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FOXTEL 131 999 (Local call fee applies) FOXTEL Management Pty. Ltd. P.O. Box 612, Moonee Ponds Vic. 3039 FOXTEL is owned:- 50% by TELSTRA (Australia's main Telecommunications Co.) 25% by News Corporation 25% by PBL (Publishing Broadcasting Limited - owners of Australia's National Nine Network).

Web Site:- http://www.foxtel.com.au email address:- feedback@foxtel.com.au FOXTEL provide a cable service to parts of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide and Perth. In areas not covered by cable, FOXTEL provide a Direct To Home (DTH) satellite service to areas of Australia not serviced by regional Pay TV provider, AUSTAR. There is no competition between AUSTAR and FOXTEL except at the Gold Coast, Queensland, although FOXTEL do compete with OPTUS VISION in areas where OPTUS VISION provide a cable service. The FOXTEL satellite service provides most, but not all, of the FOXTEL cable channels. Full details of the current subscription rates can be found at the FOXTEL subscriptions web page http://www.foxtel.com.au/my/channel/channel.jsp FOXSPORTS Web Site:- www.foxsports.com.au. FOXSPORTS email address:- info@foxsports.com.au.

 

Channel Ownership Main Event Television Pty Ltd (33.3% FOXTEL, 33.3% Austar, 33.3% Optus Television) Greek language channel. Distributed in Australia by Overlook BV XYZ (a 50/50 joint venture between Austar and FOXTEL) BBC Worldwide 100% privately owned by interests associated with Michael Bloomberg Wholly owned subsidiary of AOL Time Warner XYZ (a 50/50 joint venture between Austar and FOXTEL) A 50/50 joint venture between Dow Jones (50%), NBC (50%) Wholly-owned subsidiary of AOL Time Warner FOXTEL, Australia Delivered to FOXTEL via a distribution agreement between XYZ and Discovery Networks Asia The Walt Disney Co. Columbia Tri-Star (SONY) (20%), Universal (20%), Paramount (20%), 20th Century Fox (20%), Liberty Media (20%) The Walt Disney Co. Distributed by Fashion Television, France FOXTEL, Australia FOXTEL, Australia FOXTEL, Australia FOXTEL, Australia FOXTEL, Australia News Corporation News Limited (50%), PBL (50%) News Limited (50%), PBL (50%) FOXTEL, Australia Hallmark Entertainment Networks FOXTEL, Australia XYZ (a 50/50 joint venture between Austar and FOXTEL) Main Event Television Pty Ltd (a Joint Venture between Optus Television 33.3%, Austar 33.3%, and FOXTEL 33.3%) Warner Bros; MGM; Disney; Dreamworks; Village Roadshow Warner Bros; MGM; Disney; Dreamworks; Village Roadshow Warner Bros; MGM; Disney; Dreamworks; Village Roadshow Optus (100% Optus under licence from MTV Networks USA) XYZ (a 50/50 joint venture between Austar and FOXTEL) A Joint Venture owned by National Geographic Ventures (50%), and BSkyB (50%) A joint venture between XYZ (50%), Viacom (50%) Optus (100%) RAI Italy. Distributed in Australia by Overlook BV Columbia Tri-Star (SONY) (20%), Universal (20%), Paramount (20%), 20th Century Fox (20%), Liberty Media (20%) Columbia Tri-Star (SONY) (20%), Universal (20%), Paramount (20%), 20th Century Fox (20%), Liberty Media (20%) Nine Network (33.3%), Seven Network (33.3%), BSkyB (33.3%) Wholly-owned subsidiary of TAB Ltd Wholly-owned subsidiary of AOL Time Warner Columbia Tri-Star (SONY) (33.3%), Universal (33.3%), Paramount (33.3%) Publicly listed on the Australian Stock Exchange FOXTEL (60%), BBC Worldwide Television (20%), Fremantle Australia (20%) XYZ (a 50/50 joint venture between Austar and FOXTEL) Australian Provincial Newspapers (30%), Australian Capital Equity (30%), SBS Television (40%)
These digital radio/music services are only available to satellite subscribers. The programming is supplied to FOXTEL by satellite Music of Australia Pty. Ltd.
LIGHT CLASSICAL		Channel  1
NEW AGE		Channel  2
RADIO ITALIA		Channel  3		Italian language radio
SPORTS 927		Channel  4		Racing and sport ------ Melbourne AM 927 kHz
RADIO NEWS EXTRA		Channel  5		Newsagency Radio - some advertising
HIGH ENERGY		Channel  6
COUNTRY		Channel  7
TOP 100		Channel  8
CAFE JAZZ		Channel  9
EASY LISTENING		Channel 10
CLASSIC HITS		Channel 11
SPECIAL OCCASIONS		Channel 12		Also used by Coles for in-store music

NEW CHANNELS & RE-SETTING YOUR SATELLITE RECEIVER
If new channels are added to the FOXTEL satellite service or if channels have been allocated new channel numbers they may not show up in your menu. To check accuracy of the channels menu it is a good idea to occasionally re-set your satellite receiver. Before commencing make sure the smartcard is correctly inserted in the satellite receiver.
 
 

UEC 642 or UEC 660 RECEIVER

RE-SETTING THE UEC RECEIVER PRESS MENU on the remote control. -  PRESS Select Channel Organisation - the Channel Organisation Menu will be displayed. PRESS Select Reset TV Channels   PRESS OK to confirm  Wait for the receiver to complete scanning services.   Normal service will resume shortly with the new channel line-up loaded.

THE UEC RECEIVER is manufactured in South Africa http://www.uec.co.za/ and has been chosen by FOXTEL because all existing local stocks of the PACE DGT 400 have been installed. This receiver is a slight upgrade of the UEC 642 used for OPTUS AURORA services. This box is a great improvement on the PACE DGT 400, the LCD display is more attractive, there are a wide range of connections to suit the home theatre enthusiast. The remote is better and changing channels much faster. The installers pin number is 9949. Some - but not all UEC models can be re-tuned to receive the Optus AURORA services but they will still require an authorised Optus AURORA smartcard enabled by Optus to access any Optus AURORA TV and most radio channels

 It is also worth noting it is not a good idea to remove the smartcard from the UEC receiver too often. Constant removing and re-inserting the smartcard may damage the smartcard. Multiple smartcard adapters are available in the UK to enable more than one smartcard to be inserted in a satellite receiver, the adapters cost approx. $130 Australian. However, I am not aware of any Australian satellite dealers who stock the multiple card adapters
     

PACE DGT 400 RECEIVER

RE-SETTING THE PACE DGT 400 PRESS MENU on the remote control. - PRESS Number 5 - Channel Organisation Menu will be displayed. PRESS Number 3 to Reset TV Channels - this message will appear: "Press SELECT to reset the TV Channels or press EXIT to escape" PRESS SELECT - confirmation will appear on the bottom of the TV with the message: "TV Channels list has been reset" PRESS MENU to redisplay normal services.

PACE DGT 400 was originally imported into Australia by Australis Media (trading as Galaxy). They were manufactured initially in the UK http://www.pace.co.uk/ and later in Thailand under licence. It was the first generation of decoders for Australian Satellite Pay TV. The PACE DGT 400 was used by Galaxy, AUSTAR and ECTV until Galaxy was placed into liquidation. FOXTEL purchased a number of these boxes from the Australis liquidator, these have now all been installed and FOXTEL now install the UEC 660 receiver.

 The PACE DGT 400 installers pin number is 4252. However, this receiver can NOT be used for other than what is authorised by FOXTEL via the smartcard, - there are no longer any free to air (FTA) digital television channels on any transponders on the Optus B3 satellite used by AUSTAR, FOXTEL or OPTUS VISION, other than TVSN. (TVSN is already FTA on the FOXTEL satellite service). The GALAXY PACE DGT 400 receiver software totally prevents access to Optus AURORA scrambled signals even with an enabled Optus AURORA smartcard. If a valid smartcard for FOXTEL or AUSTAR is not available the GALAXY PACE DGT 400 receiver can still access the AUSTAR/FOXTEL radio/music channels, as these are not scrambled at present. Unlike some satellite receivers, the removal and re-inserting of a smartcard in a Pace DGD 400 receiver will not damage the smartcard.

 An AUSTAR enabled smartcard will work in both the above satellite receivers, but the AUSTAR smartcard may re-arrange the television channel line-up and will also add any unique AUSTAR channels not already part of a FOXTEL satellite service. Any unique FOXTEL channels will be scrambled. More detail information and frequency tuning details for the PACE dgt 400 receiver can be found at this site HERE

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