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[Jeffmister]

msheldrick, on 22 November 2010 - 05:29 PM, said:

Yep, Outback +π is a 3.14159265.... hour timeshift of the regular Outback Service.

Cool, would love to see how the EPG looks like - can see programs starting at all matter of strange times!

msheldrick, on 22 November 2010 - 05:29 PM, said:

Outback Select is not a PPV service, in fact, it's a FTA service that screens selections from Outback's pay channels to try and entice them into subscribing, Only available in Standard Definition.

Ah okay, sounds good and hope the channel has a 24/7 ticker or banner annoying people to join Outback proper (in the Outback tradition of annoying people)! I do think however we need a 'Outback Box Office' type of PPV service to compliment the movie channels

msheldrick, on 22 November 2010 - 05:29 PM, said:

No timeshift service of musicone will be run due to the issue with satellite capacity.

Sounds fair, although it leads me to assume there's not much room on these transponders?

msheldrick, on 22 November 2010 - 05:29 PM, said:

The musicone family of channels will be soley music, nothing else, and will be commercial free because of the funding brought in from Outback NZ's 24/7 infomericals. musictwo will remain as musicextra. I made a typo before calling it "musicone extra"

No +2 service will run due to programming rights and satellite capacity.

Once again - sounds fair, maybe the music related programs could be on Outback Reality? I'm assuming you then have no other problems with my other suggestions in the previous or this post?

[Jeffmister]

Before I continue on, just had a few other channel ideas to add for the 'Outlook' brand:
Outback Classics (Classic and modern shows/content from the AM Television/Outlook archives and from real life)
Outback Shopping (Like TVSN, but better and more pushing of people to buy stuff)

Anyway, since we need to compliment the Outlook/musicone channels with some real life channels - below is a list of some channels which we can discuss whether we want on the service or not (putted into temp relevant groups):
Starter Pack:
A-PAC (required channel, for public service reasons)
BBC World News
Bloomberg
CNBC
CNN US (Outback exclusive in HD) & International
Fox News
MSNBC (Outback exclusive: Saturday to Monday PM docos will be replaced with Outback News content)
Sky News National/Business/UK [HD] (including Multiview & Local active services)
Weather Channel (including Weather Active)

ESPNEWS (Outback exclusive in HD)
Fox Sports News
Sky Racing 1
Sky Sports News UK (Outback exclusive in HD)
TVN (moved from Sports)

Discovery Channel (HD)
National Geographic Channel (HD)

Aurora Community Channel (required channel, for public service reasons)
Lifestyle Channel
nitv (required channel, for public service reasons)

Cartoon Network
nick (HD exclusive to Outback)

Kids:
Animal Planet
Boomerang
CBeebies
CBBC (Outlook exclusive)
Disney Channel (HD exclusive to Outback)
Disney XD (Outlook exclusive in HD)
Nat Geo Wild (HD)
nick jr
Playhouse Disney
Teen nick (Outlook exclusive)

Drama & Lifestyle:
13th Street
Lifestyle Food
ONN (when it launches on Jan 1st, 2011)
Syfy
UKTV (HD)

Knowledge & Adventure:
BBC Knowledge (HD)
bio
Crime & Investigation Network
Discovery Science
History Channel (HD exclusive to Outback)
Ovation
STVDIO

Sports:
Eurosport (HD exclusive to Outback)
ESPN (HD)
ESPN Classic (Outback exclusive)
Fox Sports 1, 2 & 3 (HD)
Fuel TV
Nat Geo Adventure
NBA TV (HD exclusive to Outback)
Setanta Sports
Sky Racing 2 & World
Speed (HD)

Edited by Jeffmister, 22 November 2010 - 06:58 PM.

[msheldrick]

Jeffmister, on 22 November 2010 - 06:56 PM, said:

Before I continue on, just had a few other channel ideas to add for the 'Outlook' brand:
Outback Classics (Classic and modern shows/content from the AM Television/Outlook archives and from real life)
Outback Shopping (Like TVSN, but better and more pushing of people to buy stuff)

Anyway, since we need to compliment the Outlook/musicone channels with some real life channels - below is a list of some channels which we can discuss whether we want on the service or not (putted into temp relevant groups):
Starter Pack:
A-PAC (required channel, for public service reasons)
BBC World News
Bloomberg
CNBC
CNN US (Outback exclusive in HD) & International
Fox News
MSNBC (Outback exclusive: Saturday to Monday PM docos will be replaced with Outback News content)
Sky News National/Business/UK [HD] (including Multiview & Local active services)
Weather Channel (including Weather Active)

ESPNEWS (Outback exclusive in HD)
Fox Sports News
Sky Racing 1
Sky Sports News UK (Outback exclusive in HD)
TVN (moved from Sports)

Discovery Channel (HD)
National Geographic Channel (HD)

Aurora Community Channel (required channel, for public service reasons)
Lifestyle Channel
nitv (required channel, for public service reasons)

Cartoon Network
nick (HD exclusive to Outback)

Kids:
Animal Planet
Boomerang
CBeebies
CBBC (Outlook exclusive)
Disney Channel (HD exclusive to Outback)
Disney XD (Outlook exclusive in HD)
Nat Geo Wild (HD)
nick jr
Playhouse Disney
Teen nick (Outlook exclusive)

Drama & Lifestyle:
13th Street
Lifestyle Food
ONN (when it launches on Jan 1st, 2011)
Syfy
UKTV (HD)

Knowledge & Adventure:
BBC Knowledge (HD)
bio
Crime & Investigation Network
Discovery Science
History Channel (HD exclusive to Outback)
Ovation
STVDIO

Sports:
Eurosport (HD exclusive to Outback)
ESPN (HD)
ESPN Classic (Outback exclusive)
Fox Sports 1, 2 & 3 (HD)
Fuel TV
Nat Geo Adventure
NBA TV (HD exclusive to Outback)
Setanta Sports
Sky Racing 2 & World
Speed (HD)

I removed/struckthrough all of the channels that are either run by FOXTEL or XYZnetworks, which we can't offer.

[Jeffmister]

Starter Pack: $40 per month
Owned & Operated Channels:
musicone#
musicextra#
Outback/+2/+π (FTA)#
Outback Comedy
Outback International Asia-Pacific (FTA)
Outback Kids
Outback Select (FTA)
Outback Shopping#

Free-to-Air Channels:
ABC 1, ABC 2 & ABC 3
Nine & GO!
nitv
SBS One & SBS Two
Seven & 7Two
Ten & 11 (when it launches in January 2011)

News & Business Channels:
A-PAC#
Al Jazeera English
BBC World News
Bloomberg
CNBC
CNN International
CNN US
Fox News
MSNBC
Sky News Business#
Sky News National#
Sky News UK#

Sport Channels:
ESPNEWS
Fox Sports News#
Sky Racing 1#
Sky Sports News
TVN

Documentary Channels:
National Geographic Channel

Kids Channels:
Cartoon Network
Disney Channel

HD Starter Pack: FREE (for Outbox subscribers~*)
CNN US HD
Disney Channel HD
ESPNEWS HD
Fox News HD
MSNBC HD
musicone HD
National Geographic HD
Outback HD#
Outback Comedy HD
Sky News UK HD
Sky Sports News HD

Plus Access to:
Kevin's 24/7 Porn Lounge ($20 per month)^
Outback Direct ($1.95: TV Shows, $2.95: SD Movies, $3.95: New Release Movies (SD) & HD Movies, $4.95: New Release Movies (HD), Between $20 & $60: Wrestling and Special Events)
Outback Adult/+2/HD ($20 per month)^

NOTES:
^: Kevin's 24/7 Porn Lounge & Outback Adult can be taken as a combo pack for the special price of $30 per month. Outbox subscribers will get access to Outback Adult HD for no extra charge (apart from the channel fee), while non Outbox subscribers will need to subscribe to the $15 'HD Pack' to be able to view Outback Adult HD.
~: Non Outbox subscribers would need to subscribe to a $15 'HD Pack' which will include access to all HD channels in their chosen packages
*: Access to ABC News 24, GEM, One HD, SBS One HD & 7mate is included with the HD Starter Pack and non Outbox subscribers will get access to those channels and Outlook HD for no charge (being FTA channels).
#: 'Active/Red Button' features available to Outbox subscribers.

Edited by Jeffmister, 24 November 2010 - 10:25 AM.

[msheldrick]

Jeffmister, on 23 November 2010 - 07:05 PM, said:

Documentary Channels:
Discovery Channel

Not to be overly picky here or anything, but XYZ has the exclusive distro rights to Discovery Channel in Australia, that's why SelecTV never carried it.

[msheldrick]

[Jeffmister]

Onto the other packages:

Kids: $10 per month
Animal Planet
BabyTV
Boomerang
Cartoon Network TOO
Disney Cinemagic (HD)
Disney XD (HD)
Nat Geo Wild (HD)
Playhouse Disney

Entertainment: $15 per month
AMFM*
Discovery Science
Discovery Turbo
E! (HD)
Food Network (HD)
MTV (HD)#
musicone classics*
musicone club*
musicone hits*
Outback Classics
Outback Living
Outback Reality (HD)
Ovation
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network (Launching January 1st in HD)
Syfy (HD)
TLC

Sport: $15 per month
ESPN (HD)
ESPN Classic
Eurosport (HD)
Golf Channel (HD)^
Nat Geo Adventure
Outback Sports 1 (HD)#
Outback Sports 2 (HD)#
Setanta Sports
Sky Racing 2#
Sky Racing World#

Sport Extra: $10 per month (Must have Sports package to take this package)
Chelsea TV
ESPNU (HD)^
Eurosport 2 (HD)^
MLB Network (HD)^
MUTV
NBA TV (HD)^
NFL Network (HD)^
NHL Network (HD)^

Movies: $20 per month
MGM HD (HD ONLY)
Outback Movies Action & Adventure (HD)
Outback Movies Comedy (HD)
Outback Movies Crime & Thriller (HD)
Outback Movies Drama & Romance (HD)
Outback Movies Family (HD)
Outback Movies Greats (HD)
Outback Movies Indie (HD)
Outback Movies Premiere/+2 (HD)#
Outback Movies Sci-Fi & Horror (HD)
Outback Movies Showcase/+2 (HD)#

PLATINUM: $100 per month
Includes all packages (Starter Pack, Kids, Entertainment, Sport, Sports Extra, Movies & all HD channels), plus exclusive access to Outback 3D (if you have a 3D-ready TV) and $10 of Outback PPV credit to spend however you please (credit can be accumulated from month-to-month, but expire after 12 months).

NOTES:
*: AMFM and musicone channels in the 'Entertainment' package can also be added separately to the 'Starter Pack' package for $5 per month if you choose not to pick the 'Entertainment' package, but still want those channels.
^: In the event of live sport clashing with rights with another channel (eg NFL Network games broadcast on ESPN in Australia), that broadcast will be replaced with other programs or the channel being 'blacked-out' during that broadcast
#: 'Active/Red Button' features available to Outbox subscribers
HD: Outbox subscribers will not pay any extra to get access to HD channels which are available in their chosen package/s. Non Outbox subscribers will need to get the $15 'HD Pack' to access HD channels which are available in their chosen package/s (including HD channels in the 'Starter Pack' package), unless they're a 'Platinum' package subscriber - in which the fee is waived.

Edited by Jeffmister, 24 November 2010 - 01:42 PM.

[Jeffmister]

msheldrick, on 23 November 2010 - 07:12 PM, said:

Not to be overly picky here or anything, but XYZ has the exclusive distro rights to Discovery Channel in Australia, that's why SelecTV never carried it.

Ah okay, thought XYZ wasn't in charge of Discovery's distro rights - it's been removed

msheldrick, on 23 November 2010 - 10:23 PM, said:

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I like it, although you might want to make it clear that the 'Kids' channels are apart of the 'Starter Pack' (as there's a separate Kids package) and that the HD channels is apart of the 'HD Starter Pack' so you don't get any confusion about them being the only HD channels when there's others available. One other thing, you might want to point out (like you did with the 'musicone Add-On') that 'Starter Pack' subscribers then has access to Kevin's 24/7 Porn Lounge, Outback Direct and Outback Adult.

BTW, to include Outback Kids - I moved Outback Living to the 'Entertainment' package (to keep the eight owned & operated channel amount).

[trisreed]

Channeling something else featuring "Kevin" and a "7"?

[Jeffmister]

Tread Revival #2!

Anyway, in a few weeks Outback International will be launching in the US & the UK - which involves a lot of planning and preparation which is why everyone is working longer shifts before Christmas. Although in the meantime, on Wednesday - Outback International is launching in Canada on various satellite and cable providers (details of which are below):

*Bell TV: Satellite: 610 (SD)/1610 & 1829 (HD) & Fibe TV (IPTV): 610 (SD)/1510 (HD)
*Shaw Direct (Satellite): Classic: 558 (SD)/274 (HD) & Advanced: 188 (SD)/344 (HD)
*Cogeco Cable Ontario TV: Analogue: 65 (SD) & Digital: 188 & 965 (SD)/772 (HD)
*Rodgers Digital Cable: 70 & 283 (SD)/564 (HD)
*Vidéotron Illico TV (Cable): 87 (SD)/714 (HD)

Edited by Jeffmister, 06 December 2010 - 02:11 PM.

[Brayds2006]

Jeffmister, on 06 December 2010 - 09:28 AM, said:

Tread Revival #2!

Anyway, in a few weeks Outback International will be launching in the US & the UK - which involves a lot of planning and preparation which is why everyone is working longer shits before Christmas.

So everyone is making room for Christmas food? Good plan.

Seriously though, good to see we are finally launching in the States and the Kingdom. I've been waiting for that all year.

Jeffmister said:

Although in the meantime, on Wednesday - Outback International is launching in Canada on various satellite and cable providers (details of which are below):

*Bell TV: Satellite: 610 (SD)/1610 & 1829 (HD) & Fibe TV (IPTV): 610 (SD)/1510 (HD)
*Shaw Direct (Satellite): Classic: 558 (SD)/274 (HD) & Advanced: 188 (SD)/344 (HD)
*Cogeco Cable Ontario TV: Analogue: 65 (SD) & Digital: 188 & 965 (SD)/772 (HD)
*Rodgers Digital Cable: 70 & 283 (SD)/564 (HD)
*Vidéotron Illico TV (Cable): 87 (SD)/714 (HD)

Awesome. Surely by now we will reaching millions of viewers.

[Jeffmister]

Brayds2006, on 06 December 2010 - 01:15 PM, said:

So everyone is making room for Christmas food? Good plan.

It's the best idea the International department of Outback has come up with all year!

Brayds2006, on 06 December 2010 - 01:15 PM, said:

Seriously though, good to see we are finally launching in the States and the Kingdom. I've been waiting for that all year.

So have I and I believe we're launching a few new programs to celebrate the launching of Outback International in the US and the UK - which will be announced in due season.

[Jeffmister]

Due to delays in finalizing carriage deals with various cable networks - the launch of Outback International into America and England has been pushed out until early January. Rest assured though that it will launch in the first few days of 2011 with a great line-up!

[msheldrick]

[Brayds2006]

Outback is still operating? Wasn't expecting that.

I gotta wonder how many people are still watching though, I mean, if it's still up and running it's got to have some viewers? Anyway, here's a few quick IDs for the new year:

Generic Ident:


Local (Armadale) Ident:

Edited by Brayds2006, 15 January 2012 - 01:41 PM.

[cartman]

Brayds2006, on 15 January 2012 - 11:06 AM, said:

Local (Armadale) Ident:

Kevin will be happy to see that... It'll make him homesick!

[Jeffmister]

Brayds2006, on 15 January 2012 - 11:06 AM, said:

Outback is still operating? Wasn't expecting that.

I gotta wonder how many people are still watching though, I mean, if it's still up and running it's got to have some viewers?

In fact Outback has quite a fair few viewers, its due to Outback's live coverage of 'Armadale Pub AfterDark LIVE' which has good ratings in the important police, housewife and Kevin demograhpics. Police view the program to alert them when they need to arest the next drunken person to think they're better than what they really are, housewifes to see what their husbands are up to and Kevin to see how Armadale is going.

[Brayds2006]

Jeffmister, on 17 January 2012 - 12:16 PM, said:

In fact Outback has quite a fair few viewers, its due to Outback's live coverage of 'Armadale Pub AfterDark LIVE' which has good ratings in the important police, housewife and Kevin demograhpics. Police view the program to alert them when they need to arest the next drunken person to think they're better than what they really are, housewifes to see what their husbands are up to and Kevin to see how Armadale is going.

Well that explains all the emails the station gets complaining about "thems drunk fellas on that talky box".

[Kevin]

cartman, on 15 January 2012 - 11:13 AM, said:

Kevin will be happy to see that... It'll make him homesick!

Not really, considering MM insists on sending me pictures of his makeshift shack outside the Police Station on Jull Street every day

[cartman]

Kevin, on 17 January 2012 - 09:55 PM, said:

Not really, considering MM insists on sending me pictures of his makeshift shack outside the Police Station on Jull Street every day

[msheldrick]

musicone is going into the Spanish Market, with the launch of musicjuan :3

[cartman]

msheldrick, on 27 January 2012 - 02:03 PM, said:

musicone is going into the Spanish Market, with the launch of musicjuan :3

I'll get things started...