Nine to launch Extra

Saturday, 24 March 2012. By Media Spy. Twitter

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The Nine Network will launch an ad-funded channel called Extra on Freeview next week.

Extra will launch on Monday and will include similar content (home shopping, religious, community and educational) to rival channel TV4ME, broadcast by the Seven Network.

Nine's managing director Jeffrey Browne said the channel will provide advertisers greater opportunities to target an audience.

"Direct response advertising is proving to be of more and more interest to our clients and by launching this new channel, Extra, we can provide advertisers with opportunities to specifically target their audience," he said.

Extra will be on Channel 94 in metro areas and Channel 84 in regional areas

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Wcolleran

Its only available to the Eastern States why can't it be Nationwide
Kurtrules100

why would you want it anyway?
Dacondy

Nobody cares about home shopping. Why not a movie channel? But thats pretty hard to figure out when your an overpaid nitwit executive.
Daniel

Because they get paid to broadcast home shopping ads, and because government regulations forbid 'entertainment content' on anything above the 2 SD and 1 HD channels they have now.
Oceanatic

big woopdy fucking do who wants home shopping and wreck the world start wars religion bullshit
Wcolleran

To see what other programs are actually on it and Ten will be in line next to launch a clone channel of 4ME and EXTRA
Hates_tv_now

seriously?? WTF!!! do not need any more on this home shopping s**t!! theres too many channels at least TV4ME as some things that people need to know about trades and jobs... starting to lose me on normal channels because of this.. better to download all my tv show and not watch tv anymore.
Zerolandy33

hmm what a waste defenatly boycott
Zerolandy33

i dont want 4 me and i wont be watching extra once it comes into regional markets
Regisphibin

I see they are putting sexy girls on here later this week, to talk to at $$$ a minute.
Jo

This program needs to be reported, girls displayed like that, shame on you channel nine. Will not be watching any channel nine program's again. How sick.