Fox is a television channel owned by Fox Networks Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is unrelated to the Fox Corporation and American broadcast network of the same name which was its owner until Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019, and is currently used under a transitional brand licensing agreement with Fox Corporation to last until 2024.

As of 2023, several networks formerly named Fox worldwide have transitioned to the formerly Asian-centric brand Star, while networks in the Baltic states, CIS, Greece and Poland instead transitioned to being branded as FX. Some worldwide Fox networks were wound down and entirely discontinuned.[1]

Current channels

Baltics, Russia and CIS

  • Fox (previously Fox Crime) is a Russian-language television channel that launched on March 5, 2008. The channel was closed on October 1, 2022, for Russia[2] & Belarus,[3] and was replaced by Kineko in Russia, but it's still active in the CIS & Baltic regions. Cable operators in Latvia and Estonia have localized versions of the channel with advertising. Fox will be rebranded as FX, along with Fox Life as FX Life on January 24, 2024.[4]

Japan

  • Fox is a Japanese channel that launched in 1998.[5] On March 1, 2024, Fox will be renamed into the second incarnation of Dlife.[6]

Middle East and North Africa

  • Fox Arabia is a Middle Eastern and North African channel that launched on March 1, 2011.

Portugal

  • Fox is a Portuguese channel that launched on March 1, 2003.[7] Disney has announced that Fox would rebrand as Star Channel on February 7, 2024.[8][9][10]

Spain

  • Fox is a Spanish channel that launched on June 30, 2002. In 2024, Fox will be rebranded as Star Channel.[11]

Turkey

  • Fox (previously TGRT) is a Turkish channel that launched on February 24, 2007. In February 2024, Fox Türkiye will change its name, but the new name of the channel is still unclear.[12]

Former channels

Asia

  • Fox Asia, the channel closed in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong on October 1, 2021, and Taiwan on January 1, 2022, 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).[13]
  • Fox Thailand
  • Fox Philippines
  • Fox Korea, due to the ongoing expansion of Star in 2020, "T.cast," the licensor of FOX in Korea, announced that they would relaunch the channel as Ch.NOW.
  • Fox Taiwan, the channel, was renamed as the second incarnation of the Taiwan feed of Star World on January 1, 2022. It was closed down on January 1, 2024.

Belgium

  • Fox is a Flemish channel that launched on October 1, 2015. On November 1, 2023, Fox was rebranded to Star Channel.[14]

Bulgaria

  • Fox is a Bulgarian channel that launched on October 15, 2012.[15] On June 7, 2023, it was announced that all Fox channels in Bulgaria (including Fox Life and Fox Crime) was rebranded as Star Channel as of October 1, 2023.[16]

Finland

  • Fox (formerly SuomiTV) was a Finnish channel that launched in 2009. The channel was rebranded to Star Channel on January 6, 2023.[17]

Germany, Austria and Switzerland

  • Fox was a German channel that launched on May 20, 2008.[18] The channel closed on September 30, 2021, with most of its content shifting to the Star content hub on Disney+.[19]

Greece

  • Fox was a Greek channel that launched on October 1, 2012.[20] It was closed on March 15, 2023, being replaced by the second iteration of FX Greece.[21]

Hungary

  • Fox was a Hungarian basic cable TV channel that launched on February 4, 2014.[22] The channel was shut down on April 30, 2018, to focus on its streaming service, Fox+,[23] which would be eventually replaced by Disney+.

Italy

  • Fox was an Italian channel that launched on July 31, 2003. The channel closed on July 1, 2022.[24]

Latin America

  • Fox Channel was a Latin American channel that launched on August 14, 1993. It was relaunched as Star Channel on February 22, 2021.[25]

Netherlands

  • Fox, a Dutch channel owned by Eredivisie Media & Marketing, which is owned 51% by The Walt Disney Company.[26] On November 1, 2023, Fox was rebranded to Star Channel.[27]

Norway

  • Fox was a Norwegian channel that launched on July 1, 2013.[28] The channel closed on March 31, 2021, with most of its content shifting to Disney+.[29]

Poland

  • Fox is a Polish channel that launched on November 6, 2010.[30] On November 7, 2023, Fox was rebranded to FX.[31]

Serbia

  • Fox is a Serbian television channel that launched on October 15, 2012.[32] The channel was rebranded to Star Channel on October 1, 2023.[33]

South Africa

  • Fox (formerly Fox Entertainment) was a South African channel that launched on May 1, 2010,[34] and closed on October 1, 2021. Most of its content would move to Disney+, which was launched in South Africa on May 18, 2022.[35][36]

Sweden

  • Fox was a Swedish channel that launched on September 22, 2014.[37][38] The channel closed on January 1, 2021.[39]

UK and Ireland

  • Fox (previously FX289 and FX) was a British and Irish channel that launched on January 12, 2004.[40] The channel closed on July 1, 2021, with most of its content moving to the Star content hub on Disney+.[41]


See also

References

  1. ↑ "Disney Renaming Fox Channels In Latin America To Star". What's On Disney Plus. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  2. ↑ "НТВ-ПЛЮС: Телеканалы FOX, FOX Life, National Geographic и Nat Geo Wild прекращают вещание на территории России". TVnews.by | Новости ТВ, IT и коммуникаций (in Russian). Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Телеканалы National Geographic и FOX прекращают вещание в Беларуси". TVnews.by | Новости ТВ, IT и коммуникаций (in Russian). September 30, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Pange tähele! Telekanalid FOX ja FOX LIFE saavad uued nimed". Kroonika (in Estonian). Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  5. ↑ 幕田千宏 (July 12, 2015). "dTVでFOXチャンネル！ 海外ドラマ好きには外せないタイトルが大集合のFOXチャンネルの作品と魅力を徹底解剖！". 海外ドラマNAVI (in Japanese). Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  6. ↑ "「FOX」チャンネル名称変更のお知らせ｜ニュース(総合)｜FOX ネットワークス". foxnetworks.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Canal FOX inicia emissões dia 1 de Março na Cabovisão". Meios & Publicidade (in European Portuguese). February 21, 2003. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Disney ends Fox brand in Portugal". theportugalnews.com. November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Canais FOX vão passar a ser Star Channel já em 2024". marketeer.sapo.pt. November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Canais Fox passam a Star Channel a 7 de fevereiro". Expresso (in Portuguese). January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  11. ↑ "La marca Fox desaparecerá en España y será sustituida por Star Channel". Portal Disney (in Spanish). Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  12. ↑ Altuntaş, Birsen (January 5, 2024). "FOX kanalının ismi değişiyor - Birsen Altuntaş" (in Turkish). Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  13. ↑ Middleton, Richard (April 28, 2021). "Disney to close 18 channels in Asia as streaming focus expands". Digital TV Europe. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Walt Disney rebrands FOX in Netherlands and Flanders". Broadband TV News. September 19, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  15. ↑ "FOX International Channels води на българския телевизионен пазар най-силния си канал FOX". cinefish.bg. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  16. ↑ "FOX СТАВА STAR CHANNEL В БЪЛГАРИЯ ОТ ОКТОМВРИ" [FOX becomes STAR channel from October]. Boulevard Bulgaria (in Bulgarian). June 7, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  17. ↑ TV, Fox. "FOX on tammikuussa STAR Channel". www.foxtv.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Fox startet bei Premiere bundesweit, in der Schweiz und in Österreich über Kabel, Satellit und IPTV am 4. Oktober (04.08.2008)". info.sky.de. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Disney Junior & Fox To Close In Germany, Austria & Switzerland". What's On Disney Plus. July 6, 2021. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Έρχεται το FOX Greece σε nova και OTE TV..." Έρχεται το FOX Greece σε nova και OTE TV... Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  21. ↑ "The Walt Disney Company Greece: To FOX μετονομάζεται σε FX". typologies.gr. March 16, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  22. ↑ Zrt, HVG Kiadó (December 17, 2013). "Magyarországra jön a világhírű tévécsatorna". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  23. ↑ "Megszűnik a Magyar FOX at Sorozatjunkie". A Junkie (in Hungarian). Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  24. ↑ "FOX si spegne su Sky e NOW. E a Luglio 2022 cambia l'offerta NOW". movietele.it (in Italian). June 30, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  25. ↑ "Disney Renaming Fox Channels In Latin America To Star". What's On Disney Plus. November 27, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  26. ↑ Mediacourant.nl (June 13, 2013). "Nieuwe tv-zender gaat FOX NL heten". Mediacourant.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  27. ↑ "Walt Disney rebrands FOX in Netherlands and Flanders". Broadband TV News. September 19, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  28. ↑ "Crime being replaced by Fox channel in Norway » Digital TV Europe". February 8, 2015. Archived from the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  29. ↑ Jerijervi, Dag Robert (March 2, 2023). "Disney legger ned TV-kanal i Norge" [Disney shuts down TV channel in Norway]. kampanje.com (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  30. ↑ "FOX International Channels Launches the FOX Channel in Poland". FOX International Channels. December 10, 2010. Archived from the original on April 12, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  31. ↑ "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). June 29, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  32. ↑ Živković, Petar (October 1, 2012). "Volećete ga: Stiže novi FOX kanal!". Tračara (in Serbian). Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  33. ↑ "Fox rebrands in the Balkans". Broadband TV News. October 3, 2023. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
  34. ↑ "TopTV launch: all the details - TechCentral". April 29, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  35. ↑ Clover, Julian (August 24, 2021). "FOX to shut Africa channel on September 30th". Broadband TV News. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  36. ↑ Ferreira, Thinus (August 24, 2021). "Disney ends the FOX channel in Africa, rips away The Walking Dead's final season". News24. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  37. ↑ Fremin, Linus (June 3, 2014). "FOX lanseras i Sverige - bygger upp kanalen på plats" [FOX is launched in Sweden - builds up the channel on site]. Resumé (in Swedish). Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  38. ↑ "FOX LANSERAS I SVERIGE DEN 22 SEPTEMBER 2014" [FOX LAUNCHES IN SWEDEN ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2014]. news.cision.com (in Swedish). September 8, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  39. ↑ Clover, Julian (November 26, 2020). "Fox to cease broadcasting in Sweden". Broadband TV News. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  40. ↑ "FX UK: a big new channel from FOX - Post 148062 - TV Forum". www.tvforum.co.uk. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  41. ↑ Kanter, Jake (May 17, 2021). "Fox Channel To Close In The UK, With Shows Like 'War Of The Worlds' Moving To Disney+". Deadline. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
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