FX (Australian TV channel)

For the television channel formerly known as FX until 2003, see SoHo (Australian TV channel).

FX (Australia)

Country	Australia
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Timeshift service	FX + 2
Ownership
Owner	Fox Networks Group (Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International)
History
Launched	26 February 2012
Closed	28 February 2018 (6 years, 2 days)
Links
Website	http://www.fxtv.com.au
Availability
Streaming media
Foxtel Go	Channel 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On 12 June 2012 it was reported that a two-hour timeshift channel (FX + 2) would launch on 3 July 2012,^[3] but this was retracted for it to be later reported that it would launch on 6 September 2012.^{[note 1]}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.

History

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]

SoHo, formerly known as FX until 2003, was owned by Foxtel, while this incarnation of FX was owned and ran by Fox International Channels (and later Fox Networks Group; the company which operate National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, and Nat Geo People in Australia).

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

Final 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
• 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^[5]
• American Horror Story
• Arrested Development^[5]
• Bedlam^[5]
• The Booth at the End^[5]
• Breaking Bad
• The Bridge
• Call Me Fitz^[5]
• Chase
• Ch:os:en
• Da Vinci's Demons
• Dark Angel^[5]
• Dark Blue
• The District^[5]
• Endgame
• E-Ring
• Fear Itself
• The Fixer
• Hell on Wheels^[5]
• House of Lies
• Human Target
• The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
• Jekyll
• Justified^[5]
• The Kill Point
• Lead Balloon
• Life on Mars^[5]
• Low Winter Sun
• Mad Dogs^[5]
• Martial Law^[5]
• NYPD Blue^[5]
• Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
• Prison Break
• ReGenesis
• Rescue Me^[5]
• The Shield^[5]
• The State Within
• Transporter: The Series
• The Tudors^[5]
• 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

1. Advertised in Foxtel's 'Preview September 2012' email.

References

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.
4. "Zombies set to attack Sydney, Melbourne". TV Tonight. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
5. "Shows". FX Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2023.