Foxtel

On Monday, Foxtel confirmed that an average audience of 545,000 watched the eight games that took place at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium across Foxtel, Kayo Sports, Foxtel Now and Foxtel Go.

This follows the continued integration of Kayo into VPM and enhances the established measurement and reporting to Foxtel Go and Foxtel Now, delivering a comprehensive picture of the Foxtel Group’s digital streaming sporting audience.

To access the new voice service, Foxtel users need an the Foxtel Voice Remote control that has been issued with the set-top boxes since July last year, and an internet connection.

Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany said the scheme had been developed to respond to the demands of Foxtel customers who want to be rewarded for their loyalty to the company.

Foxtel also announced a partnership with media measurement and optimisation software company, VideoAmp, to develop another new measurement system to capture data from across its various digital platforms.

Kayo Sports audience data is tracked internally by Foxtel.

Locally, its shows including are available on Foxtel and streaming service Binge under an exclusive deal that expires later this year.

Now, after seven years off air, will make a comeback in 2023… on Foxtel.

Outside of Melbourne, Tasmania looms as a possibility but there are contractual commitments around location with broadcast partners Foxtel, which will have a large say where the new side resides.

Delany, who is now chief executive of majority News Corp-owned Foxtel Group, later apologised.

Foxtel also has broadcast rights to the weekend, which will be shown on channel 506 and streamed on Kayo.

Live coverage of the event can be found on the Seven and Foxtel families of networks.

Sneesby declined to comment on whether Nine was considering a takeover of News Corp’s majority-owned pay TV company Foxtel, which was recently put on the market.

That slate was announced in the context of the anticipated imposition of local content quotas on the streaming services, which unlike their free-to-air counterparts and Foxtel, are not required to commission or broadcast any Australian content.

The NRL is set to go to market for its before the end of the year, despite its current $400 million a season deal with Foxtel, Nine Entertainment, Sky New Zealand and other partners not due to expire until 2027.

While the Foxtel-DAZN deal awaits the tick from regulators, the tie-up of the two billionaire-owned platforms is giving the bosses of the NRL and the A-Leagues plenty to think through.

A scene from Foxtel drama Wentworth, whose fans are asking for a spin-off series.

A source with knowledge of the negotiations says Foxtel are now further away from a deal than when it was two days ago, returning to the negotiation table to pressure the NRL into a better arrangement.

But Fox Sports boss Peter Campbell is confident Foxtel will pass the government's final assessment because the broadcaster had not only met but exceeded the 2019-20 benchmarks prior to COVID-19 shutdowns.

But News Corp Australasia's executive chairman Michael Miller told that his business was focused on helping newspaper titles and subscription service Foxtel through the crisis, instead of bailing out Seven.