Stan (stylised as Stan.) is an Australian streaming company which offers selected movies and TV shows by subscription. It was launched on 26 January 2015.
Stan is owned by StreamCo, which is a joint venture of Nine Entertainment Co. and Fairfax Media. In August 2014, each company invested AU$50 million in StreamCo. It competes primarily against the American-based streaming services Netflix and Amazon Video.
Stan's original comedy No Activity became the first SVOD program ever nominated for a Logie Award at the 2016 ceremony.
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At launch, the first major programming announcement was the exclusive rights to the premiere season of Better Call Saul as well as the rights to Breaking Bad, which previously aired on Foxtel. Stan will also hold rights to Transparent and Mozart in the Jungle.
The company has a content partnership deal with Sony Pictures, ABC, SBS and its World Movies subsidiary, Viacom, MGM, BBC Worldwide, Showtime, CBS, Village Roadshow, and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution.
On 15 December 2014, Stan signed a non-exclusive agreement with ABC Commercial, which will include hundreds of hours from the mostly Australian ABC Television back catalogue including popular series Summer Heights High, Ja'mie: Private School Girl, Upper Middle Bogan, It’s a Date, The Moodys, Angelina Ballerina, Bob the Builder, Thomas and Friends, The Wiggles, Redfern Now, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Jack Irish and Janet King.
On 17 December 2014, Stan signed another non-exclusive agreement with Viacom Global Networks, giving it streaming rights to MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon television shows such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, iCarly, VICTORiOUS, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Legend of Korra, Teen Mom, My Super Sweet Sixteen, Geordie Shore, South Park, Tosh.0 and Reno 911!.
In August 2015, Stan signed a multi-year deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution, bringing several new U.S. series to the platform, including Australian premiere series A to Z and Selfie, as well as the third season of The Following (the first two seasons aired on the Nine Network). In 2016 it signed an exclusive licensing agreement with CBS, providing Stan with the exclusive licence to Showtime series such as Ray Donovan, Dexter and Billions, as well as CBS series including Madam Secretary, Elementary and Under The Dome.
Stan is also commissioning its joint owner, the Nine Network, to produce original Australian drama series exclusive to the service and has approached ABC and SBS on the possibility of co-producing shows and films. On 16 February 2015, Stan announced it was developing two original seriesâ€"a Wolf Creek series and a political drama based on the life of High Court judge Lionel Murphy titled Enemies of the State, with additional productions to be announced in the coming months. On 10 March 2015, it was announced Stan had acquired Plonk, a comedic wine program which had formerly aired on Eleven, premiering season two on 18 June 2015. On 1 May 2015, Stan announced its first commissioned series, a comedy titled No Activity; which premiered on 22 October 2015. Stan renewed No Activity on 15 December 2015 for a second season.
Premiere programming
The following is a list of programs which have had their Australian premiere on Stan.
Original programming
- No Activity (seasons 1â€"2 & US Adaptation)
- Plonk (season 2)
- Wolf Creek
- Romper Stomper
- The Other Guy
- Electric Dreams
Acquired programming
Stan has also released Season 1 reboot of Will and Grace, which was released alongside all 9 seasons of other sitcom, Seinfeld.
Upcoming
- Episodes (season five; 2017)
Marketing and subscription numbers
At launch, Australian actress Rebel Wilson promoted the service.
Parent company Fairfax Media claimed they were approaching 100,000 customers by March 2015, however, many of these customers were on a 30-day trial period. In May 2015, Fairfax announced the service was nearing 200,000 subscribers and had a target of 300,000 to 400,000 by the year's end.
In May 2015, Roy Morgan Research found that Netflix had 1.039 million Australian users, compared to 97,000 for former competitor Presto and 91,000 for Stan. In October 2015, Nine Entertainment claimed that Stan had between 150,000 and 200,000 paying subscribers, which they said was ahead of Presto's estimated 100,000 customers.
One year after its launch, CEO Mike Sneesby announced that 1.5 million users had used the service across almost 700,000 subscriptions. In December 2016 Stan claimed to have 600,000 active subscribers. In November 2017 it was reported that the service had over 800,000 active subscribers and revenue topping $100 million a year.
Stan reached 1 million active subscribers in June of 2018.
Supported devices
Hardware supported
The devices on this list are supported by Stan:
- Apple TV (since 13 May 2015)
- Apple iPad Pro 12.9" and 9.7"
- Apple iPad 2 and all later generations
- Apple iPad Air and all later generations
- Apple iPad Mini and all later generations
- Android tablets and phones running Jelly Bean 4.2 or higher
- Google Chromecast
- Sony PlayStation 3 (since 8 October 2015)
- Sony PlayStation 4 (since 8 October 2015)
- Microsoft Xbox One (since 13 January 2016)
- Telstra TV box (Since December 2015)
Stan does not support jailbroken iOS devices.
Software supported
Supported web browsers by platform:
- macOS (OS X): Safari, Google Chrome, WebKit or Firefox
- Windows: Safari, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer (9 and above), Microsoft Edge, Opera or Firefox
- Linux: Google Chrome or Firefox
Other software:
- Apple iOS 7, 8 and 9
- Apple tvOS
- Android 4.2 or higher
- Xbox one
See also
- Internet television in Australia
- Subscription television in Australia
References
External links
- Official website