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TLC (Australian TV Channel)
TLC, (formerly Discovery Travel & Adventure and Discovery Travel & Living) is an Australian and New Zealand television channel owned by Discovery Asia-Pacific. The channel launched 2004 in Australia and 2015 in New Zealand. In Australia TLC is available on pay TV provider Foxtel and IPTV provider Fetch, and in New Zealand the channel is available on pay TV provider Sky. TLC's female-focused programming mainly includes reality series about untraditional lifestyles, weddings, relationships, families and life transformations. True Crime programs on stories of love gone wrong and crimes of passion also feature. The channel broadcasts programs from the US and UK versions of the channel along with Quest Red (UK). Programs on TLC include the hit series 90 Day Fiancé, and its spin-off titles 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way, 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? and 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days; My 600LB Life, I Am Jazz, Counting On, Little People, Big World and Kate Plus Date. TLC is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
576i
576i is a standard-definition digital video mode, originally used for digitizing analog television in most countries of the world where the utility frequency for electric power distribution is 50 Hz. Because of its close association with the legacy color encoding systems, it is often referred to as PAL, PAL/SECAM or SECAM when compared to its 60 Hz (typically, see PAL-M) NTSC-colour-encoded counterpart, 480i. The ''576'' identifies a vertical resolution of 576 lines, and the ''i'' identifies it as an interlaced resolution. The field rate, which is 50 Hz, is sometimes included when identifying the video mode, i.e. 576i50; another notation, endorsed by both the International Telecommunication Union in BT.601 and SMPTE in SMPTE 259M, includes the frame rate, as in 576i/25. Operation In analogue television, the full raster uses 625 lines, with 49 lines having no image content to allow time for cathode ray tube circuits to retrace for the next frame (see Vertical blanking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rush (TV Channel)
Rush is a New Zealand television channel A television channel is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the terrestrial or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, wit ... owned and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand, Warner Bros. Discovery, broadcast via the state-owned Kordia transmission network, Sky (New Zealand), Sky and on the website ThreeNow. The channel launched on 21 March 2022. Rush focuses on adventure shows such as ''Man vs Wild'', ''Manhunt With Joel Lambert'', ''Deadliest Catch'' and ''Treehouse Masters''. The channel shares its name, partial ownership and some of its programming with Australian TV channel 9Rush. History In 2021, Discovery New Zealand announced its plans to restructure several of its TV channels for 2022, including the addition of Rush, intended to reach a younger male audience. Rush launched on 21 March 2022. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discovery Kids (Australia)
Discovery Kids (stylised as Discovery K!ds) was an Australian subscription television channel, aimed at 2-6 year olds screening factual and educational programming. The channel launched on Foxtel on 3 November 2014. The channel replaced Discovery Home & Health, whose select programming moved to TLC. The channel ceased operations on 1 February 2020, after which the channel space created in 2007 by Discovery Home & Health ceased to exist. No reason was given to why it ceased. Programming * Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom * Ace: Animal Countdown Extraordinaire * Adventure 8 Zoo Games * All About Animals * America's Cutest * Animal Atlas * Annedroids * Art Ninja * Be the Creature * Cats 101 * Crafty Kids Club * Creature Mania * Danger! Wild Animals * Deadly 60 * Deadly Art * Deadly Nightmares of Natures * Dino Dan * Dogs 101 * Doki * Earth to Luna! * Endurance * Feeding Time * Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman * Finding Stuff Out * Fishtronaut * Gastronauts * Head Rush * Hero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discovery Home & Health
Discovery Home & Health is a television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery that features lifestyle programming. Discovery Home & Health is available in Latin America, Australia, Republic of Ireland, Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. It was formerly available on Australia's SelecTV from March 2007 until the closure of its English service in late 2007, but remained available through Foxtel and Austar. The channel was closed in Australia on 3 November 2014 and replaced with Discovery Kids, with select programming moving to sister channel TLC; Discovery Kids ceased operations on 1 February 2020. Programming (Latin America) * From Head to Toe * I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant * I'm Pregnant and... *A Baby Story *A Wedding Story *Bridezillas * Newlywed, Nearly Dead? *One Week to Save Your Marriage *Say Yes to the Dress * Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? * Wife Swap UK * Wife Swap US * Sister Wives *Strange Sex *Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry? * Tim Gunn's G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TLC (TV Network)
TLC is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. First established in 1980 as The Learning Channel, it initially focused on educational and instructional programming. By the late 1990s, after an acquisition by the owners of Discovery Channel earlier in the decade, the network began to pivot towards reality television programming—predominantly focusing on programming involving lifestyles and personal stories—to the point that the previous initialism of "The Learning Channel" was phased out. As of February 2015, TLC is available to watch in approximately 95 million American households (81.6% of households with cable television) in the United States. History 1972–1980: Early history as the Appalachian Educational Satellite Project TLC's history traces to the 1972 formation of the Appalachian Educational Satellite Project (AESP), a distance education project formed by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), in participation with the Educati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian
''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatewatching." (2008). "''The Australian'' has long positioned itself as a loyal supporter of the incumbent government of Prime Minister John Howard, and is widely regarded as generally favouring the conservative side of politics." As the only Australian daily newspaper distributed nationally, its readership of both print and online editions was 2,394,000. Its editorial line has been self-described over time as centre-right. Parent companies ''The Australian'' is published by News Corp Australia, an asset of News Corp, which also owns the sole daily newspapers in Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart, and Darwin, and the most circulated metropolitan daily newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne. News Corp's Chairman and Founder is Rupert Murdoch. ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SelecTV (Australian Television)
SelecTV was an Australian satellite based subscription television broadcasting service. As of January 2011, the service is no longer available. Services were carried on the Intelsat 8 satellite. History SelecTV was created in Melbourne in October 2003 by Jim Blomfield, a former chief executive officer of Foxtel, as i-view Broadcasting Pty, Ltd. It underwent multiple name changes, before finally being renamed as SelecTV Broadcasting Limited in October 2005. The companies focus was to provide comparatively low-cost premium content to specialist market segments, including Australians whose first language was other than English and retirees. In August 2006, WIN Corporation purchased 50.1% of the company for $23 million, acquiring overall company control. By April 2006, the company said it had approximately 2,000 subscribers. WIN Corporation saw opportunity in the companies rapid expansion, and direct competition to the Australian subscription television giant Foxtel, acquiring th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Price
Katrina Amy Alexandra Alexis Price (''née'' Infield; born 22 May 1978) is an English media personality and model. She gained recognition in the late 1990s for her glamour modelling work and had regular appearances on Page 3 in the British tabloid '' The Sun,'' billed under the pseudonym Jordan. In 2004, Price appeared on the third series of ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', and the following year, she was runner-up in the search for the UK's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest''.'' In 2006, she released her debut studio album, ''A Whole New World'', in collaboration with her then-husband Peter Andre. Price returned to ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' for its ninth series in 2009, and was the winner of the fifteenth series of ''Celebrity Big Brother'' in 2015''.'' She has also starred in her own reality television series, including ''Jordan'' (2002–2005), '' Katie & Peter'' (2004–2009), ''What Katie Did Next'' (2009–2010), '' Signed by Katie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Say Yes To The Dress
''Say Yes to the Dress'' is an American reality television series on TLC which follows events at Kleinfeld Bridal in Manhattan. The series shows the progress of individual sales associates, managers, and fitters at the store, along with profiling brides as they search for the perfect wedding dress. Common themes include overwhelming advice of friends and family, the ability of the "perfect dress" to help a bride overcome personal difficulty, struggle with weight and body image concerns, and the challenge of staying in budget, especially in the case of dresses by Kleinfeld's exclusive designer, Pnina Tornai (one of the few designers ever mentioned by name in the show). Dresses sold on the show range from $1,300 to $40,000. Cast Mara Urshel Mara Urshel is one of the co-owners of Kleinfeld. Earlier in her career in the retail industry, she served as senior vice president and general merchandise manager at Saks Fifth Avenue. She worked there for twenty years. After she left Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
90 Day Fiancé
''90 Day Fiancé'' is an American reality television series on TLC that follows couples who have applied for or received a K-1 visa, available uniquely to foreign fiancés of U.S. citizens, and therefore have 90 days to marry each other. The series debuted on January 12, 2014, and has run for 9 seasons. The series has eighteen spin-offs, including ''90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After'', which documents past ''90 Day Fiancé'' couples after their marriage; ''90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days'', which follows couples who met online but have not yet started the K-1 visa process; and ''90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way'', a series where the American partner moves to their partner's home country instead of vice versa. The original series and its spinoffs are collectively referred to by TLC parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, and some others, as the "''90 Day Fiancé'' Universe", or simply the "90 Day Universe". Premise The show is based on the K-1 visa process. This visa allows t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quest Red
Quest Red is a British free-to-air television channel in the United Kingdom broadcasting factual, lifestyle, crime and reality programming aimed at a female audience. The channel is operated by Warner Bros. Discovery and runs as a sibling to Discovery's established Freeview channel Quest, launched in 2009. History In mid-February 2017, shortly after the completion of an eleventh-hour carriage deal with Sky to retain a presence on the satellite platform for its current and future channels, Discovery Communications head David Zaslav told a corporate conference call that a second Freeview channel, to sit alongside Quest, would launch during 2017. The following day, more details of the channel were confirmed, including its name and branding (which will include a red version of the Quest 'Q' channel symbol), content (some of which will be shared with sibling channels such as ID and TLC), and launch date of 15 March. The station will be available as a free-to-air channel on the Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
