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111 HITS 
Launched 1 November 2008[1] Owned by Foxtel Picture format 576i (SDTV 16:9) Slogan The New Destination for TV Hits Country Australia Language English Headquarters Melbourne[1] Sister channel(s) Bio.
Crime & Investigation
Foxtel 3D
Foxtel On Demand
FOX Classics
Fox8
The Comedy Channel
History
WTimeshift service 111 HITS+2 Website www.111hits.tv Availability Satellite Foxtel Channel 111
Channel 161 (+2)Austar Channel 111
Channel 161 (+2)Cable Foxtel Channel 111
Channel 161 (+2)Optus TV Channel 111
Channel 161 (+2)111 Hits (pronounced as "Triple One Hits") is an Australian cable and satellite general entertainment television channel which plays popular shows from the 70s onward.[1] It is currently available on the Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television subscription platforms.[2]
On 24 October 2008, the channel became available on the Foxtel and Optus platform, running promos ahead of the launch. It was confirmed in the days before the launch that the channel will be in 16:9 widescreen. On 1 March 2009, the Channel became available to Austar subscribers.[3]
The channel launched on Saturday, 1 November 2008 with a special named Countdown to 111 Hits that featured special guests Jenna Elfman and Jermaine Jackson. 111 Hits is based at Foxtel's Melbourne Studios, where The Comedy Channel is also produced.[1][4] 111 Hits+2, a timeshift channel which broadcasts the same programs as 111 Hits 2 hours later, went to air on 15 November 2009.
Contents
Programming
Programming primarily consists of US shows from Warner Bros., Walt Disney, ABC Studios, half from CBS Studios International and 20th Century Fox.[1] As 111 Hits launched programming was slowly revealed through promotions on other Foxtel channels, with presenters discussing a show and their memories of it. A majority of the shows have been moved from Arena, FOX8, The Comedy Channel, TV1 and Fox Classics.
Comedy
- America's Funniest Home Videos
- The Cosby Show
- Diff'rent Strokes
- Ellen (TV series)
- Friends
- Home Improvement
- How I Met Your Mother
- The King of Queens
- Happy Days
- Mad About You
- Murphy Brown
- Roseanne
- Sex and the City
- The Partridge Family
Drama
- 21 Jump Street
- Las Vegas
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- Prisoner
- ER
- Dawson's Creek
- Law & Order
- Touched By An Angel
- The Ghost Whisperer
- Murder, She Wrote
- Miami Vice
- Grey's Anatomy
- Judging Amy
Movies on 111 Hits
- Home Alone
- Home Alone 2: Lost In New York
- Home Alone 3
- Toy Story
- Toy Story 2
- Monsters Inc.
- Ratatouille
- Super Mario Bros.
- Getting Even With Dad
- Mrs Doubtfire
- Nine Months
- Saw
- Saw II
- Saw III
- Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
- Night At The Museum
- Ice Age: The Meltdown
- Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
- Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone
- Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
- The Princess Diaries
Previously Broadcast
- 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Two Guys and a Girl (now on Arena)
- Walker Texas Ranger (moved to Fox Classics)
- MacGyver (moved to Fox Classics)
- ALF
- Bugs Bunny
- Homicide: Life on the Street
- Dharma & Greg
- The Drew Carey Show
- Suddenly Susan
- The Wonder Years
- Baywatch
- Ally McBeal
- Lost
- The Practice
- Northern Exposure
References
- ^ a b c d e Knox, David (20 October 2008). "111 Hits will target 24-54's". tvtonight.com.au. http://tvtonight.com.au/2008/10/111-hits-will-target-24-54s.html. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ New Channels Coming to AUSTAR
- ^ Knox, David (6 January 2009). "111 Hits to join Austar". tvtonight.com.au. http://tvtonight.com.au/2009/01/111-hits-to-join-austar.html. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ http://www.foxtel.com.au/236_7138.htm
See also
111 Hits • Bio. • Crime & Investigation • Foxtel 3D • Foxtel On Demand • FOX Classics • FOX8 • The Comedy Channel • History • W.
XYZ Networks (50%) • Main Event (33%)Categories:- Australian television channels
- Television channels and stations established in 2008
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