LOUIS BURKE | Culture | Contact
As pay-TV subscriptions continue to decline, Foxtel executive Greg Holmes (62) has been tasked with determining why people are no longer paying for something they can steal for free.
Despite the Newscorp subsidiary making innovative strides such as switching back to satellite dishes and hiring Warnie to commentate, the network is unsure why they are failing to attract subscribers by airing television programs avid viewers can illegally download with no cost to them.
“We will always have an audience of people who want to pay $150 a month to watch shows about pawn shops,” states Yoon.
“It’s just the other 99% of Australians we need to convince that Foxtel is a service that provides value for money.”
Popular TV and Movie streaming websites such as Netflix and Stan are largely attributed to being responsible for the decline in pay-TV subscribers but Yoon says her network has a plan to get punters back on board.
“We’re looking at doing a Real Housewives of Brisbane.”
“If that doesn’t work I can’t think of anything that might apart from increasing the range of quality content at a suitable speed with a more affordable price tag.”
More to come.
