Rush is a New Zealand
television channel owned and operated by
Warner Bros. Discovery, broadcast via the state-owned
Kordia transmission network,
Sky
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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
9Rush is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel, launched by the Nine Network on 5 April 2020. The channel is a joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific (which also supplies its programming) and is broadcast on ...
.
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. After the closure of The Edge TV, Breeze TV and the rebranding of Choice TV, Rush (with sister channel eden) started transmission on old Choice TV Freeview channel 14 and Sky TV channel 24.
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