Quickflix
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| Public (ASX: QFX) | |
| Industry | Electronic commerce |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Sydney, NSW, AUS |
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Area served
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Australia New Zealand |
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Key people
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Erik Pence, Director, Quickflix AU Paddy Buckley, Managing Director, Quickflix NZ |
| Products | Online DVD and Blu-ray Disc rental; Internet streaming |
| Parent | Karma Media Holdings [United States] |
| Website |
Quickflix.com.au Quickflix.co.nz |
Quickflix Ltd. is an Australian and New Zealand streaming company offering a selection of movies over a range of smartTVs, games consoles, Blu-ray players, desktops, laptops, mobiles, tablets and other devices. Premium content, which includes the latest release movies, is available through Quickflix.
It was listed on the in 2005, but was delisted in 2017. It had more than 182,000 subscribers as of June 2014.
In July 2011, Quickflix announced that they would launch a subscription service to Sony's internet-connected devices, allowing Australians to stream movies and TV shows. On 21 October Quickflix announced an agreement with Sony PlayStation 3 to offer their streaming subscription service to all PS3 owners. 27 October 2011, Quickflix announced the launch of their streaming service to all connect Sony BRAVIA TVs, Blu-ray players and home theatre systems. The streaming service offered by Quickflix became available on PCs and Macintosh computers on 16 November 2011, and launched on PS3 consoles on 23 December 2011. 31 January 2012, Quickflix announced they had signed an agreement with Samsung Electronics Australia to bring the Quickflix streaming service to Samsung's range of internet connected Smart TVs and Blu-ray players, the Galaxy TAB range and selected Galaxy Smartphones. On 6 February 2012, it was announced that HBO had taken a $10 million strategic stake in the company. In April 2012, Quickflix and Microsoft signed a deal to make streaming available on Xbox 360 consoles.
In 2013, Quickflix became available on Windows 8 devices. The company began their 'stream-to-own' service that same year, offering individual episodes of TV series close to broadcast. By the end of 2013, Quickflix was available to stream from LG TVs, as well as TiVo media devices and the Sony PlayStation 4. Streaming became possible from the Microsoft Xbox One and Sony Xperia smartphones and tablets in 2014. Quickflix announced a streaming deal with Disney, NBC Universal and BBC Worldwide in 2014 also. A new deal with Lionsgate soon followed. In July, Quickflix's new app became available to stream from the Google Chromecast.
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