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What's behind Seven's Foxtel hunt?

Seven has made no secret of its expansion ambitions, but buying into pay-TV monolith Foxtel lends even greater clarity to the network's long-term vision. With wireless distribution and solid content channels under its belt, can Seven bring IPTV into the mainstream?

Seven to launch crippled TiVo

Seven today confirmed that the TiVo HD digital video recorder will be sold in Australia for AU$699 from 29 July, but users will have to buy a software upgrade next year to unlock its full suite of features.

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Reviews

  • Netcomm MyNetfone V300

    The V300 works just fine as a VoIP router but it lacks the firewall configuration options that all routers should have.

  • Samsung HT-XQ100

    If you just bought yourself a Samsung R7 LCD TV and are on the lookout for a matching sound system, nothing will come close to the beautifully crafted HT-XQ100 home-theatre-in-a-box.

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Features

  • Around the world in.... WiMax

    WiMax, the controversial long range wireless broadband technology, is set to spread across rural Australia from next year -- but despite the outgoing Howard government's ambitious project, both fixed and mobile variants of the technology are already being deployed around the world.

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  • Seven to build $50m Perth WiMax network

    Vivid Wireless, Seven's subsidiary and Australia's newest ISP, claims the network will deliver speeds up to 10 times faster than available 3G networks.

  • Unwired loses favour with Exetel

    Local internet service provider Exetel today said it might stop reselling Unwired's pre-WiMax wireless broadband service as it inked a deal to provide 3G mobile broadband services through Optus.

  • Aussie TiVo to go on sale next week

    TiVo will be available for sale in Australia on 1 July with a price of AU$700, after being beaten to the punch by Foxtel's new HD+ service by almost a month.

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