Stephen Baldwin is returning to Foxtel in the newly created role of head of channels and operations - Foxtel Networks.
Foxtel is reshuffling its senior management to centralise the process of negotiating deals with film and TV suppliers and to reflect the doubling of investment in Australian scripted, factual, lifestyle and entertainment programming by 2018.
Foxtel has announced it will progressively double its investment in Australian scripted, factual, lifestyle and entertainment programming by 2018, boosting funding to record levels.
Foxtel today confirmed it will acquire 15% of Network Ten while Ten gets a two-year option to take a 10% stake in Presto TV.
Foxtel’s re-pricing and packaging strategy introduced in November has paid off with a lift in subscribers but resulted in a steep decline in pre-tax profits.
Streaming services and pay TV platforms are set to grow exponentially in the next few years while free-to-air broadcasters continue to lose viewers, albeit at a modest rate.
The Kettering Incident is a gripping eight episode mystery with otherworldly overtones, starring Elizabeth Debicki and Matthew Le Nevez, which will launch on Foxtel this year.
Foxtel will broadcast season five of the worldwide TV phenomenon Game of Thrones at the same time as the US in a global simulcast spanning 170 countries.