This article examines the history of Australis Media from its acquisition of the Pay TV B licence on 18 November 1993 to its financial collapse on 5 May 1998. The article analyses the reasons for the collapse of Australis Media and examines the way in which Pay TV was penetrated by the media interests of Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Packer.
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