What’s on TV this week in Australia?
There’s no shortage of excellent TV content available each and every week in Australia! Whether it’s streaming providers or free to air channels, we’re literally spoilt for choice for both Live or On Demand TV. Find out which shows and events are currently causing a stir by simply your provider of choice below:
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Top Picks to Stream on TV in Australia
The Lady and The Dale
Sunday 8.30pm on FOX SHOWCASE
HBO is set to release a fascinating four-part docuseries about the rise and fall of Liz Carmichael. A talented yet flawed entrepreneur, Liz went head to head with America’s motor manufacturers in the 70s with an idea she hoped would change the industry. Problem was, she had quite the chequered past. Read more.
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Shameless S11
Thursday 8.30pm on FOX SHOXCASE
It’s the final call for The Gallaghers. After a decade of mayhem, laughter and tears, the South Side’s favourite clan is set to go out with a bang. It’s certainly going to be wild, but changes are coming that will force each one of them to step up or hit the road. Read more.
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Gogglebox Australia S13
Wednesday 6.30pm on BINGE and Lifestyle
Working in the financial sector, in one of the world’s busiest capitals, may sound like a first-class ticket to the rich list. But what happens when the world falls into an economic crisis? Well, this is the subject of HBO’s new drama, Industry. Read more.
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The Crew
Streaming Now on Netflix
The Crew stars Kevin James as a NASCAR crew chief for the Bobby Spencer Racing team. When the owner steps down and passes the team off to his daughter Catherine, James has to protect himself and his crew from her attempts to modernise the team. Watch now on Netflix.
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The First Team
From now on Stan
From the creators of The Inbetweeners and starring Will Arnett, this outrageous British comedy follows the lives of a group of young players from a fictional Premier League football team.
Top Sports Events to Stream Live
New Zealand v Australia T20I Series
Every Delivery Live
Australia are touring New Zealand for five T20 internationals, with both teams trying to find their best starting line-up for the upcoming World Cup in India. Read more.
LIVE: Mar 3rd – New Zealand v Australia (3rd T20I) – 5.00pm
LIVE: Mar 5th – New Zealand v Australia (4th T20I) – 5.00pm
LIVE: Mar 7th – New Zealand v Australia (5th T20I) – 12.00pm
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AFL Community Series
Every Game of Every Round Live
All 18 sides will take part in three weekends of action in South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia, Tasmania and a welcome return to Victoria. Read more.
LIVE: St Kilda v Geelong – Thu – 4.10pm
LIVE: Adelaide Crows v Richmond – Sun – 12.40pm
LIVE: West Coast v Freemantle – Sun – 4.10pm
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NBA All Star Game
Every minute of the All Star Weekend
Watch all the action as the biggest names in NBA put on a show this weekend live and exclusive on Foxtel and Kayo. Read more.
LIVE: Sat, 11.00am – All Star Challenge
LIVE: Mon, 10.30am – All Star Skills and Three Point Comp
LIVE: Mon, 12.00pm – All Star Game
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Live sport returns to Kayo, with every game and every action from AFL, Supercars, NRL, A-League, T20I Cricket and more – all available on Kayo’s 14 day trial.
Top Picks on Free to Air
AFLW
Games across the weekend on Seven
The new season of women’s AFL gets underway this week, with the game making a welcome return to its spiritual home in Victoria!
Harrow
Sunday at 8.30pm on ABC
As Harrow’s attempts to reconnect with his son are frustrated, Fern and James grow closer, while the baffling deaths of two teens sharpen Harrow’s concern for his own children.
Territory Cops
Thursday 8pm on Ten
Patrolling a million square kilometres of harsh landscape, dangerous wildlife, wild weather and precarious criminals, take a look into Australia’s busiest police force – the Northern Territory Police.
The Good Doctor
Tuesday at 8.00pm on Seven
The fourth season of hit US drama The Good Doctor is now airing on Seven, with new episodes going out every Tuesday.
Other Special Deals on Offer for Streaming TV
Still looking for more shows to stream? Check out these special offers from other streaming providers, which you can avail of right now to get access to their extensive library of the hottest shows, sport, and movies available on demand.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Streaming TV
Since the birth of television, we’ve gotten all our TV via broadcasts – signals containing continuous TV channels sent out to anyone who can pick them up. Streaming TV is completely different – you choose what show or movie you want to watch from an app on your TV or a device, and it’s then sent to you via your broadband internet connection. It’s called “streaming” because you watch it as it’s being sent to you, rather than downloading it to watch later.
If you’ve got a recent model TV, it’s almost certainly what’s known as a “smart TV” – in other words, it can download and run apps. The most popular apps for smart TVs are those for streaming services, and that’s because it’s easy to just sit back and load up the app for your favourite service and start watching. But smart TV support for each streaming service varies, so if you’re watching a lot of it, the better option is to buy a dedicated streaming device like Telstra TV or Apple TV, or get a low-cost device called a Chromecast so you can send streaming TV to your screen from a phone or tablet app.
Streaming is really easy on modern smartphones and tablets, but not everyone wants to watch their shows and movies on a tiny screen. You can fix that easily with a small device made by Google called Chromecast. It plugs into a spare HDMI port on your TV, and connects to the same Wi-Fi network that your phone is on. Once it’s set up, all you need to do is load up your favourite streaming app – Netflix, BINGE, Kayo and hundreds of others – and tap the little TV screen icon in the top right corner to connect to Chromecast. Then everything you play will stream direct to your TV.
If you’ve got a fairly recent model of Mac or PC, you’ll almost certainly find a HDMI video output socket on the back (or side, in the case of laptops) of the computer. If you have one of these, streaming direct to your TV is easy – just connect it to a spare HDMI input on your TV with a cable and switch to that input, then start streaming. Other computers may have different video connectors, such as Mini DisplayPort, USB-C or Thunderbolt; these can connect to your TV as well, but you’ll need a special adapter cable to do so. An easier option in those cases may be to use a Chromecast connected to the TV, sending video to it from the Google Chrome web browser.
Of all the streaming services, Netflix is the one that almost every smart TV and streaming device supports – in fact, if you’ve bought a TV, disc player or streaming device recently, it’ll probably have a big red and white Netflix button on its remote control! All you need to do to stream Netflix on any TV is just load up the app and sign in with your account email and password – it’ll load up all your profiles, favourites and watch lists so you can pick up on the TV where you left off on the phone or PC.
While you’ll find Netflix support on pretty much every smart TV, the other streaming services you can access on that TV will vary greatly depending on the brand, model and year of your TV. The much better solution if you’re streaming all the time is to buy a dedicated streaming box. These smart little devices plug into your TV via HDMI and act as a sort of “one-stop shop” for all the different streaming service apps, so you can stream from any of them from the one remote control. The best streaming boxes are the ones with the widest app support – with the Telstra TV and Apple TV at the top of the list. They’re both priced just above $200, but the Telstra TV can be had for $9 a month if you’re a Telstra customer, making it a great affordable streaming upgrade.
While Foxtel Now offers plenty of shows and movies for you to watch on demand, its main purpose is to deliver Foxtel’s live TV channels to you as they’re broadcast – but via streaming rather than satellite. The way this is done is very much the same as other streaming services, except that each channel is its own separate never-ending live stream, and you switch between channels rather than choosing individual titles. It’s designed to behave just like regular TV does, but under the hood it’s a streaming service and as such, it performs best on a fast broadband connection.
All streaming TV uses an amount of download data on your broadband plan – so if you’ve got a monthly download limit, you’ll want to keep an eye on just how much data is being used. That amount varies greatly between different streaming services, but as a general guide, expect to use around 1GB per hour at standard definition, 3GB per hour at HD (high definition) and 7GB per hour at 4K Ultra HD quality. We’d recommend anyone who streams regularly get a broadband plan with unlimited data – they’re incredibly cheap now.
Innovative sports streaming service Kayo Sports is still working on apps for a wider range of smart TVs – at the moment, though, they only offer an app for Samsung TVs made in 2017 and later, and for TVs running the Android TV operating system (like Sony’s recent models). For any other TV, smart or not, you’ll need to use a streaming device, with the best ones for Kayo Sports being Telstra TV (which also lets you subscribe directly from the device) and Apple TV. Kayo also supports Chromecast so you can cast from your phone, but a current-model Chromecast is recommended for best results. Check out our guide for more suggestions.
Foxtel Go is the app for phones and tablets that’s designed for use by customers of both Foxtel satellite TV and Foxtel Now services. You can stream the live channels and on-demand content to a TV by using the new Foxtel app for LG and Samsung smart TVs, or by streaming from the mobile app to a Chromecast device. However, Foxtel satellite customers will need to add the Multiscreen pack to their account before streaming is possible. Foxtel Now customers can stream on up to two devices at the same time. They can also use the dedicated Foxtel Now box or Telstra TV to stream.
With the free-to-air streaming services – ABC iView, SBS On Demand, 7plus, 9now and 10play – you’ve got plenty of choices to watch on your TV, especially if it supports the “Freeview” standard. TVs that offer Freeview will display a banner when changing channels, letting you access that network’s streaming service with the tap of a coloured button. For easier browsing and streaming, though, almost all smart TVs include apps for all five of the free-to-air networks, as do the to streaming boxes like Telstra TV and Apple TV. All of these apps are completely free to use, though some require you to sign up for a free account, and all (except ABC iView) are supported by ad breaks during your streams.
No. That’s one of the best things about all streaming services, including Foxtel Now – there is no need to agree to any sort of lock-in contract. You pay a month in advance for a month’s access and can cancel at any time. Even better, you can re-subscribe later and as long as it hasn’t been too long , you’ll find all your favourites and watch lists right where you left them.
The tradition with streaming TV has been to offer new customers a free trial period so they can see if they like what the service has to offer – but not all services have free trials. Most notably, Netflix and Disney Plus don’t offer a free trial at all anymore, so anyone signing up for the first time will have to pay for the first month up front. However, there are still plenty of free trials around, such as Foxtel Now (10 days), BINGE (14 days), Kayo Sports (14 days), Amazon Prime Video (one month).
Because it’s designed to be watched on demand, streaming services don’t give you the ability to record shows and movies to watch later. However, some services do allow you to download titles to a mobile phone or tablet to stream later without using the internet. This can be brilliant for when you’re travelling – load up your iPad or phone with some movies or a series, and you can watch them anywhere without incurring a massive mobile data bill. Streaming services that allow downloads include Netflix, Stan, Prime Video and Disney Plus.
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