commerce founded 2003 headquarters sydney nsw aus area served australia new zealand key people stephen langsford founder executive chairman and chief executive officer simon hodge co founder and chief financial officer steve hogben general manager digital delivery & distribution 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 subscription to a selection of movies and tv shows over a range of smarttvs games consoles blu ray players desktops laptops mobiles tablets and other devices . premium content which includes recent seasons of tv series and latest release movies is available through quickflix at an additional cost . quickflix also offers subscription to a range of more than 60 000 dvd and blu ray movies and tv shows . a streaming only subscription in australia starts from 9.99 per month . a dvd blu ray streaming subscription starts from 12.99 per month . listed on the australian stock exchange in 2005 it has more than 130 000 current subscribers . 1 contents 1 services 1.1 internet streaming 1.2 disc rental 2 history 3 see also 4 references 5 external links services edit internet streaming edit 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 . 2 on 21 october quickflix announced an agreement with sony playstation 3 to offer their streaming subscription service to all ps3 owners . 3 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 . 4 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 . 5 on 6 february 2012 it was announced that hbo had taken a 10 million strategic stake in the company . 6 in april 2012 quickflix and microsoft signed a deal to make streaming available on xbox 360 consoles . 7 in 2013 quickflix became available on windows 8 devices . 8 the company began their stream to own service that same year offering individual episodes of tv series close to broadcast . 9 by the end of 2013 quickflix was available to stream from lg tvs 10 as well as tivo media devices 11 and the sony playstation 4 . 12 streaming became possible from the microsoft xbox one 13 and sony xperia smartphones and tablets in 2014 . 14 quickflix announced a streaming deal with disney nbc universal and bbc worldwide in 2014 also . 15 a new deal with lionsgate soon followed . 16 in july quickflix s new app became available to stream from the google chromecast . 17 disc rental edit the company provides a monthly flat fee service for the rental of dvd and blu ray titles . a subscriber creates an ordered list referred to as their quickflix queue of movies to rent . 18 the movies are delivered individually via australia post . the individual postage paid envelopes arrive within one day to most of australia . the subscriber can keep the rented movie as long as desired without any formal due dates and without accruing any late fees . however there is a limit on the number of movies determined by subscription level that each subscriber can have on loan simultaneously . to receive a new movie the subscriber must mail a previous one back in the reply paid envelope provided . upon receipt of the disc quickflix ships the next available disc in the subscriber s queue subscribers can pre notify the return of a disc online thereby receiving the disc sooner . 18 history edit quickflix was launched in 2003 in perth western australia by sam mcdonagh bill keech stephen langsford and later joined by simon hodge . 19 langsford had previously founded internet and web development group method madness which was acquired by sausage software . he also founded consulting information technology and venturing group change corporation in 2002 which was similarly acquired by csg limited in 2007 . 20 quickflix became publicly listed june 2005 . 21 in december 2005 quickflix acquired rival company homescreen ; a move that doubled the quickflix customer base . 22 in april 2011 quickflix announced the dispatch of their 10 millionth dvd shrek forever after . 23 in july 2011 competitor bigpond movies revealed that they would no longer continue their dvd by post service selling their library of 50 000 titles to quickflix . 24 quickflix launched their streaming service in new zealand on 29 march 2012 . 25 to celebrate their 10th birthday in 2013 quickflix polled their members on their favourite films of the past decade with the intouchables taking first place . quickflix critic simon miraudo selected eternal sunshine of the spotless mind as his best on the 50th episode of podcast talk hard . 26 on 21 july 2014 it was announced nine entertainment had acquired all of hbo s convertible shares in quickflix thus becoming quickflix s major investor . 27 on 26 april 2016 quickflix australia announced that they had appointed ferrier hodgson as voluntary administrators of the asx listed company however their new zealand operations are unaffected by this and the reason given for entering voluntary administration was that they blamed the company s largest shareholder stan as a key stumbling block due to it not changing the terms of its redeemable preference share to allow quickflix to raise capital for invest content and marketing . 28 on 4 october 2016 u.s. based karma media holdings acquired quickflix for 1.3 million plus staff entitlements . 29 see also edit television in australia portal internet television in australia subscription television in australia references edit quickflix welcomes competition . b and t. 14 march 2014 . quickflix comes to sony gear and pcs . the sydney morning herald . 13 july 2011 . quickflix to playstation 3 . quickflix launches streaming service to ps3 consoles . quickflix signs with samsung . bingemann mitchell 6 february 2012 . hbo takes 10m stake in quickflix . the australian . http au.news.yahoo.com thewest business a national 13554877 movie firm strikes xbox deal quickflix coming to windows 8 devices . news.com.au . 11 april 2014 . quickflix to deliver hbo shows close to broadcast . cnet . 16 april 2014 . quickflix available in more australian homes with lg . if lg . 16 december 2013 . quickflix comes to tivo . if lg . 17 december 2013 . nic healey . abc iview and plus7 now available on playstation 4 cnet.com 18 december 2014 . quickflix to stream movies on microsoft xbox . if ps4 . 12 december 2013 . quickflix launches streaming of content to sony xperia smartphones & tablets . if sony . 18 february 2014 . quickflix to stream channel seven s series revenge agents of shield and downton abbey . mumbrella . 17 february 2014 . quickflix in deal with lionsgate . yahoo . 4 june 2014 . quickflix now chromecast compatible . yahoo . 2 july 2014 . a b quickflix review . movie buff seeks same for download . stephen langsford . quickflix limited qfx . quickflix beefs up for download fight . quickflix reaches 10m milestone . boreham tim 5 july 2011 . quickflix buys telstra bigpond assets . the australian . quickflix streams onto our screens today . nzherald . 29 march 2012 . talk hard top 10 films of the decade 2003 2013 . quickflix blog . 27 november 2013 . nine snaps up hbo s stake in quickflix . the australian . 21 july 2014 . http www.smh.com.au business media and marketing quickflix appoints voluntary administrator ferrier hodgson 20160426 goezr9.html quickflix snapped up for 1.3 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