Foxtel Passes 300,000 Subscribers Tokyo, Japan, April 27 1998 (TS-ASIA) -- Australia's FoxTel says it has passed the 300,000 subscriber mark. The company, a joint venture pay TV operator, formed by News Corp. and Telstra Corp., launched in October 1995 and passed 100,000 subscribers in August 1996. A year later, in June 1997, it announced 200,000 subscribers.