Showcase (Australian TV channel)
- This article is about an Australian television channel. For other uses, see Showcase (disambiguation).
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| Launched | 1 December 2007[1] |
| Owned by | Foxtel Networks |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Sister channel(s) | Foxtel Movies |
| Timeshift service | showcase two |
| Website | showcasechannel.com.au/ |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Foxtel/Austar | Channel 403 (SD/HD) Channel 404 (two) Channel 1403 (SD) |
| Cable | |
| Foxtel | Channel 403 (SD/HD) Channel 404 (two) Channel 1403 (SD) |
| Optus | Channel 403 (SD) Channel 404 (two) |
| IPTV | |
| Xbox 360 | Channel 403 |
| Telstra T-Box | Channel ??? |
Showcase is an Australian premium cable and satellite television channel. It is owned and operated by the Premium Movie Partnership (PMP) and is a sister network to the Showtime networks. Showcase is managed by Showtime's Chief Executive Officer Peter Rose. In 2007 Rose said Showcase "provides a real home at last for quality drama in Australia, and this list of outstanding event television is just the start".
Showcase can be found on channel 403 on Foxtel, Optus TV and Austar, and broadcast the Australian premieres of Dexter and Australian made series Satisfaction.
On 15 November 2009 Showcase launched two additional channels: showcase two and showcase HD.
Foxtel took over managing and producing Showcase and the other Showtime channels as of 31 October 2012, with it purchasing assets of the PMP.[2] On 9 December 2012, it was announced that Movie Network and Showtime (with the exception of Showcase) would be replaced with a new line-up of Foxtel branded movie channels to be named Foxtel Movies[3] Showcase would continue to be the home of premium drama from HBO and other international networks, original programming, documentaries, and independent films.
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Overseas programming [edit]
Many of the programs featured on Showcase are Australian premieres, and feature on cable networks in America which feature adult themes and mature issues such as HBO, Showtime and FX in America. At Foxtel's 2013 programming highlights presentation on 26 February 2013, Foxtel announced an agreement with HBO that was to see HBO content be exclusively shown on showcase, with it not to screen on free to air television for at least five years.[4]
- Breaking Bad
- Boardwalk Empire
- Bored to Death
- Brotherhood
- Californication
- The Corner
- Dexter
- Eastbound & Down
- Funny or Die Presents
- Game of Thrones
- Generation Kill
- Girls
- House of Cards
- House of Saddam
- How to Make It in America
- Hung
- In Treatment
- John Adams
- John from Cincinnati
- The Life and Times of Tim
- Lip Service
- Mad Men (season 6)
- Mildred Pierce
- The Newsroom (replay season 1, premiere season 2)
- The Pacific
- The Riches
- The Ricky Gervais Show
- Saving Grace
- Sleeper Cell
- Sons of Anarchy
- Treme
- True Blood
- The Tudors
Original programming [edit]
Showcase launched with the Australian premiere of Satisfaction, based around high-class Australian escorts and their clients. The show has run for three seasons.
Showcase also aired all three series of Love My Way, a series which moved from FOX8 to W to Showtime each season yet was re-run on Showcase all together for the first time in 2007–2008.
In 2008, Foxtel and Showcase announced a new Australian drama called Tangle. Tangle is from the makers of Love My Way, and features an all-star Australian cast of Matt Day, Kat Stewart, Justine Clarke, Ben Mendelsohn and Catherine McClements. The series debuted on 1 October 2009 to rave reviews: "Tangle puts Free to Air Television to shame. Australian drama desperately needs more voices that emanate from truth".[5]
In 2010 Showtime commissioned a 6 hour mini-series Cloudstreet based on the novel by Tim Winton. The series premiered on the 22nd May 2011.[6] The stellar cast includes Essie Davis as Dolly Pickles, Stephen Curry as Sam Pickles, Emma Booth as Rose Pickles, Kerry Fox as Oriel Lamb, Geoff Morrell as Lester Lamb, and with Todd Lasance as Quick Lamb and NIDA graduate Hugo Johnstone-Burt as Fish Lamb.[7]
| Title | Number of seasons |
Number of episodes |
First broadcast | Last broadcast | Status |
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| Love My Way (Series 3) | 1 | 8 | 2007 | 2007 | Ended. |
| Satisfaction | 3 | 30 | 2007 | 2010 | Ended. |
| Tangle | 3 | 22 | 2009 | Present | Series 3 to air in 2012. |
| Cloudstreet | 1 | 3 | 2011 | 2011 | Ended. |
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Walsh, Liz (2 December 2007). "Easily satisfied". The Sunday Mail. p. 3. Unknown parameter
|section=ignored (help); - ^ "Foxtel to acquire Showtime channels TV Tonight". David Knox. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ "New movie channels for Foxtel TV Tonight". David Knox. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ^ Knox, David (February 27, 2013). "Foxtel launches 2013 programming TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
- ^ "Tangle". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
- ^ "Airdate: Cloudstreet". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
- ^ "Stellar cast announced for Cloudstreet adaptation - FOXTEL Insider - What's On". FOXTEL. 2010-02-03. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
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