# Australian TV Guide

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The ***Australian TV Guide*** was the *first online television schedule guide published in [Australia](/source/Australia),* and one of the first online [electronic program guides](/source/Electronic_program_guide) in the world.

Created in 1994 by Professor Lesley Goldschlager of [Monash University](/source/Monash_University) and his internet company Sofcom, a pioneering producer of online content in Australia in the 1990s, the Australian TV Guide was the first publication in Australia to provide internet users with a local and searchable online television guide.

It was initially supported by all major Australian television networks, except for the [Seven Network](/source/Seven_Network), which came on board in later years. The first guides produced only covered the major capital cities of Australia. In November 1999, Sofcom introduced schedules for regional Australia.[1]

The Australian TV Guide was supported by online advertising and syndication of its listings, providing content to portal sites such as [Yahoo!](/source/Yahoo!), [Bigpond](/source/Bigpond) and [Looksmart](/source/Looksmart).

In 2003, the Australian TV Guide was acquired by eBroadcast Pty Limited and later syndicated to other television sites such as OurGuide and the [Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation). It also introduced pay TV listings into its program guide, including daily schedules for [Foxtel](/source/Foxtel), [Fetch TV](/source/Fetch_TV) and [TransACT](/source/TransACT).

In 2014 eBroadcast Pty Limited expanded into the United States[2] and later into Canada[3] and the United Kingdom[4] with a spin-off site called [On TV Tonight](/source/On_TV_Tonight), producing electronic program guides for international channels and audiences outside of Australia.

## External links

- [Foxtel TV Guide](http://www.foxtel.com.au/TVGuide.aspx)
- [eBroadcast Australia](http://www.ebroadcast.com.au)
- [YourTV Guide](http://www.yourtv.com.au)
- [On TV Tonight](http://www.ontvtonight.com)
- [Australian Broadcasting Corporation](http://www.abc.net.au)

## References

1. Costello, Michael (24 November 1999). ["Sofcom TV Guide to serve regional Australia"](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/aus.tv/ZiCo7tANQsU). *Google Groups*. Google.

1. ["eBroadcast expands into North America"](http://www.ebroadcastblog.com/2014/07/ebroadcast-expands-into-north-america.html). *Blogger*. eBroadcast. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

1. ["eBroadcast expands into Canada"](http://www.ebroadcastblog.com/2016/08/ebroadcast-expands-into-canada.html). *Blogger*. eBroadcast. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

1. ["eBroadcast expands across the United Kingdom"](http://www.ebroadcastblog.com/2016/08/ebroadcast-expands-across-united-kingdom.html). *Blogger*. eBroadcast. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

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