Spike was an Australian

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channel owned by

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. It launched on 1 July 2016 on Fetch TV and was exclusive to that service. A localised version of the U.S. channel of the same name, it primarily aired entertainment programming geared towards a male audience, including import dramas, programming from its former U.S. counterpart, and

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. On 15 February 2018, Spike was made available in HD. The channel was closed on 27 February 2022 with no replacement; most of its programming had already transitioned and moved to the domestic version of

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in the months prior.

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* Defunct television channels in Australia English-language television stations in Australia Television channels and stations established in 2016 2016 establishments in Australia Spike (TV network) Television channels and stations disestablished in 2022 2022 disestablishments in Australia {{Australia-tv-station-stub