FX (international)

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FX
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Logo used in Canada and Latin America since 2013
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Logo used in Greece, Poland, Baltics and CIS since 2023 and 2024
Product type Television networks
Owner The Walt Disney Company
Produced by Rupert Murdoch
Country United States
IntroducedJanuary 12, 2004
MarketsAsia
Australia
Baltics and CIS
Canada
Greece
India
Italy
Latin America
Middle East
Poland
Portugal
South Africa
UK and Ireland
Turkey
Previous owners

FX is a brand name used by a number of different television channels throughout the world owned by FX Networks, a subsdiary of Disney Entertainment. FX was originally established as a standard or premium cable television channel in the United States but has expanded worldwide.

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Current channels

Baltics and CIS

Canada

On August 6, 2011, Rogers Sports & Media entered into a licensing agreement with FX Networks to launch FX Canada as a pay television channel. [4] The network, which launched on November 1, 2011, features a mix of FX original series; acquired American movies and series; and original Canadian programming and sporting events (as required by the Canadian content rules imposed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission). FX Canada's broadcast license requires that 15% of its programming consist of Canadian content in its first year, 20% in its second year and 25% by its third year.

On May 18, 2018, Remstar Media Group entered into a separate licensing agreement to carry a French language FX-branded programming block on the channel Max.

Greece

Latin America

Poland

Turkey

Other FX-branded channels

Baltics and CIS

Canada

Greece

Poland

Former channels

Asia

In 2008, Fox Networks Group Asia and Star TV (through a distribution agreement) partnered to launch FX Asia. The channel is divided into four services: a national channel distributed throughout much of the continent and three regional channels serving South Korea, Philippines and Japan. The channel was shut down on October 1, 2021, with most of its content shifting to the Star content hub on Disney+ (for Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan) and Disney+ Hotstar (for Southeast Asia region outside Singapore and Philippines).

Australia

India

Italy

Latin America

Middle East

Portugal

South Africa

UK and Ireland

See also

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