W Channel (Australia)
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| Launched | 23 October 1995 15 November 2009 (HD) |
| Owned by | Foxtel |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 0.8% (April '07, [1]) |
| Slogan | We Know Drama |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Formerly called | FX (until 1 November 2003)[2] |
| Sister channel(s) | 111 Hits Bio. Crime & Investigation Foxtel 3D Foxtel On Demand Fox8 FOX Classics The Comedy Channel History |
| Timeshift service | W+2 |
| Website | www.wchannel.com.au |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Foxtel | Channel 115 (SD/HD) Channel 155 (+2) Channel 215 (SD) |
| Austar | Channel 115 (SD) Channel 155 (+2) Channel 215 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Foxtel | Channel 115 (SD/HD) Channel 155 (+2) Channel 215 (SD) |
W is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms. Originally a retro channel, it moved into Women's interest programming around the late 1990s.[3] Later on it dropped promoting itself as a women's channel, instead focusing on its drama programming.
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[edit] History
The channel began life as the FX in 1995 and became available on Austar in April 1999.[4] It was relaunched as W. in 2003, shortly before digital broadcasting began.[2] W screened original Australian programming such as Beauty and the Beast, Love My Way, From Here to Maternity and Studio A with Simon Burke. It also had Pay-TV rights to many popular U.S. primetime drama series such as Pushing Dasies and The Wire and repeats of many other series.
Antonia Kidman, sister of actress Nicole Kidman was the face of the W channel, for quite some time and has presented a few parenting and entertainment programs for this and other channels. W2, the timeshift channel broadcasting programs two hours later, was launched in September 2006. A website for the channel was also launched in September 2006.[5]
W. underwent a transformation in April 2009, which included an updated logo (now simply W) and several new additions to the primetime line-up. W HD was launched on 15 November 2009, on both Austar and Foxtel.
[edit] Programming
[edit] Original Programs
| Title | Number of Seasons | Number of Episodes | First Broadcast | Last Broadcast | Status |
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| Love My Way Series 2 Only | 1 | 12 | 2005 | 2006 | Ended |
| Spirited | 1 | 8 | 2010 | Present | Series 2 Premieres in 2011 |
[edit] Current Programming
- Army Wives
- Boston Legal
- Burn Notice
- Cold Case
- Damages
- Extreme Makeover Home Edition
- Friday Night Lights (TV series)
- Jeopardy! (US version)
- Law & Order
- Leverage (TV series)
- Lie to Me
- Most Haunted
- Outrageous Fortune
- Rescue Me
- The Border
- The Closer
- The Glades
- The Listener
- The Mentalist
- The Unit
- The Young and the Restless
- Without a Trace
- White Collar
[edit] References
- ^ Ratings Information
- ^ a b Idato, Michael (27 October 2003). "Talk of the town". Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, Australia: Fairfax Media): p. 3. http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=SMH031027F8NEB3C7NJU. Retrieved 13 Feb 2010.
- ^ Keogh, Kylie (25 November 2000). "Foxtel's feminine summer push". Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia): p. 14.
- ^ Joyce, James (26 March 1999). "Tunedin". Newcastle Herald: p. 6. http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news990327_0075_2711. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ Official website
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