[3] SelecTV was created in Melbourne in October 2003 by Jim Blomfield,[4] a former chief executive officer of Foxtel, as i-view Broadcasting Pty, Ltd.

[5] The companies focus was to provide comparatively low-cost premium content to specialist market segments, including Australians whose first language was other than English and retirees.

[8] WIN Corporation saw opportunity in the companies rapid expansion, and direct competition to the Australian subscription television giant Foxtel, acquiring the remaining 49.9% from Access Providers in October 2006.

[5] By 2009, due to low subscription to their language packages, SelecTV discontinued all German and Vietnamese programming.

[13] On 20 August 2010, SelecTV signed an agreement allowing its 22,000 English subscribers to voluntarily change to Foxtel and Austar's subscription services without additional charges.