Foxtel launches Hubbl set top box to compete with Apple TV and Google Chromecast

Hubbl will cost $99 not including subscriptions, while hardware is being marketed without mention of Foxtel in apparent distancing move

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Last year Foxtel claimed the government was trying to control your TV with laws designed to protect free-to-air broadcasters from being crowded out by streamers.

Now Murdoch’s pay TV arm is selling a set top box which claims it will make watching live, free and streaming TV much simpler and easier.

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