FX (Australian TV channel)

For the television channel formerly known as FX until 2003, see SoHo (Australian TV channel).

FX (Australia)
CountryAustralia
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Timeshift serviceFX + 2
Ownership
OwnerFox Networks Group
(Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International)
History
Launched26 February 2012
Closed28 February 2018 (6 years, 2 days)
Links
Websitehttp://www.fxtv.com.au
Availability
Streaming media
Foxtel GoChannel 119

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On 12 June 2012 it was reported that a two-hour timeshift channel (FX + 2) would launch on 3 July 2012,[3] but this was retracted for it to be later reported that it would launch on 6 September 2012.[note 1]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

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

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

Final programming

Acquired programming

Past programming

Original programming

Acquired programming

Notes

  1. ^ Advertised in Foxtel's 'Preview September 2012' email.

References

  1. ^ a b "FX channel to launch – with day and date series". TV Tonight. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b "The Walking Dead to launch FX channel". TV Tonight. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  3. ^ "AUSTAR News, About AUSTAR – AUSTAR Television". Austar. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Zombies set to attack Sydney, Melbourne". TV Tonight. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Shows". FX Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2023.