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Country | Australia |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Timeshift service | A&E + 2 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Foxtel Networks |
Sister channels | Real History Real Crime |
History | |
Launched | 16 February 2012 |
Closed | 31 July 2024 |
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The network closed on 31 July 2024 after the expiration of Foxtel's licensing agreement with A&E Networks International, with its programming dispersed onto Foxtel's streaming platform and Fox8, and its sister networks taking genericised names (History becoming Real History and C+I becoming Real Crime). [4]
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