Telstra has started up a new digital media division to consolidate its Sensis, BigPond and Foxtel units for greater clarity on how those businesses perform.

DVD rental subscription company, Quickflix, has entered into an agreement with Telstra to take over from the telco’s soon-to-be canned BigPond Movies DVD rental service.

Telstra’s broadband division, BigPond, has teamed up with Hollywood film studio, Twentieth Century Fox, to distribute films through the BigPond Movies platform.

IPTV is slowly gaining momentum in Australia and it has the potential to completely change the way the broadcast industry operates in Australia, according to Intel general manager, Philip Cronin.

Telstra broadband customers with T-Box devices will be able to get Foxtel content over the Internet for an additional fee.

Telstra today delivered a handful of fixes and updates to its BigPond broadband services to include faster shaped speeds, transferrable email addresses, free customer service calls and up to 15 free mailboxes.

Perth-based ISP, iiNet, has filed a formal complaint with the Australian Competition and Consumers Commission (ACCC) after Telstra’s drastic price cuts on its BigPond ADSL2+ services.

Telstra's BigPond internet service provider arm has dramatically cut prices on a range of its broadband plans, including a massive chop on its 200GB Elite plan which will see monthly prices drop from $179.95 to $89.95.