Foxtel uses the Internet to provide some extra content to its iQ2 platform. It also offers Foxtel on Xbox, a subset of Foxtel channels via any internet provider Defunct services A number of subscription television services in Australia have become defunct or are no longer supported in Australia: Austar previously delivered an analogue MMDS service into selected regional areas, however the system was dumped in the late 1990s/early 2000s. Austar also briefly tested a digital MMDS service on the Gold Coast. TARBS leased some of Austar's metropolitan licenses for their service. ECTV and Galaxy also used MMDS. SelecTV used Intelsat 8 until administrators shut the service down in January 2011. UBI World TV used Optus D2 and Intelsat 8 until United Broadcasting International Pty Ltd ceased to trade on 8 June 2012. Austar has ceased transmission 24 May 2012, prior to this, Foxtel had acquired Austar. See also Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) Internet television in Australia References Australian subscription television services Television in Australia