Fox (Asian TV channel)
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Fox was a pan-Asian pay television channel, owned and operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Disney International Operations.
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Country | China (main) Singapore India |
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Broadcast area | East Asia |
Headquarters | Hong Kong SAR, China |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific (Disney International Operations) |
History | |
Launched | February 1998 (Japan) December 2009 (Asia) 16 June 2010 (Malaysia) November 2014 (Vietnam) |
Closed | 16 November 2014 (SD feed, Malaysia) 1 January 2021; 3 years ago (2021-01-01) (South Korea) March 9, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-03-09) (Starhub TV) May 1, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-05-01) (SD feed, Vietnam) September 1, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-09-01) (Now TV feed, Hong Kong) October 1, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-10-01) (Southeast Asia and Hong Kong)[1] 1 January 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01-01) (Taiwan) 1 March 2024; 2 months ago (2024-03-01) (Japan) |
Replaced by | Star World (Taiwan) Dlife (Japan) Disney+/Star (Singapore and Philippines) Disney+ Hotstar (Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand) |
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The network operated six subnetworks, all solely branded as Fox; one pan-Asian feed meant for East Asia, then individual feeds for Japan, Thailand, The Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. All of the networks carried network programming with the original English audio from its imported programmes, along with either subtitling or second audio feeds in each nation's dominant language. It also held a brand licensing deal with Tcast until the end of 2020 for a domestic version of Fox in South Korea. The Japanese feed was replaced by the second iteration of Dlife on March 1, 2024.[2]