XYZnetworks
| Company type | Joint venture |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Fate | Dissolved after Foxtel and Austar merger |
| Headquarters | Sydney , Australia |
Area served | Australia |
| Products | Subscription-based television channels |
| Owner | Foxtel and Austar (joint venture) |
Number of employees | 170 |
| Parent | Foxtel (after 2012 merger) |
XYZnetworks was an Australian media enterprise that owned and managed eleven subscription-based television channels. The company was a joint venture between Foxtel and Austar, headquartered in Sydney, with a workforce of around 170 staff members situated in North Ryde.
Prominent channels under its portfolio included:
- Arena – focused on celebrity news, women's entertainment, reality programming, and talk shows; established in 1995
- Channel [V] – the Australian adaptation of the Asian pop music channel
- Country Music Channel – dedicated to country music videos and tracks
- MAX – a companion channel to Channel V
- The LifeStyle Channel and LifeStyle HD – centered on lifestyle content; launched in 1997
- LifeStyle Food – featuring culinary shows and food critiques; introduced in 2004
- LifeStyle Home – specializing in home improvement series; debuted in 2011
- LifeStyle You – covering fashion and entertainment; broadcast from 2009 until 2017
- The Weather Channel Australia
- [V] Hits (previously known as Channel [V]2 and Club [V])
In addition to these, XYZnetworks handled the distribution of the Discovery Channel Australia and held joint ownership of both Nickelodeon and Nick Jr.. Although XYZnetworks operated Arena until 1 October 2007, operational control then fully transferred to Foxtel while ownership remained with XYZ.
After the merger between Foxtel and Austar on 24 May 2012, Foxtel took complete ownership of XYZnetworks. Subsequently, XYZnetworks was dissolved, with all its channels absorbed into Foxtel Networks.