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Australian television channel
Television channel
HOW TO Channel
was an Australian
cable
and
satellite television
channel. It was carried on the
Foxtel Digital
,
Optus TV featuring Foxtel Digital
and
Austar Digital
platforms. It was owned by
Premier Media Group
, a 50/50 joint venture of
Publishing and Broadcasting Limited
and
News Corporation
.
The channel mainly featured a range of
DIY
style programs. Technology programming sourced from
TechTV
and
G4
from the
United States
, such as
The Lab with Leo Laporte
,
Attack of the Show
, and
Call for Help
also was carried on the network.
In December 2010, Foxtel announced that the How To Channel will cease on 1 March 2011, and will be replaced with
LifeStyle HOME
,
[1]
a brand new channel completely dedicated to home and property. It will include programming from the current main
Lifestyle Channel
in addition to some existing programs from the How To Channel. This will be the third subsidiary channel for LifeStyle. Lifestyle HOME will broadcast on Foxtel/Austar digital channel 119 on both cable and satellite. Upon that, How To Channel was ceased airing overnight on 1 March 2011 around 4:00 am, to make room for Lifestyle HOME.
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