Behind the scenes at Foxtel

**bambbbam** · 23-07-09, 09:33 AM

Not sure if anyone has posted this, but an interesting look and mini-tour of the Fox operations centre.

This is part 1
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDcl9juLbzQ]YouTube - Blog 17: Go behind the scenes at the FOXTEL TV Centre Part 1[/ame]

**NoService** · 23-07-09, 10:07 AM

i am amazed there are no hamsters running on wheels

NS

**gw1** · 23-07-09, 05:05 PM

That video is just propaganda.

Here's what's really inside the Foxtel control centre!

**nic55** · 23-07-09, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by gw1

That video is just propaganda.

Here's what's really inside the Foxtel control centre!

More ads than actual tv, this must be legit

**gw1** · 23-07-09, 05:27 PM

In previous iterations of the Matrix the Foxtel remote's red button was labelled 'CANCEL SUBSCRIPTION'. When pressed the subscriber woke up and was ejected from the Matrix. It became so popular they had to change the button's function but everyone still keeps pressing it out of habit.

**OSIRUS** · 23-07-09, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by bambbbam

Not sure if anyone has posted this, but an interesting look and mini-tour of the Fox operations centre.

This is part 1

Was interesting bambbbam, whats in the next installment I wonder,

Thanks

**gw1** · 23-07-09, 06:38 PM

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKreRT-GgPc]Part 2[/ame]

**gw1** · 23-07-09, 06:44 PM

There are other Foxtel videos .

You might also enjoy .

**bambbbam** · 23-07-09, 09:04 PM

I like the way even GOD HIMSELF watching all those sets still has to put up with Jamster ads.. lol

**weirdo** · 23-07-09, 10:10 PM

Very professional interview, in part 1 his freakin mobile rings in the middle of it lol

**NoService** · 23-07-09, 10:45 PM

the chaser link was a gooden

NS

**gw1** · 24-07-09, 01:05 AM

Originally Posted by weirdo

In part 1 his freakin mobile rings in the middle of it lol

Hello, welcome to Foxtel this is Patrick...

No, you need to call 131999... that's right...

To cancel your subscription?
press 1, enter your account number followed by hash,
then press 4...

That's right. Yes... we've had a number of complaints about the Harvey...

No, unfortunately we can't refund your...

Thanks for calling. Have a nice day.

**bambbbam** · 25-07-09, 11:59 AM

Did anyone else notice that it took 'several people' to run the encryption stuff?

**gw1** · 25-07-09, 01:32 PM

I liked the way they said they were ingesting all their tapes onto servers. They're catching up with their customers who've been using servers to get Foxtel for years

Foxtel certainly have masses of floor space and equipment. When you see all that, it's tempting to think that Austar are just country resellers of Foxtel's product. After all, Austar's channels are all negotiated, produced and scheduled by Foxtel who also edit in the advertisements, prepare co-branded promos, produce all the TV guide content, run Austar's Irdeto encryption alongside their own NDS, and carry one or two Austar-specific information channels. Right?

Well Foxtel are certainly wholesaling their product to Austar, but Austar's operation involves more than just rebadging and spruiking. Austar manage their own equipment inventory, firmware localisation, sales network, contract installer network, support call centre, billing system, website and company admin. All that's done quite separately to Foxtel, under .

Telstra wholesale their copper network to other companies for voice and data. Foxtel's wholesaling is conceptually similar, but to consumers Foxtel and Austar appear joined at more than just the hip because most of the product that's delivered day-to-day by each is identical. What makes their cosy cooperation cartel-like is not so much the extent of infrastructure and product sharing, but the exclusive division of sales regions. Consumers have no choice of provider, hence there is no competition to put pressure on prices. It makes sense for Austar to outsource the program library, production and broadcasting - there's nothing wrong with that (FTA networks are also increasingly ). The problem for consumers IMO is that the outsourcing agreement is premised on non-competition.