Comments on: Foxtel feeling the heat from Freeview ? http://www.techau.tv/blog/foxtel-feeling-the-heat-from-freeview/ Passionate tech coverage, by an Australian tech enthusiast Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:09:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: itsross http://www.techau.tv/blog/foxtel-feeling-the-heat-from-freeview/comment-page-1/#comment-5512 itsross Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:02:16 +0000 http://www.techau.tv/blog/?p=2245#comment-5512 What prompted it? The Optus D1 satellite has been at capacity for quite some time, and they have been waiting several years for the D3 to go up. It went up a month ago, and requires two months of configuration, which brings us up to November. Foxtel would normally add channels over time anyway, they've just had to hold off for this satellite to go up.<br><br>As for the download content, outside of iView, their isn't really anything on this scale to try and 'keep up' with. What prompted it? The Optus D1 satellite has been at capacity for quite some time, and they have been waiting several years for the D3 to go up. It went up a month ago, and requires two months of configuration, which brings us up to November. Foxtel would normally add channels over time anyway, they've just had to hold off for this satellite to go up.

As for the download content, outside of iView, their isn't really anything on this scale to try and 'keep up' with.

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