Style Network (Australian TV channel)

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Style Network
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Country Australia
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format576i (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner Universal Networks International
Sister channels 13th Street
CNBC Asia
E!
Syfy
Universal TV
Euronews
History
Launched15 November 2009
Closed17 December 2019

Style Network (known on air as Style) was an Australian pay television channel that owned by Universal Networks International. It was a domestic version of the American Style Network (which it outlasted by six years after that network was converted to the short-lived men's interest Esquire Network), and much like its American counterpart it featured fashion, design, and programming for women. [1]

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It was available through the Foxtel and FetchTV platforms. [2] In 2014, it became available on Australian streaming service Foxtel Play. [3]

History

Style was launched on the Foxtel and Austar platforms on 15 November 2009. [4] [5] The channel shut down on 17 December 2019 without notice, after Foxtel changed around their lineup and NBCUniversal decided to consolidate domestic programming operations onto fewer networks, also ending the operations of 13th Street and Syfy at the end of 2019.

Programming

Original local programming

Acquired programming from American Style Network

Acquired programming from other networks

See also

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