From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Television channel
FX
was an Australian
subscription television
channel which focused on
its American counterpart
, 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but this was retracted for it to be later reported that it would launch on 6 September 2012.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
.
History
[
edit
]
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).
Promotion
[
edit
]
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]
Programming
[
edit
]
Final Programming
[
edit
]
Acquired Programming
[
edit
]
Past Programming
[
edit
]
Original Programming
[
edit
]
Acquired Programming
[
edit
]
Notes
[
edit
]
- ^
Advertised in Foxtel's 'Preview September 2012' email.
References
[
edit
]
|
---|
|
Entertainment
and drama
| |
---|
Lifestyle
| |
---|
Religious
| |
---|
Home Shopping
| |
---|
Movies
| |
---|
Sport
| |
---|
News
| |
---|
Documentary
| |
---|
Kids and family
| |
---|
Music
| |
---|
Specialty
| |
---|
Defunct
| |
---|
|
---|
Fox channels
| |
---|
Fox Sports
| |
---|
Nat Geo channels
| National Geographic
| |
---|
Others
| |
---|
|
---|
Others
| |
---|
|