ATV News is an Australian 24-hour cable & satellite news channel available in 2.5 million homes on Foxtel, Austar, Optus TV & Neighbourhood Cable subscription platforms. ATV News launched on the 20th of February of 1995 as the 1st & only Australian-produced TV news channel. In 2004, it began broadcasting ATV News Active, it's on-demand interactive TV news service & in 2008, it launched the ATV News Business Channel. It began widescreen broadcasting on the 17th of May of 2009