Connected: How Scott Lorson steered Fetch TV to Australia’s prime streaming aggregator
Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.
Today’s edition features an intriguing conversation with one of the most connected executives in the television industry – Fetch TV boss Scott Lorson. Further down, the Unmade Index’s Santa rally roars into a second day.
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Scott Lorson: The man who may understand the TV landscape better than anyone else in Australia
Scott Lorson has outlasted the bosses of every other major media company in Australia. In an industry riven by disruption, Lorson has been a constant at the helm of Fetch TV for nearly 15 years.
Our Fetch box stopped working this year. After being given the 24-hour runaround by Optus, emerged that they had stopped working with Fetch. Oh! did you bother letting your customers know that? No, you didn’t. Reason became clear when the Telstra purchase of controlling share of Fetch was disclosed.
Meanwhile we disconnected the Fetch box and TV works nicely without it and for the amount we watch meets our needs.