Entertainment

Following in the footsteps of Foxtel's Hubbl which did the same thing a few months ago, Fetch TV will be making Free-to-Air (FTA) channels available as streaming feeds via the Fetch Electronic Program Guide (EPG) from June 2024. Fetch households with no or poor FTA reception will enjoy easy access to FTA program information and single click channel access from the EPG. The FTA IP channel...

In the middle of the play mat, there are the bases and leader cards. In the foreground are the resources cards, and in my hand are unit cards that cost (from left to right) two, one, four, and three resources to play. I'm playing as the Imperial side in this game.

DreamHack Melbourne returns this weekend at Melbourne Park. Catch the latest AI technology, a virtual YouTube production, esports, and more.

Michael Tamblyn the CEO of Rakuten Kobo was visiting Sydney recently and sat down for a chat with techAU's Neerav Bhatt to chat about the company's long awaited launch of colour eReaders. Tamblyn explained that during the first few years of the Covid pandemic having a product that was instantly deliverable to the home and wasn't impacted by physical supply chains allowed Kobo to introduce...

This morning a brand new Hubbl Glass TV arrived in two boxes. The new TV is comes in two sizes, the 55 and 65" versions and having unboxed the 65-inch, I can tell you it's big, really big. Unboxing TVs is something I've done a lot of over the years and this experience was unlike any other. The first slightly confusing thing was the...

This week the latest streaming device Hubbl launched in Australia. Hubbl offers two hardware options, a set-top box to take over HDMI1, or a whole TV known as Hubbl glass. Having unboxed the STB this week, I've had a chance to spend some time with the experience and now have some suggestions for those who want in. Hubbl's goal reminds me a lot of Boxee...

Foxtel has released *a lot* of boxes over the years for satellite, cable and streaming. Will it's newest effort Hubbl last a long time or fail? The launch price is $99 though it's rumoured this will rise by $20 - $30 after a few months. Some early buyers report being offered a bonus free voucher for 2 months Kayo. After setting it up and watching a...

I attended a briefing at Foxtel's Sydney HQ today to get to see their new Hubbl combined hardware and software product, which aims to aggregate global and local TV/movie apps through one interface and ensure easy streaming, searching and watching of content on free to air catchup apps, VOD, pay TV and subscription services like Netflix. Upon launching the following global and local streaming apps will...