| FX Canada | |
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| FX Canada logo | |
| Launched | October 31, 2011 |
| Owned by | Rogers Media |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Slogan | There Is No Box |
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Website | FX Canada |
| Availability | |
| Cable | |
| Cable Cable | Channel 97 (SD) Channel 315 (HD) |
| EastLink | Channels vary (SD) Channel 667 (HD) |
| Rogers Cable | Channel 318 (SD) Channel 565 (HD) |
| IPTV | |
| Optik TV | Channel 188 (SD) |
FX Canada is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel which launched on October 31, 2011 in standard and high definition. FX Canada is devoted primarily to scripted dramas and comedies and is based on the U.S. cable network FX.[1]
The channel is currently wholly owned by Rogers Media. However, on December 16, 2011 the CRTC approved an application which would see FX Networks purchase a 20% interest in the channel's direct parent company, and a 16.7% interest in the holding company owning the other 80%, for an overall ownership interest of 33.3% (with Rogers retaining the remainder).[2] It is unknown when the transaction will close.
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As part of the agreement between Rogers Media and FX Networks, any new original series produced for FX U.S. by its co-owned studios, FX Productions and Twentieth Century Fox Television, will air on FX Canada.[3]
This means that while FX Canada airs most programming from FX U.S., it does not currently carry some FX series that pre-dated the channel including It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, or new FX series produced by other studios such as Anger Management (produced by Lionsgate).
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