The Zone (New Zealand TV channel)

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The Zone
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Country New Zealand
Programming
Picture format 1080i/576i (HDTV/SDTV)
Ownership
Owner SKY Network Television
History
Launched1 November 2014;7 years ago (2014-11-01)
Closed30 June 2017;4 years ago (2017-06-30)
Links
Website http://pages.skytv.co.nz/channels/the-zone

The Zone was a sci-fi, fantasy, horror and cult television channel on New Zealand's Sky Television on Channel 9.

The channel was announced in July 2014, [1] [2] [3] and began to broadcast in November 2014. [4] [5] It was added at no additional cost to the basic subscription package.

The channel closed on 30 June 2017. It was replaced on Sky by a new channel, Sky Box Sets.

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