Country | New Zealand |
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Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 16:9 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Sky Network Television |
History | |
Launched | 3 December 1994 |
Former names | Orange, Sky 1, The Box |
Links | |
Website | Official Site |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Sky Go | skygo.co.nz |
Sky 5 is a television channel in New Zealand available on Sky.
The channel's shows are a variety of international shows, for example CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , The Simpsons , WWE, The Flash, Supergirl , Arrow, Tour of Duty , Hardcore Pawn and Pawn Stars .
The channel was started on 3 December 1994 as Orange on Sky UHF pre-set channel 7. Orange broadcast between 10am and around 11:30pm and during 1995 Juice TV began broadcasting overnight when Orange went off the air. On 1 January 1997, Cartoon Network began broadcasting between 6am and 4pm while Orange was not broadcasting.
Orange changed its name to Sky 1 on 1 June 1998 and introduced overnight programming, with The Simpsons debuting on 7 July 1998 with the first ever episode. The channel began broadcasting 24 hours a day on 1 January 1999 when the Sky Digital service was launched; however, the UHF channel continued to screen Cartoon Network between 6am-4pm and in 2000 this was replaced with Nickelodeon.
In 2005, Sky Network Television considered unencrypting Sky 1 to make it a free-to-air channel, but decided instead to purchase the existing network, Prime.
Sky 1 relaunched on 1 February 2008 and in the process its name was changed to The Box.
On 2 February 2018, 10 years after the channel relaunched as The Box, it rebranded for the third time in its history, as Sky 5.
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