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Topic # 107659 16-Aug-2012 09:27 Send private message

great news for anybody who has kids.

Disney and Nick Junior was the main reason for me keeping a sky subscription.

Looks like a fairly good selection. Mostly UK stuff which is good quality anyway

http://quickflix.co.nz/browse/play/kids

I notice their TV catalogue is also building slowly but surely
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http://quickflix.co.nz/TV/BrowseTV

Still seems to be only UK stuff, but quite a bit more recent stuff like Robin Hood, Mistresses etc

Movies still quite weak though.

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  Reply # 673155 16-Aug-2012 09:29 Send private message

I noticed they have a few seasons of Thomas The Tank Engine, my boy will be very happy

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  Reply # 673175 16-Aug-2012 09:46 Send private message

Wow... I think I might sign up for the trial and see how it goes. The only thing I would have to consider is bandwidth caps. I expect that I could still save money though, even if I had to step up a plan.




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  Reply # 673193 16-Aug-2012 10:18 Send private message

SaltyNZ: Wow... I think I might sign up for the trial and see how it goes. The only thing I would have to consider is bandwidth caps. I expect that I could still save money though, even if I had to step up a plan.


Surely your ISP zero rates Quickflix?  I didn't realise there were any left that didn't!

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  Reply # 673196 16-Aug-2012 10:19 Send private message

Kyanar:
SaltyNZ: Wow... I think I might sign up for the trial and see how it goes. The only thing I would have to consider is bandwidth caps. I expect that I could still save money though, even if I had to step up a plan.


Surely your ISP zero rates Quickflix?  I didn't realise there were any left that didn't!


As far as I know, Telecom doesn't zero-rate anything. But I would be happy to find they did. We chew up 120GB every month just with my wife watching TV NZ online.




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  Reply # 673204 16-Aug-2012 10:37 Send private message

If they had an Apple TV app I would sign up today.

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  Reply # 673205 16-Aug-2012 10:40 Send private message

SaltyNZ:
Kyanar:
SaltyNZ: Wow... I think I might sign up for the trial and see how it goes. The only thing I would have to consider is bandwidth caps. I expect that I could still save money though, even if I had to step up a plan.


Surely your ISP zero rates Quickflix?  I didn't realise there were any left that didn't!


As far as I know, Telecom doesn't zero-rate anything. But I would be happy to find they did. We chew up 120GB every month just with my wife watching TV NZ online.


Telecom zero-rates traffic from TiVo's Caspa service, which, being a similar beast to Quikflix, makes it unlikely for Telecom to zero-rate the competition (Telecom are, or at least were, part-owners of the NZ TiVo outfit).



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  Reply # 673206 16-Aug-2012 10:40 Send private message

Kyanar:
SaltyNZ: Wow... I think I might sign up for the trial and see how it goes. The only thing I would have to consider is bandwidth caps. I expect that I could still save money though, even if I had to step up a plan.


Surely your ISP zero rates Quickflix?  I didn't realise there were any left that didn't!


Most don't.

Personally I prefer just having bigger caps rather than restricting my usage to one particular service.
Even watching Quickflix, Netflix, using piratebay etc I rarely come close to my 120GB cap.

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  Reply # 673207 16-Aug-2012 10:41 Send private message

SaltyNZ:
Kyanar:
SaltyNZ: Wow... I think I might sign up for the trial and see how it goes. The only thing I would have to consider is bandwidth caps. I expect that I could still save money though, even if I had to step up a plan.


Surely your ISP zero rates Quickflix?  I didn't realise there were any left that didn't!


As far as I know, Telecom doesn't zero-rate anything. But I would be happy to find they did. We chew up 120GB every month just with my wife watching TV NZ online.


A little bit of Googling later and no, Telecom do not zero rate it, but also I turned up this little gem --

“I understand the Australian market is different from ours. Quite simply, this market is quite small and our sporting codes just wouldn’t exist with a Pay TV operator in New Zealand to fund them.”

Wow, it's a good thing we didn't invent rugby or cricket until after pay TV then, eh?




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  Reply # 673232 16-Aug-2012 11:32 Send private message

Interesting. Like Salty I might give this a go.




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  Reply # 673233 16-Aug-2012 11:36 Send private message

myopinion: If they had an Apple TV app I would sign up today.


Given there is an iPhone and iPad app for it now, surely they are thinking about it

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  Reply # 673300 16-Aug-2012 13:58 Send private message

Care Bears! OMG IM SIGNING UP NOW!

Seriously though, it is a really good idea. Especially if they can keep up with New releases.




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  Reply # 673320 16-Aug-2012 14:25 Send private message

DjShadow:
myopinion: If they had an Apple TV app I would sign up today.


Given there is an iPhone and iPad app for it now, surely they are thinking about it


can you use airplay to stream the iphone/ipad app to your apple tv?

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  Reply # 673359 16-Aug-2012 16:05 Send private message

NonprayingMantis:
DjShadow:
myopinion: If they had an Apple TV app I would sign up today.


Given there is an iPhone and iPad app for it now, surely they are thinking about it


can you use airplay to stream the iphone/ipad app to your apple tv?


Of course but its not as easy for kids and it ties up 2 devices.



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  Reply # 673369 16-Aug-2012 16:13 Send private message

ChevronX: Care Bears! OMG IM SIGNING UP NOW!

Seriously though, it is a really good idea. Especially if they can keep up with New releases.


The bets thing for me about it is that kids my kids age (under 3) don’t care or understand what a nw release is.  They are just as happy watching Dora the Explorer from last year as they are watching Postman pat from 1990.

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  Reply # 673441 16-Aug-2012 18:58 Send private message

Pffff.... trying to sign up - throwing 500 Errors. Not a great start.




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