Foxtel Group has tapped Foxtel Retail and Hubbl CEO Hilary Perchard to take over its Foxtel, Kayo, and Binge brands as it enters a new era under the ownership of global sports streamer DAZN.
Global sports streamer DAZN ('Da Zone') has completed its $3.4 billion acquisition of the Foxtel Group from News Corp and Telstra.
Foxtel Group chief commercial and content officer and Binge managing director Amanda Laing will depart Foxtel later this year after six years with the company.
Australia's creative industries are in shock this morning following the news that long-time Foxtel Group executive Brian Walsh has died.
Foxtel has confirmed it has inked a new multi-year deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to allow it to continue as the local platform for HBO, Max Originals, Warner Bros., and Discovery programming.
Amanda Laing will oversee content across all of Foxtel's brands, while Brian Walsh will spearhead a new Originals division as part of a reorganisation of the Foxtel executive team.
Foxtel is counting on new entertainment streaming service Binge to help arrest the slide in the platform's subscribers, revenues and profitability.
The commercial free-to-air networks and Foxtel are major beneficiaries of the Federal Government's package of measures to help sustain Australian media businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.