Telstra in the ring with Foxtel

Telstra in the ring with Foxtel | Business | The Australian

TELSTRA is preparing to take on its own Foxtel partnership with internet-based video services when its non-compete period with the group expires in 2008.

Telstra last week confirmed the plans for internet-based video services, broadly known as IPTV, which are at the heart of its proposed $3 billion residential fibre network now under discussion with the competition regulator. The plans would put Telstra on a collision course with its partners in Foxtel - The Australian's publisher, News Corporation, and Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd - which is only just climbing out of the red after a decade of investment.