Pay TV company Austar posts 46% profit drop, Shares flat: Economy Roundup
Thursday, 29 July 2010
Pay television operator Austar announced a 42% drop in first-half profit today, but says it will perform better in an "exciting" second half.  ...

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Telstra drops price for T-Box digital video recorder
Tuesday, 01 June 2010
Telco giant Telstra will sell its T-Box digital video recorder cheaper than expected in order to compete directly with rivals including Foxtel's iQ, with Telstra admitting it doesn't even expect to make a profit from the device.  ...

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Stern Hu trial starts behind closed doors, car sales fall in February: Economy Roundup
Monday, 22 March 2010
The trial of four Rio Tinto executives, including Australian citizen Stern Hu, will begin today in China with all four accused of receiving bribes in order to steal company secrets.  ...

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OECD report says stimulus package saved jobs, Shares jump again: Economy Roundup
Thursday, 17 September 2009
The Rudd Government has received a ringing endorsement for its stimulus package, with research from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development showing that the Government's measures prevented the loss of 150,000 to 200,000 jobs in 2009.  ...

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The dot-com survivors
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Ten years ago they were the Young Turks of the business community - radical free-thinkers on the path to fame and riches thanks to their faith in the booming opportunities presented by the World Wide Web.  ...

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Pay TV viewers switching off
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
The difficult outlook for the Australian economy is making life hard for Australia's pay television companies, led by Foxtel and Austar.  ...

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Horror movie
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
The video hire sector has been attacked from all angles in the last five years. Recently the industry had been affected by increasing and more rapid penetration of households by the pay-TV market.  ...

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Australia needs a wireless broadband network, not expensive fibre-to-the-node: Kohler
Monday, 14 July 2008
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy should think again before demanding that the National Broadband Network be all fibre-to-nodes and that it should be built all at once. ...

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Australia's 45 fastest growing telcos
Wednesday, 27 February 2008
The SmartCompany Dun & Bradstreet Telco Industry Growth List shows which companies are booming thanks to growing demand for online content, faster internet speeds, VOIP, and new consumer trends. By MIKE PRESTON  ...

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