Launched 26 March 2012 Owned by Nine Entertainment Co. Slogan Get More | Network Nine Network Picture format 576i (SDTV) 16:9/4:3 Country Australia | |
Extra is an Australian advertorial datacasting channel and a sister channel to the Nine Network, launched on 26 March 2012. The channel broadcasts mainly infomercials as well as home shopping, religion, community, educational, multi-cultural programming as well as stories taken from Nine Network programs including A Current Affair, Getaway, Today and Today Extra.
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History
On 28 March 2013 Extra 2 was launched as a five-hour timeshift of Extra. As a result, the quality of sister channel GEM was cut.
On 26 November 2015, Nine's new lifestyle channel 9Life launched in metropolitan areas on channel 94, replacing the primary broadcast of Extra, which moved to channel 95, replacing Extra 2. However, Extra and Extra 2 remained in broadcast on regional Nine affiliate NBN on channels 94 and 95 respectively in place of 9Life. On 19 January 2016, Extra replaced WIN's five-hour timeshift of their datacasting channel Gold on channel 82. With the coming launch of WIN and NBN's high definition simulcasts in 2016, their channel listings will be reshuffled to mirror Nine's metropolitan listing, moving Extra to channel 85 in place of Extra 2 which will be closed.
Availability
Extra is available in standard definition in metropolitan areas through Nine Network owned-and-operated stations: TCN Sydney, GTV Melbourne, QTQ Brisbane, NWS Adelaide and STW Perth as well as NBN Northern New South Wales.