Pay television
                                    Subscription television service incorporated in 1995 with 2.8 million subscribers across Australia. Previously a joint venture between News Corp and Telstra, UK-based sports streaming platform DAZN bought Foxtel in 2024.
                            Company Ownership
                    Foxtel Management Pty Ltd
                
                AUS
    
    
    
    
    
        DAZN Group ltd
        
        
    owns 91% of Foxtel Management Pty Ltd
        
    UK
    
    Sports broadcasting
                    Europe's largest digital sports broadcaster, with 20 million paid subscribers globally in 2023. Acquired Foxtel in 2024. 
            
        Access Industries Inc
        
        
    owns 85% of DAZN Group ltd
        
    USA
    
    Investment company
                    Founded in 1986 by Ukrainian-born businessman and philanthropist Len Blavatnik. Their investment portfolio is valued at over $35 billion and spans entertainment, media, and real estate.
            Company Assessment
            (Last updated Aug 2025)        
        
        
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                Foxtel Management Pty Ltd
            
                            
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        Tax dodging in Australia
    
    
        Michael West Media reports that, according to Corporate Tax Transparency Data published by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), NXE, or Foxtel, has paid no income tax in any of the five years from 2019 to 2023, despite generating $14 billion of total income across this five-year period. 
    
            Source: Michael West
                                    (2025)
                            
        
    
        
        Breaching advertising codes
    
    
        This company has been criticised for offensive advertising. Between 2009 and 2023 Ad Standards upheld complaints about nine ads by this company (Foxtel, Binge and Kayo Sports) on the grounds that they breached advertising codes. The ads were subsequently discontinued or modified. 
    
            Source: Ad Standards
                                    (2022)
                            
        
    
        
        Political donations
    
    
        The democracyforsale.net website, which aggregates data from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), reports that this company donated $104,600 to Australia's major political parties between 2018 and 2023. To view this company's entry in the AEC's Transparency Register, follow the link and click on "Named on the following annual returns as providing funds to:" to see the political donations made by the company.
    
            Source: AEC
                                    (2024)
                            
        
    
        
        Corporate responsibility claims
    
    
        This company corporate social responsibility claims on its website in the areas of community, the environment and reconciliation.
    
            Source: company website
                                    (2017)
                            
        
    
                DAZN Group ltd
            
                            
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        Involvement in gambling
    
    
        In 2022 DAZN expanded into gambling and launched DAZN Bet. The sports betting and casino gambling service is registered in several European countries and was formed in partnership with online casino provider Pragmatic Solutions.
    
            Source: company website
                                    (2024)
                            
        
    
        
        Treating customers unfairly
    
    
        In 2024 DAZN was sued by the German Federal Association of Consumer Organizations (VZBV) over the alleged use of non-transparent contract clauses that allowed DAZN to make excessive contractual changes, including price adjustments. The Munich I Regional Court largely agreed with the VZBV, upholding many of the complaints.
    
            Source: Teltarif
                                    (2024)
                            
        
    
        
        Modern Slavery statement
    
    
        California, the UK and Australia have all enacted legislation requiring companies operating within their borders to disclose their efforts to eradicate modern slavery from their operations and supply chains. Follow the link to see this company's disclosure statement.
    
            Source: company website
                                    (2024)
                            
        
    
                Access Industries Inc
            
                            
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        Blavatnik Foundation
    
    
        The Blavatnik Family Foundation "provides many of the world's best researchers, scientists, and future leaders with the support and funding needed to solve humankind's greatest challenges. We promote and preserve the creativity and beauty of world-class arts and cultural institutions. And we honor Jewish history and support local organizations working to care for the most marginalized."
    
            Source: company website
                                    (2024)
                            
        
    
        
        OpenSecrets.org profile
    
    
        OpenSecrets.org tracks the influence of money on U.S. politics, and how that money affects policy and citizens' lives. Follow link to see this company's record of political donations, lobbying, outside spending and more.
    
            Source: Open Secrets
                                    (2024)
                            
        
    
        
        Ties to Russian oligarchs
    
    
        Ukraine-born British-American and Access Industries founder Len Blavatnik made his initial fortune, alongside other Russian oligarchs, in the privatisation of state-owned aluminum and oil assets after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He owns most of Warner Music Group and has stakes in several publicly traded assets via his privately held Access Industries. Follow link to see the Wikipedia profile of Len Blavatnik.
    
            Source: Wikipedia
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Company Details
Type:
                Joint venture
                                        Founded:
                1995
                                        Revenue:
                3.3 billion AUD
                                            (2016)
                                    
                                        Employees:
                2,800+
                                            (2017)
                                    
                                            Contact Details
                    Address:
                
                
                    5 Thomas Holt Drive, North Ryde, NSW, 2113, Australia
                
                                        
                    Phone:
                
                13 19 99
                                                    
                    Website:
                
                
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