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On 12 June 2012 it was reported that a two-hour timeshift channel (FX + 2) would launch on 3 July 2012,[3] but this was retracted for it to be later reported that it would launch on 6 September 2012.[note 1]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

  1. ^ "FX channel to launch – with day and date series". TV Tonight. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  2. ^ "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.


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