International television channel
Television channel
Fox Life
Country
United States Headquarters
1211 Avenue of the Americas ,
New York, New York Language(s)
English ,
Spanish Picture format
HDTV
1080i (downscaled to
16:9
576i or
480i for SD feeds, dependent on market's SD standard) Owner International:
Fox Networks Group (
Disney International Operations ) United States:
Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution Sister channels Launched
13 May 2004; 19 years ago (2004-05-13 ) (first broadcast in Italy)
1 July 2005; 18 years ago (2005-07-01 ) (Latin America)
4 November 2013; 10 years ago (2013-11-04 ) (United States)
1 October 2017; 6 years ago (2017-10-01 ) (Southeast Asia & Hong Kong)
28 September 2017; 6 years ago (2017-09-28 ) (Middle East)
Closed
31 December 2009; 14 years ago (2009-12-31 ) (France)
30 September 2011; 12 years ago (2011-09-30 ) (Japan)
16 January 2015; 9 years ago (2015-01-16 ) (Poland)
22 September 2015; 8 years ago (2015-09-22 ) (Flanders)
31 December 2016; 7 years ago (2016-12-31 ) (Netherlands)
1 July 2020; 3 years ago (2020-07-01 ) (Italy)
30 September 2020; 3 years ago (2020-09-30 ) (Africa)
[1]
1 January 2021; 3 years ago (2021-01-01 ) (South Korea and Turkey)
22 February 2021; 3 years ago (2021-02-22 ) (Latin America as Fox Life)
16 March 2021; 3 years ago (2021-03-16 ) (SD Feed, Malaysia)
1 September 2021; 2 years ago (2021-09-01 ) (Now TV feed, Hong Kong)
1 October 2021; 2 years ago (2021-10-01 ) (Southeast Asia and Hong Kong)
[2]
31 December 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-31 ) (Spain)
[3]
31 March 2022; 23 months ago (2022-03-31 ) (United States) (Latin America as Star Life)
1 October 2022; 17 months ago (2022-10-01 ) (Russia & Belarus)
15 March 2023; 12 months ago (2023-03-15 ) (Greece)
1 October 2023; 5 months ago (2023-10-01 ) (Bulgaria & Balkans)
[4]
[5]
24 January 2024; 2 months ago (2024-01-24 ) (Baltics and CIS)
[6]
7 February 2024; 49 days ago (2024-02-07 ) (Portugal)
[7]
1 March 2024; 26 days ago (2024-03-01 ) (Middle East)
[8]
13 April 2024; 16 days' time (2024-04-13 ) (India)
[9]
Replaced by
Fox (Flanders)
Nat Geo Wild (Japan)
Fox Comedy (Poland)
Star Life (Latin America, Bulgaria, Balkans, Portugal, Middle East and India)
CH. ever (South Korea)
FX Life (Greece, Baltics and CIS)
Sapfir (Russia)
Former names
Fox Life was an international
pay television network, launched by the
Fox Networks Group in 2004. The network has been discontinued in several markets over time due to the
acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney in 2019.
The network's scheduling varied with each version, ranging from traditional entertainment programming, including television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, original programming in certain regions, and instructional and aspirational reality television on some other variations; in North America for instance, the network carried mainly Spanish language dubbed versions of American reality shows and instructional programming.
History
Fox Life was first launched in Italy on May 13, 2004, in Portugal on May 19, 2005, and
Bulgaria on September 8, 2005. For Latin America, it started in July 2006, when it was launched in Brazil. The channel also has versions in other countries around Europe. It launched in the Netherlands and
Flanders on September 7, 2009.
[10] Fox Life launched in the United States on November 4, 2013.
[11]
Flemish version
As of 22 November 2011, Fox had to change the programming for Fox Life in Flanders due to television rights issues in Belgium. From then on, a separate Flemish version was airing in Belgium. It used to air the Dutch version. The provider of
satellite television in the Netherlands,
Canal Digitaal , had to replace Fox Life with the Finnish version as well because it shared the Fox Life feed with the Belgium provider of
satellite television,
TV Vlaanderen Digitaal.
[12]
Launch in Southeast Asia
On October 1, 2017, the Hong Kong and Southeast Asian version of
Star World was rebranded to Fox Life .
[13]
[14]
[15]
Television channel
Rebranding/closing in Europe
From 22 September 2015, Fox Life has been replaced by
24Kitchen for satellite viewers in the Netherlands. The Finnish Fox Life was rebranded as Fox.
[16]
Fox Networks Group Benelux announced that Fox Life would officially close in the Netherlands on December 31, 2016.
[17]
Rebranding/closing in Latin America
On 27 November 2020, Fox announced that they would be renaming the Fox branded channels in Latin America to
Star Life on 22 February 2021.
[18] The networks closed on 31 March 2022, along with the American version.
[19]
Closing in Southeast Asia
After 11 years in operations, the channel alongside
other FOX/STAR channels are all shutting down on Hong Kong's
Now TV on September 1, 2021,
[20] before announcing to closing down across Southeast Asia one month later in preparation of
Disney+ (or
Disney+ Hotstar in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand) rollouts across Southeast Asia.
[21]
Closing in the United States
Notice of the discontinuation of the American iteration of Fox Life was sent to cable providers by
Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution in late December 2021; the channel would be discontinued on March 31, 2022.
[22]
Fox Life around the world
Channel
Country or region
Formerly
Launch year
Replacement / Rebrand
Shutdown year
Fox Life (Italy)
Italy
—
May 13, 2004
discontinued
July 1, 2020
Fox Life (Portugal)
Portugal
May 19, 2005
Star Life
February 7, 2024
Fox Life (Latin America)
Latin America
July 1, 2005
February 22, 2021 (as Fox Life) March 31, 2022 (as Star Life)
Fox Life (Bulgaria)
Bulgaria
September 8, 2005
October 1, 2023
Fox Life (France)
France
October 5, 2005
discontinued
December 31, 2009
[23]
Fox Life (Japan)
Japan
December 14, 2005
Nat Geo Wild
September 30, 2011
[24]
Fox Life (Turkey)
Turkey
November 13, 2006
discontinued
January 1, 2021
[25]
Fox Life (Poland)
Poland
January 1, 2007
[26]
Fox Comedy
January 16, 2015
[27]
Fox Life (Balkans)
Balkans
November 9, 2007
[28]
Star Life
October 1, 2023
[5]
Fox Life (Korea)
South Korea
March 2008
Ch.ever
December 31, 2020
Fox Life (Russia)
Baltics and CIS
April 14, 2008 (Russia, Baltics and CIS)
[29]
Sapfir (Russia)
[30]
October 1, 2022 (Russia and Belarus)
November 5, 2008 (Estonia)
[31]
FX Life (Baltics and CIS)
January 24, 2024 (Baltics and CIS)
[6]
Fox Life (Greece)
Greece
December 1, 2008
FX Life
March 15, 2023
Fox Life (Netherlands and Flanders)
Netherlands and Flanders
September 7, 2009
[32]
Fox (Flanders)
September 22, 2015 (Flanders)
24Kitchen (Netherlands)
December 31, 2016 (Netherlands)
Fox Life (United States)
United States
November 4, 2013
discontinued
March 31, 2022
Fox Life (India)
India
Fox Traveller
June 15, 2014
Star Life
April 13, 2024
[33]
Fox Life (Spain)
Spain
Fox Crime
[34]
October 1, 2014
[35]
discontinued
December 31, 2021
Fox Life (Africa)
Africa
October 3, 2016
[36]
[37]
September 30, 2020
Fox Life (Middle East)
Middle East
—
September 28, 2017
Star Life
March 1, 2024
Fox Life (Southeast Asia and Hong Kong)
Southeast Asia and Hong Kong
Star World
October 1, 2017
discontinued
October 1, 2021
See also
References
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Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021 .
^ Multiple sources:
^ Layton, Mark (5 January 2022).
"Disney closes Spanish pay-tv channels Fox Life & Viajar" . TBI Vision .
Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022 .
^
"FOX СТАВА STAR CHANNEL В БЪЛГАРИЯ ОТ ОКТОМВРИ" [FOX becomes STAR channel from October]. Boulevard Bulgaria (in Bulgarian). 7 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023 .
^
a
b
"Fox postaje STAR Channel" [Fox becomes STAR Channel]. FoNet portal (in Serbian). 7 June 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023 . Tako FOX Life postaje STAR Life
^
a
b
"Pange tähele! Telekanalid FOX ja FOX LIFE saavad uued nimed" . Kroonika (in Ewe). 21 November 2023.
^
"Perguntas Frequentes - A FOX vai ser STAR Channel" . foxtv.pt (in Portuguese). 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023 .
^ Reporter, Staff (2 February 2024).
"Fox branded channels to undergo rebranding in MENA region" . BroadcastPro ME . Retrieved 7 February 2024 .
^
"Name change of channels "Fox Life" to "Star Life" AND "Fox Life HD" to "Star Life HD" " (PDF) . www.disneystar.com . Retrieved 14 March 2024 .
^
"[Kabel] Fox Life Nederland start op 7 september" . Sat4all – Alles over Satelliet TV, Ziggo en Telenet! (in Dutch).
Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2021 .
^
"Fox to launch Fox Life, a new channel for U.S Hispanics" . Fox News Latino . 13 March 2015. Archived from
the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2021 .
^ Jarco Kriek (12 November 2011).
"CanalDigitaal-abonnees moeten The Simpsons op FOXlife missen" (in Dutch). Totaal TV.
Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2018 .
^
"Turn on as Star World rebrands to FOX life - InqPOP!" . InqPOP! . 2 October 2017.
Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2021 .
^
"Star World X FOX Life: The 'Makeover' Begins!" . YouTube. 28 August 2017.
Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2017 .
^
"NGC to launch 4 new channels; seeks licences for 4 Fox channels in India" . Exchange4media.com. 27 November 2008. Archived from
the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2012 .
^ Jarco Kriek (21 September 2015).
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Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2018 .
^ Jarco Kriek (2 November 2016).
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Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2018 .
^
"Disney Renaming Fox Channels In Latin America To Star" . 27 November 2020.
Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021 .
^ Cardozo, Alberto (10 January 2022).
"Disney XD, Nat Geo Kids, Star Life, Nat Geo Wild y FXM cesarán, transmisiones en Latinoamérica en marzo" . ANMTVLA (in Spanish).
Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022 .
^ King, Tom (27 April 2021).
"Disney pulling plug on Asian sports channels in DTC pivot" .
SportsPro .
Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021 .
^ Middleton, Richard (28 April 2021).
"Disney to close 18 channels in Asia as streaming focus expands" . Digital TV Europe .
Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021 .
^
"Fox Life - Ceasing distribution effective March 31, 2022" . National Cable Television Cooperative (U.S.) . Disney Media & Distribution. 21 December 2021. Archived from
the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022 .
^
"Fox Life : La chaîne tire sa révérence le 31 décembre 2009" . Premiere.fr (in French). 16 September 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2023 .
^
"FOXライフをご視聴のみなさまへ" . FOX INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS . Archived from
the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2024 .
^
"FOX Crime Türkiye Yayını Sona Erdi – Kayıp Rıhtım" . kayiprihtim.com (in Turkish). 2 October 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023 .
^
"Fox Life do Cyfrowego Polsatu" . SATKurier.pl . Retrieved 7 November 2023 .
^
"FOX Life w styczniu zmieni się w FOX Comedy" . www.wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 5 April 2023 .
^
"Queer As Folk - uskoro na FOXLife!" . Gay-Serbia.com | Diskusije (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 May 2023 .
^
"Журнал Теле-Спутник" . old.telesputnik.ru . Retrieved 1 September 2023 .
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"Изменение вещания каналов на платформе НтВ Плюс" . tricolorhd.msk.ru . Retrieved 26 June 2023 .
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"Starman toob vaatajateni eestikeelse FOX Life'i" . Mobiilsus (in Estonian). 5 November 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2023 .
^
"nieuwe tv-zender: Fox Life" . NRC (in Dutch). 7 September 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2023 .
^
"Name change of channels "Fox Life" to "Star Life" AND "Fox Life HD" to "Star Life HD" " (PDF) . www.disneystar.com . Retrieved 14 March 2024 .
^
"FOX Life comes to African TV screens this October" . Bizcommunity . Retrieved 1 September 2023 .
^
"Fox Life toma el relevo de Fox Crime" . El País (in Spanish). 28 August 2014.
ISSN
1134-6582 . Retrieved 5 April 2023 .
^
"FOX Life makes debut on StarTimes Nigeria" . The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News . 12 October 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2023 .
^
"FOX Life | TVSA" . www.tvsa.co.za . Retrieved 5 April 2023 .
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