Sky News Election Channel
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Sky News Election Channel was an Australian 24-hour cable and satellite news channel available on the Foxtel platform, operated by Sky News Australia. It launched on 1 May 2016, temporarily[1] replacing A-PAC as a linear channel, dedicated to coverage of political events relating to the 2016 Australian federal election and American presidential election.[2] Although the channel was originally planned to close on 29 November 2016 (with A-PAC returning as a broadcast channel),[3] this was later postponed,[4] and ultimately the channel did not cease broadcasting until 23 January 2017.[5]
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Country | Australia |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV 16:9) 1080i (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Australian News Channel (News Corp Australia) |
Sister channels | Sky News Australia Sky News Business Channel Sky News Weather Channel |
History | |
Launched | 1 May 2016 (2016-05-01) |
Replaced | Sky News Extra |
Closed | 23 January 2017 (2017-01-23) |
Replaced by | Sky News Extra |
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