Stan (company)

Stan
Industry Subscription VOD
Founded 2013
Headquarters Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Area served
 Australia
Products Internet streaming
Owner StreamCo
Slogan The Biggest Deal in Entertainment
Website www.stan.com.au

Stan is an Australian streaming company which offers subscription to unlimited viewing of selected movies and TV shows. Originally due to launch in February 2015,[1] it instead launched on Australia Day (26 January) 2015.[2]

Stan is owned by StreamCo, which is a joint venture of Nine Entertainment Co. and Fairfax Media. Both these companies injected AU$50 million each into StreamCo in August 2014. The service could be bundled with subscriptions to Fairfax Media's newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.[3]

It competes against Australian streaming companies Quickflix, the Foxtel/Seven West Media joint venture Presto, and the American based Netflix.

Stan's original comedy No Activity became the first SVOD program ever nominated for a Logie Award at the 2016 ceremony.[4]

Content

At launch, the first major programming announcement was the exclusive rights to the premiere season of Better Call Saul as well as the rights to Breaking Bad, which previously aired on Foxtel.[5] Australia recorded the highest rates of copyright infringement of Breaking Bad in the world.[6] Stan will also hold rights to Transparent and Mozart in the Jungle.[7]

The company has a content partnership deal with Sony Pictures,[5] ABC,[8] SBS and its World Movies subsidiary,[9] Viacom,[10] MGM,[11] BBC Worldwide,[12] Showtime,[13] CBS,[13] Village Roadshow,[14] and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution.[15]

On 15 December 2014, Stan signed a non-exclusive agreement with ABC Commercial, which will include hundreds of hours from the mostly Australian ABC Television back catalogue including popular series Summer Heights High, Ja'mie: Private School Girl, Upper Middle Bogan, It’s a Date, The Moodys, Angelina Ballerina, Bob the Builder, Thomas and Friends, The Wiggles, Redfern Now, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Jack Irish and Janet King.[8]

On 17 December 2014, Stan signed another non-exclusive agreement with Viacom Global Networks, giving it streaming rights to MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon television shows such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, iCarly, VICTORiOUS, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Legend of Korra, Teen Mom, My Super Sweet Sixteen, Geordie Shore, South Park, Tosh.0 and Reno 911!.[10]

In August 2015, Stan signed a multi-year deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution, bringing several new U.S. series to the platform, including Australian premiere series A to Z and Selfie, as well as the third season of The Following (the first two seasons aired on the Nine Network).[15] In 2016 it signed an exclusive licensing agreement with CBS, providing Stan with the exclusive licence to Showtime series such as Ray Donovan, Dexter and Billions, as well as CBS series including Madam Secretary, Elementary and Under The Dome.[16]

Stan is also commissioning its joint owner, the Nine Network, to produce original Australian drama series exclusive to the service and has approached ABC and SBS on the possibility of co-producing shows and films.[17] On 16 February 2015, Stan announced it was developing two original series—a Wolf Creek spin-off and a political drama based on the life of High Court judge Lionel Murphy titled Enemies of the State, with additional productions to be announced in the coming months.[18] On 10 March 2015, it was announced Stan had acquired Plonk, a comedic wine program which had formerly aired on Eleven,[19] premiering season two on 18 June 2015.[20] On 1 May 2015, Stan announced its first commissioned series, a comedy titled No Activity;[21] which premiered on 22 October 2015.[22] Stan renewed No Activity on 15 December 2015 for a second season.[23]

Premiere programming

The following is a list of programs which have had their Australian premiere on Stan.

Original programming

Acquired programming

Upcoming

Marketing and subscription numbers

Australian actress Rebel Wilson is promoting the service.[1]

Parent company Fairfax Media claims they were approaching 100,000 customers by March 2015, however many of these customers are on a 30-day trial period.[44] In May 2015, Fairfax announced the service was nearing 200,000 subscribers and had a target of 300,000 to 400,000 by the year's end.[45]

In May 2015, Roy Morgan Research found that Netflix had 1.039 million Australian users, compared to 97,000 for Presto and 91,000 for Stan.[46] In October 2015, Nine Entertainment claimed that Stan had between 150,000 and 200,000 paying subscribers, which they said was ahead of Presto's estimated 100,000 customers.[47]

One year after its launch, CEO Mike Sneesby announced that 1.5 million users had used the service across almost 700,000 subscriptions.[16]

Supported devices

Hardware supported

The devices on this list are supported by Stan:[48]

Stan does not support jailbroken iOS devices.[52]

Software supported

Supported web browsers by platform:[53]

Other software:

References

  1. 1 2 Chris Pash (5 November 2014). "Here's How Australia's New Streaming Service 'Stan' Is Squaring Up To Netflix". Business Insider Australia. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Video streaming service Stan to launch on Australia Day". Mumbrella. January 22, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ Dominic White (5 November 2014). "Fairfax, Nine announce joint venture streaming service". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Stan's No Activity scores first Logie nominations for SVOD platform". IF.com.au. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 Christensen, Nic (5 November 2014). "Streaming service Stan to have ‘truly Australian character’, secures exclusive rights to Breaking Bad spin off". Mumbrella. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Hopewell, Luke (1 October 2013). "Breaking Bad Finale Sees Australians Beat The World At Piracy... Again". Gizmodo. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 Ward, Miranda (6 January 2015). "Stan signs Amazon Prime shows, announces pricing and kicks off pre-launch campaign". Mumbrella. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  8. 1 2 Hayes, Alex (15 December 2014). "Presto picks up HBO content but Game of Thrones ‘won’t not be available on SVOD services worldwide’". Mumbrella. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  9. ↑ Ward, Miranda (26 November 2014). "SBS and World Movies to be available on streaming service Stan". Mumbrella. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  10. 1 2 "Stan signs deal with Viacom". Mumbrella. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  11. ↑ Idato, Michael (14 November 2014). "Australian streaming service Stan signs deal with MGM and secures Fargo". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  12. ↑ Ward, Miranda (2 December 2014). "Nine and Fairfax’s streaming service Stan signs content deal with BBC Worldwide". Mumbrella. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  13. 1 2 Herbison, Michelle (8 December 2014). "Media Monday". Marking Mag. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  14. ↑ Groves, Don (28 January 2015). "Stan snags Roadshow". C21 Media. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Knox, David (11 August 2015). "Stan signs content deal with Warner Bros.". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  16. 1 2 3 "Stan now the official Australian home of Showtime". Mediaweek. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "StreamCo to Show Class With Content". Australian Financial Review. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  18. ↑ Knox, David (16 February 2015). "Stan developing local Aussie dramas Wolf Creek, Enemies of the State.". TV Tonight. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  19. 1 2 Knox, David (10 March 2015). "Plonk moves to Stan". TV Tonight. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  20. ↑ Reilly, Claire (5 June 2015). "What's new on Australia streaming services in June 2015". CNET. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  21. 1 2 Knox, David (1 May 2015). "Stan announces first local commission, No Activity". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  22. ↑ Knox, David (15 October 2015). "Airdate: No Activity". TV Tonight. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  23. ↑ Knox, David (15 December 2015). "Renewed: No Activity". TV Tonight. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  24. ↑ Knox, David (21 January 2016). "Airdate: 11.22.63.". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  25. 1 2 Lambrechts, Stephen (3 December 2015). "Stan: the content lineup so far". TechRadar. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  26. 1 2 3 Knox, David (15 June 2015). "Stan adding Power, Ash vs Evil Dead, Flesh & Bone". TV Tonight. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  27. 1 2 3 Knox, David (28 September 2015). "Upcoming titles on Stan". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  28. ↑ Knox, David (15 February 2016). "Better Call Saul". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  29. ↑ Knox, David (27 January 2016). "Billions now on Stan". TV Tonight. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  30. ↑ Houston, Melinda (29 November 2015). "TV highlights". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  31. ↑ Knox, David (20 February 2015). "Returning: Community (on Stan)". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  32. ↑ Knox, David (7 October 2015). "Stan acquires Deutschland 83". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  33. ↑ Knox, David (3 December 2015). "Airdate: Deutschland 83". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  34. ↑ Knox, David (3 March 2015). "SBS, Stan to screen Israeli series DIG". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  35. ↑ Knox, David (10 February 2015). "Too many ads? Entire Gallipoli series now on Stan". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  36. ↑ "Stan TV vs Quickflix Movie Streaming: Which is Best?". Compare TV. February 3, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  37. ↑ Stan.com.au (February 25, 2015). "Season five of @lostgirlseries starring @Anna_Silk is coming to Stan.com.au this Saturday!". Twitter. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  38. ↑ Knox, David (3 September 2015). "Returning: Lost Girl". TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  39. ↑ Knox, David (28 December 2015). "Returning: Mozart in the Jungle". TV Tonight. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  40. ↑ Knox, David (10 July 2015). "Sherlock special coming to Stan". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  41. ↑ Knox, David (26 October 2015). "Returning: Sherlock". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  42. ↑ Knox, David (2 December 2015). "Returning: Transparent". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  43. ↑ Knox, David (1 July 2015). "Airdate: UnREAL)". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  44. ↑ "Stan on track to hit 100,000 subscribers, says Fairfax". Mumbrella. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  45. ↑ "Stan on track to hit 100,000 subscribers, says Fairfax". AdNews. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  46. ↑ "Netflix wins the streaming battle with 1m users – ten times more than rivals Presto and Stan". Mumbrella. 23 June 2015.
  47. ↑ "Stan's paying subscribers revealed". if.com.au.
  48. ↑ "Stan Support - What devices can I use to watch Stan?". Stan. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  49. ↑ Knox, David (13 May 2015). "Stan joins Apple TV". TV Tonight. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  50. 1 2 Knox, David (7 October 2015). "Stan joins Playstation". TV Tonight. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  51. ↑ O'brien, Lucy (12 January 2016). "STAN NOW ON XBOX ONE". IGN. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  52. ↑ http://help.stan.com.au/hc/en-us/articles/203323630-Can-I-use-Stan-on-a-jailbroken-phone-
  53. ↑ "Stan Support - Supported Browsers". Retrieved 5 January 2015.

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