Country | Greece |
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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 | |
Launched | 30 November 2009 |
Former names |
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Links | |
Website | www |
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.
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]
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