Freudenstein misses Presto
And so to The Australian Broadcast Summit where Foxtel CEO Richard Freudenstein probably wished the oft-mooted Presto had been installed in advance at the Australian Technology Park this morning.
Acknowledging “it is always very dangerous” while connecting his iPad to the big screen to demonstrate the new Presto service his fears were realised as he tried to click on the Iron Man movie and…waited.
Unfortunately the wifi signal had dropped out at the Technology Park.
Fortunately the 4G connection on the device then kicked in and Freudenstein was able to show the information panel that comes up for each film on the platform.
But he was clearly pushing his luck when he tried to demonstrate the search functionality by searching for Robert Downey Jr, and the connection dropped out, again.
Journo here: if I wrote a story every time some technology didn’t work at a presser I would never get around to writing any real news.
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