Subscription television in Australia consists of the dominant provider Foxtel offering nearly all Australian channels via cable & satellite TV in capital cities, and mostly the same channels are offered by Austar which is now owned by Foxtel via satellite TV (predominantly) in regional areas only. Smaller competitors offer a subset of channels - with Fetch TV entering the market in 2010 with a subscription service over a few ADSL2+ networks, and TransACT offering TV via its own VDSL, VDSL2 and FTTP/FTTH networks in Canberra and its Neighbourhood Cable network in parts of Victoria. Other providers of Internet television in Australia offer free content or PPV, but don't offer a subscription product. UBI World TV offers a number of ethnic satellite TV and Radio channels nationwide, and other small companies offer some channels via satellite, especially foreign services or free-to-air channels, and some channels are available over the Internet.
Currently, the highest rated television programme on subscription television in Australia is Foxtels Australia's Next Top Model.
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