About Us

AUSTAR is Australia's premier pay television provider in regional and rural Australia and capital cities Hobart and Darwin. Australia's second largest Pay TV provider, AUSTAR has over 400,000 homes connected in its service area of 2.1 million homes, delivering a world of entertainment and information.

AUSTAR provides a comprehensive range of premium TV programming plus narrowband Internet services and mobile telephony using a combination of sophisticated satellite, wireless and cable technologies.

AUSTAR is dedicated to bringing quality entertainment and information to Australian regional and rural communities. With an intimate understanding of the regions in which it operates, AUSTAR is committed to superior customer service and sophisticated technology.

AUSTAR's 50% owned joint venture, XYZnetworks, is a significant program provider in the Australian market and owns and/or distributes Nickelodeon, Discovery, Channel [V], musicMAX, Arena, The Lifestyle Channel and The Weather Channel to over 1.2 million subscribers.

An Australian company, AUSTAR is backed by international expertise and the resources of a major media company UnitedGlobalCom which has video, data and telephony operations in 25 countries.