FX (Australia)

FX
Launched	26 February 2012
Owned by	Fox Networks Group (21st Century Fox)
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Slogan	Exclusively FX This is FX
Country	Australia
Language	English
Timeshift service	FX + 2
Website	http://www.fxtv.com.au
Availability
Satellite
Foxtel	Channel 119 (SD / HD) Channel 161 (+2) Channel 1119 (SD)
Cable
Foxtel	Channel 119 (SD / HD) Channel 161 (+2) Channel 1119 (SD)
Streaming media
Foxtel Go	Channel 119

FX is an Australian subscription television channel which focuses on 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On 12 June 2012 it was reported that a two-hour timeshift channel (FX + 2) would launch on 3 July 2012,^[3] but this was retracted for it to be later reported that it would launch on 6 September 2012.^{[note 1]}

History

In 1995, FX originally launched in Australia as fX, featuring classic TV series (often branded as "Golden Years of Television")

In late 1998 fX became FX, which at the time was a channel aimed at women, unlike the international FX channels demographic, featuring shows such as The View and Donny and Marie. In late 2000, FX was again rebranded, officially becoming "Australia's first TV channel for women". On 1 November 2003, it was renamed W. as a way to make this focus more apparent.

On 9 October 2011 Fox International Channels released details that FX would relaunch in Australia early 2012 with long-awaited programs such as The Walking Dead, Transporter: The Series, and Hell on Wheels.^[1] The channel launched on 26 February on Foxtel and Austar.^[2]

FX is in no way related to the channel fX that was in Australia previously. The original fX was owned by Foxtel, while the current FX is a channel owned and run by Fox International Channels (which operate National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild, and Nat Geo People in Australia. FOX International Channels have the FX channel in most markets in the Western world.

Promotion

On Wednesday 2 February 2012, FX announced on their Facebook page that to kick off the channels re-launch there would be promotional zombie invasions in Australia's two largest capital cities, Sydney and Melbourne on Wednesday 8 February 2012 in the city centres.^[4]

Programming

Current Programming

Acquired Programming

• Anger Management
• The Blacklist
• Borgia
• Burn Notice
• Copper
• Criminal Minds
• Fargo
• Fear the Walking Dead
• The Following
• Franklin & Bash
• From Dusk till Dawn: The Series
• Homeland
• Hell on Wheels
• Kingdom
• The Last Ship
• Las Vegas
• Legends
• "Lie to Me"
• Person of Interest
• Sons of Anarchy
• The Walking Dead

Past Programming

Original Programming

• The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes
• The Ultimate Fighter Nations: Canada vs. Australia

Acquired Programming

• 10 Items or Less
• Alias
• American Horror Story
• Arrested Development
• Bedlam
• The Booth at the End
• Breaking Bad
• The Bridge
• Call Me Fitz
• Chase
• Ch:os:en
• Da Vinci's Demons
• Dark Angel
• Dark Blue
• The District
• Endgame
• E-Ring
• Fear Itself
• The Fixer
• Hell on Wheels
• House of Lies
• Human Target
• The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
• Jekyll
• Justified
• The Kill Point
• Lead Balloon
• Life on Mars
• Low Winter Sun
• Mad Dogs
• Martial Law
• NYPD Blue
• Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
• Prison Break
• ReGenesis
• Rescue Me
• The Shield
• The State Within
• Transporter: The Series
• The Tudors
• UFC Unleashed
• The Ultimate Fighter 10
• The Ultimate Fighter 11
• The Ultimate Fighter 12
• The Ultimate Fighter 13
• The Ultimate Fighter 14
• The Ultimate Fighter 15
• The Ultimate Fighter 16
• The Ultimate Fighter 17
• The Ultimate Fighter 18
• The Unit
• XIII

Notes

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