak’, say screen producers

Australian screen producers want streaming giants to be required to invest 20 per cent of local revenue back into Australian productions, saying the government’s proposed 5 per cent isn’t enough.

  • Miranda Ward
Netflix revealed a drop in customer numbers this week.

Subscribers play musical chairs with streamers as costs rise

Rising content costs have typically been handed onto subscription streaming users but Netflix’s slide suggests that is no longer an option.

  • Miranda Ward

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