Oxygen (TV network)

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Oxygen
Launched February 2, 2000
Owned by NBC Universal
Slogan She Did What?
Headquarters Flag of the United States New York City, New York, United States
Website Official Site
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV Channel 251
Dish Network Channel 127
Cable
Available on most cable systems Check Local Listings for channels

Oxygen, also known as Oh!, is an American cable television channel. It is currently available in over 71 million homes. The company was founded in 1998, and its cable network launched on February 2, 2000. Oxygen carries programming aimed at young women. Its former parent company, Oxygen Media, was privately held and was founded by Geraldine Laybourne, talk show host Oprah Winfrey and producers Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner and Caryn Mandabach (of Carsey-Werner fame). It is now owned by NBC Universal.

Campus Ladies, Bliss, Oprah After the Show, Talk Sex with Sue Johanson, The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, Snapped , Girls Behaving Badly and The Bad Girls Club a reality series are some of the signature shows on the channel. Geraldine Laybourne is the channel's founder, chairman, and CEO. Competitors to the channel include Lifetime and We. Oxygen has been available on DirecTV for many years, and arrived on the Dish Network in early 2006.

The network originally began as an interactive network focusing on original programming with some reruns (such as Kate & Allie), and featured a black bar at the bottom of the screen which would show various information (the interactive part involved the channel's website). Today, the black bar has since been dropped, and the network focuses chiefly on reruns, reality shows, and movies (although some talk related programming is still shown). "Inhale", one of the first Oxygen original shows, continues to air on the channel today.

On October 9, 2007, NBC Universal announced it would be purchasing Oxygen for $925 million. [1] The sale was completed on November 20, 2007. [2]

Contents

  • = are shown occasionally at different times

  1. ^ Michael Learmonth. "NBC U Sucks in Oxygen", Daily Variety, October 10, 2007, p. 1. 
  2. ^ NBC UNIVERSAL COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF OXYGEN MEDIA

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  1. 50%, with Viacom's Paramount Pictures.
  2. Co-owned with Microsoft in a joint venture (82% owned by NBC, 18% owned by Microsoft).
  3. The stations are co-owned with LIN TV in a joint venture (76% owned by NBC, 24% owned by LIN). KNSD also includes a repeater used for rebroadcast of Entravision's KBNT-CA.
  4. Owned by Commercial Broadcasting Corp., and operated by the NBC / LIN joint venture (see note 3)
  5. A joint venture between NBC Universal and its broadcast affiliates.
  6. Co-owned with Corus Entertainment, Classic Media, Scholastic Books and ION Media Networks
  7. The station is owned by NBC Universal, but is controlled by ZGS Broadcast Holdings.
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