FX (international)
FX is a brand name used by a number of different television channels throughout the world owned by Disney Entertainment, a division of The Walt Disney Company. FX was originally established as a standard or premium cable television channel in the United States but has expanded worldwide.
Product type | Television networks |
---|---|
Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
Country | United States |
Introduced | Canada Greece Latin America Poland Turkey |
Discontinued | Asia Australia India Italy Middle East Portugal South Africa UK and Ireland |
Current channels
Canada
On August 6, 2011, Rogers Sports & Media entered into a licensing agreement with FX Networks to launch FX Canada as a pay television channel.[1] The network, which launched on November 1, 2011, features a mix of FX original series; acquired American movies and series; and original Canadian programming and sporting events (as required by the Canadian content rules imposed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission). FX Canada's broadcast license requires that 15% of its programming consist of Canadian content in its first year, 20% in its second year and 25% by its third year.
On May 18, 2018, Remstar Media Group entered into a separate licensing agreement to carry a French language FX-branded programming block on the channel Max.
Greece
Latin America
- FX Networks Latin America includes FX.
Poland
- On June 29, 2023, it was announced that the Polish locales of Fox and Fox Comedy would be replaced on November 7, 2023, with Polish locales of FX and FX Comedy.[2]
Former channels
Asia
In 2008, Fox Networks Group Asia and STAR TV (through a distribution agreement) partnered to launch FX Asia. The channel is divided into four services: a national channel distributed throughout much of the continent and three regional channels serving South Korea and Philippines. The channel was shut down on October 1, 2021, with most of its content shifting to the Star content hub on Disney+ (for Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan) and Disney+ Hotstar (for Southeast Asia region outside Singapore and Philippines).
Australia
- FX was an Australian channel launched on February 26, 2012. On February 28, 2018, FX ceased broadcasting on Foxtel, and all of its programs moved to Fox Showcase.
India
- FX was an Indian channel operated from 2012 to 2017.
Italy
- FX was an Italian channel launched on May 21, 2006. Due to the lowest ratings, the channel was closed on July 1, 2011.
Middle East
- FX was launched in the Middle East as a free-to-air channel along with the rest of the Fox-branded channels (which include National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, STAR Movies, Fox Movies, Fox Rewayat, Fox Family Movies, Fox Action Movies, STAR World, FOX, FX, Fox Life, Fox Crime, Channel V International and Baby TV),[4] the channels later became encrypted instead of free, as a part of beIN network. The channel closed on December 1, 2022, along with Fox Family Movies and Fox Crime.
Portugal
- FX was a Portuguese channel launched in 2005. In November 2015, the channel was rebranded as Fox Comedy.
South Africa
UK and Ireland
- FX was a British and Irish channel launched on January 12, 2004. In 2013 the channel was rebranded as Fox. It later closed down on July 1, 2021, with most of its content moving to the Star content hub on Disney+.
References
- Aleysha Haniff (August 6, 2011). "FX Canada to launch in November". Toronto Star.
- "W listopadzie Fox zmieni w Polsce nazwę na FX. Inaczej też Fox Comedy" [In November, Fox will change its name to FX in Poland. Including Fox Comedy]. Press.pl (in Polish). 2023-06-29. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- "Disney cesará transmisiones de los canales Disney XD, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Kids, FX Movies y Star Life en Latinoamérica" [Disney will cease transmissions of Disney XD, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Kids, FX Movies and Star Life channels in Latin America]. TVLaint (in Spanish). Nopales. January 10, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- "Fox Networks Group Middle East". foxarabia.tv. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- "ODM coming in May with 55 TV channels". News.google.co.za. Retrieved on July 28, 2011.
- "TV with Thinus: TOLDJA! Another FOX channel is suddenly chopped and changed as FOX Crime flips to FOX Life at short notice; changes on DSTV with no word about StarSat". September 13, 2016.