12 Facts About Optus TV

Optus TV Vision used the Optus TV telecommunications licence as its authority to build a cable network, which it deployed in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Optus TV negotiated exclusive access to AFL, rugby league, and other sports, and had exclusive access to Disney Channel, ESPN and MTV Australia, but lacked the general entertainment channels Foxtel had.

In March 1997, Optus TV bought out the other shareholders in exchange for equity in itself, to float.

In 2009, Optus TV Television stopped offering service to new subscribers, but maintained it for existing subscribers.

Optus TV utilised this joint venture to initially trial and subsequently offer a basic satellite service, named VIP.

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The ability to offer the service came about due to Optus TV offering a large number of channels to East Coast Television.

Until 2002, Optus TV did not offer the Fox Sports sporting channels on their service as Foxtel and Austar did, instead offering channels from Sportsvision, and ESPN.

Optus TV replaced the C7 channels with an Optus TV rebadged version of Fox Sports.

On 13 July 2016, Optus TV launched Optus TV Sport, a group of sports channels that were established to televise the Premier League.

Since that time, Optus TV has repositioned its television service to being a major component of bundled services, rather than a service by itself.

Optus TV was required to have a number of channels that were unique to their service, though the flagged channels are now available on both platforms without any change in regulation nor penalty.

Optus TV is believed to be permitting wholesale access to the network so third party broadcasters can sell subscription services over Optus TV cable.