Channel [V] announced today that multi-talented singer/songwriter and media presenter Kyle Linahan will join the channel as a permanent host. Kyle will team up with current [V]Js Renee Bargh, Danny Clayton and Jane Gazzo to complete the Channel [V] presenter line-up and will be seen on-air from 1 July. His first role for the channel is hosting a Lady Gaga performance and interview which will be filmed this evening and broadcasted on Channel [V] in July. Joining Channel [V] is a move back ...

From Wednesday, June 3 subscription television subscribers will be able to watch The Curious Case of Benjamin Button directly in their lounge rooms, with the Oscar winning film premiering on FOXTEL Box Office at the same time as its release on DVD, Blu-ray and rental. Starring Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt and Australia’s own Cate Blanchett, subscribers won’t have to leave home to order the film on the FOXTEL Box Office pay-per-view service. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, from Warner Bros, is the first title to be fast-tr ...

FOXTEL today announced its iQ and iQ2 subscribers can now order scheduled FOXTEL Box Office movies via the phone and also online, without the need to have a working home phone line return path connected to the set-top-unit. Previously iQ and iQ2 subscribers who did not have a connected return path installed were unable to order FOXTEL Box Office movies. Watching FOXTEL Box Office’s great range of pay-per-view movies has never been so fast and easy with subscribers now having three ways ...

Australia's subscription television leaders FOXTEL and AUSTAR today announced the launch of A-SPAN -- a new national, not-for-profit channel dedicated to public affairs to be made available to all Australians. A-SPAN was unveiled in Canberra by the Prime Minister the Hon Kevin Rudd MP. Australian Subscription Public Affairs Network – A-SPAN – is the only service of its kind in Australia and a breakthrough innovation in independent public affairs provision to Australians. A-SPAN is i ...

A-SPAN – the Australian Subscription Public Affairs Network – today announced the appointment of respected political journalist and current National Press Club director, Laurie Wilson, to serve in a key programming role with the new channel. A-SPAN was launched today in Canberra by the Prime Minister the Hon Kevin Rudd, MP. A-SPAN is an initiative of subscription television leaders FOXTEL, AUSTAR and Australian News Channel, the provider of Sky News and Sky News Business Channel. Wilson, who ...

FOXTEL has expanded its FOXTEL Online Guide – a user-friendly internet version of its popular onscreen television Electronic Program Guide (EPG) – to view and search programming information now up to 14 DAYS in advance. 14 DAYS of comprehensive programming guide information available online showing what’s on and when liberates users to better plan their TV viewing. For over 450,000 FOXTEL iQ and iQ2 subscribers in Australia, the 14 DAY FOXTEL Online Guide also allows them to use REMOTE R ...

FOXTEL announced its best ever offer for the FOXTEL iQ personal video recorder - making the iQ free to install and free to use for 12 months from the date you join FOXTEL. FOXTEL's Chief Executive Officer Mr Kim Williams said: "Today, more than ever consumers are looking to the home as their entertainment centre. FOXTEL's new iQ offer responds to the times with a strong value message which follows close attention to what consumers are thinking and saying they want from television. The iQ is the ult ...

FOXTEL will launch three new exciting, family-oriented channels exclusively to its subscribers – CBeebies, BBC Knowledge, and Channel 111 – on November 1, 2008. BBC Worldwide – a key FOXTEL subscription television partner – introduces two new channels in Australia. Each is unique and offers remarkable quality: CBeebies, the UK's number one children's channel, presents a brightly coloured world targeting pre-school children aged six and under. The channel provides an interactive environment ...