DIY Network

The DIY Network is a channel owned by Scripps Networks Interactive that focuses on do it yourself projects at home.

Television stations air local versions with local hosts with segments produced by the network.

It is also carried over Satellite television on DirecTV channel 230, and Dish Network channel 111. Branded DIY Network programming is also broadcast in Japan and the Philippines. The cable network reaches 50 million households in the US.

The shows carried over the network cover the gamut of various activities which are capable of being performed by amateurs at home. These include:

Auto repairs, ranging from simple repairs such as adding stereo speakers, all the way to engine rebuilding.
Contracting by homeowners, how families helped build, or acted as General Contractor and supervised the construction of their new homes.
Home repairs, ranging from simple activities such as painting, minor hole filling, and drywall repairs, to more complicated procedures such as door, window and wall addition, removal and replacement, all the way to roof repair.
Jewelry making
Motorcycle and motorbike repairs and upgrades
Plumbing repairs including installation of appliances such as garbage disposals, dishwashers and refrigerators having in-door ice and water
Quilting and quilt repairs
Recreational vehicle usage and maintenance
Deconstruction : Testing home products for safety and eco friendly bldg. supplies.
Scrapbooking
Video production including taping and editing one's home videos.
Knitting
Woodworking
Gardening
Boating
The network also carries reruns of the series This Old House, originally a PBS series about families who had their homes remodeled or rehabilitated, and some older HGTV archive programming, including the Carol Duvall Show.


History
DIY was the second network to be launched by Scripps, following the success of HGTV. In fact, for the first two years the programming consisted of mixed and mashed clips of old HGTV programs while new content was developed. The network offered a large amount of broadband content (originally project worksheets and instruction pages for printout by users, later video clips and more) to create demand for and help cable operators launch their nascent broadband services. The broadband portal was first DIYnet.com, and has since been changed to DIYnetwork.com

DIY says they target a more male audience than HGTV (which is more female), although both channels have offerings which appeal to both.

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