Foxtel Announces New 'Binge' Channel
Media Release: Monday August 1, 2016 Foxtel announces new ‘Binge’ channel Designed for entertainment lovers hungry to watch ‘just one more’ Foxtel today announced the launch of a brand new channel designed to meet the ever increasing consumer demand for box sets entertainment, scheduled around the clock, seven days a week. The new channel, called Binge will launch on October 1, 2016 and will feature a curated selection of complete seasons of great drama, comedy and entertainment for viewers to indulge in. The move follows Foxtel’s incredibly popular 2014 launch of its first linear BoxSets channel and is expected to build on that success. Binge, together with Foxtel’s on demand service Anytime, allows customers to watch collections and selected series of some of the world’s greatest drama, including the extensive libraries of HBO, 21st Century Fox and other Hollywood studios. Binge and the BoxSets channels provide subscribers without an internet connection the ability to watch whole seasons of their favourite shows. The new channel will replace SoHo. The majority of SoHo content will move to showcase, with some series moving to FOX8, Arena and TV H!TS. The move will make showcase a super channel destination of premium drama giving subscribers a host of great content in one place. Binge will offer previously aired content as a completely new curated and programmed channel. SoHo’s programming, including Australian drama series Wentworth and A Place to Call Home, and US series Outlander, The Americans, Nashville, Shameless and Bates Motel, will be seen on showcase moving forward. Binge will feature a wide range of television drama aimed at the 18-49 and 25-54 market including encore marathon presentations of programs such as Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Pretty Little Liars, Vampire Diaries, Empire, Girls, Californication, Veep and Grimm.
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