Foxtel pitch riles video rental shops

[NewsMan]

As if Foxtel's $600million digital TV roll-out hasn't faced enough problems
, Australia's video stores are adding their voice to the melee.

The Australian Video Retailers Association has written to the Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission chairman, Graeme Samuel, complaining
about Foxtel's digital TV advertising campaign, and claims made by sales
staff.

AVRA, whose members include Civic Video, Top Leading Edge Video, and some
Video Ezy and Blockbuster stores, has taken issue with Foxtel's marketing
pitch, which implied digital subscribers can access new release movies at
the same time they hit video stores.

This is not the case, said AVRA executive director Ross Walden.

"There's a six month exclusivity period [for video stores] and Foxtel is
ignoring that window," Mr Walden said. "People deserve to know what they are
going to get for their entertainment dollar... but it seems that the Foxtel
storyline is pure Hollywood.".......



<SNIP>

.....Fortunately for Foxtel another row is currently cooling off with
subcontractors agreeing yesterday to end the nationwide strike they began
last Monday morning.

CEPU Victorian branch secretary Len Cooper said members would go back to
work, but would concentrate on migrating existing Foxtel customers from
analogue to digital, rather than connecting new subscribers.

He also said subcontractors were still frustrated because many people were
not at home when they arrived to do an installation, so they would no longer
travel to a job if, upon finishing their last job, a call to the next person
went unanswered.





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Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if
you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
-- Alfred Hitchcock

[Matthew Harrison]

PJ wrote:

> , Its just way to expensive for old content - in fact the entire pay TV
> scene seems only to be 'allowed' to show old content.

Even at $0 for the two free FBOs I get this month, there is nothing to
watch.

--
Fancy a bowl of soup, love a nice icecream, adore a chocolate cake?
Suggest you re-evaluate your life.

[Elessar]

"Matthew Harrison" <m.harrison@craznar.com> wrote:
>
> Even at $0 for the two free FBOs I get this month, there is nothing to
> watch.

Yes, I must agree, the content for FBO is currently very thin. Only one
movie that I'd bother to watch (Solaris), the rest, not interested or
have better versions on DVD (ala LotR: TT).

They will need to offer a broader selection if they want to entice
viewership.

Elessar

[The Family]

I notice that "Pirates of the Caribbean" has just been released. I can BUY
the DVD from K-Mart for $25. Only 4X the price of a 1-night stand on FBO
and of course I get the two DVDs (film + all the extra goodies) + DTS 5.1
soundtrack. Presumably it will take another 6 months for this to arrive on
FBO.

If I had been a little more enterprising, I could have purchased Pirates
from Amazon before last Christmas for about the same price, delivered.

FBO has nothing to offer me.

"Elessar" <elessar@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:VeL7c.120373$Wa.103649@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> "Matthew Harrison" <m.harrison@craznar.com> wrote:
> >
> > Even at $0 for the two free FBOs I get this month, there is nothing to
> > watch.
>
> Yes, I must agree, the content for FBO is currently very thin. Only one
> movie that I'd bother to watch (Solaris), the rest, not interested or
> have better versions on DVD (ala LotR: TT).
>
> They will need to offer a broader selection if they want to entice
> viewership.
>
> Elessar
>
>

[E-T]

"Matthew Harrison" <m.harrison@craznar.com> wrote in message
news:c3nsur$2b0719$1@ID-211226.news.uni-berlin.de...
> PJ wrote:
>
> > , Its just way to expensive for old content - in fact the entire pay TV
> > scene seems only to be 'allowed' to show old content.
>
> Even at $0 for the two free FBOs I get this month, there is nothing to
> watch.
>
Free? They're not free. You're paying $6.05 each for those.
> --
> Fancy a bowl of soup, love a nice icecream, adore a chocolate cake?
> Suggest you re-evaluate your life.

[gringo]

Foxtel sounds crap

I think I'll move back to the states when I get Cable TV again.


"The Family" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:405f8275@duster.adelaide.on.net...
> I notice that "Pirates of the Caribbean" has just been released. I can
BUY
> the DVD from K-Mart for $25. Only 4X the price of a 1-night stand on FBO
> and of course I get the two DVDs (film + all the extra goodies) + DTS 5.1
> soundtrack. Presumably it will take another 6 months for this to arrive
on
> FBO.
>
> If I had been a little more enterprising, I could have purchased Pirates
> from Amazon before last Christmas for about the same price, delivered.
>
> FBO has nothing to offer me.
>
> "Elessar" <elessar@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:VeL7c.120373$Wa.103649@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > "Matthew Harrison" <m.harrison@craznar.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Even at $0 for the two free FBOs I get this month, there is nothing to
> > > watch.
> >
> > Yes, I must agree, the content for FBO is currently very thin. Only one
> > movie that I'd bother to watch (Solaris), the rest, not interested or
> > have better versions on DVD (ala LotR: TT).
> >
> > They will need to offer a broader selection if they want to entice
> > viewership.
> >
> > Elessar
> >
> >
>
>

[Simmo]

"XenOmoRph" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:ODV7c.121274$Wa.15851@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> A good idea would of been to have movies that are being shown at the
> cinemas on FBO for about the same price as it would be to go and see
> them at the cinema, that would be something worth caring about, it
> wouldnt be good for the cinemas but i dont think foxtel care about that
> unless there is some regulation.


What and not buy their really cheap 3 litre cokes, or 20 litre drums of
popcorn.....or Jaffa's.......

Nah BCC wouldnt like that...........

[E-T]

"gringo" <joda@puddle.net.au> wrote in message
news:3uP7c.120604$Wa.46734@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Foxtel sounds crap
>
> I think I'll move back to the states when I get Cable TV again.
>
I think the attentuation might be a bit too high and it's going to cost a
hell of a lot to drag that cable all the way over to the US. Why don't you
just get Cable TV when you move back to the states? ;-)
>
> "The Family" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:405f8275@duster.adelaide.on.net...
> > I notice that "Pirates of the Caribbean" has just been released. I can
> BUY
> > the DVD from K-Mart for $25. Only 4X the price of a 1-night stand on
FBO
> > and of course I get the two DVDs (film + all the extra goodies) + DTS
5.1
> > soundtrack. Presumably it will take another 6 months for this to arrive
> on
> > FBO.
> >
> > If I had been a little more enterprising, I could have purchased Pirates
> > from Amazon before last Christmas for about the same price, delivered.
> >
> > FBO has nothing to offer me.
> >
> > "Elessar" <elessar@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> > news:VeL7c.120373$Wa.103649@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > > "Matthew Harrison" <m.harrison@craznar.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Even at $0 for the two free FBOs I get this month, there is nothing
to
> > > > watch.
> > >
> > > Yes, I must agree, the content for FBO is currently very thin. Only
one
> > > movie that I'd bother to watch (Solaris), the rest, not interested or
> > > have better versions on DVD (ala LotR: TT).
> > >
> > > They will need to offer a broader selection if they want to entice
> > > viewership.
> > >
> > > Elessar
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[E-T]

Even better - New Releases at my local Video Easy are $1.95 o/night at the
moment. That's a bit better than FBO!

"XenOmoRph" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:ODV7c.121274$Wa.15851@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> A good idea would of been to have movies that are being shown at the
> cinemas on FBO for about the same price as it would be to go and see
> them at the cinema, that would be something worth caring about, it
> wouldnt be good for the cinemas but i dont think foxtel care about that
> unless there is some regulation.
>
>
> gringo wrote:
> > Foxtel sounds crap
> >
> > I think I'll move back to the states when I get Cable TV again.
> >
> >
> > "The Family" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> > news:405f8275@duster.adelaide.on.net...
> >
> >>I notice that "Pirates of the Caribbean" has just been released. I can
> >
> > BUY
> >
> >>the DVD from K-Mart for $25. Only 4X the price of a 1-night stand on
FBO
> >>and of course I get the two DVDs (film + all the extra goodies) + DTS
5.1
> >>soundtrack. Presumably it will take another 6 months for this to arrive
> >
> > on
> >
> >>FBO.
> >>
> >>If I had been a little more enterprising, I could have purchased Pirates
> >>from Amazon before last Christmas for about the same price, delivered.
> >>
> >>FBO has nothing to offer me.
> >>
> >>"Elessar" <elessar@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> >>news:VeL7c.120373$Wa.103649@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> >>
> >>>"Matthew Harrison" <m.harrison@craznar.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Even at $0 for the two free FBOs I get this month, there is nothing to
> >>>>watch.
> >>>
> >>>Yes, I must agree, the content for FBO is currently very thin. Only one
> >>>movie that I'd bother to watch (Solaris), the rest, not interested or
> >>>have better versions on DVD (ala LotR: TT).
> >>>
> >>>They will need to offer a broader selection if they want to entice
> >>>viewership.
> >>>
> >>>Elessar
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >

[Pete]

Yeah, I've heard this line a few times now. It's all well and good if
you live in Hobart or Perth, or somewhere where the rent is so cheap
they can afford to do this, but our local video stores both charge
$7.50 per night for around 6 months after being released to DVD. Not
to mention if you bring back a DVD 2 minutes after it's due time, you
get fined a full $7.50 again. There is nothing I can do to change
this price or service, and it's no longer convenient if I have to
drive for 10+ minutes to find a crappy small store that charges $2
less. So I'm currently left only renting DVD's when I'm desperate to
watch a movie.

FBO won't be filling this spot for me just yet. But with a discounted
price and a slightly better range of movies it would be good
competition.

And don't worry I won't be crying if either the Blockbuster or Video
Ezy near me go broke trying to compete with FBO in the future.


"E-T" <thisaddressgets@nospamatall.com> wrote in message news:<5DW7c.121415$Wa.79657@news-server.bigpond.net.au>...
> Even better - New Releases at my local Video Easy are $1.95 o/night at the
> moment. That's a bit better than FBO!
>

[Craig Sutton]

"E-T" <thisaddressgets@nospamatall.com> wrote in message
news:9CW7c.121414$Wa.91558@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>
> "gringo" <joda@puddle.net.au> wrote in message
> news:3uP7c.120604$Wa.46734@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > Foxtel sounds crap
> >
> > I think I'll move back to the states when I get Cable TV again.
> >
> I think the attentuation might be a bit too high and it's going to cost a
> hell of a lot to drag that cable all the way over to the US. Why don't you
> just get Cable TV when you move back to the states? ;-)

I mentioned a new way to watch overseas channels in here a few months ago
more public has now been released take a look at http://www.spaceshift.org/