Telstra now streaming ABC, SBS to Next G mobiles

Renai LeMay
09 June 2010, 10:21 AM


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Finally, that "Foxtel on your mobile" service has something worth watching...


Telstra today made the ABC1 and SBS ONE TV channels available for viewing by mobile customers who have signed up for its Mobile Foxtel packs — which start from $12 per month or $4 per day on its Next G mobile phone network.

The extra services will be available at no additional cost, and the data downloaded as part of the stream is included in the price of the packs and not counted towards a customers’ monthly download quota on their phone.

“This means Next G™ network customers can tune into ABC favourites such as ‘Spicks and Specks’, ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘Sesame Street’ or popular SBS shows such as ‘World News Australia’ and ‘The World Game’ while they’re out of the house,” said Telstra in a statement, noting that the total number of channels available on Mobile Foxtel was now 33.

Telstra has made dedicated apps for the Mobile Foxtel service available for the iPhone and Android smartphone platforms.

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petert (Cornerstone member):

Unless the ToCs have changed, a user cannot technically watch a whole show as the ToCs limit viewing to 30 minutes (which can be reduced to 15 minutes if there is network congestion) at a time or for more than 200 minutes per month!

"12. FairPlay policy

12.1 Mobile FOXTEL from Telstra is subject to Telstra's FairPlay Policy. See Telstra's Fair Play Policy.

12.2 In addition, there is a viewing limit of 200 minutes per month for Mobile FOXTEL from Telstra. Once you reach the 200 minutes viewing limit, we may ask you, by SMS or any other means, to moderate your usage. If, after we have asked you to moderate your usage, you (in our reasonable opinion) fail to do so, we may terminate your viewing session and cancel this Agreement. If you do not reach the 200 minutes viewing limit in any month, you cannot carry forward any unused minutes to the next (or any other) month.

12.3 If you view a single channel on Mobile FOXTEL from Telstra for more than 30 minutes at a time, we will terminate your viewing session and, if you want to view that channel again, you will have to start a new viewing session. Depending on network capacity, a maximum of 15 minutes per viewing session may apply."
http://www.telstra.com.au/foxtel/docs/mobile-foxtel-from-telstra-terms-and-conditions-06-10.pdf

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