Craig Reucassel, an original member of comedy group The Chaser, will host a local version of the British hidden-camera comedy format, Balls of Steel, for the subscripton-only Comedy… Read on >>

Sky News will introduce live captioning for its subscribers commencing October 1st.
The service, to be delivered by Ai-Media, will commence on the flagship Sky News National… Read on >>

WIN Corporation's SelecTV will close their English language service within 90 days after struggling to turn a profit.
SelecTV's 22,000 subscribers will be contacted by either Austar… Read on >>

Knowfirst has revealed details on upcoming channels to be launched later this year by subscription television provider Foxtel.
Four high-definition channels, four standard-television channels, four timeshift channels… Read on >>

Subscription television channel TV1 has been forced to delay the broadcast of its drama, Killing Time, based on the legal groundings.
The mini-series has been pulled from the schedule indefinitely,… Read on >>

The AFL have commenced negotiations on its next broadcast deal assuming that subscription television will be in a position to bid for four games a round after… Read on >>

Austar is broadening its international news horizons this week by launching China's new English news channel to its lineup.
The regional subscription television provider also brings Al-Jazeera's… Read on >>

Sky News Australia has continued in its attempts to pick a fight with the ABC, firing off a legal missive to the broadcaster to warn it not… Read on >>

The internet subscription television company FetchTV is marketing its internet television system to the free-to-air networks, presenting itself as a potential alternative source of revenue.
FetchTV -… Read on >>

Amid growing opposition, Foxtel has dropped their controversial plan to offer new services to their customers who are only connected through Telstra BigPond.
According to The Australian, it… Read on >>

Sandra Bender, has been appointed to the newly created role as head of subscription channels, for SBS subsidiary PAN TV, the operator of new arts-based channel STVDIO and… Read on >>

The LifeStyle Channel was the big winner at last night's ASTRA Awards for the subscription television industry, with its hit programme Selling Houses Australia picking up several awards… Read on >>

Telstra's interests in Foxtel have been spared from a heads of agreement with the operators of the National Broadband Network under which Telstra customers will be migrated… Read on >>

Foxtel has signed a number of favourite competing athletes as ambassadors in the lead-up to their Commonwealth Games coverage.
The sporting stars include Steve Hooker (pole vault), Geoff Huegill… Read on >>

Foxtel has today posted strong subscription growth from its "end of financial year sale", despite rising interest rates and increased competition from free-to-air digital channels.
With seventeen days… Read on >>