Fox (international)
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Fox is a defunct series of international television channels which used to be operated by Fox Networks Group, a division of 21st Century Fox. The network was affiliated with Fox Broadcasting Company from its inception until Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019.
Logo used from 2019 until 2024 | |
| Product type | Television networks |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Rupert Murdoch |
| Country | United States |
| Introduced | 14 August 1993 |
| Discontinued | 11 March 2024 |
| Markets | Asia Baltics and CIS Belgium Bulgaria Greece Germany, Austria and Switzerland Hong Kong Hungary Italy Japan Korea Latin America Middle East Netherlands Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Serbia Spain Southeast Asia South Africa Sweden Finland Turkey Taiwan Thailand UK and Ireland |
| Previous owners | |
In the following years, several Fox networks worldwide were renamed, with most adopting the formerly Asian-centric brand Star based upon the Star hub available on Disney+ with most channels transitioned to being branded as Star Channel, while networks in the Baltic states, CIS, Greece and Poland instead transitioned to being branded as FX, and certain other networks were discontinued outright due to refocus for Disney+.[1]
Fox around the world
| Channel | Country or region | Formerly | Launch year | Replacement / Rebrand | Shutdown year |
| Fox Channel | Latin America | August 14, 1993 | Star Channel[2] | February 22, 2021 | |
| Brazil | September 27, 1994 | ||||
| Fox (Japan) | Japan | February 1998[3] | Dlife (second era)[4] | March 1, 2024 | |
| Fox (Spain) | Spain | June 1, 2001 | Star Channel[5][6][7][8] | March 11, 2024 | |
| Fox (Portugal) | Portugal | March 1, 2003[9] | February 7, 2024 | ||
| Fox (Italy) | Italy | July 31, 2003 | discontinued | July 1, 2022[10] | |
| Fox (Korea) | South Korea | April 1, 2006 | Ch.NOW | December 31, 2020 | |
| Fox (Turkey) | Turkey | TGRT | February 24, 2007 | Now[11] | February 12, 2024 |
| Fox (Germany) | Germany | Premiere Serie (only on Premiere)[12] | May 19, 2008 | discontinued | October 1, 2021[13][14][15][16] |
| Fox (Asia) | Southeast Asia and Hong Kong | December 2009 | |||
| Fox (Africa) | Africa | Fox Entertainment | May 1, 2010[17] | ||
| Fox (Poland) | Poland | November 6, 2010[18] | FX[19] | November 7, 2023 | |
| Fox (Middle East) | Middle East | Fox Series | March 1, 2011 | Star Series[20] | March 1, 2024 |
| Fox (Finland) | Finland | SuomiTV | April 15, 2012 | Star Channel[21] | January 6, 2023 |
| Fox (Taiwan) | Taiwan | Channel V Taiwan | September 1, 2012 | Star World (second era) | January 1, 2022 |
| Fox (Greece) | Greece | FX (first era)[22] | October 1, 2012 | FX (second era) | March 15, 2023[23] |
| Fox (Russia) | Russia, Belarus, Baltics and CIS | Fox Crime | October 1, 2012 (Russia, Baltics and CIS) | Kineko (Russia and Belarus) | October 1, 2022 (Russia and Belarus)[24][25] |
| FX (Baltics and CIS) | January 24, 2024 (Baltics and CIS)[26] | ||||
| Fox (Bulgaria) | Bulgaria | October 15, 2012[27][28] | Star Channel[29][30] | October 1, 2023 | |
| Fox (Serbian) | Balkans | ||||
| Fox (UK and Ireland) | UK and Ireland | FX | January 11, 2013[31] | discontinued | July 1, 2021[32] |
| Fox (Norway) | Norway | Fox Crime[33] | July 1, 2013 | March 31, 2021[34] | |
| Fox (Netherlands) | Netherlands | August 19, 2013[35] | Star Channel | November 1, 2023 | |
| Fox (Hungary) | Hungary | February 4, 2014[36] | discontinued | April 30, 2018[37] | |
| Fox (Sweden) | Sweden | September 22, 2014[38][39] | January 1, 2021[40] | ||
| Fox (Belgium) | Belgium | October 1, 2015 | Star Channel[41] | November 1, 2023 |
See also
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