Canal FOX | |
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Launched | October 15, 1993 |
Owned by | Fox Latin American Channels |
Picture format | 480i (SD) 720p (HD) |
Language | Spanish/Portuguese English (SAP) |
Broadcast area | Latin America countries |
Headquarters | Argentina Brazil Colombia Chile Venezuela Uruguay Mexico Ecuador Peru |
Sister channel(s) | National Geographic Channel, FOX Life, BabyTV, FX , Fox Sports |
Website | http://canalfox.com/ |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
channel 202 | |
SKY México | channel 201 |
Cable | |
CBM | channel 15 |
CBM Digital | channel 205 channel 90.205 |
Internet television | |
MundoFOX | http://mundofox.com/ |
Canal FOX is the Latin American version of the American channel FOX. It was launched on October 15, 1993. The channel is mainly oriented towards family audiences, unlike its sister channel FX. Though it is a Spanish-talking channel, the shows are referred to they original name (except for The Simpsons).
The channel joined to the worldwide premiere of The Walking Dead, which premiered in November First, 2010. To promote the series, the channel joined the Zombie Invasion Event.
After the final episode of the first season of The Walking Dead, Fox released the uncensored version of the first episode; this is not the first censored episode (mostly all of them, due the excess of violence, through is a family channel).
In December 2010, the channel started using the RTC ratings (Radio, Televisión y Cinematografía) in Mexico.
Contents |
English Title | Original Channel |
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The Simpsons | Fox |
Glee | |
Mental* | |
Sons of Tucson (not seen in Brazil) | |
Bones (seen on Fox in Brazil, on FX elsewhere) | |
Terra Nova | |
The Listener | NBC |
How I Met Your Mother (seen in Brazil exclusively on Fox HD) | CBS |
The Glee Project | Oxygen |
Rescue Me | FX |
American Horror Story | |
One Tree Hill | The CW |
United States of Tara* | Showtime |
High Stakes Poker | GSN |
White Collar | USA Network |
Burn Notice* (seen on Fox in Brazil, seen on FX elsewhere) | |
Modern Family* | ABC |
The Walking Dead | AMC |
Futurama | Comedy Central |
Mentes en Shock* (Spanish for "Minds in Shock") | Fox Latin America original production |
9mm: São Paulo* |
The show Rescue Me, instead airing in the channel FX Latin America, was moved up to Fox. This include: Family Guy, American Dad!, The Cleveland Show and The Good Guys, that were moved up to FX.
(*) Shows currently Off of Air/Waiting for new season.
Mega Weekend Fox (stylized as Mega WKND FOX) is a weekend block in which the most popular series of Fox Latin America are aired as The Simpsons, Glee (dubbed in Spanish), followed by a movie.
¡No Molestar! (Do not Disturb!) is a prime time block that started in 2005. It airs reruns of Futurama and The Simpsons. The block replaced "Domingo Animado" (Animated Sunday). Commonly one three to four episodes of The Simpsons and one episode of Futurama are aired. The block is mainly focused on teenagers and adults.
In 2006, to celebrate they 1st anniversary, they launched an internet competition, to vote on the most crazy video, created by the viewers. In the same year, it changed they name temporally to ¡No Molestar! Mundial to celebrate the 2006 FIFA World Cup
In 2007, the block was included in their adult-orientated-sister channel FX.
Cine Fox (stylized CineFOX) is a block that is aired every day. It features movies, such as direct to video movies. Movies includes from companies like:
Through the commercial success, new channel associated with FOX has been released: