THE American founder of of regional pay-TV company Austar, John Porter, has been a long-time lover of the Aussie Outback. As founder of regional pay-TV company Austar, Mr Porter has developed an ...

Regional pay TV operator Austar says it has reached an agreement with Foxtel and Liberty over their $2.5 billion takeover offer. Foxtel and Liberty are offering Austar shareholders $1.52 per share in ...

Shareholders of regional pay television operator Austar have voted overwhelmingly to support a $2 billion takeover bid by Foxtel. The final tally showed 97.6 per cent of shareholders voted in favour ...

The nation's number two telco Optus yesterday raised concerns about Foxtel's multibillion-dollar bid to acquire fellow pay TV operator Austar, claiming that the merger would strengthen relative market ...

Australia's biggest pay-tv firm, Foxtel, has made a $2 billion takeover bid for rival Austar in a deal aimed at reviving subscriber growth and taking on competition from free-to-air television ...

Foxtel has offered $1.52 per share for the regional operator, compared with Austar's closing price yesterday of $1.265. Austar said its board considered the higher offer price was appropriate for a ...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will not oppose Foxtel's $2.5 billion acquisition of pay TV rival Austar, despite worries about the impact that the deal will have on the ...

Aussie pay TV partners Foxtel and Austar have finally agreed the terms of a merger worth over $A2 billion ($2.1 billion). The deal, which has taken several months to ...

The regional pay TV operator says there is no reason why a merger is inevitable, writes Neil Shoebridge. Ten months after merger talks between capital city pay TV company Foxtel and its regional ...

SYDNEY — A month after it slashed costs to refinance a $A400 million ($206 million) debt, struggling regional Australian satcaster Austar failed to meet the Dec. 31 ...

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