INSIGHT: Why CallPlus should stand its ground as Global Mode D-Day arrives
"Teaming up together and using their considerable influence and resources to try and intimidate smaller players is not an inspiring way to try and win business."
"Teaming up together and using their considerable influence and resources to try and intimidate smaller players is not an inspiring way to try and win business."
“If you seek innovation, if you seek advancement and benefits for the Kiwi consumers, if you seek to be on the right side of history then stop this silliness.”
Proposed legal action from Sky, Lightbox, TVNZ and Mediaworks to stop Global Mode is a "huge blow" to consumers.
CallPlus has taken aim at industry rivals Sky, Mediaworks, TVNZ and Spark, dismissing claims of copyright breaches by insisting its Global Mode service is “completely legal”.
"Efforts to undermine competition like this aren't innovation: they are just trying to reduce our choices."
“With the rise of smart devices, and smorgasbord of streaming options available, Kiwis are rethinking the way they use broadcast TV."
Netflix is heading down under, announcing today it will expand into Australia and New Zealand in March 2015.