SoHo (New Zealand TV channel) explained

SoHo
Launch Date:	(SoHo) (SoHo2)
Closed Date:	(SoHo2)
Picture Format:	1080i (HDTV)
Website:	https://www.sky.co.nz/soho
Owner:	Sky Network Television
Country:	New Zealand
Area:	New Zealand
Headquarters:	Auckland, New Zealand
Online Serv 1:	Sky Go
Online Chan 1:	skygo.co.nz
Language:	English

SoHo is a premium entertainment channel in New Zealand available on Sky Network Television. The channel mainly broadcasts popular shows from American cable networks Showtime, AMC, Starz, HBO and FX, which are themselves not available in New Zealand. It also broadcasts shows from Britain, especially from the BBC, and also broadcasts films.^[1]

Services

There is also a SoHo channel in Australia, which launched on 20 August 2012.

A sister channel, SoHo2 launched on 7 November 2018.^[2]

SoHo2 was closed on 16 March 2021 and all the content was moved to the SoHo channel.^[3]

Content

In 2022, SoHo will distribute the Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon alongside Sky's streaming service Neon.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sky to launch new premium content channel - SoHo. Throng.
2. Web site: Sky to Launch SoHo2 in November. screenscribe.net.
3. Web site: Sky. Channel Changes FAQs - Sky. 3 February 2021. 3 February 2021.
4. News: Games of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon drops first trailer . 7 October 2021 . . 6 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211006232700/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/games-of-thrones-prequel-house-of-the-dragon-drops-first-trailer/ZF7IEKLBYT45TSCNUYPJHHCXFE/ . 6 October 2021. live.