The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
14 days to begin watching the downloads, then seven days (48 hours for pay-per-view content) to finish;
No more than four users per household (tough luck if you've got more than two kids);
No more than two authorised computers per household;
No display in a public place (so presumably you can't watch the content while travelling by bus, train or plane);
You can only download material while you're in Australia (tough luck if you want to keep up with your favourite shows while travelling);
"FOXTEL Box Office purchases made on the FOXTEL Download Service may not be viewed on your television" (so don't connect your computer to a TV unless it belongs to someone else);
Pay-per-view charges are applied to your credit card, not your Foxtel account; and
Platinum subscribers can't take their two free pay-per-view movies as downloads.
While a legal download service is welcome, it seems to be that Foxtel's falls short of what's required.
David Bass
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