Country | Australia |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format |
1080i
HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Timeshift service | FX + 2 |
Ownership | |
Owner |
Fox Networks Group ( Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International) |
History | |
Launched | 26 February 2012 |
Closed | 28 February 2018 (6 years, 2 days) |
Links | |
Website | http://www.fxtv.com.au |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Foxtel Go | Channel 119 |
FX was an Australian subscription television channel which focused on male-skewed television shows. [1] The channel is owned and operated by Fox Networks Group and launched on 26 February 2012 on both Foxtel and Austar platforms. [2]
On 12 June 2012 it was reported that a two-hour timeshift channel (FX + 2) would launch on 3 July 2012, [3] but this was retracted for it to be later reported that it would launch on 6 September 2012. [note 1]
On 28 February 2018, FX ceased broadcasting on Foxtel, with all of its programming moved to Fox Showcase.
On 9 October 2011 Fox International Channels released details that FX would relaunch in Australia early 2012 with "long-awaited" programs such as The Walking Dead, Transporter: The Series, and Hell on Wheels. [1] The channel launched on 26 February on Foxtel and Austar. [2]
SoHo, formerly known as FX until 2003, was owned by Foxtel, while this incarnation of FX was owned and ran by Fox International Channels (and later Fox Networks Group; the company which operate National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, and Nat Geo People in Australia).
On Wednesday 2 February 2012, FX announced on their Facebook page that to kick off the channels re-launch there would be promotional zombie invasions in Australia's two largest capital cities, Sydney and Melbourne on Wednesday 8 February 2012 in the city centres. [4]