11 Facts About Austar

Austar provided subscription television services in a service area of approximately 2.

Austar is owned by Foxtel, which acquired the company in 2012.

The transition was completed in 2014, when all Austar branding was replaced with the current Foxtel moniker.

Austar was involved with providing services to Sega Channel in Australia in partnership with Namco Bandai Partners, a joint venture between Sega, Ozisoft, and Foxtel.

The Austar shares were suspended on the Australian Securities Exchange as of 16 April 2012, and were delisted from the ASX on 27 April 2012.

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Austar Featured on Demand used to deliver Austar shows – on demand – to the MyStar each week free of charge with a MyStar subscription.

Austar AnyWhere was Austar's online TV service, which allowed customers to watch or download full-length programs online.

Austar planned to use MyStar HD as its cornerstone set-top box, with true video-on-demand launched in 2010, and more access to web content becoming available after that time, building up to a complete interface redesign for its set-top boxes in late 2011 or early 2012.

MyStar had ongoing technical issues which have plagued the system since release; however, Austar have said that "they have a huge team of people that will actively jump onto any issues as soon as they are reported to the call centre".

In 2005, Austar United and wireless internet provider Unwired announced a deal to swap spectrum under either company's control to allow for interoperable wireless broadband services across the country.

In 2006, Austar United and Unwired together with Soul Coverged Telecommunications formed AUSalliance for the purposes of obtaining funding from the Australian Government's Broadband Connect Infrastructure Program and rolling out a regional broadband network.