Extra (Australian TV channel)
| Company type | Free-to-air television channel |
|---|---|
| Industry | Broadcasting |
| Founded | March 26, 2012 |
| Headquarters | Australia |
Area served | Australia |
| Products | Television broadcasting |
| Parent | Nine Network |
Extra is an Australian free-to-air TV channel that began broadcasting on 26 March 2012. Its programming mainly features infomercials, religious, community, educational, and multicultural content, alongside selected shows from the Nine Network such as A Current Affair, Getaway, Today, and Today Extra.
History
The Extra name was initially used by the Nine Network in Brisbane for a television news program, which ended on 18 June 2009.
On 26 March 2012, Extra was relaunched on channel 94 in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Darwin, and Northern NSW & Gold Coast. It took over from WIN Corporation's datacast channel Gold in Adelaide and Perth after these areas were acquired by Nine Entertainment in 2013. Extra began broadcasting in Adelaide on 1 July 2013 and in Perth on 30 September 2013, accompanied by its timeshift counterpart Extra 2.
With the introduction of the lifestyle channel 9Life on channel 94 in metropolitan regions on 26 November 2015, Extra was moved to channel 95 and Extra 2 was discontinued. Nevertheless, Extra continued airing on regional Nine affiliate NBN on channel 84 instead of switching to 9Life.
On 19 January 2016, Extra replaced WIN's five-hour timeshift version of Gold called Gold 2 on channel 82. When WIN and NBN launched 9Life in March 2016, their channel lineups were aligned with Nine’s metropolitan schedules, positioning Extra on channel 85.
Extra stopped transmission on 24 September 2018 to make room for Your Money, a joint business collaboration between Nine and Australian News Channel. Promotional material for Your Money was broadcast until its official start at 6:00 am Eastern on 1 October 2018. Following Your Money’s closure on 17 May 2019, its digital terrestrial television (DTT) slot was replaced by an HD simulcast of 9Gem.
After a two-year absence, Extra was relaunched on digital channel 97 (87 in Northern NSW) on 1 October 2020.
Availability
Extra is accessible in standard definition across metropolitan locations and Northern NSW through Nine Network owned-and-operated stations: TCN (Sydney), GTV (Melbourne), QTQ (Brisbane), NWS (Adelaide), STW (Perth), NTD (Darwin), and NBN (Northern New South Wales).
Extra 2
Introduced on 28 March 2013, Extra 2 functioned as a five-hour timeshift service of Extra on channels 95 and 85 within NBN regions, which affected the broadcast quality of sister channel 9Gem.
Extra 2’s coverage grew when Nine took over NWS Adelaide from WIN Corporation on 1 July 2013, simultaneously launching the main shopping channel Extra. Likewise, on 30 September 2013, Extra 2 replaced WIN Corporation's Gold 2 in Perth following Nine’s acquisition of the STW station along with Extra.
On 26 November 2015, metropolitan broadcasts of Extra 2 ended as it was replaced by Extra moving from channel 94 to make space for the launch of 9Life. Both Extra and Extra 2 remained available on Nine-owned NBN Television until the rollout of 9Life there in March 2016. Before this change, Extra and Extra 2 were found on channels 84 and 85 respectively within NBN areas.
See also
References
- Articles with short description
- Television channels and stations launched in 2012
- Television channels and stations closed in 2018
- Television channels and stations launched in 2020
- English-language TV stations in Australia
- Nine Network
- Home shopping TV stations in Australia
- Home shopping television stations in Australia