The Box (New Zealand TV channel)

Infobox TV channel
name =The Box
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launch = 1994
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owner = Sky Network Television
slogan = It's all on... the BOX
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former names = Orange, SKY 1
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web = http://www.skytv.co.nz/the-box.aspx
terr serv 1 = UHF 7 (preset channel)
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sat serv 1 = SKY Network Television
sat chan 1 = Channel 5
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The Box (stylized as the BOX) is an entertainment channel in New Zealand available on SKY Network Television.

The channel shows are a variety of the most recent shows such as from the United States, for example ', "The Simpsons", "Family Guy", "World Wrestling Entertainments hit shows, "Stargate SG-1", "The Jerry Springer Show", "Judge Judy" and "The Villa". Some shows are already screened on Free to air TV & the BOX will play older episodes of the show.

History

The channel was started in November 1994 as "Orange" on Sky UHF pre-set channel 7. Orange broadcast during prime-time and during 1995 Juice TV began broadcasting overnight when Orange went off the air. In 1997, Cartoon Network began broadcasting between 6AM and 4:30PM while Orange was not broadcasting.

Orange changed its name to "SKY 1" in 1998 and the channel began broadcasting 24 hours a day when the Sky Digital service was launched however the UHF channel continued to screen Cartoon Network during the day time and in 2000 this was replaced with Nickelodeon.

In 2005, Sky Network Television considered unencrypting SKY 1 to make it a free-to-air channel, but decided instead to purchase the existing network, Prime.

It relaunched on February 1, 2008 and changed its name to The Box.

Programming

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*The Simpsons
*Family Guy
*Stargate SG-1
*The Jerry Springer Show
*Judge Judy
*The Villa
*Battlestar Galactica
*Hogan Knows Best
*Shark
*Criss Angel Mind Freak
*The Real Hustle
*Dangerous
*The 4400
*Dirt Demons
*Erotic Star
*Most Shocking
*That '70s Show
*Law & Order
*Starsky and Hutch
*Dragnet
*Married With Children
*Blind Date
*Baywatch
*Buck Rogers In The 25th Century
*The Ultimate Gambler
*Eddy V Spencer
*Sin Cities
*I Dream Of Jodie
*Video Vigilantes
*Six Million Dollar Man
*Bionic Woman
*The Dukes Of Hazzard
*Son of the Beach
*Angel
*Spin City
*Arrested Development
*The Sopranos
*Brotherhood
*WWE RAW
*WWE SmackDown!
*ECW
*BeastMaster

External links

* [http://www.skytv.co.nz/the-box.aspx http://www.skytv.co.nz/the-box.aspx]