BINGE have today announced a major content expansion, which includes live and on-demand premium sports from Kayo Sports and news content.
Subscribers will now have access to live AFL, NRL, and more without any extra charges. Starting with the AFLW and WBBL Grand Finals, ahead of the local launch of streaming service Max launching in Australia in the first half of next year, BINGE is positioning itself as a one-stop platform for sports, news, entertainment, and lifestyle content.
From Foxtel Group:
BINGE announced today it is officially entering its sports era with an exciting, expanded content offering to include LIVE and On Demand premium sport, direct from Kayo Sports, on the platform, as well as additional LIVE news channels, at no additional cost to subscribers.
Starting with a bumper finals weekend with the back-to-back AFLW Grand Final and WBBL Grand Final on 30 November and 1 December, sport will appear on BINGE. Following that will be Men’s Big Bash League, Super Netball, and, come winter, NRL and AFL footy on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays (simulcast games) during the regular season with no ad breaks during play.
Additional sports and shows coming to BINGE direct from Kayo Sports include World Surfing League, Women’s Golf (USLPGA, Ladies’ European Tour, AIG Women’s Open), all Kayo Minis of the F1®, and Fox Sports-produced magazine shows including fan favourites AFL 360, NRL 360, Sunday Night with Matty Johns, Bounce, and The Back Page, to name a few.
More LIVE news channels will be integrated onto BINGE with major local and international news outlets Sky News, Sky News UK, CNBC and Fox Sports News joining the existing line up of available channels, including Bloomberg, CNN and MSNBC.
BINGE will offer more than 3,000 On Demand hours and a 24/7 dedicated channel of the best of lifestyle for foodies, design and property lovers, including global hit franchises and local homegrown Originals including Selling Houses Australia, Great Australian Bake Off, Love It or List It Australia, and more.
And for the music lovers out there, BINGE has also recently launched live music channels including MTV Hits, Club MTV, MTV 80’s, CMT, and Nick Music.
Julian Ogrin, CEO of BINGE and Kayo Sports, said:
“We know BINGE viewers are also sports fans so we’re changing the streaming game and bringing the best of Kayo Sports – LIVE and On Demand – to BINGE subscribers. And we’re not stopping there, we’re also making LIVE and On Demand news available and adding thousands of hours of lifestyle content to the platform too.”
“We’ve supercharged BINGE to be the leading platform that brings LIVE and On Demand entertainment, sport, news and lifestyle content together on one platform – delivering variety and value to our customers from just $10 per month.”
Since launching in 2020, BINGE has become the go-to streaming service for all entertainment lovers with an enviable library of LIVE and On Demand entertainment including hit TV shows and movies, fan favourite timeless classics, critically acclaimed homegrown Originals and the world’s most talked about lifestyle and reality series.
Wish they’d put binge/kayo on fetch
Mike Bennett they are about to.
TV Blackbox Telstra were telling customers months ago it would be on fetch around July/August before Telstra box gets shut down end of this month, the app icons for binge/kayo are on fetch mini g5 but not active, someone sent me a pic of it yesterday.
Mike Bennett Yep – there is some base OS stuff they have to roll out to every box before they can activate Kayo and Binge.
So it’s not the full Kayo service?
Tim Cole no, o it part/some of the games however lots more than none.
TV Blackbox 1 is more than none
Darren Hay Correct! It’s every game of women’s domestic sport that Kayo covers, plus all simulcast (i.e. games that play on Seven and Nine) for the AFL/NRL.
What sports will be missing on Binge? I assume it will have all AFL, NRL and Cricket?
Michael Fields no not all games it will have some games of league some game of aussiie rules and other minor sport
Michael Fields You know if you read the article we outline what is included…
good luck to them losing all the HBO/Max content – but of course, never put it past Murdoch to take another chance to shove right wing propaganda down everyones throats with Sky News
Will Bennett They won’t lose all the HBO content in a hurry – they have life of show contracts with any ongoing season they currently air, so that will all stay on BINGE…for now.
As for Sky News – nobody is forcing you to watch it. (It’s not great, however you have a choice and a remote…)
TV Blackbox Well said.
One day they’ll figure out that the market is already too fragmented and having as many services as they do is just crazy.
Is there a tv Guide coming for live tv?
Hi Roger – there is no live TV on BINGE.
Roger Russell On BINGE? If you’re referring to the linear channels you can access at the bottom that’s available via the Foxtel Guide.
TV Blackbox yes on Binge their is NO live tv guide on binge App is there?
Hi Roger – no, there isn’t, because the offering of the streamed channels is a hidden extra. The Foxtel Guide can fill you in.
Roger Russell No there isn’t, because the Foxtel Guide online covers that. The inclusion of the streamed channels is a bonus. Everything about BINGE is on demand.