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.[1]
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.[2][3]
xyznetworks, australian, media, company, that, owned, operated, distributed, eleven, subscription, television, channels, australia, jointly, owned, foxtel, austar, based, sydney, they, roughly, employees, with, offices, north, ryde, typeprivateindustrysubscrip. 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 1 XYZnetworksTypePrivateIndustrySubscription TelevisionDefunct24 May 2012SuccessorFoxtel NetworksHeadquartersNorth Ryde AustraliaArea servedAustraliaProductsSubscription Television ChannelsOwnerNews Corporation 50 amp Telstra 50 Number of employees170ParentFoxtelAustarWebsitexyz wbr com wbr auSome of the channels owned by XYZnetworks included Arena Channel V Country Music Channel MAX The LifeStyle Channel and LifeStyle HD a high definition simulcast LifeStyle Food LifeStyle Home LifeStyle You The Weather Channel Australia V Hits formerly Channel V 2 and Club V 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 2 3 References edit XYZ Networks Home Archived 17 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine Foxtel completes Austar merger TV Tonight David Knox Retrieved 24 May 2012 Foxtel Austar spells end for XYZ News C21Media Jesse Whittock Retrieved 25 May 2012 External links editOfficial website nbsp This Australian television related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an Australian corporation or company is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title XYZnetworks amp oldid 1150488917, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
