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Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity is Subscription Television but it is also involved with internet access and mobile phones. It was founded in 1994 under the name Community Entertainment Television (CETV).

AUSTAR's television subscriber base has grown to 747,148 (at June 30, 2010), the largest subscription television operator in regional and rural Australia. AUSTAR provides, of subscription television services in a service area of approximately 2.4m homes, one-third of Australia's total homes, primarily using digital satellite technology. AUSTAR also operates a digital cable network in Darwin

It is owned by Austar United Communications Limited (Asx - AUN). 54% of Austar United is owned by Liberty Global, through United Austar Partners. The remaining 46% is owned by public shareholders

Austar also owns 50% of XYZnetworks, a pay television program provider, a 50-50 joint venture between Foxtel and Austar.

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Digital Account Executive - Melbourne, Victoria - MuMbrella MuMbrella--Multi Channel Network (MCN) is one of Australia's fastest growing media sales companies, representing 55 Foxtel and -Austar- channels on subscription ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:30:27 GMT+00:00
Casuarina the hot tip - NTNews.com.au NTNews.com.au--In the women's rugby competition, the Barbarians and South Darwin team go head-to-head at -Austar- Park 2 from 3.45pm. CASUARINA: 1 Carl Ormandy, ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:07:43 GMT+00:00
NBN3 Wireless plan needs 4G spectrum fast-track - iT News iT News--"Alternatively some spectrum is already available now (-Austar-) and a deal could be done to access this spectrum." Pay TV provider -Austar- held 98 MHz of ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:01:30 GMT+00:00
Online ratings a challenge for IAB man - Sydney Morning Herald Sydney Morning Herald--Mr Taylor, who joins the IAB from Optus, where he was senior product manager and has held senior roles at Foxtel, -Austar-, News Ltd and Fairfax Media, ... - Date : Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:55:24 GMT+00:00
Reporting trends lean both ways - Trading Markets (press release) Trading Markets (press release)--Disappointing results were announced by Computershare, Austereo, -Austar-, Centennial Coal and Equinox Minerals. Positive results were recorded by Rio Tinto, ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:05:18 GMT+00:00
Anti-piracy efforts, too confronting: IPAF - encore encore---...- (“they recognise that the health of the industry is part of their market, so they support it wholeheartedly”) and pay TV platforms Foxtel and -Austar-. ... - Date : Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:43:04 GMT+00:00
Midday: Aus shares higher - Finance News Network (press release) (subscription) Finance News Network (press release) (subscription)--Shares in -Austar- United Communications and Austereo also lower at midday. To New Zealand now and the NZSX50 is 20 points higher. ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:45:54 GMT+00:00
Austar 1H Profit Falls 42%, Subscriber Growth Disappoints - Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal--MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Australian regional subscription television group -Austar- United Communications Ltd. (AUN. ... - Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:16:44 GMT+00:00
Austar reports new subscriber numbers lower than expected - Business Review Australia Business Review Australia--Regional and rural television provider -Austar- released its results for the half-year ending June 30, reporting a customer churn decrease from 1.40 percent ... - Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:21:23 GMT+00:00
Going Getting Tougher For Austar - Ninemsn Ninemsn--By Chris Shaw Pay-TV group -Austar- yesterday reported interim revenue of $352 million and interim earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and ... - Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:20:54 GMT+00:00

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Digital Account Executive - Melbourne, Victoria - MuMbrella

MuMbrella--Multi Channel Network (MCN) is one of Australia's fastest growing media sales companies, representing 55 Foxtel and -Austar- channels on subscription ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:30:27 GMT+00:00

Casuarina the hot tip - NTNews.com.au

NTNews.com.au--In the women's rugby competition, the Barbarians and South Darwin team go head-to-head at -Austar- Park 2 from 3.45pm. CASUARINA: 1 Carl Ormandy, ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:07:43 GMT+00:00

NBN3 Wireless plan needs 4G spectrum fast-track - iT News

iT News--"Alternatively some spectrum is already available now (-Austar-) and a deal could be done to access this spectrum." Pay TV provider -Austar- held 98 MHz of ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:01:30 GMT+00:00

Online ratings a challenge for IAB man - Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney Morning Herald--Mr Taylor, who joins the IAB from Optus, where he was senior product manager and has held senior roles at Foxtel, -Austar-, News Ltd and Fairfax Media, ... - Date : Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:55:24 GMT+00:00

Reporting trends lean both ways - Trading Markets (press release)

Trading Markets (press release)--Disappointing results were announced by Computershare, Austereo, -Austar-, Centennial Coal and Equinox Minerals. Positive results were recorded by Rio Tinto, ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:05:18 GMT+00:00

Anti-piracy efforts, too confronting: IPAF - encore

encore---...- (“they recognise that the health of the industry is part of their market, so they support it wholeheartedly”) and pay TV platforms Foxtel and -Austar-. ... - Date : Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:43:04 GMT+00:00

Midday: Aus shares higher - Finance News Network (press release) (subscription)

Finance News Network (press release) (subscription)--Shares in -Austar- United Communications and Austereo also lower at midday. To New Zealand now and the NZSX50 is 20 points higher. ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:45:54 GMT+00:00

Austar 1H Profit Falls 42%, Subscriber Growth Disappoints - Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal--MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Australian regional subscription television group -Austar- United Communications Ltd. (AUN. ... - Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:16:44 GMT+00:00

Austar reports new subscriber numbers lower than expected - Business Review Australia

Business Review Australia--Regional and rural television provider -Austar- released its results for the half-year ending June 30, reporting a customer churn decrease from 1.40 percent ... - Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:21:23 GMT+00:00

Going Getting Tougher For Austar - Ninemsn

Ninemsn--By Chris Shaw Pay-TV group -Austar- yesterday reported interim revenue of $352 million and interim earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and ... - Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:20:54 GMT+00:00

Subscription Growth
Year	Subscribers
1998	300,000
2000	400,000
2004	443,000
2005	500,000+
2006	600,000+
2007	658,087
2008	713,000

Subscription television in Australia

Channels

Entertainment		111 Hits * 13th Street * Arena * Bio. * Comedy * E! * Fashion TV * FOX Classics * Fox8 * Gaysat.tv * Universal Channel * HOW TO Channel * The LifeStyle Channel * LifeStyle Food * LifeStyle You * Ovation * MTV * Sci Fi * showcase * Style * TV1 * UKTV * W.
Movies		Family Movie Channel * Movie One * Movie Extra * Movie Greats * showcase * showtime action * showtime comedy * showtime drama * showtime premiere * Turner Classic Movies * World Movies * Starpics
Sports		ESPN * Eurosport Asia Pacific * Eurosport News * FOX Sports * Fox Sports News * Fuel TV * Main Event * National Geographic Adventure * Setanta Sports * Sky Racing * TVN
News		Sky News Australia * Sky News Business Channel * Al Jazeera English * A-PAC * BBC World News * Bloomberg Television * Channel NewsAsia * CNBC Australia * CNN International * Euronews * Fox News Channel * HLN * NDTV 24x7 * The Weather Channel * Weatherzone
Documentary		Animal Planet * BBC Knowledge * Crime & Investigation Network * Discovery Channel * Discovery Home & Health * Discovery Science * Discovery Travel & Living * Discovery Turbo * Discovery Turbo MAX * The History Channel * National Geographic Channel * Nat Geo Wild *
Kids & Family		Boomerang * Cartoon Network * CBeebies * Disney Channel * Family Movie Channel * KidsCo * Nick Jr. * Nickelodeon * Playhouse Disney Channel
Music		Channel [V] * [V] Hits * Country Music Channel * MAX * MTV * TMF * MCM * MTV Classic
Specialty		Al Jazeera * Antenna Pacific * ART * Aurora Community Channel * Australian Christian Channel * The Filipino Channel * LBC * MAD World * Raitalia * Expo * TVSN
High Definition		Discovery HD * ESPNHD * National Geographic Channel HD
Defunct		Asia Business News * BBC HD * C7 Sport * CNNfn * Fox Footy Channel * Fox Sports HD * Horizon Learning Channel * LocalVision * Odyssey * Oh! * MusicCountry * showtime greats * Sports Australia * TechTV * VH1 * Wine TV
Additional resources

Articles		Subscription television in Australia * Television in Australia * Television broadcasting in Australia * Regional television in Australia
Lists		Timeline of Australian television * List of Australian television series (long running) * List of Australian television presenters

Cable, satellite, and other speciality television providers in Africa, Asia and Oceania

Cable		Austar * Cablelink * Cable TV Hong Kong * First Media * Foxtel * Global Destiny * GUdTV (Guam) * IndosatM2 * MCV Broadband * Neighbourhood Cable * Optus * SkyCable * StarHub TV * TelkomVision * Saturn * TransACT
Satellite		Aora TV * ART * Astro (Channels) * Austar * Cignal Digital TV * Dish TV * Dream * DStv * Freeview (NZ) * Foxtel * G Sat * Indovision * MRTV-4 * Orbit * SelecTV * Showtime Arabia * Sky PerfecTV! * Sky TV (NZ) * STAR TV * Tata Sky * TelkomVision * UBI World TV * WOWOW
IPTV		Alice * Fine TV * Hypp.TV * now TV * mio TV * DETV * UniFi
Terrestrial		Freeview (Australia) * Freeview (NZ) * U Television
Defunct cable		Mega TV
Defunct satellite		Astro Nusantara

Liberty Global

Chello Zone		Extreme Sports Channel * JimJamjoint venture with HiT Entertainment. * Romanticajoint venture with Realitatea Media (51% owned by Chellomedia). * Zone Club * Zone Europa * Zone Fantasy * Zone Reality * Zone Romantica
Chello Benelux		Film1 * Sport1 * ShopZo/SUUS * Weerkanaal
Chello Central Europe		Filmmúzeum * MGM ChannelCo-owned with MGM Networks in a joint venture (50% owned by Chellomedia). * Minimax * Sport 1 * Sport 2 * Spektrum TV * TV Deko * TV Paprika
Chello Multicanal		The Biography Channeljoint venture with A&E Television Networks. * Canal Cociña * Canal de História * Canal Hollywood * Canal Panda * Panda Biggs (co-onwed with ZON Multimédia) * MOV (co-onwed with ZON Multimédia) * Decasa * Odisea * Sol Música
UPC Broadband Europe		UPC Ireland * UPC Romania * UPC Netherlands * UPC Poland * UPC Czech Republic * UPC Hungary * UPC Austria * UPC Broaband Slovakia * Focus Sat * Cablecom
Telenet (> 50% ownership)		Prime * Studio 100 TVjoint venture with Studio 100. * Zita * 9lives * GarageTV * PCTV * TV.be * vandaag.be * Hostbasket * Telenet Solutions
Australia		Austar (~55%) * showtime movie channels (20%)
Japan		J:COM (~38%) * Jupiter Telecommunications * Jupiter TV
Latin America		VTR Global Com * MGM Networks * Liberty Cablevision * Pramer (79%)
United Kingdom		CBS Actionjoint venture with CBS Studios International in a joint venture (50% owned by Chellomedia). * CBS Drama * CBS Reality * Horror Channel