Archived News for IT Professionals - April, 2012
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced it will not oppose Foxtel's acquisition bid for Austar after the Commission accepted court-enforceable undertakings from Foxtel.
The undertakings will prevent Foxtel from acquiring exclusive internet protocol television (IPTV) rights for a 'range of attractive television program and movie content', including:
- Linear channels supplied by independent content suppliers, including more than 60 linear channels that are currently broadcast by FOXTEL and many more that are broadcast internationally
- Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) rights to current or past seasons of television programs that form part of a linear channel supplied by an independent content supplier
- Movie linear channels (or movies for inclusion in a linear channel) from more than 50% of the eight major movie studios or more than 50% of the eight specified independent movie studios
- SVOD rights to movies, except for an 18 month window in relation to the movie studios from which FOXTEL is not prohibited from acquiring exclusive linear rights.
Gold Coast to host NBN Co contact centre
The National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) has announced it will hosting its contact centre in the Gold Coast, reversing an earlier decision to have the service outsourced.
Payne takes the financial reins at NBN Co
The National Broadband Network Co (NBN Co) has announced Robin Payne as the company's new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), officially placing him in the role he has served in since January following the retirement of Jean-Pascal Beaufret.
CSIRO wins wi-fi patent battle
CSIRO has won a $220 million settlement over the use of its patented wi-fi technology currently in use by over 3 billion electronic devices worldwide.
Wireless numbers boom
Mobile wireless broadband connections (excluding mobile handsets) accounted for 47% of all internet connections as at 31 December 2011, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.