Fetch TV is an Australian

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provider that delivers a subscription television service over a user's regular internet service. Fetch TV launched in 2010 backed by its

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n parent

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. On 2 August 2022,

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acquired a 51% stake in the company. Fetch TV provides a set top box with a digital TV tuner, personal video recorder and up to 45 subscription channels, video on demand, pay per view movies, web applications, and a mobile app. The service is delivered by HLS adaptive bitrate streaming. The minimum internet sync speed required varies by ISP delivery method. The majority of Fetch TV content is unmetered when delivered over a broadband connection from a Fetch TV ISP partner.

History

On 25 May 2010, Fetch TV announced they would begin offering their first generation set top box PVRs through partner

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. This featured three digital tuners to receive Australian terrestrial channels, as well as fourteen linear subscription channels and six Video on Demand based channels. On 21 July they added five international news channels to the subscription channel package. On 6 August they added the

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SVOD service. Fox Sports News was added on 27 August 2010, and by 14 February 2011, Fetch had Chelsea TV, Man City TV, Barcelona TV, Man Utd TV and

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. The Ovation channel and

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were added soon after, with Setanta later being rolled out as a $15/month add-on to the basic subscription package. The

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was added 15 September 2011, and

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began on-selling the service. Syfy was added in 2014 and from February 1, 2015, the subscription channel pack was completely revamped, with nine new channels added including

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and

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and six channels removed. When Setanta Sports was purchased by the

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in 2014 the channel was rebranded as beIN Sports (Australia). On 16 February 2015, they announced plans to become the first Australian pay-TV provider to integrate the Netflix service into its platform, allowing users with a separate Netflix subscription to access Netflix content through the Fetch TV set-top box. In March 2016 it was announced

would add its

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channels showing the

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to the service, available only to Optus customers, and on 15 June 2016 they announced their third generation boxes: the 4k-capable Mighty and the puck-like Mini. This announcement included the addition of

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to the channel pack and the planned additions of the

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and

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apps to the service. Their press release from the event also hinted at a future catch-up service for content available on the entertainment pack channels. In 2016, they began trialling HD and broadcast

, beIN Sports (Australia) and

in minimum 720p, and customers with the third generation boxes reported that they were receiving

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and BBC Knowledge in HD. * 27 February 2017 – Fetch launched their new channel packs, splitting their available channels into 4 groups and allowing them to be purchased separately or as a bundle. They also confirmed that a number of the channels will be delivered in HD, with 'more improvements to come in the next 60 days'. * October 2016 – the next generation of their mobile app was launched * July 2017 – Fetch became the 'Official Broadcaster of the

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' in Australia, offering

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fights at $54.95 AUD and other content broadcast through their exclusive 'Edge Sport HD' channel. * August 2018 – Fetch added the remaining BeIN Sports (Australia) channels 2 & 3. * 10 October 2019 - BBC Earth was launched as part of BBC's global rollout, with a live channel and on-demand content. It replaced BBC Knowledge.

Models and features

Fetch TV offers two

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es, the Mighty and the Mini. Both boxes receive all Free-to-Air Australian television channels via antenna connections, as well as offering the subscription packages via IPTV. Both boxes contain apps such as

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and Stan which require external subscriptions, as well as apps such as the

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'Olympicson7' and '7CommGames' apps. The boxes connect when using the same network, and registered to the same account, allowing for "multi-room" functionality, such as using the Mini in another room to watch recorded programs from a connected Mighty device.

Fetch Mighty

The Mighty has an RRP of $449 AUD (previously $399). It can support resolutions up to UHD 3840 x 2160, and has a 1TB hard drive for recording live television and storing downloaded content. It has 4 TV tuners to support simultaneous recording and can record multiple

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channels at once using the same tuner.

Fetch Mini

The Mini has an RRP of $169 AUD. It can support resolutions up to HD 1920 x 1080, and has 4GB flash memory for pausing live television. It has 1 TV tuner.

Availability

Fetch TV can be purchased at retailers

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, The Good Guys, Bing Lee,

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, Joyce Mayne and Domayne and through Australian ISP's (Internet Service Providers) such as

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and its subsidiaries Internode, Westnet,

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, Aussie Broadband and

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. Fetch TV boxes can also be purchased directly from Fetch via their eBay presence. In 2016 TPG announced that they would abandon their own plans for an

service and begin selling FetchTV.

Subscriber base

Fetch TV Australia faced significant opposition in the market place from competitors such as Foxtel and Telstra TV leading to comments by mainstream technology and financial media sources in 2014 that the service needs to ramp up its subscriber base to progress. In response the company said in 2013 it has strategies in place to produce success and increase its subscription base significantly. In early 2016 it was revealed the service had 400,000 active subscribers and were aiming for 600,000 by the end of the year. This goal was reached in late 2017, with Fetch citing the growth of Australia's

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as a key driver. On the back of the NBN, Fetch added an average 20,000 customers per month in 2017. The service operates an industry TV ratings app which gives an indication which boxes are subscribed at any one time and which channels have what share of their audience.

Subscription channels

Fetch TV has broadcast rights to channels from Paramount Networks,

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. , the following Fetch Channel Packages are offered:

Kids (7 channels)

Knowledge (18 channels)

Vibe (10 channels)

Variety (10 channels)

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Investigation Discovery Investigation Discovery (stylized and branded on-air as ID since 2008) is an American multinational pay television network dedicated to true crime documentaries owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. As of February 2015, approximately 86 million Amer ...

* CMT *

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¹ *

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³ *

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* TLC * MTV Classic * Stingray CMusic¹

Ultimate Pack

The Ultimate Pack includes all four 'skinny' channel packs: Kids, Knowledge, Vibe, and Variety. Note:
¹ These channels are exclusively available through Fetch TV in Australia.
² This channel is a different version to the one provided by the

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on free-to-air television until December 2019.
³ Content from this channel is available on demand.

Special interest packs

As of December 2020 the following channels are offered through the Fetch TV Special Interest Packs: * BeIN Sports 1,2 & 3 in HD * Australian Christian Channel &

TBN Inspire TBN Inspire is an American Christian broadcast television network owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). It is carried on the digital subchannels of TBN's stations. The network originally launched as The Church Channel, which focu ...

(open access without cost) * Horse & Country TV¹ * Optus Sports 1-6 HD¹ Fetch offers

fights at $54.95 AUD per event. Note:
¹ These channels are exclusively available through Fetch TV in Australia.

Former channels

* Cartoon Network - Channel closed on 22/04/2021 *

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- Channel closed on 22/04/2021 *

CNN International CNN International (CNNI, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel that is owned by CNN Global. CNN International carries news-related programming worldwide; it cooperates with sister network CNN's national and inter ...

Channel closed on 22/04/2021 *

CGTN China Global Television Network (CGTN) is the international division of state media outlet China Central Television (CCTV), headquartered in Beijing, China. CGTN broadcasts six news and general interest channels in five languages. CGTN is reg ...

Channel closed on 31/7/2021 * Fox Sports News (replaced by

TVH!TS Crime (formerly FOX Crime) is an Australian subscription television channel primarily screening crime drama television series. The channel launched on 7 November 2019, replacing TVHits. History TVHits (2014–2019) In August 2013 it was announ ...

) *

Discovery Home & Health Discovery Home & Health is a television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery that features lifestyle programming. Discovery Home & Health is available in Latin America, Australia, Republic of Ireland, Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, Tha ...

* Deutsche Welle *

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* Garage¹ - Channel closed on 31/07/2017 * Nat Geo People³ - Channel closed on 28/02/2018 * Disney Channel - Ended 30/04/2020 *

Disney Junior Disney Junior is an American pay television network owned by the Walt Disney Television (part of Disney General Entertainment Content) unit of The Walt Disney Company through Disney Branded Television. Aimed mainly at children two to seven ...

- Ended 30/04/2020 *

Disney XD Disney XD is an American pay television channel owned by the Disney Branded Television and Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution units of The Walt Disney Company. The channel is aimed primarily at older children ages six to eleven yea ...

- Ended 06/01/2019 *

Ended on Fetch TV 31/12/2018, continued only on Foxtel rebranded later on from 11/11/2019 as

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* 111 Funny Ended on Fetch TV 31/12/2018, continued only on Foxtel rebranded later on from 11/11/2019 as

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Style Network Esquire Network was an American pay television network that was a 50/50 joint venture between NBCUniversal and the Hearst Corporation. The network carried programs aimed at a metrosexual audience centering on travel, cooking, sports and fashion ...

Ended 17/12/2019 *

13th Street 13th Street (France: 13ème Rue, Spain: Calle 13, Hungary: Utca 13, and Poland: 13 Ulica) is a television channel specializing in action, suspense and police procedural programs and movies, mainly from the Universal Pictures and Television libr ...

Ended on Fetch TV 31/12/2019 continued only on Foxtel rebranded later on as Fox Sleuth * Syfy Ended on Fetch TV 31/12/2019 continued only on Foxtel rebranded later on as Fox Sci-Fi *

¹ Channel closed on 27/2/2022

Ultimate Pack channel list

Note:
¹ These channels are exclusively available through Fetch TV in Australia.
² This channel is a different version to the one provided by the

on free-to-air television until December 2019.

World language channels

Italian package

4 Channels. * Rai News 24¹ *Rai World Premium¹ *

Rai Italia Rai Italia is the international English language television service of Rai Internazionale, a subsidiary of RAI, Italy's public national broadcaster. Rai Italia operates a television network that broadcasts around the world via 3 localized feeds ...

Mediaset Italia Mediaset Italia is an international linguistic and cultural television channel, part of the Italian media company Mediaset. Launched in 2009 with the aim to reach Italian communities worldwide, the channel is the international service of Mediase ...

Pinoy TV package

8 Channels. * Aksyon International * DWLS - Audio * DZBB - Audio *

GMA Life TV GMA Life TV is a 24-hour Philippine pay television channel launched in February 2008 by GMA Network. Programming The programming of GMA Pinoy TV consists mostly of shows from the Philippines from GMA Network and GTV as well as previously ai ...

GMA News TV GMA News TV (GNTV; visually rendered in its logo in all capital letters as GMA NEWS TV) is a 24-hour Philippine-based international pay television channel owned by Citynet Network Marketing and Productions Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of G ...

GMA Pinoy TV GMA Pinoy TV is a Philippine pay television channel that was launched in March 14, 2005, by GMA Network. Operated by its subsidiaries, GMA International and GMA Worldwide Inc, it is targeted towards the Philippine diaspora. Programming Th ...

* Kapatid TV5 *Viva TV

TVB Cantonese & Korean package

4 Channels. *

KBS World KBS World is the Korean Broadcasting System's international broadcasting service. It consists of KBS World Radio, KBS World television channel and KBS Korea. History The foreign-language radio broadcast from KBS (before its restructure into ...

TVB Jade TVB Jade (), or simply Jade, is a Hong Kong Cantonese-language free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) as its flagship service, alongside its sister network, the English-language TVB Pearl. ...

*TVBE News *

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Taj Mahal (Indian and Pakistani) package

23 Channels.

Apps

Fetch boxes receive the following apps Note:
¹ Appears in 'Catch Up' menu.
² Appears in 'TV' menu.

References

External links

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