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Telstra talking with Netflix

Telstra is in discussions with Netflix, despite being part owner of Presto.

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Telstra is in discussions with streaming giant Netflix, despite being part owner of Foxtel’s Presto platform.

Fairfax reports Telstra is set to integrate Netflix’s Open Connect Appliance (OCA) servers, into its data centres, storing Netflix movies and TV shows in Australia rather than sourcing it very expensively from overseas.

The move is being viewed as strategic for its dominant position in telecommunications, given the massive numbers in data that Netflix has reportedly generated.

“Yes we have agreements in place regarding network connectivity and are working on opportunities to integrate the service on appropriate platforms,” a Telstra spokesman told the newspaper. “It is not yet integrated in current devices.

“We are currently in discussions with Netflix regarding marketing and promotion arrangements.”

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings recently said of unmetered data caps, “In Australia, we recently sought to protect our new members from data caps by participating in ISP programs that, while common in Australia, effectively condone discrimination among video services – some capped, some not..

“We should have avoided that and will avoid it going forward.”

4 Responses

  1. I would like to see Telstra push all its Presto content over to Netflix and close Presto. There will not be enough consumers to support 3 online providers in Aus in the long term. Better to move quicker

    1. Actually I find Presto to be a better service, in regards to Movies. Both Stan and Netflix, have very little recent movie content – and by recent I mean movies from 2013-2014. While you can get Bad Neighbors on Presto, it is absent from the others. This is the same with many of the other movies from that era.

      I think all the streaming services should have access to the same content, except those they make themselves and then only can consumers be really given a choice. Locking up content in exclusive deals, is not only bad for the streaming services, but for customers as well.

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