Sky 5
{{about|the pay-per-view New Zealand television network|the unrelated British TV network bearing this network's 1998 name|Sky One}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
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| owner = Sky Network Television
| country = New Zealand
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| former_names = Orange (1994-1998), Sky1 (1998-2008), The Box (2008-2018)
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| sister_channels = Sky Open
Vibe
Jones!
Sky Movies
The Zone (until 2017)
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| website = [https://www.sky.co.nz/discover/sky-starter Official Site]
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Sky 5 is a television channel in New Zealand available on Sky.
The channel's programmes are a variety of international shows from the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Australia, with a small amount of shows from New Zealand.
History
The channel started broadcasting on 3 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. On 1 January 1997, Cartoon Network began broadcasting between 6am and 4pm while Orange was not broadcasting.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} The reason to name the channel based on a colour and its brand identity be a fruit was due to the design agency, Lambie Nairn, which had also designed the 1991 BBC Two Idents and the 1982 Channel 4 launch idents in the United Kingdom, had found out the New Zealand TV market had an overcrowded space for general entertainment networks, and thus had made the channels branding to be different.{{Cite web|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn, Lambie-Nairn, Television Branding 1996, BBC, Carlton, Disney, Arte - YouTube|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qwzffQeklhs|access-date=December 21, 2024|website=YouTube}} Using an orange gave the channel a unique identity in the local television landscape.{{Cite web|title=Televisionary|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/27-april-1995/televisionary/|access-date=May 5, 2025|website=Design Week}}
Orange changed its name to Sky 1 on 1 June 1998 and introduced overnight programming, with The Simpsons debuting on 7 July 1998 with the first ever episode. The channel began broadcasting 24 hours a day on 1 January 1999 when the Sky Digital service was launched; however, the UHF channel continued to screen Cartoon Network between 6am-4pm and in 2000 this was replaced with Nickelodeon. {{Cn|date=January 2025}}
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.{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://webarchive.org/web/20071026151518/http://www.primetv.co.nz/default.asp?t=4|access-date=December 21, 2024|website=PrimeTV (archived using Wayback Machine)}}
Sky 1 relaunched on 1 February 2008 and in the process its name was changed to The Box. The rebrand was marked by premieres of new series and reality shows, as well as new seasons of existing titles.[https://m.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0712/S00429/grey-group-marketing-digest-december-2007.htm Grey Group Marketing Digest - December 2007]
On 2 February 2018, exactly 10 years and one day after the channel relaunched as The Box, it rebranded for the third time in its history, as Sky 5.{{Cite web|title=Sky TV's long-running The Box channel to be replaced by Sky 5|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/99904/sky-tvs-long-running-the-box-channel-to-be-replaced-by-sky-5|access-date=December 23, 2024|website=Stuff}}
Programming
=Current=
This is a list of Sky 5's programming as of December 2024, which is a mix of American, British, and Australian TV imports with a small amount of New Zealand shows.{{Cite web|title=TV Guide|url=https://www.skygo.nz/tv-guide/|access-date=December 23, 2024|website=Sky Go Co. New Zealand}}
=Previous=
- The Simpsons
- South Park
- WWE NXT (Live until December 2024)
- WWE Raw (Live until December 2024)
- WWE SmackDown (Live until December 2024)
- Xena: Warrior Princess{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/xena-ready-to-harness-lightnings-last-flash/ZCDMNZ65AF2O7CR5UOJI6PJRC4/ |title=Xena ready to harness lightning's last flash |website=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=May 5, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250505145023/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/xena-ready-to-harness-lightnings-last-flash/ZCDMNZ65AF2O7CR5UOJI6PJRC4/ |archive-date=May 5, 2025}}
External links
- {{official website}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Subscription television channels in New Zealand}}
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Category:Television channels in New Zealand
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1994
Category:English-language television stations in New Zealand