Extra (Australian TV channel)
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Network | Nine Network |
| Headquarters | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Nine Entertainment Co. |
Extra is an Australian advertorial datacasting channel and a sister channel to the Nine Network, launched on 26 March 2012. The channel broadcasts mainly infomercials as well as home shopping, religion, community, educational, multi-cultural programming as well as stories taken from Nine Network programs including A Current Affair, Getaway, Today and Today Extra.[2][3][4]
History
On 26 November 2015, Nine's new lifestyle channel 9Life launched in metropolitan areas on channel 94. As a result, Extra, which was on channel 94 at the time, was moved to channel 95, replacing its timeshift service Extra 2.[5] However, Extra remained in broadcast on regional Nine affiliate NBN on channels 84 in place of 9Life.
On 19 January 2016, Extra replaced WIN's five-hour timeshift of their datacasting channel Gold on channel 82. When WIN and NBN launched 9Life in March 2016, their channel listings were reshuffled to mirror Nine's metropolitan listings.[6][7]
Availability
Extra is available in standard definition in metropolitan areas through Nine Network owned-and-operated stations: TCN Sydney, GTV Melbourne, QTQ Brisbane, NWS Adelaide and STW Perth as well as NBN Northern New South Wales.
Extra 2
On 28 March 2013, Extra 2 was launched on channel 95 as a five-hour timeshift of Extra.[8] As a result, the quality of sister channel GEM was cut.[9]
Extra 2 was closed in metropolitan areas on 26 November 2015 when it was replaced by Extra, which had been moved from channel 94 due to the launch of 9Life.[5] However, Extra and Extra 2 both remained available on Nine-owned NBN Television until 9Life was launched on NBN in March 2016.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "DTT Register of Service IDs" (PDF). FreeTV. 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ "Nine to launch Extra". Media Spy. 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ David Knox (2012). "Nine Launches Extra". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ "Nine launches Extra on Channel 94". Mediaweek. 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ a b Barrett, Dan (28 October 2015). "Nine 2016 Upfront: Plans to broadcast in HD and launch new lifestyle FTA channel". mediaweek.com.au. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ a b Knox, David (8 February 2016). "9HD, 9Life coming to NBN Newcastle". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ Knox, David (10 February 2016). "No 7flix for Prime, new channels "soon" for WIN". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ David Knox (2013). "Extra channel timeshifted by Nine". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ AndrewB (2013). "What is Extra 2? Channel 95? Another free to air channel?". Throng.com.au. Retrieved 2 April 2013.