Netflix vs Disney's Movies Anywhere vs Stan vs the rest of the world; Foxtel vs Fetch vs HayU Media Man Int

Netflix vs Disney's Movies Anywhere vs Stan vs the rest of the world; Foxtel vs Fetch vs HayU - March - April 2018

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Niche sports entertainment brands and broadcasters: WWE Network, UFC Fight Pass, AFL Pass et all; Brands becoming self broadcasters present challenges for traditional broadcasters

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Netflix lost most of its Marvel (Disney) themed content in late 2017 - early 2018

The Australian and global streaming TV - content wars are alive and well, with Netflix, Stan, 9NOW and YouTube Red dominating much of the sector. Then there's Foxtel which has been forced to dramatically reduce its pricing and revamp their offerings in the past 12 months or so. Then there's comms elephant and giant like Telstra with their Telstra TV, which is of an excellent quality by all accounts, but whose bottom line price tag may scare off most potential customers.

Netflix at a touch more then $10 a month is excellent value, and then there's Stan at $20 odd, and how can we forget the likes of the sports entertainment powerhouse's WWE Network at $12 a month or so for down under subscribers.

With Australia's population at the 24 million or so mark (who knows what it really is hey, judging by Sydney traffic and urban sprawl), there's only so many potential punters to sign up to a paid streaming service, and Australian streaming consumers are pretty well educated. They were even pretty switched on in the heyday of the Australian pay TV when we first started and selling the Optus Vision / Optus Communications package in the region of $39.99 per month, sometimes even with a Free Instillation. Bargain!

To be continued...

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9 NOW 9GO!

9 NOW including their 9Go! are enjoying a stellar run in 2018. WWE's RAW, SmackDown and reality TV show Married At First Sight have smashed it out of the ballpark. Water cooler and cafe news and gossip worthy to say the last. Now part of the Australian pop culture landscape!

Stan Australia

Stan has been impressive with hit shows such as Romper Stomper and the more recent UnReal, which is originally from U.S. content creator / Lifetime

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Telstra's Telstra TV is a quality offering, but could easily be seen as an expensive option

The AFL has joined the streaming game with AFL Live Pass

NRL are often perceived as always playing catch up to the AFL business model. Can the National Rugby League turn things around in 2018? The NRL enjoys strong Australian public support and gets great coverage from FOX Sports Australia, Nine's Wide World of Sports, News.com.au and many others

Red Bull TV

Red Bull have significant financial resources to keep pumping out content while doing deal in the media, sports and branding sponsorship arena

Garage Entertainment. A favorite of the Australian extreme sports and surf culture tribe. Is their business model sustainable in the current streaming market?

Questions over the Spotify business model. They do not own their own content. Are their advertising revenues enough to keep them in the streaming game?

Rupert Murdoch with Son Lachlan. What media giant will secure the majority of FOX's entertainment and media assets in 2018?

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Vince McMahon's XFL will be looking to have a major shake up on America's football industry dominated by the NFL (National Football League)

WWE's Ronda Rousey and WWE's / sometimes UFC's Brock Lesnar are major subscriber TV / PPV draws, at least for the foreseeable future.

John Cena and Roman Reigns always generated headlines, boost television numbers and the all important social media scores! Reigns is a big draw on WWE YouTube, which also had a YouTube Red channel