Private company
Austar
Logo: Austar, PD, via Wikipedia3
Defunct Australian telecommunication company
Austar was an Australian telecommunications company founded in 1995 as Community Entertainment Television (CETV). Its main business activity was subscription television. It was also involved with internet access and mobile phones.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrytelecommunications1
- HeadquartersGold Coast1
- Websitewww.austar.com.au
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Austar was an Australian telecommunications company founded in 1995 as Community Entertainment Television (CETV). Its main business activity was subscription television. It was also involved with internet access and mobile phones.2
Products and brands
- satellite television
Listed on Wikidata.1
Acquisitions
On 11 July 2011, Austar announced that it had entered into definitive transaction agreements with Liberty Global, (LGI) and Foxtel to acquire Austar under a scheme of arrangement. This takeover involved a minority shareholder approval on 30 March 2012, the approval of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission on 10 April 2012, and had approval from a Second Court Hearing. The Austar shares were suspended on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) as of 16 April 2012, and were delisted from the ASX on 27 April 2012. The takeover was completed on 24 May 2012.
From Wikipedia’s article on Austar, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Controversies and legal
Mystar criticism
MyStar had ongoing technical issues which have plagued the system since release; however, Austar have said that "they have a huge team of people that will actively jump onto any issues as soon as they are reported to the call centre". Some of the numerous bugs included the MyStar box regularly causing the screen to black out, recordings to fail, and the screen to freeze. The box has also been reported to automatically switch itself off and on.
From Wikipedia’s article on Austar, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
Links
- Websitewww.austar.com.au1
- X (Twitter)x.com/foxtel_help1
- WikipediaAustar
- WikidataQ2872096
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataAustar on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAustar on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsAustar logo by Austar, PD
- 4WikipediaAustar on Wikipedia (revision used)