Media Release: Monday, November 3, 2014
Foxtel cable & satellite and Foxtel Play subscribers set to binge on popular box set series
Foxtel’s recently announced BoxSets channel, dedicated to offering subscribers live and Anytime access to some of the most popular programming available from the subscription service, launched today. Foxtel Cable & Satellite customers who subscribe to the new Drama pack and Foxtel Play customers with the Premium Movies and Drama pack can now enjoy a new era in live and catch up TV programming.
Foxtel BoxSets is live on channel 116 and includes complete seasons of library drama and complete past seasons of returning drama series on a regularly updating basis. The addition of the BoxSets channel massively increases the volume of catch up programming available to Foxtel and Foxtel Play customers. The representative cost to purchase all of the series available at launch, via iTunes or DVD*, would be around $1,600. Titles appearing in November include:
Titles available live and in Anytime (On-Demand):
Game of Thrones – Seasons 1-4
The Sopranos – Seasons 1-6
Big Love – Seasons 1-5
The Newsroom – Seasons 1-2
Rome – Seasons 1-2
Band of Brothers – Miniseries
Entourage – Seasons 1-8
Wentworth – Seasons 1-2
Angels in America – Miniseries
The Pacific – Miniseries
Luck – Season 1
Additional titles available in Anytime (On-Demand):
Absolutely Fabulous – Seasons 1-5
True Blood – Seasons 1-7
Boardwalk Empire – Seasons 1-5
Getting On
Looking – Season 1
Girls – Seasons 1-3
Dexter – Seasons 1-7
The Borgias – Seasons 1-3
Sex and the City – Seasons 1-6
Devil’s Playground – Season 1
Morden – Season 1
BoxSets can be viewed live, or in Anytime through an internet connected iQ box or via Foxtel Play or Foxtel Go. For customers without an internet connected iQ box, Foxtel BoxSets will feature continuous broadcasts of popular drama series that can be recorded to a Foxtel iQ set top box and played back at their convenience.
-Brad