Not everyone wants that and we now pushing some people off the satellite onto IP. We are driving hard now to get everyone on a satellite. Foxtel launched as a cable and satellite business and we had double distribution costs. The story is different now because the input costs are getting larger and are from different areas. “Revenues rank us as the biggest media company in Australia. See Also: Foxtel executive shuffle: New operating model impacts Kayo, Binge, Foxtel Media Up and away: Foxtel financialsĭelany explained turnover is driving back up towards $3 billion annually. What we need to do now is open up digital inventory, be able to insert digital ads into channels – digital ads that otherwise would have been fixed to that inventory.” We’ve got a lot of digital hours being watched and a lot of digital subscriptions. I’m particularly excited about the future of advertising. We can take advantage of the opportunities that offers. “One of the big evolutions at Foxtel Group is having 66% of all customers on digital. With Foxtel Media you’ve now got the two best salespeople in the country, Julian Ogrin and Mark Frain, working together. We think Binge deserves its own management. “ We see sport and advertising as the two big growth levers that we’ve got. “I call it a determined restructure about the future of the company,” explained Delany.
“The sports deals are always pretty hectic, but there’s no doubt building that team over there, which is a fabulous sports production team and brand, was probably my favourite job.” Foxtel executive shuffleĬhanges to the management of Kayo and Foxtel Media was the main headline. In his rise through the ranks, Delany revealed his best job, previous to his current role, was as chief executive of Fox Sports: “The Fox Sports era, for me, was a lot of fun,” he told Mediaweek. Delany came to the role following previous chief executives including Kim Williams, Richard Freudenstein and Peter Tonagh. Patrick Delany has now been with the Foxtel Group for over two decades after starting his career as a lawyer before moving into TV management. Mediaweek sat down with the TV chief in his office at Foxtel HQ in Sydney to hear about the shuffle and the future of the TV business. The changes were made to allow the senior team to better play to their strengths and to maximise the new revenue streams unlocked by streaming. The chief executive officer of the Foxtel Group, Patrick Delany, unveiled a management restructure last month.
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