Presto TV to launch on Sunday
Foxtel and Seven joint venture launches on Sunday, ahead of Stan and Netflix arriving.
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Foxtel and Seven joint venture, Presto TV, launches on Sunday, ahead of Stan and Netflix entering the market.
The streaming service will offer ad-free television for $9.99 per month, with no lock-in contract, on PC, MAC, iPads and via Google Chromecast (selected Android tablets coming soon). Subscribers can register up to four compatible devices and watch two devices simultaneously.
It includes full seasons of shows from suppliers including HBO, Showtime, CBS, Seven and ABC.
Titles will include The Sopranos, The Wire, Sex and the City, Entourage, True Blood, Girls, Boardwalk Empire, Dexter, The Borgias, Californication, Ray Donovan, Packed to the Rafters, All Saints, Wentworth, Love My Way, Tangle, Summer Heights High, We Can Be Heroes, A Moody Christmas, The Librarians, Rake, Redfern Now and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.
Presto Movies, also available at $9.99 per month, can be bundled together for a total of $14.99 per month.
Shaun James, Director of Presto and On Demand, said “Presto TV will provide a fantastic television experience for subscribers for just $9.99 per month with a terrific line up of hit shows, quality dramas and hidden gems which can be streamed ad-free and watched instantly on demand.”
“Presto TV will cater for viewers of all ages and we are committed to adding new programming to our offering over time giving our subscribers the opportunity to watch complete series and full seasons from some of the biggest producers such as HBO, CBS Studios International, SHOWTIME and locally from Foxtel, Seven West Media and ABC Commercial. We will also have more exciting content announcements to make in coming weeks.
“Presto TV can also be bundled with Presto Movies for just $14.99 providing a value for money way to access television and movies in one place. Presto also offers an intuitive customer interface with curated collections, recommendations and critics’ reviews.”
Presto TV will bring together a vast collection of TV shows from quality production houses including HBO, SHOWTIME®, CBS Studios International, Viacom International Media Networks and Hasbro Studios as well as a range of some of the best local content from Foxtel, the Seven Network and ABC Commercial.
Presto TV will feature “complete seasons” of programs which are available to stream and watch instantly on demand. There will be something for all ages with programming covering key genres including drama, comedy, reality and kids and family.
Presto TV will be the only Australian SVOD service to offer acclaimed HBO programming including full seasons of The Sopranos, The Wire, Sex and the City, Entourage, True Blood, Girls and Boardwalk Empire from HBO as well as Deadwood, distributed by CBS Studios International.
Subscribers can also watch full seasons of SHOWTIME original series from CBS Studios International including Dexter®, The Borgias, Californication, Nurse Jackie and Ray Donovan with new seasons coming first to Presto TV for the standalone SVOD window.
Foxtel’s award-winning local dramas Wentworth, Love My Way and Tangle will be available as will a range of popular programming from the Seven Network including Packed to the Rafters, All Saints, Always Greener, overseas dramas Mr Selfridge, Rosemary and Thyme and A Touch of Frost, as well as full series of a number of Seven’s locally-produced factual, drama, comedy and entertainment programs.
Presto TV will also feature complete series of the hit CBS Studios International comedies Frasier, Cheers and Everybody Loves Raymond.
Presto TV will also include full seasons of a range of ABC Commercial comedy, drama and kids titles including Summer Heights High, We Can Be Heroes and Ja’mie: Private School Girl, all starring Chris Lilley, A Moody Christmas, The Librarians and dramas such as Rake, Redfern Now and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. Popular children’s series and specials such as Bob the Builder, Thomas the Tank Engine, Angelina Ballerina and the hugely popular pre-school series The Wiggles will also be available. Subscribers can expect to see popular ABC Commercial franchises such as Sesame Street, Postman Pat, Pingu and Fireman Sam being added to the service in coming days.
Young viewers will have access to a massive selection of on demand programming on Presto TV. Kids can go on undersea escapades with the hilarious SpongeBob SquarePants; watch the hijinks of the gang at the Littlest Pet Shop; take an entertaining and educational journey with Arthur; or go on an adventure with the shape-shifting Transformers; the mighty morphing Power Rangers; and the crime fighting Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation.
Preschool viewers can join Dora the Explorer as she explores the world in English and Spanish with her friends Boots and Backpack as well as enjoy popular favourites Bubble Guppies and My Little Pony.
TV and movie titles on Presto are easily discovered through collections specially curated by Presto and content will be regularly updated with new programs being added over time. We encourage subscribers to check back regularly or to follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/presto) and Twitter (@presto).
www.presto.com.au
29 Responses
I just recieved an offer this morning from Stan to trial their service for a free month.
I currently use Netflix from the U.S. and have done so for over a year. Just going on early impressions I feel Stan is a good companion to Netflix but will not replace it for me. I am curious what the local Netflix will be like but I remain sceptical.
melmac , you were wondering about data well I am with Optus and pay $100 a month for unlimited broadband. It may seem a lot but in my household we have two adults and two teens who are all heavy data users. We also have the high speed data pack.
Picture from Netflix U.S. is always HD.
All these VOD providers will end up merging in years to come – surely it can’t be sustainable to have so many…
I can’t see any serious money being made from these iptv services until Australias Internet improves to a standard where they can support them for more of the population. I know many many people whos current connection would not be fast enough to watch without frustration. Not to mention quota issues are any of the new service in bed with providers yet? ie do any have a deal where what is streamed does not count towards your ISP quota
The content that Stan or Presto have advertised so far isn’t that appealing. Still waiting to hear what Netflix is offering.
No windows phone app available for presto either.
I hope they can add Game of Thrones (including the upcoming season 5)
The moment they do consider me signed up. (Even when if I’ve already got Stan and Netflix)
Won’t be happening.
To little too late.
Netflix has the momentum, and is the name on everyone’s lips!
Just looking at the full TV show list, Presto doesn’t particularly interest me.
A lot of the foreign shows I can get on US Netflix. As for the Australian shows, there’s some non-exclusive ABC shows, which can be seen on the cheaper Stan.
Plus I’ve never really been much of a Channel Seven viewer, so the exclusive (7 in-house) Australian dramas won’t get me signing up.
Stan is looking like the pick of the Australian VOD services. Originally, I was sceptical of the Nine/Fairfax StreamCo, but preliminary info on their website shows they have really signed some pretty good content, both local and international.
yes not only have alot of these been available on FTA, they’ve been on endless repeats! eg Frasier, Everybody Loves Raymond, Cheers, Frost, All Saints & more. But it could be a cheap option for those who have not seen some paytv only shows.
Obviously they are being pretty smart with the pricing, there might be people who subsribe because its so cheap even if they don’t watch alot of the shows. i tend to think the sort of people wanting this catch up service would rather watch it on tv though.
For the people saying you can’t watch it on your tv, you can plug your computer into the tv via the HDMI outlet – costs about $20
I have current Full foxtel. Haven’t see the full slate of episdoes of shows that Presto is offering. Could be much easier as recording some of them to the IQ. Also I would rather stream than download which can also be done on the IQ.
Presto appears to be a decent service for us here in Australia (and their library is impressive despite no new content), but the simple fact is these services (as long as the existing networks are involved) will never ever be as good as they could be because they have the “ancient” traditional broadcasting models to protect. Case in point – can’t watch on an actual TV!
The success or failure of these online subscription services will be in the pricing not just the content although that is important. Apart from the HBO content the rest can be seen on FTA TV or their catchup services so its not as impressive as some think. Hopefully we can access all of the episodes not just from 1 season if we can then the 10 oe 15 dollars will be worth it because atm we can pick what episodes to watch from FTA catchup services. 7&FOXtel need to get better content if they can than PrestoTV will be more atractive.
I agree with others here – this is overpriced and content is not that impressive. I’ll stick with Netflix
Doesn’t strike me as overpriced, but the issue will be catch-up vs new content from the other mobs.
@Tex, interesting bit of info there. It’s going to be hard to go past Netflix on Apple TV – a lot of content in Dolby surround and great definition (on the US version anyway).
cnrmlj: “Also, no way to watch it on my tv easily.”
Since Google Chromecast is mentioned, presumably you can watch on TV using the Google Chromecast HDMI dongle.
Unfortunately, Chromecast’s dirty little secret is the dongle can’t play 25/50fps content (i.e. the Aus TV standards) natively – it only outputs at 30/60fps (i.e. the US standards). While TVs should handle that OK, the forced 25/50 -> 30/60 conversion makes anything with motion become a horrible juddery mess.
Incredible value !
Presumably this is aimed at people who have just discovered that they missed something great when it was previously on and haven’t gotten around to buying the boxed set. Everything they’re offering that I would be interested in I have already seen.
6120 episodes of Home And Away? Yes, that will be the killer content that will get everybody to subscribe.
I’ve seen the full list of programmes on Presto’s website-very undrwhelming to say the least.It’s all old shows,many of which have been shown on free to air tv anyway.Hopefully Stan and Netflix will come up with a more extensive range of titles,or i won’t be tempted by any of them
How will ratings work with these new subscription streaming services?
Presto should add the 6120 episodes of Home And Away, that would be awesome.
7TWO is currently up to episode 1305 but with only 1 episode a day it is slow going
None of this really excites me.
Several of the titles mentioned are already available on Foxtel’s Boxsets.
Don’t think I will add more to my current financial outlay for this.
However, good on them for getting the head start on the others.
Over-priced and underwhelming in it’s content.
Oh and standard definition in 2015 is a terrible joke.
Dead on arrival.
No mention of it being in high definition so assume it is only in FTA standard definition. Also, no way to watch it on my tv easily. Sounds like typical over priced inferior service compared to others that are available for purchase. #Netflix #Hulu #AppleTV #HD
Presto will be $15, Stan $10 and Netflix $10.
Why do fox/seven think we will pay more for their service?
Also is presto available to Foxtel subscribers or an additional cost? How does it compared to “on demand”?
Not all that useful until there’s a Presto client widely available.