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
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
Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was establi ...
and
FetchTV platforms. In 2014, it became available on Australian streaming service
Foxtel Play
Foxtel Now (Formerly Foxtel Play) is an Australian internet television service which offers subscriptions to over 50 live channels and hundreds of video on-demand titles. The service is owned by Foxtel, and officially launched on 11 August 2013 ...
.
History
Style was launched on the Foxtel and
Austar 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
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and
Syfy
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at the end of 2019.
Programming
Original local programming
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Fashion Bloggers'' (season 1 only, season 2 aired on sister channel
E!)
Acquired programming from American Style Network
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Big Rich Texas
''Big Rich Texas'' is an American reality television series on the Style Network that premiered on July 17, 2011. The show is filmed in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas. The series follows five wealthy Texas women and their daughters. The firs ...
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*''Celebrity Closet Confidential''
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Clean House''
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Fashion Hunters''
*''Girl Meets Gown''
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Jerseylicious''
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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 ...
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*''Pregnant and Dating''
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Ruby''
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Styled to Rock''
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The Amandas
''The Amandas'' is an American reality television series on the 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 ...
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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. ''
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Double Divas
''Double Divas '' is an American reality television series on Lifetime that premiered on January 10, 2013. It chronicles the day-to-day operations at LiviRae Lingerie, a custom lingerie store located in Kennesaw, Georgia. Best friend duo Molly H ...
''
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How'd You Get So Rich?
''How'd You Get So Rich?'' is an American reality television series hosted by comedian Joan Rivers. The series premiered on TV Land on August 5, 2009, and consisted of six weekly half-hour episodes. ''How'd You Get So Rich?'' was created and execu ...
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The Good Buy Girls
''The Good Buy Girls'' is an American reality television series on TLC that premiered on June 5, 2013. The show follows the lives of home shopping presenters Tara Gray and Brook Roberts and their plans of expanding DSN Jewelry.
Tara Gray
Tara ...
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See also
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Esquire Network, formerly the American version of the Style Network
References
{{Subscription television channels in Australia
Defunct television channels in Australia
English-language television stations in Australia
Television channels and stations established in 2009
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2019
Fashion-related television channels