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Austar United Communications Limited
http://www.austar.com.au/Last activity: 13.11.2009
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Austar is the second largest pay TV provider in Australia, with almost a 100% market share in rural and regional eastern Australia. As of 2003, Austar had over 425,000 subscribers, mostly via satellite, in a region of over 2.0 million homes, and annual revenues in excess of A$300 million. A small portion of revenue is generated by reselling mobile phone and internet service to its pay TV customer base. Austar also holds a strategic investment in the largest Australian producer of pay TV channels, accounting for 20% of all pay-TV viewing in Australia, as well as a small investment in a 24-hour home shopping channel business.
Location: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Belconnen
Employees: 51-200
Founded date: 1995
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Castle Har... | castleharl... |
Mentions in press and media 24
| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.11.2009 | November 13, 2009 - Castle Harlan, CHAMP Complete Sale of United Malt to GrainCorp | Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York-based private equity firm, and its Australian affiliate, CHAMP Private Equity, announced today that they had completed the sale of United Malt Holdings (UMH), the world’s fourth largest producer of malt for... |
| 05.10.2009 | October 05, 2009 - Castle Harlan, CHAMP Agree to Sell United Malt Holdings to GrainCorp | Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York private equity investment firm, and CHAMP Private Equity, its affiliate based in Sydney, Australia, confirmed today that they have agreed to sell United Malt Holdings (UMH), one of the world’s largest produ... |
| 04.03.2009 | March 04, 2009 - Castle Harlan's Australian Affiliate Acquires Financial Advisory Firm | Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York private equity investment firm, announced today that CHAMP Private Equity, its Australian affiliate, has invested A$80 million in Centric Wealth, the leading high-end financial advisor in Australia, and acq... |
| 22.12.2008 | December 22, 2008 - Castle Harlan Affiliate in Australia Buys Lease-Financing Companies | Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York private equity investment company, announced today that CHAMP Private Equity, its Australian affiliate, has acquired two companies involved in the operating lease market in Australia and New Zealand. One o... |
| 28.07.2008 | July 28, 2008 - Castle Harlan Agrees to Sell AmeriCast for $288 Million To Bradken | NEW YORK, July 28, 2008 - Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York private equity investment firm, announced today that it had agreed to sell AmeriCast Technologies, Inc., a North American leader in the design and manufacture of large, complex ste... |
| 12.03.2008 | March 12, 2008 - Castle Harlan Affiliate CHAMP Buys Australian Construction Company | NEW YORK, March 12, 2008 - Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York private equity investment firm, announced today that its Australian affiliate CHAMP Private Equity has purchased Golding Contractors Pty Ltd, a company active in the mining indust... |
| 07.11.2007 | November 07, 2007 - Castle Harlan's Australian Affiliate CHAMP Will Open Office in Singapore | NEW YORK, November 7, 2007 - Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York private equity investment firm, announced today that CHAMP Private Equity, the Australian firm in which Castle Harlan has a 50 percent interest, will open an office in Singapore... |
| 09.07.2007 | July 09, 2007 - Add-on Acquisition by Castle Harlan and CHAMP Makes Blue Star Largest Multi-Discipline Printer | NEW YORK, July 9, 2007 - Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York-based private equity firm, announced today that Blue Star Print Group, a portfolio company of Castle Harlan and its Australian affiliate CHAMP Private Equity, has acquired a major i... |
| 07.03.2007 | March 07, 2007 - Castle Harlan Australian Affiliate Buys New Zealand Printing Firm | NEW YORK, March 7, 2007 - Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York-based private equity investment firm, announced today that its Australian affiliate, CHAMP Private Equity, has acquired Blue Star Print Group Ltd., the leading printing company in ... |
| 12.09.2006 | September 12, 2006 - Castle Harlan and CHAMP Private Equity Create Leading Global Malt Producer | NEW YORK, September 12, 2006 - Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York-based private-equity investment firm, and CHAMP Private Equity, its affiliate based in Sydney, Australia, announced today that private-equity investment funds they manage have... |
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