Style Network (known on air as Style) was an Australian

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channel that owned by

Universal Networks International NBCUniversal International Networks, formerly NBC Universal Global Networks and Universal Networks International, is a part of NBCUniversal, owned by Comcast. History When NBCUniversal was formed in 2004, it owned many entertainment television c ...

. It was a domestic version of the American

Style Network Esquire Network was an American pay television network that was a 50/50 joint venture between NBCUniversal and the Hearst Corporation. The network carried programs aimed at a metrosexual audience centering on travel, cooking, sports and fashio ...

(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. It was available through the

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and

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platforms. In 2014, it became available on Australian streaming service Foxtel Play.

History

Style was launched on the Foxtel and

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platforms on 15 November 2009. The channel abruptly ceased broadcasting on 17 December 2019, after Foxtel changed around their lineup and UNI decided to consolidate programming on several networks, also ending operations of 13th Street and

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at the end of 2019.

Programming

Original local programming

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Fashion Bloggers ''Fashion Bloggers'' is an Australian reality documentary television series that premiered on 15 October 2014 on the Style Network. The series is the first local commission for the Australian Style Network. The reality show chronicles both the ...

'' (season 1 only, season 2 aired on sister channel E!)

Acquired programming from American Style Network

*'' Big Rich Texas'' *''Celebrity Closet Confidential'' *''

Clean House ''Clean House'' is a home makeover and interior design television show, originally broadcast from 2003 until 2011 which aired 10 seasons of programs on the Style Network. Originally hosted by Niecy Nash and later by Tempestt Bledsoe, the show b ...

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Fashion Hunters ''Fashion Hunters'' is an American reality television series which premiered on October 4, 2011, on Bravo. The series chronicles the life of several fashion designers working at Second Time Around as they go around New York City ...

'' *''Girl Meets Gown'' *''

Jerseylicious ''Jerseylicious'' was an American reality television show that premiered on March 21, 2010, on the now defunct Style Network. It chronicles the lives of six stylists who work at salons located in Green Brook Township, New Jersey. The Gatsby Salon, ...

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Little Women: LA ''Little Women: LA'' is an American reality television series that debuted on May 27, 2014, on Lifetime. The series chronicles the lives of a group of women with dwarfism living in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no ...

'' *''Pregnant and Dating'' *''

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'' *'' Styled to Rock'' *'' The Amandas'' *'' The Jennie Garth Project''

Acquired programming from other networks

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Bringing Sexy Back ''Bringing Sexy Back'' was an Australian weight loss reality television show that aired on the Seven Network on Tuesday nights at 7:30pm.

'' *'' Double Divas'' *'' How'd You Get So Rich?'' *'' The Good Buy Girls''

References