Sky 5 is a
television channel in New Zealand available on
Sky
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The channel's shows are a variety of international shows, for example ''
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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'', ''
The Simpsons'',
WWE,
''The Flash'', ''
Supergirl'',
''Arrow'', ''
Tour of Duty'', ''
Hardcore Pawn'' and ''
Pawn Stars''.
History
The channel was started on 3 December 1994 as ''Orange'' on Sky UHF pre-set channel 7. Orange broadcast between 10am and around 11:30pm and during 1995
Juice TV began broadcasting overnight when Orange went off the air. On 1 January 1997,
Cartoon Network
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began broadcasting between 6am and 4pm while Orange was not broadcasting.
Orange changed its name to ''Sky 1'' on 1 June 1998 and introduced overnight programming, with ''
The Simpsons'' debuting on 7 July 1998 with the first ever episode. The channel began broadcasting 24 hours a day on 1 January 1999 when the Sky Digital service was launched; however, the UHF channel continued to screen Cartoon Network between 6am-4pm and in 2000 this was replaced with
Nickelodeon.
In 2005, Sky Network Television considered unencrypting Sky 1 to make it a free-to-air channel, but decided instead to purchase the existing network,
Prime.
Sky 1 relaunched on 1 February 2008 and in the process its name was changed to The Box.
On 2 February 2018, 10 years after the channel relaunched as The Box, it rebranded for the third time in its history, as Sky 5.
Former logos
OrangeNZLogo.PNG, 1994–1998
SKY 1 NZ Logo.PNG, 1998–2008
The Box logo.svg, 2008-2018
External links
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Television channels in New Zealand
Television channels and stations established in 1994
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1994 establishments in New Zealand