TELSTRA is expected to roll out set-top boxes that allow internet customers to download films and play them on television, early next year. The launch of a digital video recorder would put Telstra in competition with Foxtel’s iQ DVR and Home Box Office on-demand movie service after the non-competition agreement between the two parties expired last month. The box will be given free to broadband internet customers as early as the first quarter of next year, with Telstra expecting customers to upgrade their broadband download package to take advantage of the service.

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