GEM (Australian TV channel)
| 9Gem | |
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| Launched | 26 September 2010 |
| Network | Nine Network |
| Owned by | Nine Entertainment Co. |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 16:9/4:3 |
| Slogan | Characters Belong |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Northern NSW and Gold Coast, Southern NSW/ACT, Broken Hill NSW, Griffith NSW, Regional VIC, Mildura VIC, Regional QLD, Tasmania, Spencer Gulf SA, Eastern SA, Regional WA, Remote Central & Eastern |
| Formerly called | GEM (2010–2015) |
| Replaced by | 9HD (HD channel space; 2008-2010, later relaunched on 26 November 2015) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Nine 9HD 9Go! 9Life Extra |
| Website | 9now.com.au |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| TCN Sydney (DVB-T) | 1058 @ 8 (191.5 MHz) |
| GTV Melbourne (DVB-T) | 1073 @ 8 (191.5 MHz) |
| QTQ Brisbane/Sunshine Coast (DVB-T) | 1152 @ 8 (191.5 MHz) |
| NWS Adelaide (DVB-T) | 1112 @ 8 (191.5 MHz) |
| STW Perth/Mandurah (DVB-T) | 1030 @ 8 (191.5 MHz) |
| Freeview Nine metro (virtual) | 92 |
| Freeview NBN regional (virtual) | 82 |
| Freeview SCA regional (virtual) | 52/80 |
| Freeview WIN Griffith NSW/Eastern SA (virtual) | 50 |
| Freeview Imparja remote (virtual) | 90 |
| Satellite | |
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Foxtel metro (virtual) |
192 |
| VAST Imparja (virtual) | 90 |
| VAST WDT (virtual) | 50 |
| Cable | |
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Foxtel metro (virtual) |
192 |
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Foxtel regional (virtual) |
092 |
| IPTV | |
| Fetch TV (virtual) | 092 |
| Streaming media | |
| 9Now | |
9Gem is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel, launched by the Nine Network in September 2010. It is a General Entertainment and Movies channel, the phrase from which the original name "GEM" is derived.
Nine Network CEO David Gyngell stated "GEM is part of Nine's strategy to create a cluster of complementary channels to cover all key audiences." The channel is aimed at everyone, including lifestyle programs and movies, with additional programming drawn from a combination of new shows and other shows previously aired on its sister channels Nine and GO!. The launch of GEM followed the success of GO!.
On 27 January 2014, GEM stopped using the Supertext logo and switched to Nine's Closed Captioning logo.
On 26 November 2015, the Nine Network introduced a network-wide rebrand of all of its digital channels with GEM being renamed "9Gem". Additionally, due to the rebroadcast of 9HD on channel 90, 9Gem was moved to channel 92 and converted from HD to SD. On 16 December 2015, 9Gem's on-air theme was changed for a continuous design across all of its channels. This included a new look for program listings, program advertisements and promos.
Nine announced that it had signed a new affiliation deal with Southern Cross Austereo on 29 April 2016, replacing WIN Television as the primary Nine affiliate starting 1 July 2016. Consequently, 9Gem will be broadcast by Southern Cross into Regional Queensland, Southern NSW/ACT, Regional Victoria and Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill NSW on channel 52.
The channel targets a broad range of viewers, broadcasting programs from Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, and complementing existing programming on Nine and 9Go!.
Programs aired on the channel are female-skewed, but also range from a mix of genres, including crime, lifestyle, drama, classic sitcoms, comedies, live sport and repeated high definition or silver screen films. The launch of the network is led by Showtime programs, The Big C and a new series of Weeds (currently airing reruns on Nine's primary channel). Other imports include Airport, Allo Allo, Animal Emergency, Birds of a Feather, Bless This House, The Closer, Cold Case, Conan (moved to GO!), the CSI franchise, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Embarrassing Bodies, Friends, The Golden Girls, How Clean Is Your House?, Law & Order, Mary Queen of Shops, Murder, She Wrote, The Nanny, Neighbours at War, The Partridge Family, Rizzoli & Isles, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Secret Millionaire, Southland, Wife Swap, The Zoo, and more. Australian programs include Alive and Cooking, Random Acts of Kindness, McLeod's Daughters, What's Good For You?, Amazing Medical Stories, Sea Patrol and Getaway, The Taste, The Great British Bake Off.
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