Spree TV
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth |
| Network | Network 10 |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 16:9 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Ten Network Holdings |
| Parent | Paramount Networks UK & Australia |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | 17 September 2013 |
| Closed | 12 August 2022 |
| Replaced by | Gecko |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview Ten owned (virtual) | 17 |
Spree TV was an Australian free-to-air datacasting television channel mainly carrying paid programming and home shopping, launched on 17 September 2013 by Ten Network Holdings and Brand Developers.[2][3]
Though datacasting was intended by the Labor government of the time to broadcast telecourses and other non-commercial content, without any legislative restriction on its use, most Australian broadcasters have utilized the datacasting services for teleshopping instead. For the most part however, the general public has ignored these datacasting teleshopping channels, resulting in their swift discontinuation. Aspire TV, a similar channel by content, met this fate a year earlier on 31 July 2021.
Spree TV first aired on channel 15,[4][3][5] before moving to channel 17 on 16 September 2020 to prepare for the launch of 10 Shake on 27 September 2020.[6] It closed on 12 August 2022. A similarly formatted teleshopping network titled Gecko launched on its space on 18 September 2022.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "New Channel Will Shake It Up". Network 10. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Knox, David (10 September 2013). "TEN tipped to launch new datacasting channel". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Network Ten Launches Spree TV" (PDF). Network Ten. 11 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Knox, David (11 September 2013). "TEN confirms Spree TV launch". TV Tonight. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Burrowes, Tim (11 September 2013). "Ten to launch home shopping channel Spree". Mumbrella. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Knox, David (16 September 2020). "TVSN moves to Channel 16". TV Tonight. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- Network 10
- Digital terrestrial television in Australia
- Television channels and stations established in 2013
- Television channels and stations disestablished in 2022
- English-language television stations in Australia
- 2013 establishments in Australia
- 2022 disestablishments in Australia
- Home shopping television stations in Australia
- Defunct television channels in Australia