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  1. Stopped subscribing to Foxtel in February when I had to move to my new house. Got an email from then saying as “A past Foxtel subscriber, they were giving me a Free Hubbl”

    Thought it was a scam. Turned out to be legit.

    It arrived today. A pain in the neck to set up. Some of the FTA apps didn’t want to load. And trying to link with my Subscriptions was a bit easier. Got a free 3month Disney+ sub thru Hubbl, but having issues as Disney is trying to charge me.

    But, for the looks of it, its seems to be a good little unit.

    Did anyone else get sent a free one as well?

    1. @johnjetau Yes I received a free Hubbl too being a past Foxtel Now/Go subscriber. Setup was okay, but couldn’t get remote volume to sync/work, after a few emails with support got it working. I much prefer my Google TV Chromecast though, as it allows different logins for different apps, with Hubbl I can’t login individually to Binge using my login & then access Kayo which is registered to my partner.

    1. As someone (80 years) who must have subtitles I find them hideous, compared to the streaming services’ captioning. The solid black bars completely obliterate often important vision. Others can do better, why not Australia?

    2. I once had a digital set top box that displayed the subtitles or captions sourced from Teletext as white text with a black shadow outline, so I think it can be done.

      I don’t know if it’s laziness by the manufacturers to just keep it in the generic form, though it’s a selling point to have adjustable subtitles or caption formats. It could be what makes the sale with a TV set.

  3. Seven chose to play pre footy shows, and place all Anzac events on 72. I would have thought this would have been the other way around simply out of respect.

  8. I thought Seven were already risking saturation airing the UK version of The Chase at 3pm and the Aussie version at 5pm – now they’re really pushing it with Beat The Chasers UK at 2pm as well!

    1. I think it’s to do with the competition Tipping Point. There’s the lead-in with Beat The Chasers, which is somewhat novel in Australia, so it’s relatively fresh. Then there’s also Pointless as well.

      Game shows are some of the highest rating shows that can be shown during the afternoon. It can be difficult at times to choose. Do I watch the UK version today?, do I prefer this version over that version?, am I in the mood for one game show over the other today?

      The scheduling is just as competitive as the game shows themselves.

      1. What happened to all that afternoon news between 2pm and 4pm that 7 & 9 insisted people wanted a few years back?

        All it gave us was white jacket-gate.

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