| FX | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 12 January 2004 |
| Owned by | Fox International Channels (News Corporation) |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV 16:9) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 0.3% 0.1% (+1) (June 2011, BARB) |
| Slogan | "Uncompromising TV from FOX" |
| Country | United Kingdom also broadcasted in Ireland |
| Formerly called | FX289 (until May 2005) |
| Timeshift service | FX + (1 hour timeshift) |
| Website | www.fxuk.com/ |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Sky | Channel 124 Channel 165 (FX +) Channel 124 (HD Customers) |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 157 Channel 158 (HD) |
| UPC Ireland | Channel 126 |
| Smallworld Cable | Channel 128 (SD/HD) |
| IPTV | |
| TalkTalk TV | Channel 10 |
| Freewire | Channel 146 |
FX is a television channel in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, owned by Fox, launched in 12 January 2004. It was originally branded as FX289 in reference to its Sky EPG number. It was rebranded to FX in May 2005 as the channel moved in the Sky EPG.
FX targets a demographic between 25 to 44 year olds. Unlike its sister channel in the US, FX promotes both FX produced and non-FX produced shows. Some of the most popular shows which air on the channel include Family Guy and American Dad!. It has a similar format to its American sister channel FX Networks, with a schedule consisting largely of Fox-produced shows, including comedy such as Family Guy and King of the Hill, and dramas such as The Shield, The X-Files, NYPD Blue and Dexter. Non-Fox-produced shows rerun or receiving their UK premiere on the channel include The Walking Dead, Falling Skies, Babylon 5, Carnivàle, Highlander, JAG, NCIS, Sleeper Cell, E-Ring and Huff, Generation Kill and True Blood.
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FX HD is a high definition television channel, which launched on Monday 28 April 2008 at 22:00 in the UK and Ireland. It initially broadcast a completely separate schedule from the standard definition channel, with only HD content and without ads.
FX HD was originally due to launch on 21 April 2008,[1] but as stated on the FX Forums the date has been pushed back to 28 April 2008 due to "technical difficulties at the transmission end".[2]
On 24 April 2009, FX HD become a simulcast of FX, broadcasting HD content when possible but only broadcasting between 19:00 and 02:00 every day. On 5 January 2010, FX HD increased it broadcast hours to match its SD counterpart.
The channel also joined Virgin Media's digital cable TV lineup on channel 158 on 30 July 2009.[3]