FX (Greek TV channel)

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FX
Country Greece
Broadcast area Greece, Cyprus
Headquarters Athens
Programming
Language(s)English (with Greek subtitles)
Picture format 1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner The Walt Disney Company Greece (Disney Entertainment)
Sister channels FX Life, National Geographic
History
Launched30 November 2009 (2009-11-30)
Former names
  • Fox (2012-2023)
Links
Website www.fxchannel.gr

FX (formerly known as Fox) is a Greek pay television channel owned by the Fox Networks Group, that was launched on 30 November 2009. [1] The channel is broadcast in Cyprus too, with the same schedule to Greece.

Contents

The programm lineup includes sci-fi series such as The X-Files and Battlestar Galactica , reality shows such as The Amazing Race animation such as The Simpsons and Family Guy , other series such as Law & Order and The Walking Dead , with new episodes for the first time in Greece and also new recent series such as Terra Nova and The Killing for the first time in Greece.

On 1 October 2012, FX was relaunched as Fox with a new program lineup. Most of the following series, are broadcasting from Fox. [2]

On 15 March 2023, The Walt Disney Company announced that Fox and Fox Life in the country would return to the FX brand. The international Star name used by Disney in other territories to replace Fox is already in use in Greece by the unrelated Star Channel. [3]

Programming

Current

Source: [4]

Former

As Fox

As FX (first incarnation)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Also present on FX Greece's first incarnation

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