Outdoor Channel

Outdoor Channel
Launched	1994
Owned by	Outdoor Channel Holdings Inc.
Picture format	480i (SD) 1080i (HD)
Headquarters	Temecula, California
Website	outdoorchannel.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Selective TV, Inc. (Alexandria, MN)	K67HI (Channel 67)
Satellite
DirecTV	Channel 606 1606 VOD
Dish Network	Channel 396
Cignal Digital TV (Philippines)	Channel 107 (HD)
Cable
Available on many cable systems	Check local listings for channels
Verizon FiOS	Channel 307 (SD) Channel 591 (HD)
IPTV
AT&T U-verse	Channel 680 (SD) Channel 1680 (HD)
Sky Angel	Channel 327
Available on many IPTV systems	Check local listings for channels

Outdoor Channel is an American speciality channel focused on the outdoors, offering programming that includes hunting, fishing, Western lifestyle, off-road motorsports and adventure. The network can be viewed on multiple platforms including high definition, video-on-demand, as well as on a broadband web site. Outdoor Channel is a wholly owned subsidiary of Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: OUTD).

Outdoor Channel Content

Billing itself as "America’s Leader in Outdoor TV", Outdoor Channel provides thematic primetime programming “blocks,” allowing viewers to watch one of many categories (fishing, hunting, outdoor adventure) of shows like Trev Gowdy's Monster Fish, Benelli Presents Duck Commander, Scouting for Adventure Presented by Boys' Life, Field & Stream's The Gun Nuts Presented by Smith & Wesson or Savage Wild on a designated night.

• Fisher's ATV World Focus on ATV/UTV adventure trail riding with Host Brian Fisher
• Realtree Road Trips with Michael Waddell
• Shooting Gallery It focuses on multiple aspects of shooting, from self-defense to the shooting sports, hosted and produced by veteran shooting competitor Michael Bane.
• Benelli's American Birdhunter with Tom Knapp
• Dead Down Wind's American Archer with Tom Nelson
• Wingshooter with Randy Lack and Bruce Horrell
• Steve's Outdoor Adventures with Steve West
• Gold Fever with George and Tom Massie
• Gun Stories hosted by Joe Mantegna
• Ted Nugent's Spirit of the Wild hosted by Ted Nugent
• Shawn Michaels' MacMillan River Adventures with Shawn Michaels and Keith Mark

Outdoor Channel HD

Logo of Outdoor Channel HD

Outdoor Channel HD is a 1080i high definition simulcast of Outdoor Channel that launched in early 2008. Verizon FiOS was the first provider to carry it.^[1] AT&T U-verse added it in October 2008.^[2] In early April 2009, it was announced that it had reached carriage agreement deals with Comcast, RCN, US Cable, and Time Warner Cable for the HD version.^[3][4] In June 2010, Outdoor Channel became the first and only full-time cable network in the outdoor category to broadcast every episode of every show in 100% native HD.^[5]

Conservation

Outdoor Channel mobilized 2,500 volunteers in September 2010 as part of its Conservation Tour of Duty for its Outdoor Channel Corps initiative. It is a philanthropic program that aims to improve public lands and spaces in order to ensure that the outdoor lifestyle thrives in America.^[6] Timed around National Public Lands Day, Outdoor Channel Corps deployed volunteers to a total of eight sites, where the network worked on restoration and improvement projects with partners and affiliates like Comcast, Time Warner, Boys Scouts of America and the National Park Service.^[7]

External links

• Official site
• Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc.
• Outdoor Channel's Online Program Guide
• Outdoor Channel on Twitter
• Outdoor Channel on Facebook
• Down Range TV

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