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Channel Australia was an Australian
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music channel that was available on
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,
Optus TV Optus Television is the cable television division (organisation), division of Australian telecommunications company Optus. History Its immediate predecessor was Optus Vision, a joint venture between Optus and Continental Cablevision, with sma ...
and
Austar Austar was an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity was subscription television but it has also been involved with internet access and mobile phones. It was founded in 1995 under the name Community Entertainment Telev ...
satellite and cable services. It was also previously available in New Zealand on TelstraSaturn's cable TV service in
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, until a channel shake-up occurred under new owners
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in 2002. Channel was targeted at the youth market, and played both mainstream and alternative music from local and international artists. Although it used the name Channel in Australia, it had little association with the international affiliates and used the name under the license of
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via
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. Previously called Red, Channel commenced broadcasting in April 1995 on the now defunct
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service. The name change to Channel came about after owners XYZ Entertainment (now
xyznetworks XYZnetworks was an Australian media company that owned, operated and distributed eleven subscription television channels in Australia. XYZnetworks was jointly owned by Foxtel and Austar. Based in Sydney, they had roughly 170 employees, with off ...
) and Channel International came to agreement over naming rights in March 1997. The first Channel Manager of Channel was ex Network TEN Video Hits Producer Donna Andrews. After the successful launch, ex radio man Barry Chapman took over. In 2004, the launch of Foxtel Digital and other digital
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services, saw a second branded channel begin broadcasting called
V Hits was an Australian music television channel that was owned and operated by Foxtel. It was available on Foxtel#Foxtel Digital, Foxtel Digital and Optus Television, Optus's digital services. In 2016, Foxtel decided to close Channel V Austra ...
(formerly Club , which is a 24-hour music channel that focuses more on music without TV shows. ''Channel ' closed on 25 March 2016, replaced with a two-hour timeshift channel of '' Hits''. Starting from 27 February 2016, '' ' saw programming changes, which included the end of all programs which involved VJs and other personnel. This was followed by the relaunch of '' Hits'' as the main music clip channel, featuring only music videos and countdowns. The closure came as viewers increasingly sought music videos from online sources rather than on television, which had resulted in a steady decline in '' s'' viewership. As a result of the closure, three staff members were made redundant, and Danny Clayton's contract with the network (which was set to expire midyear) was not renewed. However, in 2017 Foxtel refocused Hits to Foxtel and Hits +2 became +2; a time-shift channel. On 1 July 2020, was replaced by
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, bringing the Channel brand in Australia to an end after 25 years on television.


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Danny Clayton Danny J. Clayton is an Australian Television and radio presenter, host and DJ with four ASTRA Award nominations. Growing up on Sydney's Northern Beaches, Clayton attended St Aloysius' College. Whilst he was still at school Clayton entered C ...
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Carissa Walford Carissa Walford is an Australian TV presenter, actress, journalist and producer. Early life Walford grew up in Sydney. Her father was a drummer and a singer, which inspired her to enter the entertainment industry. She attended the Australian ...
(July 2011 – March 2016) *
Generik This is the list of number-one tracks on the ARIA Club Chart in 2016, compiled by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) from weekly DJ reports. 2016 Number-one artists See also *ARIA Charts *List of number-one singles of 20 ...
(April 2015 – March 2016) * Bert McCracken (April 2015 – March 2016) *
Bambi Northwood-Blyth Stephanie Bambi Northwood-Blyth (born 1991), known professionally as Bambi Northwood-Blyth, is an Australian model known for her eyebrows and blue eyes. Early life Northwood-Blyth was born in Melbourne, Victoria and grew up learning the pian ...
(April 2015 – January 2016)


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Marty Smiley Marty may refer to: Names * Marty (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters, also includes stage names * Marty (surname), a list of people Places in the United States * Marty, California, a former settlement * Marty, ...
(July 2012 – July 2015) *Tasha Yulia (July 2012 – unknown) *Megan Connolly *Billy Russell (December 2009 – 2013) *
Jane Gazzo Jane Gazzo is an Australian television presenter, radio presenter, performance and club DJ, television personality, voice artist, author, and music journalist. Early life and education Gazzo was born and raised in Melbourne and is the daughter ...
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Kyle Linahan Kyle Linahan is an Australian musician and TV presenter. Linahan was discovered while starring in the lead role of a Marist College production of ''The Story of Motown'' at the age of 14. He was signed to Warner Music at the age of 16 and spent ...
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Renee Bargh Renee Bargh (born 18 October 1986) is an Australian entertainment reporter, who is best known as a host of '' Channel Australia''. She is currently the weekend co-host and correspondent for ''Extra'' in the U.S. On 23 January 2020, Bargh be ...
(March 2008 – June 2010) *Nick Bennett *Kelly Burchill *Stephen Bourke *Alle Brunning * Maynard *Mary Datoc *
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*Donna Gubbay *Nathan Harvey *
Deni Hines Dohnyale "Deni" Sharon Hines (born 4 September 1970) is an Australian singer who has been releasing music since the early 1990s, with chart success in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Europe. She is the daughter of American-Australian singer M ...
*Kyla Irlam * Jabba *
Maya Jupiter Melissha Martinez (born 21 December 1978), better known by her stage name Maya Jupiter, is a Mexican-born Australian rapper, songwriter, MC and radio personality. She released her debut album, ''Today'', in 2003. She was a member of hip-hop group ...
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James Kerley James (Kash Kab) Kerley is an Australian TV presenter and radio presenter. Career Kerley was a co-host on the Nickelodeon kids’ show '' Sarvo'' between 2004 and February 2007, alongside Tony Brockman and in his first year won the Sarvote ki ...
(2007 – December 2009) *Mike Kerry *Jake Grigg (Guest presenter) *
James Mathison James Mathison (born 14 January 1978) is an Australian television presenter and former independent political candidate. Early life Mathison was born in Sydney, New South Wales and grew up in Northern Beaches suburb of Frenchs Forest. He atte ...
*Andrew Mercado *Paula McGrath *Leah McLeod *
Molly Meldrum Ian Alexander "Molly" Meldrum AM (born 29 January 1943) is an Australian music critic, journalist, record producer and musical entrepreneur. He was the talent co-ordinator, on-air interviewer, and music news presenter on the former popular mus ...
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Chloe Maxwell Chloe Maxwell is an Australian model and television presenter who appeared as the "Jeans West Girl" in a Jeans West campaign. She was discovered by chance during an ''A Current Affair'' story, featuring a model recruiter who claimed they coul ...
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Toni Pearen Toni Michelle Pearen is an Australian entertainer, actress, singer, songwriter and television presenter. She initially became recognisable through her role on soap opera ''E Street (television show), E Street'' from 1989 until 1992. She had a l ...
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Leah Purcell Leah Maree Purcell (born 14 August 1970) is an Aboriginal Australian stage and film actress, playwright, film director, and novelist. She made her film debut in 1999, appearing in Paul Fenech's ''Somewhere in the Darkness'', which led to role ...
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Yumi Stynes Yumi Tasma Stynes (born 2 June 1975) is a feminist television and radio presenter, podcaster and author. She is the co-host of KIIS FM's 3PM Pick-Up radio show and presenter of the ABC Radio podcast ''Ladies, We Need to Talk'' about female heal ...
Dave Lawson Dave Lawson (born 25 September 1978) is an Australian comedian, actor, and TV and radio personality. He is a regular performer on the stand up comedy circuit, and at one time participated in a talk back radio segment on the commercial radio st ...
is one of the hosts of 'The Dave and Kerley Show' but is not considered a


Channel Presenter Search 2012

Over six thousand people applied for a chance to become a Channel presenter. These applicants were shortlisted to a top 20, with 4 finalists announced on Saturday 16 June 2012.


Programming

*V Music Video Chart *The Revolution with Bert McCracken *V Indie *V Popped *The Connect *The Big Mix featuring Messed Up with Generik *iTunes Weekly Countdown *V Ripe Clip of The Week *V Vs *V 10 Most Requested Video *V Buzz Artist *Guerrilla Gigs *V Island Parties *Oz Countdown: Top 40 *Festival of V *V 10 Hottest Tracks Right Now *V Late Night *
B430 ''B430'' was an Australian travel television program on Channel It was based on 10 locations to visit before turning 30. It was hosted by Danny Clayton, Renee Bargh, Jane Gazzo, Kyle Linahan, Brendan Maclean, James Kerley James (Kash K ...
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Cash Cab Cash Cab may refer to: * ''Cash Cab'' (British game show) * ''Cash Cab'' (American game show) * ''Cash Cab'' (Canadian game show) * ''Cash Cab'' (Japanese game show) * ''Cash Cab'' (Australian game show) {{disambiguation ...
(2007–2014) * The Dave & Kerley Show (2008) *
The Riff ''The Riff'' was an Australian music video request television show that aired 6 days on Channel hosted by Billy Russell, Danny Clayton, Carissa Walford and Marty Smiley. The show ran from 2013 to 2015. See also * List of Australian music t ...
(2013–2015) *V LOUD *
whatUwant ''whatUwant'' was an Australian music video request television show that aired daily on Channel ''whatUwant'' first aired in April 2002 and broadcast over 1500 episodes. On 13 October 2008, Foxtel revealed that the show would close on 7 Nove ...
- previously By Demand (2002–2008) *The Informer (2000-2001) *The Buzz (1998-1999) *Freestyle (2006-2009) with Maja Jupiter


Oz Artist of the Year

The Channel V Oz Artist of the Year was an annual award presented by Channel V Australia some times at the
ARIA Music Awards The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...
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Hits

On 12 January 2007, Club was rebranded as Channel and began showing a more varied range of video clips. Channel remained as a more entertainment orientated channel and began broadcasting in widescreen on the same day. Channel boasted programming including:
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, BDO & various music specials. On 15 November 2009, Channel was relaunched as Hits.


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External links


Official Site
{{Music of Australia Defunct Australian television channels Music video networks in Australia Television channels and stations established in 1995 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2016 1995 establishments in Australia English-language television stations in Australia Foxtel