Only a few months have passed since Australia's Foxtel
launched its HD+ service, and judging by the numbers, Aussies are warming to high-def. The carrier just posted a 17% rise in revenue (up to $1.7 billion), and it's expecting the numbers to remain high as more consumers cave to the temptation of high-definition programming. Furthermore, 40,000 new users have signed on since the HD+ launch, and the average revenue per user has skyrocketed to nearly $85 per month "as a result of a higher take-up of additional services such as
Foxtel iQ." There's no specific mention of additional HD channels, but given that bigwigs
surely realize how critical they are to revenue growth, we can't imagine them not giving you folks a few more here shortly.
