Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity is Subscription Television but it is also involved with internet access and mobile phones. It was founded in 1994 under the name Community Entertainment Television (CETV).
Austar's television subscriber base has grown to 747,148 (at 30 June 2010), the largest subscription television operator in regional and rural Australia. Austar provides subscription television services in a service area of approximately 2.4m homes, one-third of Australia's total homes, primarily using digital satellite technology. Austar also operates a digital cable network in Darwin
It is owned by Foxtel, who acquired Austar in 2012. While much of the Austar brand is no longer used, and has mostly been replaced by Foxtel branding, the two services will continue operating separately.
Austar was involved with providing services to Sega Channel in Australia in partnership with Sega Ozisoft, a joint venture between Sega and Ozisoft.
Read more about Austar: Foxtel Takeover, Subscription Television (Austar Television/Austar Digital), Austar Mobile (mobile Telephony), Dial-up Internet (Austarnet), Broadband Internet (Austar Broadband)