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1994-2000 2000-2005 2005-2012 2008-2012
1994-2000 2000-2005 2005-2012 2008-2012

1994-2000

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2000-2005

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2005-2012

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2008-2012

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On 25 May 2012, Austar folded into Foxtel.

Parent companies

News Corp Australia (65%) | Telstra (35%)

Platforms
Foxtel | Foxtel Now (Footy Play) | Foxtel Go | Foxtel Kids

Foxtel Networks
A&E | BoxSets | CMT (35%) | Crime + Investigation | Fox Arena | Fox Classics | Fox Comedy | Fox Crime | Fox Docos | Fox Funny | Fox One | Fox Sci Fi | Fox Showcase | Fox Sleuth | FOX8 | Foxtel Arts | History | LifeStyle | LifeStyle Food | LifeStyle Home | Main Event (66.6%) | Nickelodeon (35%) | NickMusic (35%) | Sky News Extra1 | TLC

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Part of Foxtel

Current channels
Premiere | Action | Comedy | Drama | Family | Hits | Kids | Romance | Thriller | Greats | Ultra HD

Video-on-demand service
FoxFlicks

Pop-up channels
2015: Best of 2015 | Heroes
2016: Harry Potter | The Fast and the Furious | Star Trek | Star Wars | A Nightmare on Elm Street | 12 Days of Christmas | Best of 2016
2017: Resident Evil | Batman vs Superman | Arnold Schwarzenegger | X-Men | Alien vs. Predator
2018: Heath Ledger
2019:
2020:

Defunct channels
Disney | Masterpiece | More

Predecessors
Showtime Movie Channels: Premiere | Two | Action | Comedy | Drama | Greats | Showcase (Two)
Movie Network Channels: Movie One | Movie Two | Movie Extra | Movie Greats | Family Movie Channel | Starpics 1 | Starpics 2

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Pop-Up Channels: SpongeBob SquarePants | Cartoon Network Classics | PAW Patrol | Looney Tunes | Scooby-Doo!
Defunct: 111 | Adults Only | Binge | Bio. | Channel V | Country Music Channel | Fox Hits | Foxtel 3D | LifeStyle You | Max | Smooth (50%)2 | SoHo | The Comedy Channel | TV1 | TVH!TS | V

  V • T • E 
Part of Foxtel Group

Kayo Sports | Binge | Flash | Watch AFL | Watch NRL

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  V • T • E 
Part of Foxtel

Channels
Cricket | League | 503 | Footy | 505 (Netball) | 506 | More+ | Ultra HD | News

Pop-Up Channels
Rugby World Cup 4K Ultra HD 2019 | FOXW 2020 | Warnie Ashes/Test/ODI 2022

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Other
Foxtel Media | Foxtel Store | Foxtel Music3 | Foxtel Originals

Defunct
Austar | Foxtel Anytime | Presto

Notes
1Owned by Foxtel Networks and operated by Australian News Channel
2Joint venture with Nova Entertainment
3Joint venture with Stingray Music

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Virgin Media Ireland2

Predecessors: Chorus NTL (Chorus | NTL Ireland)
Services: Virgin Mobile | Virgin TV 360 | Virgin TV Anywhere

Virgin Media Television2
Services: Virgin Media News | Virgin Media Player | Virgin Media Sport | AdSmart
TV channels: Virgin Media One | Virgin Media Two | Virgin Media Three | Virgin Media More | Virgin Media Extra (1 | 2)
Defunct: Virgin Media Sport Extra 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

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Joint venture between Liberty Global and Telefónica.

Predecessors: Virgin Media | O2 (UK) | NTL:Telewest (NTL | Telewest) | Virgin.net | Virgin Mobile

Services: giffgaff | Virgin Media Store | Virgin Mobile | Virgin TV (Control | Go | Stream | TV 360 | Ultra HD)

Former TV channels: Bravo | Bravo 2 | Channel One | Challenge | Living (Livingit | Living Loves) | Trouble

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Sunrise
 MySports channels: MySports Eins | MySports Un | MySports 2 | MySports 3 | MySports 4 | MySports 5 | MySports 6 | MySports 7 | MySports 8 | MySports 9 | MySports 10

VodafoneZiggo (50%)3
Services: Vodafone | Ziggo
Premium channels: Ziggo Sport | Ziggo Sport Totaal (Docu | Extra (1/2) | Golf | Racing | Select | Tennis | Voetbal)

Telenet (58%)
Services: Base | Yelo Play | YUGO | Streamz | GoPlay
Free-to-air channels: Play4 | Play5 | Play6 | Play7
Premium channels: Play More (Cinema | Series | Kicks | Relax | Select | Black) | Play Sports (1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Golf | Open)
Other channels (ad-sales only): Njam! | BBC First | History (Belgium)
Radio stations: NRJ

Other assets:
ABB Formula E | UPC Slovakia | All3Media (50%)4 | Horizon Go | ITV plc | MyPrime | Canal+ Polska (17%)5 | De Vijver Media (Woestijnvis | SBS Belgium | Native Nation | JANI)

Former operations:
Divested: Chellomedia (Chello Central Europe | Chello Multicanal | ChelloZone) | Astral Telecom6 | Film1 | Liberty Latin America (VTR | Liberty | Lionsgate Entertainment Corporation (6,8%)4 | Cable & Wireless Communications) | UKTV | UPC Broadband (Austria | Slovenia | Czech Republic | Hungary1 | Poland7 | Romania1) | UPC DTH (Direct One | freeSAT | Focus Sat) | Unitymedia | Iflix | J:COM

Defunct: Austar | HBO Netherlands (50%) | Kabel BW | Living TV Group | UPC Nederland | UPC Switzerland | Weer & Verkeer | Wizja TV | MySports 1

1Acquired by Vodafone.
2Under license from Virgin.
3Joint venture with Vodafone.
4Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery
5Joint venture with Canal+ Group and Grupa TVN (Warner Bros. Discovery).
6Bought by a subsidiary, later ended up being bought by Vodafone
7Acquired by Iliad S.A.

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