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| Country | United States and Australia |
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| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Hillsong Church and Trinity Broadcasting Network |
| History | |
| Replaced | Church Channel |
Hillsong Channel is an American and Australian Christian-based broadcast television network and is a joint venture of the international Sydney-based Hillsong Church, and the American Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN).
History
As The Church Channel And Hillsong Channel
Prior to the launch of the Television South the network was known as The Church Channel And Hillsong Channel and maintained their main operations base out of TBN's WSFJ-TV in Newark, Ohio. Programming consisted of Christian worship services, 90% of which must be of an instructional, evangelistic or ministerial nature. The network had put strict guidelines on fundraising and other announcements, limiting them to 10% of the program.[1] The Church Channel encouraged churches to submit recordings of their services with the intent of putting them on the air.
On January 1, 2016, TBN announced a partnership with the Sydney-based international congregation Hillsong Church that originally saw Television South re-imaged as the Hillsong Channel on January 15, 2016, in line with Hillsong's American expansion plans.[2][3] The launch date was later moved up to June 1, 2016. It was the second major change in TBN's American operations in a matter of years, after the previous year's launch of TBN Salsa and changes in scheduling for Smile of a Child and JUCE TV over-the-air to accommodate TBN Salsa.[4] Unlike that launch (where Smile and Juce maintained 24/7 streaming-only services), The Church Channel was not maintained as a 24/7 streaming service through TBN's streaming operations, and some TCC programming has been blended into the Hillsong Channel schedule, albeit in morning and early afternoon timeslots.
Hillsong Channel is available over-the-air on digital subchannels of TBN owned-and-operated and affiliated stations nationwide, usually on the second subchannel (for example, if the local TBN station broadcasts on channel 17, then Hillsong Channel would be carried on digital subchannel 17.2).
It is also available on select U.S. cable providers, Dish Network, Glorystar (free-to-air Galaxy 19) and DirecTV, in the UK on Sky and in many nations around the world via direct-to-home satellite, such as ABS1 to India and the Middle East, Hot Bird satellite to Europe, and Agila 2 satellite both C-band and Ku-Band signal in Asia and the Philippines. The network also livestreams its programming on its official website. Spectrum launched the network in 720p high definition at the start of August 2017.
On June 24, 2017 the Hillsong Channel was made available on Apple TV.[5]
In Australia, Hillsong Channel last launched on December 31, 2017 on IPTV provider Fetch TV.[6][7] On September 11, 2016 it was announced at Hillsong Church Services that Hillsong Channel would launch on satellite and cable pay television provider Foxtel on December 16, 2017.[8]
On October 13, Hillsong Channel was made available in Australia on Foxtel Channel 183.
Programming
Original programming from Hillsong includes;[9]
- Hillsong Church - Services from worldwide Hillsong congregations, including London, Sydney, New York and Los Angeles
- Best of Hillsong Conference
- What Do You See? with Robert Fergusson - Christian doco-teaching series on perspective
- Brian Houston TV
- The Story A documentary series about how the present day and God's story are intertwined
- Colour Conference: The Green Room - Interviews with speakers from the Colour Conference
- Colour Conference: Main Stage
- The Sisterhood Stories - Stories from inspirational women
- Chapel: The College Experience - Services and stories from the Hillsong International Leadership College
- What's Cooking with Young & Free - Cooking series with a comedic bent
- Hillsong Kids: A Big Life - Children's programme for ages 6-12
- Hillsong Kids Jr Cubby House - Children's programme for ages 3–5
- Goodbye The Lord A Hillsong Channel's Final Programme
Hillsong Channel also airs specials documentaries, other worship programming and music programming like a special around Let There Be Light, along with other Hillsong events and short series.
References
- ^ "The Church Channel - Request Church Channel". Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ^ Ong, Czarina (March 21, 2016). "Hillsong Church to launch own TV channel to 'exalt Jesus and empower people' 24/7". Christian Today. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ^ "Christian Television Leader TBN Partnering With Hillsong in Launch of Innovative Worship Network" (Press release). Trinity Broadcasting Network & Hillsong Church. March 9, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- ^ "TBN Salsa English Language Hispanic Faith and family network launches". Retrieved June 1, 2016.
- ^ "Hillsong Channel – live broadcast Hillsong Church, Worship, conferences and leadership resources for Apple TV by Hillsong Church". Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- ^ "Hillsong Channel now available on Fetch TV". Christian Today Ministries. August 4, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
- ^ @hillsong (July 25, 2016). "Hey Australia! @HillsongChannel is now available on #FetchTV on CH 197! Get Fetch TV at http://fetchtv.com.au" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Goodbye To All That". Youtube. Hillsong Church. September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
- ^ "Check out what shows we have coming your... - Hillsong Channel | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.