Telstra customers have more ways to connect to their favourite entertainment with today’s launch of Australia’s first iPhone remote control app; the expansion of FOXTEL on T-Box to ADSL customers in selected areas of NSW and Victoria and BigPond Movies coming soon on tablets.
The new services come as latest research indicates more than two-thirds (67 per cent) of Australians haven’t hired a DVD in the past month due to more convenient ways of accessing movies.
Telstra’s Executive Director of Media, J-B Rousselot, said the connected home, where devices talk to each other and content was available on demand, was now a simple and affordable reality for Australians.
“Internet-enabled entertainment is fast becoming the norm as products like the Telstra T-Box and smart TVs become part of the furniture in living rooms across the country. The technology has evolved from being a novelty for technology enthusiasts into something anyone can understand and use,” Mr Rousselot said.
The new Telstra iPhone app is free to download and gives T-Box customers the ability to change the channel, record and, by shaking the iPhone, mute the sound. An Android version of the app will soon be available.
“The new app puts the T-Box remote control on the screen of the iPhone so customers can easily scroll through channels, record a program or control the volume from anywhere in their home. With around half of Telstra’s mobile customers owning a smartphone we’ve spent considerable time designing the app to ensure the technology in our homes is working together to give customers a more integrated home entertainment experience.”
Telstra has continued the roll-out of FOXTEL on T-Box service with ADSL customers in selected areas of NSW and Victoria now able to connect to 30 channels of FOXTEL content. This follows the switch-on of the service for cable customers in June.
“We’ve been delighted with the early take-up of the service with one in nine Telstra cable customers in FOXTEL coverage areas switching on the FOXTEL on T-Box service. We know the range of content, and the fact customers can switch on and off the service month by month, has hit the sweet spot for our customers so will continue to roll the service out to more Australians in the months ahead.”
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