Bio (stylised as bio., formerly The Biography Channel) was an Australian general entertainment channel available on Australia's
Foxtel
NXE Australia Pty Ltd, trading as the Foxtel Group, is an Australian pay television company that operates cable television, direct-broadcast satellite, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April ...
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Austar
Austar was an Australian telecommunications company founded in 1995 as Community Entertainment Television (CETV). Its main business activity was subscription television. It was also involved with internet access and mobile phones.
Austar's tel ...
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Optus Television
Optus Television is the cable television division of Australian telecommunications company Optus.
History
Its immediate predecessor was Optus Vision, a joint venture between Optus and Continental Cablevision, with small shareholdings by med ...
pay television services.
In 2014, the channel rebranded with a new on-air look, logo and programming. In addition, the channel moved from channel 117 to channel 133.
On 1 November 2015, the channel closed, ceasing transmission at 4 am, with selected titles moving to other Foxtel-owned channels.
Programming
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Airline
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The Dog Whisperer
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Fashion File
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Inside Edition
''Inside Edition'' is an American tabloid television program that is distributed in Broadcast syndication, first-run syndication by CBS Media Ventures. Having premiered on January 9, 1989, it is the longest-running syndicated-newsmagazine progr ...
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Intervention
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Judge Judy
''Judge Judy'' is an American arbitration-based reality court show presided over by former Manhattan Family Court Judge Judith Sheindlin. The show featured Sheindlin as she adjudicated real-life small-claims disputes within a simulated court ...
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The Peoples Court
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Planet Rock Profiles
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RPA
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Sober House
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This Is Your Life
See also
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FYI (American TV channel)
FYI (stylized as fyi,) is an American basic cable channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between the Disney Entertainment subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications (each owns 50%). The network features lifestyle ...
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The Biography Channel (Canada)
Viceland was a Canadian pay television channel. It was owned by Vice Network Canada, Inc., which was owned by Rogers Media with minority ownership by Vice Media. It was a Canadian version of Viceland, broadcasting lifestyle-oriented documentary a ...
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The Biography Channel (British and Irish TV channel)
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FYI (Southeast Asian TV channel)
References
{{Subscription television channels in Australia
Defunct television channels in Australia
Television channels and stations established in 2004
English-language television stations in Australia
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2015
A&E Networks
Foxtel
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