Austar United - Subsidiaries and Affiliates

Synopsis

AUSTAR provides pay television, Internet and mobile telephone services through its subsidiaries. Through its affiliates, it provides television programming and other telecom services. Wholly-owned subsidiary AUSTAR Entertainment is the group’s pay TV operator. Another wholly-owned subsidiary, AUSTAR United Broadband, provides dial-up Internet service, mobile telephony and interactive television. Affiliate XYZ Entertainment is Australia’s largest provider of pay TV channels. For the latest information of AUSTAR’s subsidiaries, see separate report, “Austar United Communications Ltd”.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Company information
• 3. Subsidiaries and affiliates
• 4. AUSTAR Entertainment
  • 4.1 Operations
  • 4.2 Programming and services
• 5. Description
• 6. XYZ Entertainment
  • 6.1 XYZ company history
  • 6.2 Channels
    • 6.2.1 Nickelodeon
    • 6.2.2 Channel [V]
    • 6.2.3 The Discovery Channel
    • 6.2.4 Arena
    • 6.2.5 The LifeStyle Channel
    • 6.2.6 MAX
• 7. AUSTAR United Broadband
  • 7.1 Data services
  • 7.2 Internet
  • 7.3 Mobile telephony
  • 7.4 Interactive television
• 8. Other subsidiaries
  • 8.1 Main Event Television (formerly Content Co Pty Limited)
  • 8.2 TVSN Limited
  • 8.3 The Weather Channel (sold)
  • 8.4 TelstraClear (sold)
• 9. Contact details
• 10. Related reports

• Table 1 – Major subsidiaries and affiliates – 2004
• Table 2 – Subscription TV subscribers and annual change – 1996-2004
• Table 3 – Internet and mobile subscribers – 2000-2004

• Exhibit 1 – AUSTAR United Communications at a glance
• Exhibit 2 – AUSTAR Entertainment at a glance
• Exhibit 3 – AUSTAR Digital Channel Line-up – Aug 2004
• Exhibit 4 – XYZ Entertainment at a glance