Foxtel Now box adds Netflix
First the iQ, then Foxtel Now boxes embrace Netflix.
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Foxtel Now boxes have introduced the ability to stream Netflix.
From today, Netflix will be available on all new Foxtel Now boxes, which will include a new remote with a dedicated Netflix button. Existing Foxtel Now boxes will begin to receive the Netflix app automatically as it rolls out progressively over the coming weeks.
It follows the addition of Netflix on Foxtel’s iQ3 and iQ4 set top boxes earlier this year.
Alice Mascia, Foxtel’s Chief Product and Strategy Officer, said, “Since its arrival, the Foxtel Now box has become one of the most popular ways for customers to enjoy Foxtel Now and we’ve been working hard to make the experience even better with new apps and features, including other streaming apps.
“Today’s addition of the Netflix app consolidates Foxtel’s position as the ‘go-to’ aggregator for streamed content that sits alongside our own award-winning sport, drama and movies and makes a great customer experience even better.”
Update: Google Play also has a Disney+ app available.
Netflix joins a host of apps, including YouTube; free-to-air streaming apps ABC iview, SBS On Demand, 7plus and 10 play; and subscription streaming app, Stan; on the Foxtel Now box, providing an even richer and more exciting entertainment experience.
With the update, customers can access Netflix’s library of original content including The Crown, Stranger Things and Ozark, alongside Foxtel’s own line up of current and upcoming hit international programming such as His Dark Materials, Catherine the Great, and Succession, as well as Foxtel originals, Wentworth, Mr Inbetween and Upright.
The Foxtel Now box also features built-in Chromecast functionality allowing viewers to ‘cast’ movies, music, video and photos from Android or iOS mobile devices, PCs or Macs straight to their television.
Netflix & Stan require separate subscriptions.
4 Responses
Calling this hardware “the go-to’ aggregator for streamed content” is downright wrong and shows how out of touch Foxtel are. Helps to explain why they are losing so much money. There are plenty of devices that have significantly more and better streaming apps on them like Apple TV. The only streaming app it doesn’t have is Foxtel Now / Foxtel Go but you can airplay to it.
I tried to airplay movies but it was unworkable.
Is the new remote free for existing boxes if yes or no where do we get it from
Don’t think so. Suggest you ask Foxtel.