Interactive services
Foxtel has also been one of the leaders in interactive services, with current offerings consisting of eight interactive mini-channels. The operator has also introduced interactive voting across most of its channels.
"This month, we will launch a third Fox Sports channel to follow our recently launched Fox Sports News channel that incorporates an interactive news overlay," Delany says. "To help our subscribers get the most out of their sports subscription, we introduced a mosaic-type application called "ËœSports Selector,' which sits at the beginning of our sports genre in the electronic program guide. By loading the application, the viewer sees a grid of our nine sports channels, enabling viewers to watch nine feeds at once," he explains.
Content issues are also on the agenda during the next 12 months. He says issues surrounding sports rights need to be resolved.
"The government is undertaking a digital review at the moment, and it announced it will be allowing limited multi-channeling by the terrestrial networks," he says. "We are adamant that this review should allow for appropriate loosening-up of what is called the "Ëœanti-siphoning' act, which restricts our acquisition of sports rights in favor of the FTA networks. We are obviously heavily lobbying at the moment to get support from the government to grow our services."
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