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Free Telstra TV1 if Bigpond Movies Is No Longer Supported on Your Smart TV

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Hurz22 on 15/05/2018 - 17:17 bigpondmovies.com (3354 clicks)
Last edited 15/05/2018 - 19:06 by 1 other user

I received an email from Telstra today notifying me that BigPond movies will no longer be available on my Panasonic Smart TV (2013) from 30th of May. To be able to continue using BigPond Movies they are offering a free Telstra TV1 (which I guess is a Roku 2) if you register on the website in the link.

I'd say you have to have a BigPond Movies account and have registered with that account a Smart TV that will no longer be supported to be eligible.

Claim page for owners of Panasonic Smart TV (2013)

Editor's note: The claim page simply echoes whatever model is in the URL. Is there a list of unsupported TV models for which this offer applies?

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    • nicksinternet on 15/05/2018 - 18:03
      +12

      Great deal thanks OP. A free Roku, that is definitely a deal. Registered successfully!

      • syousef on 15/05/2018 - 19:07
        -5

        I have one of these. I almost never switch it on. The ads, and hickups trying to get shows to load are awful. Nothing wrong with the Roku based device except Telstra bloat.

        • mangolassi on 15/05/2018 - 19:50
          +5

          What ads? I use mine for Netflix everyday and the occasional free to air apps to catch up on shows I missed and never had a problem with it.

        • sk3iron on 15/05/2018 - 23:38

          I also have one of these at my girlfriends and have original Roku at home. I don't know what ads you are talking about despite the branding.

        • syousef on 16/05/2018 - 08:30
          -1

          @mangolassi:

          iView. I don't have and have no intention of getting Netflix.

        • mangolassi on 17/05/2018 - 07:17
          -1

          @syousef: iView is not Telstra bloat, its free to air apps, like what you get on almost any other device

        • syousef on 17/05/2018 - 11:19

          @mangolassi:

          The apps are approved for the device, which restricts what can be loaded.

          If you only use 1 app - the Netflix app - you can't say the Telstra TV is ad free.

  • bennybaubles on 15/05/2018 - 17:24
    +1

    Posting it on forums would be the go

  • GaryG on 15/05/2018 - 17:34
    -6

    Just checked my TV (Samsung) as I never use this and BigPond Movies is still there and seems to still be fully functional. So clearly not on all sets.

    • Lockster on 15/05/2018 - 17:38
      +7

      lol read the deal post again

      • GaryG on 15/05/2018 - 17:57

        Fair enough

    • [Deactivated] on 16/05/2018 - 08:39

      most of the smart functions on my older samsung TV stopped working a while ago.

      • lddv04 on 16/05/2018 - 10:14

        I had a 500GB portable hard drive plugged into my Samsung Smart TV. This allowed recording and pausing of live TV. This no longer works and I have yet to find a solution to the fault. Did you experience the same issue?

  • T1 on 15/05/2018 - 17:37
    +1

    Dunno what this is, just saw the word 'free' so I've registered. See what happens.

    • jimbobaus on 15/05/2018 - 19:30
      -3

      They check to see if you ever logged in on a 2013 Panasonic tv. If you didn’t they won’t send you one.

      • nicksinternet on 15/05/2018 - 19:31
        +1

        Simply not true and hearsay. I've never had a Panasonic and worked for me.

        • rhymingboxer1 on 30/05/2018 - 09:04

          Please note: This offer is only available to current BigPond Movies customers on select Smart TV models. Customers who are eligible for this offer have been contacted via their registered BigPond Movies email address and must enter that email address in the form below to register for the offer. Offer is subject to availability.

  • hollykryten on 15/05/2018 - 18:03
    +2

    This sounds like a Targeted offer.

  • ifonlyiwasyounger on 15/05/2018 - 18:03
    +1

    Thank you Hurz22 for the heads-up!

  • julz15 on 15/05/2018 - 19:31
    +1

    Anyone get a confirmation email after registering?

  • MickLee93 on 15/05/2018 - 19:36

    Got one of these last year for Game Of Thrones (supports Foxtel now) and it worked great! Its just a Roku media player…rebranded to Telstra tv, so it a perfect media player for people that have a lot of family photos on those hard drives to put on the TV ;) ;)

  • dtales on 15/05/2018 - 19:37
    +7

    I registered an old BigPond account I haven’t used for ages, and I have never used it with a Smart TV. When I registered it still said “You have successfully registered for your free Telstra TV gift!”.
    I guess we will see what happens.

    • Indie on 15/05/2018 - 20:51

      I did the same. Fingers crossed.

    • JimmyF on 15/05/2018 - 22:48
      +4

      If by 'successful' you mean the form takes ANY details you feed it, then yes you did that……..

  • cashews on 15/05/2018 - 20:11

    941 clicks so far.

  • [Deactivated] on 15/05/2018 - 20:37
    +1

    I recently got sent a Telstra TV 2 with an new internet deal i brokered. I have a Telstra TV1 also, but i was astounded at the quality difference in Foxtel Now on the TV 2. It looks like proper 1080p streaming (or very good 720P) where as the TV1 (and all other Foxtel Now/Go streams) claimed to be 720p, but looked SD at best, pixelated and with very poor colours. One of my bugbears on Foxtel Now was not being able to read the leader board when watch F1. Now it's as clear as day. This isn't documented anywhere, but I feel that they have flipped the live Foxtel Now stream to 1080p on the TV2, and left all other devices at a much lower resolution. It's so good that I don't really feel the need for my IQ3 which is coming next week.

    • ESEMCE on 16/05/2018 - 09:12

      I think it is documented that Foxtel Now has FullHD streaming for Telstra TV.
      Certainly a feature I recall reading when Foxtel Now launched anyway.

      • [Deactivated] on 16/05/2018 - 13:03

        I can’t find any documentation about that anywhere. It doesn’t steam in full HD to a Telstra TV 1 Box, or an Xbox X for example.

        • ESEMCE on 16/05/2018 - 13:13

          Looks like it was Foxtel Play that was supposed to stream Full HD to the Telstra TV excusively.
          https://www.foxtel.com.au/about/media-centre/press-releases/…

          The arrival of live HD streaming on Telstra TV is the first step in Foxtel’s push to broaden HD access to Foxtel Play subscribers with additional devices slated to offer HD streaming in 2017.

          There have been too many iterations of both Foxtel and Telstra Streaming devices/services to keep up.

        • [Deactivated] on 16/05/2018 - 16:53

          @scubacoles: Yeah, it's PR/Marketing disaster, and while the Telstra TV1 and all iterations of Foxtel Play/Now are complete shit up until this point, the new version on the Telstra TV2 is great. It's what the product should have been from the beginning, and Telstra aren't marketing it at all. If they bumped the Foxtel Streams to 4K on the TV2 box (which it can handle), they could do away with the rubbish IQ3 and upcoming IQ4 forever. IPTV is so much better than oldschool cable.

  • kirt on 15/05/2018 - 20:38

    I'm in :)

  • empoleous on 15/05/2018 - 20:50

    Kept giving me an 'internal server error'. Waited a few minutes and opened it in a new tab and it worked, confirmed to be getting one (hopefully).

    I went upstairs to sign in on the TV before I registered for the box, I haven't experienced such a sluggish experience for many years. The Bigpond movies app was unbearable. It was taking, no exaggeration between 4 and 6 seconds to move to the next movie. Mainly the fault of the TV (~2012 LG), but it was unbearable.

    Thanks for the heads up, hopefully they actually send one out for me :)

  • Matt88 on 15/05/2018 - 20:52

    Registered - we'll see what happens

  • Munki on 15/05/2018 - 21:00

    Let's see where this goes. I'm just happy to be a part of the ride.

  • BargainKen on 15/05/2018 - 21:08
    -2

    OzScammers :D

  • dscaff82 on 15/05/2018 - 21:50

    I don't have a Panasonic TV but do have a Bigpond Movies account.
    Registered and… You have successfully registered for your free Telstra TV gift!
    I use my current Telstra TV for screen mirroring with my Galaxy S8+.
    Now I can cast to my spare TV.
    It's like a free chromecast for me :D

  • skd22 on 15/05/2018 - 21:55
    +1

    I've got a Panasonic TV with the bigpond movies app (never used it) have signed up to bp movies logged in via the TV and registered the device and now signed up for a free gift.

    I use foxtel now so this would be an awesome little gadget to have ! Keep ya posted

  • unifex on 15/05/2018 - 22:10

    internal server error

    • unifex on 15/05/2018 - 22:11
      +1

      Had to refresh the page a few times to get it to work.

  • moorey on 15/05/2018 - 22:33

    Can you watch normal broadcast TV with this?

    • ESEMCE on 16/05/2018 - 09:13

      No TV tuner in it.

  • JimmyF on 15/05/2018 - 22:49
    +2

    So just tried some random data into the form, and it accepts 'anything' you feed it as successful.

    So someone is going to be doing 'checks' at the other end or Telstra is just going to blindly send out units to everyone.

    • skynet on 15/05/2018 - 22:58

      Surely they will do checks.

      I registered with both mine and my dad's Telstra accounts, both have BP Movies, but I wouldn't be surprised if we both get knocked back once they realise we've never registered a Panasonic TV as a device nor have we ever used the service.

      Oh well, worth a shot.

      • JimmyF on 15/05/2018 - 23:26

        Oh worth a shot…. I did the same! So lets see what happens.

        Was just pointing out to those who here who have said they had been 'successful', that successful just means the form was submitted. It doesn't validate the answers or check a database you have a TV etc when you click submit.

        • skynet on 15/05/2018 - 23:34

          If they weren't going to manually validate before, they certainly will now with the flood of new registrants. I don't see them sending out 100s of Telstra TVs for the heck of it

        • JimmyF on 15/05/2018 - 23:41
          +3

          @skynet: haha but it is Telstra, so stranger things have happened! But yes, I don't see them sending out 1800 units (current click count at posting) without doing some OMG what happened checks.

  • xRaps on 15/05/2018 - 23:36

    Thanks OP. I have a Panasonic Smart TV (2013) which I could definitely use a Telstra TV with. I do have another Telstra TV which I received 2 years ago with my Telstra modem when I signed up for the NBN. I've been using that Telstra TV on another older Panasonic Plasma, but being able to get one for the 2013 Panasonic TV in the other room will be great. Cheers!

  • mini_wombat on 15/05/2018 - 23:37
    +1

    All "Brodens" without a Panasonic TV should just use this URL: https://www.bigpondmovies.com/service/ttvgift?model=Ozbargai…

    (We would need a list of TVs which are no longer supported. I have a newer Panasonic TV (2016 model) and used Bigpond movies but there is no sign in the app that it will stop working … )

  • sk3iron on 16/05/2018 - 05:13
    +1

    Not targetted, I signed in with an old account, registered for it immediately, thanks for sharing OP

  • ashdays on 16/05/2018 - 09:11

    Thanks OP. Good one

  • BillytheKid on 16/05/2018 - 09:45

    Looks like no one read the offer terms…

    "Please note: This offer is only available to current BigPond Movies customers on select Smart TV models. Customers who are eligible for this offer have been contacted via their registered BigPond Movies email address and must enter that email address in the form below to register for the offer. Offer is subject to availability."

    They obviously have the list of customers they are meant for the offer so no doubt will cross-reference.

  • phila63 on 16/05/2018 - 13:31

    I have a BigPond movies account but I've never used it on my Panasonic plasma so I fired up the app on the TV and logged in then registered online per above.
    It was after registering I was playing with the app on the TV and saw my Pana was not a registered device.
    After a bit of googling, I had to rent or buy something from BigPond movies to get the TV registered. So I did. Now my Panasonic TV is a registered device.
    Maybe I'll be lucky, maybe not.

    Might pay to check the registered devices list on your BigPond movies account to see if the Panasonic is listed.

    • MITM on 16/05/2018 - 20:05

      I did likewise except I haven’t rented/bought anything at this stage. I checked my purchase history- obviously 0. Then checed my credit and found I have $6.99 balance (valid for 1 month from today). Then checked Telstra Thanks tab and it says $3 Thursday movies available tomorrow.
      So I’ll rent a $3 movie tomorrow (you get 24hrs to watch it) which will register my (Panasonic) device and therefore give me eligibility for the free TelstraTV1, assuming my panny is on the list.

      • Captain Kremmen on 17/05/2018 - 18:27

        Did the same thing this morning. Not sure I'm going to watch the movie Feed though.

        • MITM on 18/05/2018 - 07:32

          I left "Feed" playing all night. This morning I went through all the tabs and checked "My Favourites" etc. Ending up exiting and then re-opening the Bigpond Movies app and Voila, credit was reduced, favourites (history) showed "Feed" as played, and registered devices as "Panasonic" (but no model number).

          Have since successfully registered with the link above though I never received the original email so I'm not on their mail-out list - but my email/bigpond user name should marry up as a Panny user, so we'll see what happens from here.

  • Gravy on 21/05/2018 - 16:51

    Did anyone get a call from bigpond today by any chance? I received a call but because it was a long delay before they said hello to me and s foreign voice I hung up just after they said they were from bigpond thinking it was a scam caller…. but then thought… ooops… maybe it was a legit call from them.

  • genes888 on 22/05/2018 - 12:46

    I'm registered to Bigpond Movies on my 2011 LG 55UF850T TV.
    On the Bigpond Movies support page (https://www.bigpondmovies.com/support/?device=SmartTV), it says from 1 July 2017 that Bigpond Movies will no longer be supported on my TV.
    However, it is now May 2018, and I can still logon to and access Bigpond Movies on my TV.
    I have registered my details on for the free Telstra TV, so lets see if hopefully I'm eligible.

  • Drphods on 22/05/2018 - 16:27

    Awesome job, thanks OP, registered :) .

  • angelkulit025 on 25/05/2018 - 12:00

    has anyone received theirs yet?

    • Captain Kremmen on 25/05/2018 - 20:13
      +1

      Nope.

    • rhymingboxer1 on 30/05/2018 - 09:07
      +1

      Nope!

    • Who is she on 31/05/2018 - 16:32
      +3

      Has the OP received his/hers yet? That would at least tell us if they have been sent out to people who genuinely were part of the targeted group.

    • Gravy on 05/06/2018 - 11:26

      Still nothing in the mail.

  • phila63 on 13/06/2018 - 08:53

    Has anyone received a Telstra TV? OP?

    • coxjon on 19/09/2018 - 13:20

      I signed up, never bought/rented a movie and forgot all about it. No Roku.

    • Captain Kremmen on 19/09/2018 - 15:38

      Nope got nothing.

  • Moderatorhamza23 on 21/09/2018 - 01:46

    Merged above forum topic to this original deal post and re-opened comments.

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