Sky 5
Sky 5 is a television channel in New Zealand available on Sky.
| Sky 5 | |
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| Launched | 1994 |
| Owned by | Sky |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 16:9 |
| Slogan | Your home of Heroes |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Formerly called | Orange, Sky 1, The Box |
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Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Sky | Channel 005 |
| IPTV | |
| Vodafone TV | Channel 005 |
The channel's shows are a variety of international shows, for example CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Simpsons, WWE, The Flash, Supergirl, Arrow, Tour of Duty, Hardcore Pawn and Pawn Stars.
History
The channel was started in December 1994 as Orange on Sky UHF pre-set channel 7. Orange broadcast between 10am and around 11:30pm and during 1995 Juice TV began broadcasting overnight when Orange went off the air. In 1997, Cartoon Network began broadcasting between 6am and 4pm while Orange was not broadcasting.
Orange changed its name to Sky 1 in 1998 and the channel began broadcasting 24 hours a day when the Sky Digital service was launched however the UHF channel continued to screen Cartoon Network during the day time and in 2000 this was replaced with Nickelodeon.
In 2005, Sky Network Television considered unencrypting Sky 1 to make it a free-to-air channel, but decided instead to purchase the existing network, Prime.
Sky 1 relaunched on 1 February 2008 and in the process its name was changed to The Box.
On 2 February 2018, 10 years after the channel relaunched as The Box, it rebranded for the third time in its history, as Sky 5.
Former Logos
1994–1998
1998–2008
2008-2018