HBO deal set to continue on with Foxtel! (?)

It seemed unthinkable just a few months ago - but is Foxtel about to sign a fresh deal for HBO content?

What a difference just a few months can make. Mid to late last year, comments were made by Patrick Delany, CEO of Australian pay TV provider Foxtel, that they were looking at a future beyond the HBO deal it has in place.

For about a decade now, HBO was the foundation to Foxtel's drama strategy, using it as a key driver of programming and its marketing fo…