Quickflix hires another former Telstra media exec as CEO

As director of Telstra Media, he was responsible for its online and mobile digital publishing business and for the launch of Telstra's IPTV services which included streaming movies through the T-Box and other connected platforms. Prior to this, he spent most of his career with Publishing and Broadcasting Limited in executive positions that included CEO of Prime Television New Zealand and managing director of Nine Network Queensland.Commenting on the appointment, Quickflix founder and executive Chairman Stephen Langsford said: "He is one of the few media and entertainment executives in Australia with hands-on IPTV experience and has an in-depth understanding of how to engage audiences through movie and TV content. Chris joins our expanded national team of entertainment, media and research executives and we are in excellent shape to go very hard at driving growth in what is a large market possibility."Taylor said: "Quickflix's online DVD rental subscription business is very so then positioned to capture a large share of the $600m per annum currently spent in physical DVD rental stores in Australia and the furthermore $1b in DVD retail in Australia. More than 80 percent of households in Australia have a DVD player and Internet access and are all potential Quickflix subscribers. "The board has set aggressive growth targets for the then five years and I am focused on meeting them and delivering significant shareholder value."

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