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词条 Subscription television in Australia
释义

  1. History

  2. Channels available

  3. Delivery

     Satellite  HFC Cable  IPTV / Internet Television  Defunct Services 

  4. See also

  5. References

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Subscription television in Australia consists of a dominant cable and satellite television provider Foxtel, with several smaller cable and satellite service providers operating in limited geographic areas. Other providers of Internet television in Australia offer free content or pay-per-view, but do not offer a subscription service.

In 2012, only about 28% of Australian homes had a pay TV subscription, which is one of the lowest subscriber rates in the developed world.[1] However, this rate is expected to rise from new delivery methods IPTV and streaming television services, including Apple TV, Netflix, Presto, Stan and Quickflix.[2]

History

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Galaxy was the first provider of subscription television in Australia, launching a MMDS service on 26 January 1995.[3] Originally Premier Sports Network was the only local channel to be fully operational, with Showtime and Encore launching in March.[4] They were later joined in April by TV1, Arena, Max, Red and Quest.[5][6] A satellite service was launched later in the year.

Optus Vision launched their cable service on 19 September followed by Foxtel on 22 October.[7][8]

Northgate Communications launched their service on 13 March 1997.[9] It was later acquired by Neighbourhood Cable.[10]

Galaxy was closed on 20 May 1998.[11] Two weeks later Foxtel significantly boosted its customer base by acquiring Galaxy subscribers from the liquidator of Australis Media and immediately commenced supplying programming to Galaxy's subscribers on an interim basis.[12] In February 1999 Foxtel began offering its own satellite service to new customers.[13]

Following the collapse, ECTV quickly signed a deal with Optus Vision.[14] Less than two months later, it was acquired by Austar, along with its stake in XYZ.[15] Austar replaced the ECTV packages with their own in September.[16]

TransTV launched in 2001, beginning with VoD followed later by linear channels.[18][19]UBI World TV launched in 2004. Also in 2004, TV PLUS launched its Ethnic platforms catering for Balkans, Russians and other Eastern European communities. Foxtel and Austar both launched their digital offerings in 2004, with a total of 130 channels. The following year, Foxtel introduces their Foxtel iQ personal video recorder.[20]SelecTV launched on 12 April 2006.[21] It ceased its English programming in late 2010.[22]Neighbourhood Cable with its hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) cable networks in three Victorian regional cities of Mildura, Ballarat and Geelong was acquired by TransACT at the end of 2007.[23] In November 2011, TransACT was acquired by iiNet Limited, which in 2015 itself became a subsidiary of TPG.[24]

Foxtel commenced their HD service in February 2009.

Fetch TV entered the market in 2010 with a subscription service over a few ADSL2+ networks.

Channels available

Almost all channels which currently or previously operated in Australia were available through Foxtel and Austar, being the dominant player in the market. However, some smaller competitors offer a subset of channels which are exclusive or unavailable on Foxtel services.

The majority of channels not available through Foxtel are non-English language channels. UBI World TV offers a number of ethnic satellite TV and radio channels nationwide, and other companies offer some channels via satellite, and some channels are available over the internet.

Delivery

Satellite

  • Foxtel uses the Optus C1 and Optus D3 satellites.
  • The various Globecast platform services use PAS 8.
  • MySAT uses PAS 8.
  • Jadeworld uses PAS 8.
  • The various PanGlobal TV platform services use PAS 8.
  • TFCDirect! uses PAS 8.
  • LBF uses Intelsat 701.
  • Pacific Media uses AsiaSat 4.

HFC Cable

  • Foxtel use Telstra's cable in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
  • Optus use their own cable network in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
  • Austar provide a cable service, again via HFC to Darwin through a cable system partly owned by Austar and the Darwin City Council.
  • Neighbourhood Cable (merged with TransACT) provides a TV service over their own cable to Geelong, Ballarat and Mildura.

IPTV / Internet Television

  • FetchTV provides IPTV through the Optus, dodo, iiNet and Internode Internet networks,[25][26] or any other internet provider when their set top box is purchased from one of their retail partners.
  • TransACT's TransTV service (merged with Neighbourhood Cable) uses VDSL over a fibre-to-the-kerb network in some suburbs of the A.C.T.
  • Foxtel uses the Internet to provide some extra content to its IQ2 platform. It also offers Foxtel on Xbox, a subset of Foxtel channels via any internet provider[27]
  • Several more companies offer Internet television in Australia with Pay-Per-View offerings or free streaming channels

Defunct Services

  • Austar previously delivered an analogue MMDS service into selected regional areas, however the system was dumped in the late 1990s/early 2000s. Austar also briefly tested a digital MMDS service on the Gold Coast.
  • TARBS leased some of Austar's metropolitan licenses for their service.
  • ECTV and Galaxy also used MMDS.
  • SelecTV used Intelsat 8 until administrators shut the service down in January 2011.[28]
  • UBI World TV used Optus D2 and Intelsat 8 until United Broadcasting International Pty Ltd ceased to trade on 8 June 2012.

See also

{{Portal|Television in Australia}}
  • Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA)
  • Internet television in Australia

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=We don’t love pay-TV like the rest. So what’s Foxtel really worth?|url=http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/10/we-dont-love-pay-tv-like-the-rest-so-whats-foxtel-really-worth/|publisher=Crikey|accessdate=15 January 2015|date=10 July 2012}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=THE NETFLIX CHALLENGE: The Two Major Hurdles In The Australian Market For The Service Transforming The TV Industry|url=http://www.businessinsider.com.au/netflix-entering-australia-2014-8|publisher=Business Insider|accessdate=15 January 2015|date=25 August 2014}}
3. ^{{cite news | title = AT HOME WITH PAY TV| first = Phil | last = Bertolus | page = 1 | newspaper = The Age Green Guide | date = 2 February 1995 | accessdate = 27 January 2010 | url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news950202_0222_6206}}
4. ^{{cite news| title = Galaxy of stars but light on hard info | first = Robin | last = Oliver | url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news950306_0093_5182 | newspaper = Sydney Morning Herald | date = 6 March 1997 | page = 8 | accessdate = 27 December 2009 | quote = In addition to its sports network, already operating, Galaxy trebled the choice on Friday when Showtime, a premium movie channel, and Encore, a movie favourites channel, got under way. }}
5. ^{{cite news | title = Do we really need pay-TV | first = Peter | last = Wilmoth | url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news950415_0038_9733 | newspaper = The Sunday Age | issn = | date = 15 April 1997 | page = 5 | accessdate = 27 December 2009 | quote = TV1 channel, the service's fourth channel of the eight planned, which was launched on 2 April}}
6. ^{{cite news | title = Galaxy takes knife to fees | first = Rachel | last = Browne | url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news950422_0197_2665 | newspaper = The Sun-Herald | location = Sydney | date = 22 April 1995 | page = 23 | accessdate = 21 December 2009 | quote = XYZ Entertainment is launching the other four Galaxy channels today. They are a documentary channel Quest, children's and cult TV channel Max, general entertainment channel Arena and music channel Red.}}
7. ^{{cite news | title = Handful of households switch on to cable | first = Ben | last = Potter | url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news950919_0128_1473 | newspaper = The Age | date = 19 September 1995 | page = 6 | accessdate = 1 January 2010 }}
8. ^{{cite news | title = No fanfare as Foxtel hits the airwaves| first = Ben | last = Potter | page = 6 | newspaper = The Age | date = 23 October 1995 | accessdate = 20 February 2010 | url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news951023_0211_9795}}
9. ^{{cite news | title = Ballarat backs new cable roll-out| first = David | last = Walker | page = 3 | newspaper = The Age | date = 14 March 1997 | accessdate = 20 February 2010 | url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news970314_0188_7586 }}
10. ^{{cite news | newspaper = The Australian | title = Pay TV operator offers free phone in bush.| first = | last = | page = 32 | date = 14 December 1999 }}
11. ^{{cite news | title = Business: Lights out for Galaxy| first = Kirsty | last = Simpson | page = 1 | newspaper = The Age | date = 21 May 1998 | accessdate = 26 February 2010 | url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news980521_0265_8078}}
12. ^{{cite news | title = Business: Foxtel pulls off coup in battle for pay TV| first = By | last = Anne | page = 31 | newspaper = Sydney Morning Herald | date = 3 June 1998 | accessdate = 26 February 2010 | url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news980603_0686_6609}}
13. ^{{cite news | title = Pay TV audience doubles| first = By | last = Daniel | page = 33 | newspaper = The Sun-Herald | location = Sydney | date = 28 February 1999 | accessdate = 26 February 2010 | url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news990303_0617_4282}}
14. ^{{cite news | newspaper = Newcastle Herald | title = Friday Guide: ECT's New Pay-TV Vision| first = James | last = Joyce | page = 2 | date = 29 May 1998 | accessdate = 30 April 2010 | url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news980601_0137_8804}}
15. ^{{cite news | newspaper = The Australian | title = Austar expands pay TV interests.| first = Clive | last = Mathieson | page = 23 | date = 10 July 1998 }}
16. ^{{cite news | newspaper = Illawarra Mercury | title = PayTV Hope Looms on Region's Horizon| first = Jodi | last = Allen | page = 7 | date = 28 August 1998 | accessdate = 30 April 2010 | url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news980831_0104_3628}}
17. ^{{cite journal |journal = Australian Communications | title = Cable in the 'Hood. |date = 16 February 2000 |page = 9|publisher = Business Intelligence International Pty Ltd}}
18. ^{{cite news | newspaper = Sydney Morning Herald | title = Information Technology: ACT Debuts Video On Demand| first = Nicole | last = Manktelow | page = 8 | date = 13 March 2001 | accessdate = 14 July 2010 | url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=SMH0103130II8C62S7IA}}
19. ^{{cite news | newspaper = Sydney Morning Herald | title = Information Technology: Mix Of TV Gets Canberra On Cable| first = Nicole | last = Manktelow | page = 1 | date = 7 August 2001 | accessdate = 14 July 2010 | url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=SMH010807F7G9V7ETKTA}}
20. ^http://www.astra.org.au/industry/history
21. ^{{cite news | title = $20m float for pay-TV player| first = Cathy | last = Bolt | page = 58 | newspaper = The West Australian | publisher = West Australian Newspapers Limited | location = Perth, Australia | date = 12 April 2006 }}
22. ^{{cite news | newspaper = The Australian | title = City Beat: Bruce Gordon's SelecTV to make changes| first = James | last = Chessell | page = | date = 20 August 2010 | accessdate = 20 August 2010 | url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/city-beat/bruce-gordons-selectv-to-make-changes/story-fn4xq4cj-1225907617882}}
23. ^{{cite news | newspaper = Canberra Times | title = TransACT in Vic move| first = Graham | last = Downie | page = 6 | date = 19 December 2007 }}
24. ^{{cite news|last=Hopewell|first=Luke |title=ACCC Gives TPG The A-OK To Buy iiNet|url=http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/08/accc-gives-tpg-the-a-ok-to-buy-iinet/|accessdate=20 August 2015|publisher=Gizmodo|date=August 2015}}
25. ^{{cite news|url=http://smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/iinet-to-deliver-tv-over-internet-20100412-s2q6.html|title= iiNet to deliver TV over internet |date = 12 April 2010|accessdate = 13 April 2010|agency = Australian Associated Press | work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
26. ^{{cite news | title = Finance: Fetch locks in TV partners| first = Lara | last = Sinclair| page = 21 | newspaper = The Australian | date = 24 November 2009 | accessdate = 13 April 2010 | url =http://theaustralian.com.au/business/industry-sectors/fetch-locks-in-isp-partners-for-new-pay-tv/story-e6frg95f-1225802678393 }}
27. ^http://www.cnet.com.au/foxtel-on-xbox-360-channels-pricing-announced-339306661.htm Foxtel on Xbox 360 Pricing Announced
28. ^{{cite web|title=Time called on WIN's pay TV company|url=http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2011/02/04/time-called-on-wins-pay-tv-company/|publisher=The Spy Report (Media Spy)|accessdate=2 March 2011}}
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