XYZnetworks was an Australian media company that owned, operated and distributed eleven subscription television channels in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. XYZnetworks was jointly owned by

Foxtel Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was establi ...

and Austar. Based in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, they had roughly 170 employees, with offices in North Ryde.XYZ Networks: Home
Some of the channels owned by XYZnetworks included: *

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* Channel *

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The LifeStyle Channel Lifestyle (formerly known as The LifeStyle Channel) is an Australian television channel. The channel launched on 1 September 1997. The channel has an emphasis on contemporary lifestyle interests. Its programming covers topics including food an ...

and LifeStyle HD (a high definition simulcast) *

LifeStyle Food Lifestyle Food (stylised as Lifestyle FOOD) is an Australian pay-TV food channel, solely dedicated to food, wine and restaurant society. The channel is a subsidiary of Lifestyle, which runs 24 hours a day on the Foxtel. On 19 September 2016, ...

* LifeStyle Home * LifeStyle You *

The Weather Channel Australia Sky News Weather Channel is an Australian Satellite television, satellite television channel owned by Australian News Channel, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia. Launched on 1 January 1999, the channel broadcasts weather forecasts and weather ...

* Hits (formerly Channel sup>2 and Club . XYZnetworks also distributed

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and jointly owned

Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...

and Nick Jr. XYZ operated

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,

and Austar merged resulting in Foxtel wholly owning XYZ Networks, resulting in Foxtel closing XYZ and moving all channels to Foxtel Networks.

References

External links

Official website
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