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| W. Logo | |
| Launched | 1998 (as FX. Launched November 2003 as "W.")[1] W HD: 15 November 2009 |
| Owned by | Foxtel |
| Audience share | 0.8% (April '07, [2]) |
| Slogan | Dramatically Different TV |
| Timeshift service | W2 |
| Website | www.wchannel.com.au |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Foxtel Digital | Channel 114 |
| Austar Digital | Channel 114 |
| Foxtel Digital timeshift | Channel 155 |
| Austar Digital timeshift | Channel 155 |
| Cable | |
| Foxtel Digital | Channel 114 |
| Austar Digital | Channel 114 |
| Foxtel Digital timeshift | Channel 155 |
| Austar Digital timeshift | Channel 155 |
W is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms.
History
The channel began life as the FX in 1995. It was relaunched as W. in 2003, shortly before digital broadcasting began. 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.[3]
W. underwent a transformation in April 2009, which included an updated logo (now simply W) and several new additions to the primetime line-up. It was announced that W HD is to be launched on November 15th 2009, on both Austar and Foxtel.
Programming
Original Programming
- The Little Things
- The Bigger Things
- Beauty and the Beast
- Love My Way
- Studio A with Simon Burke
- From Here to Maternity
Current Programming
- Army Wives
- Boston Legal
- Cold Case
- Crossing Jordan
- Damages
- Derek Acorah's Ghost Town
- Desperate Housewives
- Dr. Phil
- Ed
- Extreme Makeover
- Extreme Makeover Home Edition
- Getaway
- Grey's Anatomy
- Huff
- Jeopardy! (US version)
- John Edward Cross Country
- Judging Amy
- Law & Order
- Leverage (TV series)
- The L Word
- The Montel Williams Show
- Most Haunted
- Nip/Tuck
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
- Pushing Dasies
- Rescue Me
- Rick Steves' Europe
- Shark
- She's Got the Look
- Touched by an Angel
- The Border
- The Price Is Right (US version)
- The Shield
- The West Wing
- The Wire
- The View
- The Young and the Restless
- Without a Trace
- Women's Murder Club
References
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