Former type Private Defunct 24 May 2012 Ceased operations May 24, 2012 Parent organizations Foxtel, Austar | Successor Foxtel Networks Number of employees 170 Area served Australia | |
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Industry Subscription Television Products Subscription Television Channels Owner News Corporation (50%) & Telstra (50%) Headquarters North Ryde, Sydney, Australia | ||
XYZnetworks was an Australian media company that owned, operated and distributed eleven subscription television channels in Australia. XYZnetworks was jointly owned by Foxtel and Austar. Based in Sydney, they had roughly 170 employees, with offices in North Ryde.
Some of the channels owned by XYZnetworks included:
XYZnetworks also distributed Discovery Channel and jointly owned Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. XYZ operated Arena until 1 October 2007, when it became a channel wholly operated by parent company Foxtel, with XYZ still owning the channel.
On 24 May 2012, Foxtel and Austar merged resulting in Foxtel wholly owning XYZ Networks, resulting in Foxtel closing XYZ and moving all channels to Foxtel Networks.
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