TLC (Australian TV channel)

TLC, (formerly Discovery Travel & Adventure and Discovery Travel & Living) is an Australian and New Zealand television channel owned by Discovery Networks Asia Pacific. The channel launched 2004 in Australia and 2015 in New Zealand. In Australia TLC is available on pay TV provider Foxtel and IPTV provider Fetch, and in New Zealand the channel is available on pay TV provider Sky.

TLC
TLC logo
CountryAustralia
Broadcast areaAustralia & New Zealand
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format576i (SDTV 16:9)
Timeshift serviceTLC+2 (Australia only)
Ownership
OwnerDiscovery, Inc.
Sister channels9Rush
Animal Planet
Bravo
The Breeze TV
Choice TV
Discovery
Discovery Turbo
The Edge TV
Food Network
HGTV
Investigation Discovery
Living
Three
History
LaunchedMarch 2004
Former namesDiscovery Travel & Adventure
(before 1 October 2005)
Discovery Travel & Living
(1 October 2005 – 1 September 2010)
Links
Websitehttp://www.ILoveTLC.com/
Availability
Cable
Foxtel/Optus (Australia)Channel 130
Channel 166 (+2)
Fetch (Australia)Channel Fetch
Vodafone TV (New Zealand)Channel 16
Satellite
Foxtel (Australia)Channel 130
Channel 166 (+2)
Sky (New Zealand)Channel 16
Streaming media
Foxtel GoChannel 130

TLC's female-focused programming mainly includes reality series about untraditional lifestyles, weddings, relationships, families and life transformations. True Crime programs on stories of love gone wrong and crimes of passion also feature. The channel broadcasts programs from the US and UK versions of the channel along with Quest Red (UK). Programs on TLC include the hit series 90 Day Fiancé, and its spin-off titles 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way, 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? and 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days; My 600LB Life, I Am Jazz, Counting On, Little People, Big World and Kate Plus Date.

TLC is home to the popular flagship series Say Yes to the Dress with Randy Fenoli and Say Yes to the Dress UK with David Emanuel. A second UK series called Say Yes to the Dress Lancashire, hosted by celebrity stylist Gok Wan launched in Australia and New Zealand in September 2019. In October 2016 a local version of the franchise, Say Yes to the Dress: Australia launched in both countries and was hosted by Adam Dixon.

In January 2019, the channel aired season one of Dr Pimple Popper, starring YouTube sensation Dr Sandra Lee. It was a 'breakout' hit for the channel and season two launched in July 2019.

Other well-known names to appear on the channel include UK celebrity Katie Price with her series Katie Price: My Crazy Life and Geordie Shore's Vicki Pattison, with the one-hour documentary special Vicki Pattison: The Break Up.

History

The channel launched as Discovery Travel & Adventure in 2004. In October 2005, it rebranded as Discovery Travel & Living, using programming from that branch of Discovery Communications. It was formerly available on SelecTV from March 2007 until the closure of its English service in late 2010.[1][2] On 1 September 2010, Discovery Travel & Living rebranded as the Travel and Living Channel, or TLC. Unlike the channel TLC in the United States whose acronym originally stood for The Learning Channel, the TLC service in Australia is an acronym for Travel and Living Channel. The channel also converted to 16:9 aspect ratio during the conversion.[3] Over time, it took on programming from the American TLC brand.

On 3 November 2014, TLC's sister channel Discovery Home & Health closed and was replaced with Discovery Kids. As a result, a variety of Home & Health's programming moved to TLC.[4] In addition, Foxtel moved TLC from channel 646 to channel 130, and TLC+2 from channel 647 to channel 166.[5] [6] On 1 September 2015 Sky TV New Zealand will launch TLC on Sky 016 as part of a wider reshuffle of Sky Channels [7] Say Yes to the Dress: Australia, an international adaptation of the Say Yes to the Dress format from the United States, featuring couture wedding gown designer Adam Dixon, will become the first local production on the channel when it debuts in 2016.[8]

See also

References
  1. Addington, Tim (15 March 2007). "SelecTV adds five Discovery channels to platform". B&T Weekly. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  2. Chessell, James (20 August 2010). "Bruce Gordon's SelecTV to make changes". The Australian. Retrieved 20 August 2010. |section= ignored (help)
  3. "Discovery: Travel and Living to re-brand as TLC:TV Tonight". David Knox. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  4. "The Brand New World of Discovery Networks is just AWESOME!" (PDF) (Press release). Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  5. "Finding Your Channels" (PDF) (Press release). Foxtel. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  6. "Find Us". tlcchannel.com.au. TLC Australia. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  7. "SKY | Watch the Best Entertainment, Sports, Movies & TV Shows".
  8. Knox, David (30 May 2016). "Auditions: Say Yes to the Dress: Australia". TV Tonight. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
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