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#40228 27-Aug-2009 09:19
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Found this on NBR:

TelstraClear has teamed with Auckland company e-cast to create a new internet TV service, “Ziln TV”, which will stream free from both clear.net.nz and ziln.co.nz.
e-cast told NBR that at its highest resolution (768Kbit/s) the TV service would see around 300MB an hour of data stream over a person’s internet connection. That would mean many people could exhaust their monthly data cap in a day. However, TelstraClear is accessing whether to “zero-rate” Ziln’s data, meaning it wouldn’t count toward a monthly cap.


Link: http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/telstraclear-e-cast-team-launch-internet-tv-service-109207

The channel line up consist mainly of news channels, but I'm impressed :)

Not sure if Ziln is new or not, but this article is about TelstraClear *possibly* zero-rating data to Ziln. Suppose Orcon could follow suit, and include it in its O Zone thing.

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  #250917 27-Aug-2009 09:23
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Arghhh. Like Joost and other online TV channels they have a lineup of things most people don't want to see...




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  #250935 27-Aug-2009 10:10
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yep, pretty much all those channels are FTA from all their providers via sat, so I would be pretty p1ssed if I had to pay my data allowance to view them.


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  #250936 27-Aug-2009 10:15
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I guess TCL have found a use for their expensive IPTV encoders..




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  #250938 27-Aug-2009 10:22
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Look at that: NZ$39.95 to download a 20 minutes video of current affairs!!!
http://www.e-cast.co.nz/ziln/public_shop_programme.php?id=162

Reasonable prices? sorry, doomed to failure

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  #250941 27-Aug-2009 10:39
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How's the e-cast pricing related to this topic?




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  #250976 27-Aug-2009 13:13
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I got to there from the Ziln website. They want to offer some free content and some on-demand content not for free

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  #250986 27-Aug-2009 13:21
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TelstraClear has posted an announcement here - you may want to reply there so they catch comments, questions, etc.




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  #250991 27-Aug-2009 13:27
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Hopefully Telstra Zero rate the usage for the site - Otherwise why would you bother

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