Fetch TV: how we're partnering for the future of Telstra TV

Today we’ve announced we’re partnering with Fetch TV as our new platform for Telstra TV and to create our future home and entertainment experience.
Kim Krogh Andersen · 28 April 2022 · 2 minute read

Today we’ve announced we’re partnering with Fetch TV as our new platform for Telstra TV and to create our future home and entertainment experience.

Fetch TV is a lot like Telstra TV in that it combines free-to-air TV, catch-up, premium channels, streaming apps, and movies all in one place.

Will my Telstra TV continue to work?

Absolutely. There are no changes to the Telstra TV you use today and we look forward to sharing how we will make your overall streaming experience better with our partnership with Fetch TV.

If you have subscribed to content partners like Netflix, Binge or Kayo via your Telstra bill, nothing will change for you.

Will I need to need change my Telstra TV to Fetch TV in the future?

Over the next year we’ll be in touch directly to help you migrate from your current Telstra TV to one powered by Fetch TV.

Will Fetch TV have all the same apps and features as my Telstra TV?

Fetch TV supports many of the same streaming services as Telstra TV today including Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Paramount+, Stan and YouTube, along with free-to-air. We’ll have more to share about additional apps and streaming services later in the year.

Why are you changing Telstra TV?

Telstra TV launched in 2015 with a focus on bringing together a wide range of streaming services for our customers. While the current Telstra TV product remains popular for streaming and free-to-air TV, the underlying technology platform needs to evolve, to support new content offers, help you manage your Telstra account on the device and help you unlock rewards through Telstra Plus. We also want to make Telstra TV even better, by adding support for future entertainment options .

As homes become more digitally connected, the integration of technology – including things like our Smart Modem, smart meter and the platform you use for streaming media – will become even more critical. While they all do different things, if they can work together seamlessly, it will help our customers to get the most out of their connectivity – and that’s a big area of focus for us.

And so for these reasons, we have selected Fetch TV as the partner to help us build our future home and entertainment experience. Fetch already provides a very popular platform with over 670,000 subscribers that offers local and international content, including Australian digital free-to-air television.

What does this mean for existing Fetch TV customers?

Existing Fetch TV customers can continue to maintain their Fetch relationship directly or via their current telco.

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By Kim Krogh Andersen

Group Executive, Product & Technology

Kim Krogh Andersen joined Telstra in January 2020 as Group Executive, Product & Technology.

In this role, Kim leads Telstra’s Product & Technology function, which is responsible for creating and delivering products and solutions for customers across all segments, both domestically and internationally. He has accountability for product strategy, lifecycle, and P&L, as well as Telstra’s strategic partner management, and technology and innovation where products are incubated and brought to scale. Kim is also accountable for Telstra’s Software Engineering & IT and Data & AI functions and accelerating Telstra’s digital leadership.

Before joining Telstra, Kim was Senior Vice President, Head of Global Technology Strategy with the Telenor Group, a leading telecommunications company with operations across Scandinavia and Asia. He had responsibility for defining global technology roadmaps as well as leading Telenor’s Global 5G Execution Program as it prepared for the launch of 5G across all of Telenor’s markets.

Prior to this role, Kim held a very broad range of roles with Telenor including Director Customer Services Denmark with end-to-end responsibility for customer service and Chief Marketing Officer for Telenor Global Services with responsibility for product development and management.

Prior to joining Telenor in 2008, Kim served as an officer in the Danish Army for 13 years.

Kim is a father of three and is living in the beautiful city of Sydney with his wife and children.

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