Fox (Asian TV channel)

Fox Asia
CountryChina (main)
Singapore
India
Broadcast areaEast Asia
HeadquartersHong Kong SAR, China
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerFox Networks Group Asia Pacific
(Disney International Operations)
History
LaunchedFebruary 1998 (Japan)
December 2009 (Asia)
16 June 2010 (Malaysia)
November 2014 (Vietnam)
8 September 2015 (Thailand)
1 October 2015 (Philippines)
Closed16 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; 3 years ago (2021-09-01) (Now TV feed, Hong Kong)
October 1, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-10-01) (Southeast Asia and Hong Kong)[1]
1 January 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01-01) (Taiwan)
1 March 2024; 8 months ago (2024-03-01) (Japan)
Replaced byStar World (Taiwan)
Dlife (Japan)
Disney+/Star (Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Philippines)
Disney+ Hotstar (Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand)

Fox was a pan-Asian pay television channel, owned and operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Disney International Operations.

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]

  1. ^ Multiple sources:
    • Frater, Patrick (27 April 2021). "Disney Slashes Linear TV in Asia With 18-Channel Closure, Shifts Focus to Disney Plus". Variety. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
    • Kanter, Jake (27 April 2021). "Disney Closes 18 Asia TV Channels As It Shifts Focus To Disney+". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
    • Lai, Adrian (29 April 2021). "Disney To Shut Down 18 Channels In Southeast Asia". IGN. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  2. ^ "「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 8 December 2023.