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

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channel that owned by

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. 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. Launched on October 1, 1998 as Style Network, a spin-off of E!, the channel initially consisted of fashion, ...

(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 FetchTV 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 shut down on 17 December 2019 without notice, after Foxtel changed around their lineup and NBCUniversal decided to consolidate domestic programming operations onto fewer networks, also ending the operations of 13th Street and Syfy at the end of 2019.

Programming

Original local programming

*'' Fashion Bloggers'' (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 ...

'' *'' Fashion Hunters'' *''Girl Meets Gown'' *'' Jerseylicious'' *'' Little Women: LA'' *''Pregnant and Dating'' *''

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

Acquired programming from other networks

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

References