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Country | Singapore |
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Broadcast area |
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Headquarters | Hong Kong SAR, China |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific (Disney International Operations) |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | 2006 |
Closed | 2013 July 2015 (India) 1 June 2018 (Malaysia) 1 October 2021 [1] | (Vietnam)
Fox Crime was a Southeast Asian pay television channel, owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Disney International Operations. The channel focuses on crime and investigation series programs. In India, Fox Crime Asia was replaced with its Indian counterpart in September 2012. Fox Crime India was shut down in July 2015 due to low ratings.
FOX Crime, along with Channel [V] channels ceased transmission on Unifi TV on 1 June 2018.
After over 15 years, Fox Crime (along with Fox, Fox Life, Channel [V], FX, Fox Movies, Fox Family Movies, Fox Action Movies, SCM Legend, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Nat Geo People, Star Movies China, and five of its sports channels) were officially ceased broadcasting across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong on October 1, 2021. Most of these channel's shows were shifted to Disney+ (in Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan) and Disney+ Hotstar (in Southeast Asia outside Singapore and Philippines). [2]
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