Foxtel

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Foxtel
Image:Foxtel-logo.png
Type Private
Founded 1995
Location Sydney, New South Wales
Melbourne, Victoria
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Bruce Akhurst, Chairman

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Foxtel Digital

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Foxtel is a cable television and satellite television company in Australia, formed through a joint venture between Telstra and News Corporation. Half of News Corp.'s stake was later sold to businessman Kerry Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Limited. The current ownership is 50% Telstra, and 50% to a joint venture company which is itself 50% owned by News Corp and 50% by PBL.

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Service Availability

Image:Foxtel magazine.PNGFoxtel transmits its cable service into the Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth Metropolitan areas. Foxtel transmits its satellite service into some of these cities, as well as the Newcastle and Canberra Metropolitan areas. It also transmits its satellite service to many areas of Regional WA.

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.

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.

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Subscriber Numbers

Currently, Foxtel have residential and wholesale connections to 1.16 million locations

DateNo of customersMarket Reach
April 1998300,0002.5 Million Homes
April 1999500,0004.5 Million Homes
March 2000600,0004.5 Million Homes
August 2000650,0004.5 Million Homes
August 2001750,0004.5 Million Homes
March 2002785,0004.5 Million Homes
June 20041.1 Million (incl. Wholesale)
>250,000 Digital Customers		4.5 Million Homes
June 20051 Million (excl. Wholesale)4.5 Million Homes
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Foxtel Digital

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:

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Foxtel iQ

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 box for later viewing.

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

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Encryption

Like BSkyB, 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 reciently Irdeto 2 on their Satellite service.

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Channel line-up

Channels on the Foxtel Digital service:

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Entertainment

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Movies

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Sports

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Interactive Gaming

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News, Weather

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Documentaries & Infotainment

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Kids

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Music

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Foxtel air Digital Audio

  • Channel 830 - Hits
  • Channel 831 - Radio 2
  • Channel 832 - Pop
  • Channel 833 - Groove
  • Channel 834 - Rock
  • Channel 835 - Jukebox
  • Channel 836 - New Wave
  • Channel 837 - Home Grown
  • Channel 838 - Urban
  • Channel 839 - Dance
  • Channel 840 - Anthem
  • Channel 841 - Soul
  • Channel 842 - Easy
  • Channel 843 - Lounge
  • Channel 844 - Café
  • Channel 845 - Spa
  • Channel 846 - Blues
  • Channel 847 - Light Classical
  • Channel 848 - Sound Tracks
  • Channel 849 - Crooners
  • Channel 850 - Today’s Country
  • Channel 851 - Classic Country
  • Channel 852 - BBC World Service
  • Channel 853 - Special Events
  • Channel 854 - Edge
  • Channel 855 - ‘70s
  • Channel 856 - ‘80s
  • Channel 857 - Alt-rock
  • Channel 858 - Classic R&B
  • Channel 859 - News and More
  • Channel 867 - SBS AM
  • Channel 868 - SBS FM
  • Channel 875 - ABC NewsRadio (Satellite Only)
  • Channel 876 - ABC Parliamentary News Network (Satellite Only)
  • Channel 877 - ABC Radio National (Satellite Only)
  • Channel 878 - ABC Local Radio (Satellite Only)
  • Channel 882 - ABC Classic FM (Satellite Only)
  • Channel 883 - ABC Triple J (Satellite Only)
  • Channel 884 - ABC DiG Radio
  • Channel 885 - ABC DiG Jazz
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Foxtel Box Office - PPV Movies

  • Channel 901 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 1
  • Channel 902 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 2
  • Channel 903 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 3
  • Channel 904 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 4
  • Channel 905 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 5
  • Channel 906 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 6
  • Channel 907 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 7
  • Channel 908 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 8
  • Channel 909 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 9
  • Channel 910 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 10
  • Channel 911 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 11
  • Channel 912 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 12
  • Channel 913 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 13
  • Channel 914 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 14
  • Channel 915 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 15
  • Channel 916 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 16
  • Channel 917 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 17
  • Channel 918 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 18
  • Channel 919 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 19
  • Channel 920 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 20
  • Channel 921 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 21
  • Channel 922 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 22
  • Channel 923 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 23
  • Channel 924 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 24
  • Channel 925 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 25
  • Channel 926 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 26
  • Channel 927 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Channel 27
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Other

  • Channel 928 - Main Event
  • Channel 928 - FOXTEL BOX OFFICE Preview Channel
  • Channel 941 - Antenna (Greek) (formerly known as Antenna Pacific)
  • Channel 942 - RAI International (Radiotelevisione Italiana) (Italian)
  • Channel 955 - Adults Only (late night only)
  • Channel 955 - Main Event
  • Channel 955 - Fashion TV
  • Channel 960 - Adults Only Select 1
  • Channel 961 - Adults Only Select 2
  • Channel 998 - Test Channel
  • Channel 999 - FOXTEL Digital Help Channel
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External links


List of cable and satellite television providers
Cable television: Adelphia | Cablevision | Cablevision (Canada) | Charter Communications | Cogeco | Comcast | Cox | Eastlink | Foxtel | Mediacom | Midcontinent Communications | Optus | Persona | Rogers | Shaw | Saturn | Time Warner | Wide Open West | Vidéotron
Satellite television: Austar | Bell ExpressVu | DirecTV | Dish Network | Foxtel | GlobeCast World TV | Sky Digital | Sky TV (NZ) | StarChoice | Voom | Home2US | TPS | Sky Angel | CanalSat
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News Corporation
Corporate Directors: Peter Barnes | Chase Carey | Peter Chernin | Kenneth Cowley | David DeVoe | Viet Dinh | Rod Eddington | Andrew Knight | Lachlan Murdoch | Rupert Murdoch | Thomas Perkins | Stanley Shuman | Arthur Siskind | John Thornton
Misc. Assets: BSkyB | DirecTV Group | Foxtel | National Rugby League (50%) | NDS Group | New York Post | Sky Italia | STAR TV | TV Guide

Newspapers: News International Group : The Times | The Sunday Times | The Sun | News of the World | News Limited (Australian newspapers)
Studios: 20th Century Fox | Fox Searchlight | Fox Television Studios | Fox Studios Australia | Fox Studios Baja
Television Assets: Fox Broadcasting Company | Fox Movie Channel | Fox News Channel | Fox Soccer Channel | Fox Sports en Español | Fox Sports en Latinoamérica | Fox Television Stations Group | Fox Sports Net | FX Networks | National Geographic Channel | SPEED Channel | TV Guide Channel
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Annual Revenue: $23.9 billion USD (Image:Green up.png17% FY 2005) | Employees: 44,000 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: NWS ASX: NWS | Website: www.newscorp.com
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