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Encyclopedia > SelecTV
SelecTV
Type Private
Founded 2004
Headquarters Australia
Key people Bruce Gordon
Area served Australia Wide
Industry Pay TV
Owner Win Corporation
Website selectv.com

SelecTV is an Australian satellite based subscription television broadcasting service headed by CEO Jim Blomfield (previously CEO of FOXTEL). In April 2006 the company said it had 2000 customers.[1] In August 2006, 50.1% and control was purchased by WIN Corporation. WIN Corporation has since acquired 100% ownership and full control. Services are carried on the PAS8 satellite.[2] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A private company is a company that is independently owned. ... Bruce Gordon, 2005. ... 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. ... WIN Television or WIN is an Australian regional television network. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... An Earth observation satellite, ERS 2 For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ... 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. ... Foxtel is a cable television and satellite television company in Australia, formed through a joint venture between Telstra and News Corporation. ... WIN Television or WIN is an Australian regional television network. ... WIN Television or WIN is an Australian regional television network. ...


The company said that it is focused on providing premium content in comparatively low priced packages to a number of specialised market segments, including those with a LOTE first language and retirees.


The company does not have access to premium sporting content but instead has focused on broadcasting packages of channels in languages other than English including Spanish, Greek, and Italian. It also used to carry German and Vietnamese packages; however, they were discontinued in 2007. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...


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See also

SelecTV was a subscription TV Service established in 1976, using the nighttime hours of Los Angeles UHF station KWHY. In 1983, the service went national via satellite and was later purchased by Starion Entertainment, which eventually dropped the SelecTV branding in the late 1980s and renamed it Starion Premiere Cinema. ... An Austar Remote Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. ... Optus Television is the cable television division of Australian telecommunications company Optus. ... Neighbourhood Cable (ASX: NCA) is a regional telecommunications provider based in Victoria. ...

References

  1. ^ Griffin, Peter (24 Apr, 2006). Satellite viewing options improve. New Zealand Herald Online. Retrieved on 2006-04-28.
  2. ^ Lyngsat (17 Jan, 2007). SelecTV on PAS 8 at 166.0°E. Lyngsat. Retrieved on 2007-01-20.

  Results from FactBites:
 
SelecTV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (231 words)
SelecTV is an Australian satellite based subscription TV broadcasting service headed by CEO Jim Blomfield (previously CEO of FOXTEL).
A Subscription TV Service, established in 1976, as a spinoff of the Los Angeles-based Z Channel.
In 1983, the service went national via satellite and was later purchased by Starion Entertainment, which eventually dropped the SelecTV branding in the late 1980s and renamed it Starion Premiere Cinema.
Low-cost ethnic pay-TV looks a lot like Foxtel | Media | The Australian (716 words)
SelecTV is described as a boutique ethnic pay-TV service set to rival other ethnic pay-TV broadcasters such as UBI World TV, the successor to TARBS World TV which was placed in administration last year.
SelecTV, which has spent $22million getting to launch stage and is preparing to raise $18 million through a public offer, expects to break even in about two years with 80,000 subscribers.
UBI alleged SelecTV was insolvent, which was not properly disclosed in the prospectus.
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