Odyssey Channel

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).

Odyssey Channel
File:Odyssey channel.png Odyssey Channel Logo
Launched	1 July 1997
Closed	31 March 2004
Network	Optus Vision
Owned by	Optus Vision
Picture format	PAL
Slogan	Experience the journey
Availability at time of closure
Cable
Optus Vision	Channel 19 (1/12/02)

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.

Due to the CSA (Content Sharing Agreement) between Optus and Foxtel, it was closed in 2004. Foxtel wouldn't 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.

Programming

The programming covered eight genres:

• Issues
• History
• People and Places
• Science and Technology
• Popular Culture
• Nature
• Arts and Entertainment
• Lifestyle
• NOVA

Some content shown on the channel was sourced from the American and Canadian television network Home & Garden Television (HGTV).

External links

• Official Odyssey website (2004 – prior to the channel's closure)