Fox Channel (German TV channel)

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Fox Channel
FOX-Channel-Germany.svg
Country Germany
Broadcast area Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Headquarters Munich, Germany
Programming
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Fox Networks Group Germany GmbH
(Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International)
Sister channels National Geographic Channel
History
Launched19 May 2008;13 years ago (2008-05-19)
Replaced Premiere Serie (on Premiere)
Closed1 October 2021;2 months' time (2021-10-01) [1]
Links
Website www.foxchannel.de
Availability
Cable
Kabel Deutschland Channel 321 (SD)
Channel 325 (HD)
Unitymedia Channel 280 (SD)
Channel 84 (HD)
UPC Austria Channel 257 (HD)
UPC Switzerland Channel 150 (HD)
SFR (Luxembourg)Channel 152
Satellite
Sky Channel 135 (SD)
Channel 115 (HD)
IPTV
Telekom Entertain Channel 204 (HD)
A1 TV (Austria)Channel 506 (SD)
Channel 606 (HD)

Fox is a German pay television channel dedicated to television drama series. It heavily features American and British drama series.

Contents

History

On 10 March 2008, News Corporation officially requested a broadcasting license for Fox International Channels Germany GmbH at the Media Institute Berlin-Brandenburg (MABB). The channel was greenlit a month later. It was launched on 19 May 2008 exclusively on satellite-television provider Premiere. [2]

On 1 April 2009, the channel changed its aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9 widescreen. [3] In October 2010, it launched its own HD feed, broadcasting at 1080i.

In November 2011, FOX successfully bought the pay-TV rights to rerun the first two seasons of legal drama The Good Wife . After a successful run, FOX bought the rights to show new episodes, starting with season three. The free-TV rights are with ProSiebenSat.1 Media who announced the third season to be shown on sixx. However, so far nothing has come of it and season three was released on DVD without a free-to-air television broadcast.

After five years on the air, FOX has become a well-known television channel for good television series. On July 10, 2013, The Bridge premiered on FOX after a rerun of the original.

On 6 July 2021, it was announced that Fox and Disney Junior will close in Germany by the end of September 2021, with its content shifting to Star on Disney+. [4] This comes after it closed down in the UK and Ireland at the end of June.

Programming [5]

Series broadcast on the channel include:

Audience share

Germany

JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberAnnual average
2014 [6] -0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%
2015 [7] 0.1%0.2%0.2%0.1%0.1%0.2%0.1%0.2%0.1%0.2%0.2%0.1%0.1%
2016 [8] 0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.2%0.1%0.1%0.1%
2017 [9] 0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.3%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%Increase2.svg 0.2%
2018 [10] 0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%

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References

  1. ↑ "Disney to close Fox and Disney Junior in Germany". Broadband TV News.
  2. ↑ "Fox startet bei Premiere bundesweit, in der Schweiz und in Österreich über Kabel, Satellit und IPTV am 4. Oktober" (Press release). Premiere. August 4, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Fox Channel sendet ab 01. April in 16:9 - HDTV-Ableger denkbar". March 9, 2009. Archived from the original on March 14, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  4. ↑ Disney to close Fox and Disney Junior channels in Germany. Broadcast Prome. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021
  5. ↑ "Wunschliste". wunschliste.de. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
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