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Foxtel Group partners with ViacomCBS

US Movies & series in new deal, Paramount+ and 10 Play apps added to iQ in 2022.

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The Foxtel Group has today announced new multi-year agreements with ViacomCBS for Paramount Pictures movies, TV series, and continuing the Nickelodeon, Nick Jr. and MTV channels.

As part of the deal the Paramount+ and 10 Play apps will be added onto Foxtel set top boxes in 2022.

Patrick Delany, Foxtel Group Chief Executive Officer said: “We are pleased to extend our long-term partnership with ViacomCBS, with more of the world’s best entertainment to power Foxtel and Binge, and more apps for our Foxtel customers to enjoy, all in one place.

“The breadth of these agreements is strategically significant for the Foxtel Group. They highlight our strength as a local partner of choice for leading global studios and confirm there are new ways to partner with international media companies who have direct-to-consumer strategies for the benefit of customers.”

Foxtel Group’s Chief Commercial and Content Officer, Amanda Laing (pictured), added: “These deals give our customers more of the amazing entertainment they love, from one of the world’s best producers of media and entertainment content, along with more great local content. We are especially excited to offer our subscribers an amazing library of Paramount Pictures movies, as well as an exciting slate of Paramount’s upcoming blockbusters. Paramount has been delivering audiences the world’s best cinema for more than 100 years, and Foxtel is thrilled to be part of continuing that tradition – especially for highly anticipated releases like Top Gun: Maverick.

“We are also delighted to continue to deliver Nickelodeon kids content to our subscribers – Nick Jr. is consistently amongst our top 10 channels, keeping kids across Australia entertained. Our subscribers will also continue to enjoy MTV’s irreverent music and hugely popular reality programming, with shows like Catfish and The Hills: New Beginnings.

“We are thrilled to extend our longstanding partnership with Foxtel Group,” said Dan Cohen, President, ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group. “Through their suite of platforms, we can reach viewers no matter how they choose to consume our world-class series and feature films. This partnership is consistent with our strategy to maximize the value of our content by licensing to third parties while still supplying programming to our own platforms.”

“We are pleased to partner with the Foxtel group to make available the Paramount+ app and the 10 Play app on the iQ3, iQ4 and the brand new iQ5 set top boxes”, said Jarrod Villani, Chief Operating and Commercial Officer and Executive Vice President, ViacomCBS Australia and New Zealand.

The agreements cover thousands of hours of world-class entertainment including movies such as the highly anticipated Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible 7 starring Tom Cruise coming in 2022, along with blockbuster franchises such as Transformers, Shrek, Madagascar and Star Trek. The agreements also deliver hugely popular TV dramas including the pay TV premiere of Blue Bloods, Bull, FBI, FBI: Most Wanted, NCIS and the classic hit series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

This deal ensures that Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. content will continue to be available to Foxtel and Binge subscribers, including much-loved kids’ series such as PAW Patrol. The ever-popular MTV channel will also remain available to Foxtel and Binge subscribers, including hit shows like Ridiculousness.

These agreements with ViacomCBS also accelerate Foxtel’s streaming aggregation strategy to bring together the best of TV, live and on-demand, all in one place. It will see the recently launched Paramount+ app, and the 10 Play app, integrated into iQ3, iQ4, and the brand new iQ5 set top boxes.

Adding to the existing suite of app-based streaming platforms Paramount+ and 10 Play will join Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, ABC iView and SBS On Demand cementing the Foxtel set top boxes as the ‘all in one place’ destination for the world’s best streaming content.

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  1. We like our entertainment unsullied by advertisements. We have Foxtel (sans the Movies channels) and tend to watch only their Fox Showcase and BBC First channels because they don’t have interstitial ads. We’d pay more to be able to watch shows on many of their other channels sans ads, but that option doesn’t appear to be available to us. Which are the best providers for watching ad-free content?

    1. Streamers such as Netflix, Stan, Disney+, Prime Video etc. You could also switch to Binge if you wanted to exit Foxtel and get most of the dramas at a cheaper price. No capacity to record but they screen on demand.

  4. I am hoping since they have updated the layout with 10play.com.au, phone, tablets etc. Between now and then I guess they are going to update the Smart TV app layout to match. Last year I noticed on the news selection they still had ten eyewitness news. They initially had an updated header image. They have since removed that since. I hope it is the case it will be the newer layout.

  6. I find it strange that Foxtel are happy to partner with Paramount+. Adding their app to Foxtels iq equipment, but are reluctant to join with Fetch TV. With this new agreement, Paramount+ will be available on both Foxtel and Fetch TV.

    In the UK, BBC and ITV have combined (Britbox), so why not allow this happen in Australia? A Fetch TV/Kayo app venture. To me, everyone would a win/win.

    A few days ago, a Foxtel rep was saying if you wanted to get ahead you needed to come up with your own products, not just stream others. Then a few days later, they released information about the new equipment that was coming up, which would give you a better streaming experience. So, it seems they are aware of the monetary value in streaming.

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