Showcase (Australian TV channel)
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| Launched | 1 December 2007 |
| Owned by | Premium Movie Partnership (2007-2012) Foxtel Networks (2012-present) |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Slogan | The Home Of HBO |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Sister channel(s) | Foxtel Networks channels |
| Timeshift service | Showcase +2 |
| Website | showcasechannel.com.au/ |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Foxtel | Channel 114 (SD/HD) Channel 158 (+2) |
| Cable | |
| Foxtel | Channel 114 (SD/HD) Channel 158 (+2) Channel 1114 (SD) |
| Optus | Channel 115 (SD) Channel 158 (+2) |
| IPTV | |
| Foxtel Play | Channel 115 |
| Telstra T-Box | Channel 403 |
| Streaming media | |
| Foxtel Go | Channel 114 |
Showcase (stylised as showcase) is an Australian premium cable and satellite television channel. It is owned and operated by Foxtel Networks and was a sister network to the Showtime channels. Showcase is managed by Showtime's chief executive officer Peter Rose. In 2007 Rose said Showcase "provides a real home at last for quality drama in Australia, and this list of outstanding event television is just the start".
Showcase can be found on channel 115 on Foxtel, Optus TV, and broadcast the Australian premieres of Dexter and Australian made series Satisfaction.
On 15 November 2009 Showcase launched two additional channels: showcase+2 and showcase HD.
Foxtel took over managing and producing Showcase and the other Showtime channels as of 31 October 2012, with it purchasing assets of the PMP. On 9 December 2012, it was announced that Movie Network and Showtime (with the exception of Showcase) would be replaced with a new lineup of Foxtel-branded movie channels to be named Foxtel Movies Showcase would continue to be the home of premium dramas from HBO and other international networks, original programming, documentaries, and independent films.
On 3 November 2014 Showcase moved from Foxtel's Premium Movies and Drama package to the newly founded Drama package. In addition, the channel moved from channel 404 to channel 115 and showcase + 2 moved from channel 414 to channel 158.
Following the closure of SoHo and the launch of new channel Binge on 5 October 2016, showcase will be moved to channel 114.
Showcase launched with the Australian premiere of Satisfaction, based around high-class Australian escorts and their clients. The show ran for three seasons.
Showcase also aired all three series of Love My Way, a series which moved from FOX8 to W to Showtime each season yet was re-run on Showcase all together for the first time in 2007–2008.
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