Hot on the heels of Senator Conroy’s announcement last month that there would be no 4th free to air television network for Australia, comes the news that Telstra is believed to be planning the release of a PVR called “T Box” by the end of the year.
According to a news item on the Big Pond News website, this strategy would allow Telstra to offer its own (Big Pond) content, which it already does to Telstra broadband customers, with no bandwidth charges.
It would also place Telstra in direct competition with both …

The Seven Network has announced its new terrestrial FTA digital channel will be launched in October and is expected to be a general entertainment channel. The Ten Network recently launched its new terrestrial FTA sports channel ONE HD which has seen considerable success so far, no doubt bolstered by the Melbourne Formula 1 Grand Prix in March.
Network 9 wont be launching their extra SD channel until at least July, according to industry sources. Meanwhile the High Court has ruled in favour of ICE TV in their ongoing fight with the …