The Odyssey Channel was a documentary channel that was previously available on

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in Australia. It was one of the few channels on

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in Australia that had a large amount of Australian content available. Due to the CSA (Content Sharing Agreement) between Optus and Foxtel, it was closed in 2004. Foxtel would not allow it on their platform due to it competing with their license of the

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brand, and Optus decided it could no longer fund it.

Programming

The programming covered eight genres: *Issues *History *People and Places *Science and Technology *Popular Culture *Nature *Arts and Entertainment *Lifestyle *''

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'' Some content shown on the channel was sourced from the American and Canadian television network

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(HGTV).

External links

Official Odyssey website (2004 – prior to the channel's closure)

References

Defunct television channels in Australia Television channels and stations established in 1997 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2004 English-language television stations in Australia {{Australia-tv-stub