Odyssey Channel
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This article is about the defunct Australian channel. For the Canadian channel, see Odyssey (TV channel). For the American channel previously called Odyssey, see Hallmark Channel. For other uses, see Odyssey (disambiguation).
The Odyssey Channel was a documentary channel that was previously available on Optus Vision in Australia. It was one of the few channels on pay TV in Australia that had a large amount of Australian content available.
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Network | Optus Vision |
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Programming | |
Picture format | PAL |
Ownership | |
Owner | Optus Vision |
History | |
Launched | 1 July 1997[1] |
Closed | 31 March 2004[2] |
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Due to the CSA (Content Sharing Agreement) between Optus and Foxtel, it was closed in 2004. Foxtel would not allow it on their platform due to it competing with their license of the Discovery Channel brand, and Optus decided it could no longer fund it.