Fiktiv Australia - Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company — operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. The company was formed in October 1995. It was formed in 1995 through a joint venture established between News Corp and Telstra.

Foxtel's shareholders are Telstra (50%, through Telstra Media Pty Ltd) and News Corp (50%). It shares many features with the Sky service in the United Kingdom—including the iQ box, the electronic programme guide, a similar remote control, and Red Button Active.

Foxtel transmits its cable service via Telstra hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) cable into the Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth metropolitan areas, along with the Gold Coast. Foxtel also transmits its satellite service into these cities as well as all over Australia, including regional areas since the takeover of Austar in 2011. Previous Austar customers are now 100% Foxtel customers with the conversion from Austar to Foxtel in regional Australia now complete; however, satellite service is not supplied to user sites where Telstra HFC cable is available in metropolitan areas. Foxtel on Mobile launched on Telstra's Next G Network in late 2006 and is now available within Telstra Next G (HSDPA/850 MHz) coverage areas, which covers 99% of the population.

Foxtel defines a virtual channel order that groups channels by their content. General entertainment channels are from 100 to 149. Timeshifted versions of general entertainment channels are from 150 to 169. Special interest channels are from 170 to 179. Religious and extra channels are from 180 to 199. High definition channels are from 200 to 299. Movie packaged channels are from 400 to 499. Metropolitan/state-based localised advertising Sports Channels packaged channels are from 500 to 599. Metropolitan/state-based localised advertising News, Coverage and informational channels are from 600 to 699. Pre-Teenage entertainment channels are from 700 to 799. Music video channels are from 800 to 829. Audio only channels are from 830 to 899. Foreign language channels are from 900 to 989.

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Fox One is an Australian subscription television channel that focuses on dramas. The channel launched on 7 November 2019.

The channel serves as home to the world’s most addictive and entertaining dramas. It is also home to the long-running and hugely popular TV soaps Days of Our Lives, The Young & The Restless and Shortland Street.

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Fox Arena is an Australian general entertainment cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel and Optus Television's subscription platforms. The channel lanuched on 22 April 1995.

Fox Arena is dedicated to reality television and pop culture programming. It promotes itself as the TV destination for reality franchises such as Project Runway, Million Dollar Listing New York, Top Chef and Summer House. It also serves as a US award shows destination as the home of the Emmy Awards, Golden Globes, SAG Awards and The Critic’s Choice Awards.

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The LifeStyle Channel is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel and Optus Television's subscription platforms. The channel launched on 1 September 1997.

The channel has an emphasis on contemporary lifestyle interests. Its programming covers topics including food and wine, home and garden, real estate, shopping, leisure, travel and real life drama.

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Fox8 is an Australian pay television channel available on Foxtel and Optus Television's subscription platforms. It is the most watched subscription television channel in Australia (with or without the timeshift) and broadcasts the highest rating non-sporting related program or event on subscription television in Australia, Australia's Next Top Model. The channel lanuched on 23 October 1995.

The channel runs many programs produced by Fox and in fact was originally called "Fox" before adding the "8" to the title. Fox8  features all the hugely popular DC Universe series including Batwoman, Supergirl, The Flash and Doom Patrol, alongside animation favourites The Simpsons, Family Guy and American Dad and reality series American Idol and America’s Got Talent.

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Fox Crime is an Australian subscription television channel primarily screening crime drama television series. The channel launched on 7 November 2019, replacing TVHits.

This channel is the ultimate destination for thrills, mystery and murder. It’s arresting TV for lovers of crime and suspense enjoyed from the safety of their own homes.

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Fox Classics is an Australian cable and satellite channel that specializes in showing television series and ad-free classic movies, themed movie nights and miniseries from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and some content from the 1980s and 1990s. The channel lanuched on 2 December 2000.

Fox Classics began as a channel shared with Fox Kids, which itself had moved from a block on Fox8. This version of the channel was a night shift for the Fox Kids channel in Australia, when Fox Kids ended at a specific time (late afternoon for the most part), Fox Classics began. Eventually Fox Kids moved back to Fox8 on 1 February 2003 and FOX Classics became a 24-hour channel.

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Fox Funny is an Australian pay television channel focused on airing popular American sitcoms from the 2000s to present. The channel lanuched on 1 November 2008.

The channel is the place to go for comedies and sitcoms that can be watched time and time again. The channel celebrates world class comedies of the noughties and now.

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Fox Hits is an Australian subscription television channel which focused on airing popular sitcoms. The channel launched on 7 November 2019.

This channel features iconic comedies from the 80s and 90s such as Friends, Will and Grace, Frasier, The Nanny, Everybody Loves Raymond and Seinfeld.

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Fox Sci-Fi is an Australian subscription television channel which focused on airing fantasy TV series. The channel launched on 31 December 2019.

Fox Sci-Fi provides the best in science fiction and supernatural TV and is designed to appeal to the entire family with strong characters and storylines driving the mysterious, cheeky personality of the channel.

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Fox Showcase is an Australian premium drama cable and satellite television channel. It is owned and operated by Foxtel Networks; and is their flagship entertainment channel, and airs programming with no ad breaks during shows. The channel lanuched on 1 December 2007.

Fox Showcase delivers the world’s most ground-breaking stories, from cutting edge international and original dramas to must-see special events.

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Fox Sleuth is an Australian subscription television channel which focused on airing crime TV series. The channel launched on 31 December 2019.

Fox Sleuth is the home of the classic whodunnit, appealing to the armchair detective in us all. The channel features authentic, sometimes playful characters such as Vera’s DCI Vera Stanhope played by Brenda Blethyn and Poirot starring David Suchet, all much loved by murder mystery fans particularly women.

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BoxSets is an Australian pay television channel, screening boxsets of hit drama and comedy programming. The channel launched on 3 November 2014.

The channel is available as both a linear channel (on Foxtel and Optus Television) and a video on demand service (available through internet-connected Foxtel set top boxes and through Foxtel's streaming app Foxtel Go).

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The Comedy Channel is an Australian subscription television channel available on Foxtel, and Optus Television. The channel lanuched on 30 June 1996.

Until the launch of Comedy Central in 2009, The Comedy Channel was the only channel in Australia specifically dedicated to comedy around the clock. It primarily features stand-up comedy, sitcoms, animated comedy series, sketch comedy, comedy films, and talk shows.

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A&E is an Australian subscription television channel which launched on 16 February 2012. The channel is run as a joint venture between A&E Networks and Foxtel Networks.

A&E is a male-skewed channel that focuses on 'real life' content, similar to that of its American counterpart.

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Lifestyle Food is an Australian subscription television channel which launched on 14 March 2004.

The channel is solely dedicated to food, wine and restaurant society. The channel is a subsidiary of Lifestyle, which runs 24 hours a day on the Foxtel.

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Lifestyle Home is an Australian subscription television channel which launched on 1 March 2011.

The channel is dedicated to home and property programming. It ranges from home improvements to home investments, renovation, gardens and property.

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Foxtel Arts is a subscription television arts channel available in Australia on the Foxtel platform. The channel lanuched on 28 March 2015.

As of 11 October 2017, Foxtel Arts is a part-day channel, and is only broadcast between 6pm and midnight. This is due to a move by Foxtel to enable Foxtel Arts to share the same broadcast bandwidth as Smooth, which in turn is only available between midnight and 6pm.

Regular programming includes programming featuring or related to opera, ballet, music, theatre, dance, classical and contemporary performance, as well as documentary specials and series from cinema, literature, music, visual art and artists.

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Foxtel Movies is a suite of 11 pay television film channels in Australia which began broadcasting on 1 January 2013. Owned by Foxtel, the channels replaced the now-defunct Movie Network and Showtime suites.

Foxtel Movies consists of 10 themed channels, all with a HD simulcast. Three of these channels (Premiere, Action and Family) have a 2-hour SD timeshift channel. There is also one UHDTV channel. The following are listed in order of LCN location:
UltraHD - Channel consists of movies in ultra-high-definition sourced from the full suite of channels.
Premiere - Main channel of the suite, featuring mainly newer Hollywood films and some domestic content.
Family - Channel consists mainly of family and children's films.
Kids - Channel consists mainly of children's films.
Action - Channel consists mainly of action-adventure, and science fiction films.
Comedy - Channel consists mainly of comedy films.
Thriller - Channel consists of thriller, crime and horror films.
Romance - Channel consists mainly of romantic and romantic comedy films.
Drama - Channel consists mainly of drama films.
Hits - Channel consists mainly of popular films and franchise films across genres, and the home of Foxtel Movies' pop-up channels.
Greats - Channel mainly consists of acclaimed movies across genres.

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Foxtel Box Office is one of Foxtel's Pay Per View systems, which shows movies. It has 14 channels. Films currently come to Foxtel Box Office same day as DVD or 1–3 months after DVD release

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History is an Australian subscription television channel which launched in 1996. The channel is run as a joint venture between A&E Networks and Foxtel Networks.

History broadcasts non-fictional programs regarding historical events and persons, as well as various metaphysical, pseudoscientific, and paranormal phenomena—often with observations and explanations by noted historians, scholars, authors, esotericists, astrologers, and Biblical scholars as well as reenactments and interviews with witnesses, and/or families of witnesses.

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Crime + Investigation is an Australian subscription television channel which launched on 1 January 2005. The channel is run as a joint venture between A&E Networks and Foxtel Networks. The channel focuses on crime, investigation and mystery programming.

The channel shows a variety of shows dealing with criminal investigations. The content is mostly sourced from overseas except for limited original content.

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Fox Sports is an Australian group of sports channels, which is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited. Its main competitors are ESPN and Optus Sport, both available as part of a Foxtel subscription.

Fox Sports started life as the Premier Sports Network (later just 'Premier Sports') as the only fully operational local channel at the launch of Australia's first pay-television service, Galaxy. The service was launched at 16:00 on 26 January 1995 in Sydney, and made a name for itself, securing the rights to Australia's cricket tour of the West Indies. When Foxtel launched its cable service later that year, PSN was included as part of the package. On 1 March 1996, PSN was relaunched as Fox Sports Australia, to coincide with the new Super 12 rugby union competition and the proposed launch of the Super League.

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Fox Sports Mix: Channel 145 and Channel 253 in HD
Fox Sports News: Channel 500 & Channel 254 in HD.
Fox Cricket: Channel 501 & Channel 255 in HD.
Fox League: Channel 502 & Channel 256 in HD.
Fox Sports 503: Channel 503 & Channel 257 in HD.
Fox Footy: Channel 504 & Channel 258 in HD.
Fox Sports 505: Channel 505 & Channel 259 in HD.
Fox Sports 506: Channel 506 & Channel 260 in HD.
Fox Sports More: Channel 507 & Channel 264 in HD. (Although broadcast 24/7, the channel only acts as a pop-up channel with only occasional programming)
Fox Sports Ultra HD: Channel 508 in 4K Ultra HD.

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Fox Cricket is an Australian subscription television channel dedicated to screening cricket (both domestic and international) matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited and is available throughout Australia on Foxtel and Optus Television. The channel was launched on 17 September 2018.

The channel features the entire Australian Summer of international cricket including tests, one day matches and T20 matches as well as the Big Bash Leagues and World Cups.

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Fox Footy is an Australian rules football subscription television channel dedicated to screening Australian rules football matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited, operated out of their Melbourne based studios and available throughout Australia on Foxtel and Optus Television. The channel was launched on 17 February 2012.

Fox Footy has live broadcast rights to all Marsh Community Series matches, all AFLW home and away matches, all AFLW Finals matches including the Grand Final, all AFL home and away matches and all AFL Finals matches until the AFL Grand Final which is shown on delayed with the game being screened exclusively live on Seven. When two live matches are being played simultaneously, Fox Sports 503 broadcasts one of the matches.

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Fox League is an Australian subscription television channel dedicated to screening rugby league (both domestic and international) matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited and is available throughout Australia on Foxtel and Optus Television. The channel was launched on 27 February 2017.

The channel broadcasts all National Rugby League games excluding the NRL Grand Final live.

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Fox Sports News is an Australian cable and satellite sports news channel, owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited and is the sister channel of Fox Sports. The channel launched on 1 October 2006.

The live programming has consistently been expanded since the channel's launch. It was originally live from 6 am - midnight, then 6 am - 1 am, and currently 5 am - 1 am. Outside of these hours the channel simulcasts Sky Sports News live from UK.

Fox Sports News keeps you updated with all the latest in sport throughout the day and night.

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Nickelodeon is an Australian children's television channel operated by a joint venture of Foxtel Networks and ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia. Being a version of the namesake television channel in the United States, the channel broadcasts Nickelodeon's original series, as well as shows from third-party companies.

The Australian version also offers a timeshift schedule to viewers in New Zealand since 1 December 2010.

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Nick Jr. is a 24-hour children's channel in Australia designed for pre-schoolers. Nick Jr. was a morning programming block on Nickelodeon until 2004, when Foxtel launched it as a full 24-hour kids channel. The channel is run by Foxtel Networks, under license from ViacomCBS, and is also available on Optus Television and FetchTV.

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Channel [V] is an Australian music television channel owned and operated by Foxtel. It is available on Foxtel and Optus Television's subscription platforms. The channel lanuched in 2004.

Throughout the day, Channel [V] holds several countdowns based on certain themes. A large number of the countdowns are top charts based on ratings from country to country. Much larger countdowns can be seen for special occasions, such as the Top 50, Top 100 and Top 200. The overnight output (midnight/10:30pm-6am) is advert-free.

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Smooth is an 18-hour (originally 24-hour) Australian pay television music channel available via Foxtel satellite and cable services. It launched on 3 December 2013, dedicated to easy listening adult contemporary music. The channel is run as a joint venture between Nova Entertainment and Foxtel Networks.

As of 11 October 2017, Smooth is a part-day channel, and is only broadcast between midnight and 6pm. This is due to a move by Foxtel to enable Smooth to share the same broadcast bandwidth as Foxtel Arts, which is available between 6pm and midnight.

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Max is an Australian music channel formerly known as musicMAX prior to 14 March 2004, available on Foxtel and Optus Television. The distinctive MAX logo was designed by Australian designer director, Domenico Bartolo.

Max is the music channel with feeling – where people come together to share their enduring love of music. A place to come home to at night or escape to on the weekends.

Max brings you a variety of music experiences from locally produced music, lifestyle programs to authentic music from quality artists that move you.

Playing the best local and international music, MAX artists are original, talented and range from singer-songwriters to the genuine sounds. Max is also a proud supporter of Australian music, regular playing home-grown artists.

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Country Music Channel is an Australian cable and satellite music television channel owned and operated by Foxtel Networks. It is available on Foxtel and Optus Television. CMC is the one of two country music video channels in Australia, it was created after the departure of MusicCountry from the Australian market.

Australia’s only Country Music Channel, featuring the biggest stars in country music from Australia and around the world. Programs include ‘The CMC Top 20 Countdown’, counting down the hottest hits in country every week, and ‘Spotlight’ – in-depth interviews with stars.

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Main Event is Australia's only pay-per-view channel. It transmits through Foxtel and Optus Television, who jointly own the channel. It broadcasts major sporting and entertainment events such as boxing, professional wrestling, mixed martial arts and concerts.