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Foxtel is a subscription television company in Australia, formed through a joint venture between Telstra and News Corporation. It began supplying cable TV services to customers in May, 1995 with subsequent expansion allowing for satellite and cellular phone network broadcasting. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (807x445, 57 KB) © FOXTEL 2005 This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ...
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Telstra Corporation (ASX: , NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications and media company under private ownership, with a dominant position in landline telephone services, a large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access, 50% of Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite...
1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), where News Corporation is based News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS, NYSE: NWSa, ASX: , LSE: NCRA) is an American media conglomerate company and the third worlds largest. ...
Publishing and Broadcasting Limited, or PBL, is one of Australias major media companies. ...
Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Pay television, or pay-TV, usually refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by both analogue and digital cable and satellite, but also increasingly by digital terrestrial methods. ...
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Pay television or Premium Television refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by both analogue and digital cable and satellite, but also increasingly by digital terrestrial methods. ...
Telstra Corporation (ASX: , NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications and media company under private ownership, with a dominant position in landline telephone services, a large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access, 50% of Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite...
1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), where News Corporation is based News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS, NYSE: NWSa, ASX: , LSE: NCRA) is an American media conglomerate company and the third worlds largest. ...
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History
In May 1998 Australis Media, the owner of a satellite TV service known as Galaxy TV, was declared insolvent. Foxtel immediately commenced supplying programming to Galaxy's subscribers on an interim basis. In 1999 Foxtel was able to significantly boost its customer base by acquiring Galaxy TV's subscribers from the Australis Media liquidator and commenced offering its services on a satellite television platform.[citation needed] Galaxy (a trading name of Australis Media) is a former provider of pay television programming in Australia via satellite and wireless cable (microwave) delivery methods. ...
Foxtel's shareholders currently comprise Telstra (50% through Telstra Media Pty Ltd) and a joint venture company (Sky Cable Pty Ltd) that is owned by News Corp (25%) and PBL (25%). It shares many features with the Sky Digital service in the UK, including IQ, the EPG, a similar remote control, and Red Button Active. Foxtel has grown rapidly in 2007, with most of Foxtel's highest ever rating events coming this year - including the 2007 AFC Asian Cup quarter final between Australia and Japan, which drew an average of 419,000 viewers[1] - an Australian Pay-TV record. 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), where News Corporation is based News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS, NYSE: NWSa, ASX: , LSE: NCRA) is an American media conglomerate company and the third worlds largest. ...
Publishing and Broadcasting Limited, or PBL, is one of Australias major media companies. ...
The Asian Football Confederations 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals are currently being held from July 7 to July 29, 2007. ...
Availability Foxtel transmits its cable service via Telstra HFC cable into the Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth metropolitan areas. Foxtel also transmits its satellite service into these cities as well as most regional areas of Western Australia and the cities of Newcastle, Central Coast and Canberra. However, satellite service is not available at user sites where Telstra cable is available. Foxtel on Mobile, launched on Telstra's Next G network in late 2006 is available within Telstra Next G HSDPA/850mhz) coverage areas, which covers 98% of the population. Telstra Corporation (ASX: , NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications and media company under private ownership, with a dominant position in landline telephone services, a large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access, 50% of Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite...
Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) is a telecommunications industry term for a network which incorporates both optical fibre along with coaxial cable to create a broadband network. ...
Telstra's network and Foxtel were created to combat the threat posed to Telstra's local call business by the combination of Optus Vision (now known as Optus TV) content bundling with Optus' local telephony services. Foxtel was the content arm of Telstra's defence strategy. Telstra's multimedia broadband network was originally the sole delivery system. Optus Television is the cable television division of Australian telecommunications company Optus. ...
In 2005 Foxtel and Optus Television agreed to a content-sharing arrangement. Programming competition between the two companies has now dissipated. Optus Television is the cable television division of Australian telecommunications company Optus. ...
Austar, a regional pay TV operator, also carries most Foxtel programming. Austar sells satellite-delivered services to regional Australian markets that are not serviced by Foxtel. An Austar Remote Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. ...
Foxtel is Australia's largest pay TV operator. Its programming is currently delivered to about 1.2 million Australian homes either directly or by Foxtel's wholesale customers. Foxtel is available to over 70% of Australian homes. However, pay TV penetration into Australian homes is only about 25%, very low compared with market penetration rates in the USA (over 90%) and in European countries[citation needed]. Foxtel announced its maiden annual profit in 2006, more than 10 years after it commenced services. The installation and maintenance of Foxtel services is Telstra's responsibility. In many markets Telstra has outsourced installation and maintenance to large communications contractors, including ABB Communications and Siemens-Thiess Communications Joint Venture. ABB, formerly Asea Brown Boveri, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, operating mainly in the power and automation technology areas. ...
In 2007, Network TEN formed an agreement with Foxtel to allow them to carry a digital version of TEN's programming. Included in the deal is EPG data which allows Foxtel IQ users to schedule recordings on TEN. Before the agreement, TEN was carried in an analogue format on Cable only. Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australias three major commercial television networks. ...
Services Although originally launching in 1995 with just a cable service, Foxtel has branched out into many new services since its inception. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...
Foxtel Digital - See also: List of Foxtel channels
Foxtel launched its digital service (Foxtel Digital) in March 2004. The service is loosely based on another of News Corporation's Subscription Providers, BSkyB. Features of the digital service include: Foxtel Logo Below is a list of channels on the Foxtel Digital Service. ...
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British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, which merged) is a company that operates the most popular subscription television service in the Ireland. ...
Like many other NewsCorp owned digital platforms Foxtel uses NDS Group encryption system, EPG and PVR services, the OpenTV interactive platform and runs on primarily Pace Micro Technology Set-top boxes. The Wikipedia main page as viewed with a widescreen monitor. ...
Dolby Digital is the marketing name for a series of lossy audio compression technologies by Dolby Laboratories. ...
Multichannel audio is the name for a variety of techniques for expanding and enriching the sound of audio playback by recording additional sound channels that can be reproduced on additional speakers. ...
Pay-per-view is the name given to a system by which television viewers can call and order events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes later. ...
Video on demand (VOD) systems allow users to select and watch video and clip content over a network as part of an interactive television system. ...
Digital TV set-top box Interactive television describes a number of techniques which allow viewers to interact with television content as they view it. ...
The Sky Digital EPG in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. ...
News Corporation (NYSE: NWS) is a media conglomerate that operates world-wide. ...
NDS Group plc is a DRM and conditional access firm. ...
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Pace Micro Technology Plc is a British manufacturer of set top boxes for digital and analogue satellite television, founded in 1982. ...
Foxtel's satellite service transmits exclusively from the Optus C1 satellite on a frequency of 12.438GHz and adjacent frequencies. The Telstra HFC cable carries Foxtel at frequencies of approximately 560MHz (downstream) and 2.4MHz (upstream). This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Telstra Corporation (ASX: , NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications and media company under private ownership, with a dominant position in landline telephone services, a large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access, 50% of Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite...
Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) is a telecommunications industry term for a network which incorporates both optical fibre along with coaxial cable to create a broadband network. ...
As of April 2007, all Foxtel subscribers are using the digital set-up, making Foxtel Digital synonymous with the standard Foxtel service. The most commonly distributed STU for Foxtel is a Pace unit.
Foxtel iQ
The satellite Foxtel iQ digital set top box. Foxtel has also launched Foxtel iQ, a timeshifting personal digital recorder, in which subscribers are able to record programs onto a hard drive inside the set-top unit for later viewing. Foxtel iQ also allows viewers to use the rewind or pause features during television programs. Two new services, On Demand and Remote Record, exclusively available to Foxtel iQ subscribers launched in 2007. Foxtel On Demand was launched on the 8th of February and Remote Record was launched on New Years Day, 2007. This service is based on Sky+, which was launched on NewsCorp's UK Television Platform Sky in 2001. Image File history File links Foxtel_iQ.svg Summary Foxtel iQ logo Licensing This is a logo of a corporation, sports team, or other organization, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ...
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Timeshifting is the technique of recording television/satellite/cable transmissions etc for later viewing. ...
A digital video recorder (DVR) is a device that records video to a digital storage medium in digital form. ...
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A set-top box (STB) or set-top unit (STU) is a device that connects to a television and an external source of signal, turning the signal into content which is then displayed on the television screen. ...
Foxtel On Demand is a service offered exclusively for customers of the Australian cable TV company, Foxtel, who have a Foxtel IQ set top box. ...
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Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ...
Pace Micro Technologies are the Set Top Box provider for iQ - of which, they claim that the cable version of iQ is the first DVB based Cable personal digital recorder[2]. Official DVB logo, found on compliant devices DVB, short for Digital Video Broadcasting, is a suite of internationally accepted open standards for digital television. ...
A digital video recorder (DVR) is a device that records video to a digital storage medium in digital form. ...
Foxtel boss Kim Williams announced in July 2007 that Foxtel will be releasing a high definition Foxtel iQ set top box in early 2008 which will feature 4 high definition channels as well as a retransmission of network Tens upcoming TEN-HD high definition multi-channel due for launch on December 16. Foxtel has set up a website dedicated to HDTV at hd.foxtel.com.au featuring extensive information on HD in general as well as basic information on the up coming Foxtel HD service. The site explains that the Foxtel HD set top box will feature a HDMI port and will broadcast it's HD content in 720p and 1080i. Its not known when Foxtel HD will be available to Optus tv subscribers, although when Foxtel launched it digital service in 2005, it became available to Optus subscribers roughly one year later.
Foxtel On Demand Foxtel On Demand is a service offered by Foxtel to Foxtel iQ subscribers which allows people to watch selected shows and movies whenever they want. Foxtel On Demand was launched on February 8th 2007 with a variety of programmes and included the entire second season of Love My Way. Foxtel is a cable television and satellite television company in Australia, formed through a joint venture between Telstra and News Corporation. ...
Love My Way is a critically acclaimed and award winning Australian television drama series. ...
Operation The On Demand service provides programs from select channels. Depending on the users subscription the IQ then uses a separate hard drive from the main programming recorded to download certain programs and movies from channels available to the On Demand service. The user then has the ability to preview the program before watching and will be able to see at the same time what channel it regularly screens on, the program's rating and the duration left before the program is removed from viewing. At present Foxtel is providing new material every Thursday and each program has a duration of 7 or 14 days before being deleted from the selection.
Channels In Foxtel's introduction video, it displays a variety of channels that content will be shown from. It is unknown yet whether more of Foxtel's channels will provide content in the future. Foxtel does not make public which shows and films will be available to On Demand. Movies that are shown generally consist of recent screenings of premiere movies on the movie channels available to On Demand.
Channels available SHOWTIME is the provider of Australiaâs premium movie channels. ...
MOVIE NETWORK, was created as Optus Visions 24 hour movie channel. ...
MOVIE NETWORK, was created as Optus Visions 24 hour movie channel. ...
World Movies is an Australian cable channel that broadcasts foreign films, usually subtitled, on Foxtel, Austar, and Optus. ...
UKTV is a subscription television channel in Australia and New Zealand, screening UK entertainment programming, sourced mainly from the archives of the BBC, TALKBACKThames and ITV Plc. ...
W is the name of an Australian television channel which broadcasts programs of special interest to women on the cable and satellite pay TV network, Foxtel. ...
The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts in over 100 countries. ...
LifeStyle FOOD presents some of the hottest programs from here and around the world, all in one place, 24 hours a day every day of the week. ...
The HOW TO Channel is an Australian cable and satellite television channel. ...
The LifeStyle Channel is an Australian television channel dedicated to the subjects of home, garden, kitchen and family. ...
The Biography Channel (or bio. ...
Fuel TV is a 24 hr. ...
Nickelodeon Australia is a counterpart of the Nickelodeon network in the USA. However unlike other Viacom brand stations in Australia (ie; MTV and VH1), Nickelodeon Australia is not owned by Viacom however is owned by XYZnetworks. ...
The U.S. cable network Cartoon Network has spawned numerous international versions. ...
Discovery Channel is a cable and satellite TV channel founded by John Hendricks which is distributed by Discovery Communications. ...
The National Geographic Channel is a subscription television network that features documentaries produced by the National Geographic Society. ...
This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...
For the Canadian equivalent of this channel, see History Television. ...
Channel [V] Australia is arguably the most popular Australian subscription television music channel, and also the newest (and second largest) Channel [V] channel. ...
MTV Australia is the Australian version of MTV Music Television, a channel specialising in music and youth culture programming. ...
VH1 Australia is a music channel in Australia. ...
Country Music Channel (CMC) is a music television channel provided by Australias XYZ Networks. ...
Crime & Investigation Network is an Australian digital subscription television channel on Foxtel and Austar. ...
The sex industry is the industry formed of commercial enterprises which employ sex workers. ...
Charges and Fees The service is available to all Foxtel IQ customers at no extra charge. In the introduction video to On Demand, Foxtel states that it is part of the Foxtel IQ subscription fee. The programming is however restricted to the channels that the customer is subscribed to. For example customers not subscribed to the movie channels will not be able to view the movies on demand. Some unsubscribed channel content is available but varies. Foxtel is a cable television and satellite television company in Australia, formed through a joint venture between Telstra and News Corporation. ...
Mobile Foxtel Launched in late 2006 to coincide with Telstra's new NextG 3G Mobile phone network, Mobile Foxtel (previously Foxtel By Movie) offers 12 standard channels of programming for a small subscription fee, optimised for mobile devices. At present the channels available are[3]: Telstra Corporation (ASX: , NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications and media company under private ownership, with a dominant position in landline telephone services, a large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access, 50% of Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite...
With the exception of CNN, Fashion TV, Eurosportsnews and FOX SPORTS News TV, which are direct simulcasts of the actual channel and SKY NEWS Channels which are taken from the SKY NEWS Active service, all channels are preproduced loops that do not directly correlate to the full scale satellite/cable channel. At present, a limit of 200 minutes per month, with 15 minutes per session may apply to the service, although this has not been strictly enforced.[3] Sky News is a 24-hour British domestic and international television news channel that started broadcasting on 5 February 1989 as part of the then four-channel Sky Television service, as well as a hourly news radio service in the UK. Broadcast of a 24-hour radio service is due...
Sky News is a 24-hour British domestic and international television news channel that started broadcasting on 5 February 1989 as part of the then four-channel Sky Television service, as well as a hourly news radio service in the UK. Broadcast of a 24-hour radio service is due...
The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ...
FoxSportsNews is an Australian cable and satellite sports news channel. ...
FOX8 is an Australian cable network owned by Foxtel and available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Televisions subscription platforms. ...
The Comedy Channel (promoted on air as comedy) is an Australian subscription television channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television. ...
This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ...
E! (Entertainment Television) is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite network. ...
This article is about the French television channel, for the British fashion and music channel see Fashion Music TV Fashion TV is an international television channel devoted to fashion and modelling. ...
Discovery Channel is a cable and satellite TV channel founded by John Hendricks which is distributed by Discovery Communications. ...
For Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel around the world. ...
The original Cartoon Network logo Cartoon Network is a Cable/Satellite TV channel, owned by Turner International, broadcasting exclusively in Australia. ...
TV1 is a general entertainment channel available on Australias Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television pay television services. ...
The National Geographic Society was founded in the USA on January 27, 1888, by 33 men interested in organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge. ...
Foxtel Magazine Foxtel Magazine is Australia's highest-circulating paid-for monthly magazine, reaching over 815,000 homes every month. [4] Foxtel Magazine is the TV-Listings magazine for Foxtel subscribers, and offers daily listings for most of the 130 channels offered on the platform. It is the only medium that subscribers can find information and recommendations on programming for the entire month. It is published for Foxtel by ACP Magazines, and distributed to Foxtel subscribers (who pay for this service) by postal service. Australian Consolidated Press (ACP), a member of Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd. ...
Encryption Like the UK's Sky, Foxtel Digital utilises NDS services, including their Videoguard encryption system (for both Cable and Satellite). This is a change from previously using Irdeto and more recently Irdeto 2 on their Satellite service. British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, which merged) is a company that operates the most popular subscription television service in the Ireland. ...
NDS, originally known as News Datacom is a DRM and conditional access firm. ...
VideoGuard (sometimes referred to simply as NDS), produced by NDS, is a digital encryption system for use with conditional access television broadcasting. ...
Irdeto Access is a provider of content protection technologies for digital video and IP networks. ...
Irdeto Access is a provider of content protection technologies for digital video and IP networks. ...
Investments Bio- can be a prefix for many words, including: Biography Biology See also Bi- (prefix) Bio (graffiti tagger) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The Comedy Channel (promoted on air as comedy) is an Australian subscription television channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television. ...
Crime & Investigation Network is a television network which focuses on crime, investigation and mystery programming. ...
FOX8 is an Australian cable network owned by Foxtel and available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Televisions subscription platforms. ...
This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
For the Canadian equivalent of this channel, see History Television. ...
Main Event is Australias only pay-per-view channel. ...
UKTV is a subscription television channel in Australia and New Zealand, screening UK entertainment programming, sourced mainly from the archives of the BBC, TALKBACKThames and ITV Plc. ...
Antonia Kidman is one of the faces of W. (also known as ) is the name of an Australian television channel which broadcasts programs of special interest to women on the cable and satellite Pay-TV networks, Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television. ...
XYZnetworks owns, operates and distributes eleven of the leading subscription television channels in Australia. ...
An Austar Remote Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. ...
For other uses, see Arena (disambiguation). ...
The LifeStyle Channel is an Australian television channel dedicated to the subjects of home, garden, kitchen and family. ...
LifeStyle FOOD presents some of the hottest programs from here and around the world, all in one place, 24 hours a day every day of the week. ...
Look up Max, max in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Nickelodeon Australia is a counterpart of the Nickelodeon network in the USA. However unlike other Viacom brand stations in Australia (ie; MTV and VH1), Nickelodeon Australia is not owned by Viacom however is owned by XYZnetworks. ...
Nick Jr. ...
Channel [V] is an international music channel chain. ...
The correct title of this article is Channel [V]2. The omission of any marks is due to technical restrictions. ...
For the United States Weather Channel with the same name, see The Weather Channel (United States). ...
Channels on the Foxtel Digital Service -
Main article: List of Foxtel channels Foxtel Logo Below is a list of channels on the Foxtel Digital Service. ...
References - ^ Japan Game a TV Record.
- ^ Pace to Launch World's First DVB Cable PDR for payTV
- ^ a b Mobile Foxtel
- ^ ACP Magazines - Foxtel
- ^ About XYZnetworks
External links - Foxtel's Official Website
- Foxtel iQ Website
- Foxtel by Mobile (Telstra NextG)
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