| Country | Sub-Saharan Africa |
|---|---|
| Network | Fox |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Fox Networks Group Africa (Disney International Operations) |
| Sister channels | Fox National Geographic Nat Geo Wild |
| History | |
| Launched | 3 October 2016 |
| Closed | 30 September 2020 |
Fox Life was an African pay television channel, launched in 2016 as the regional variant of the Fox Life brand. The channel was tailored for a female audience, with TV series, reality shows, talk shows and telenovelas.
Fox Networks Group announced in September 2016 that it would replace Fox Crime with Fox Life from 3 October. The channel announced 954 hours of new content in an initial phase, which included US series Pitch and Atlanta. [1] The channel launched with the English dub of the Portuguese telenovela Blood Ties . [2] In September 2017, it announced the arrival of Turkish telenovelas, without even announcing a launch date. Reports had emerged that Heartbeat was going to be the first title seen, from 2 October, if the English dub was finished on time in order for the series to be sent to the channel. Shorter titles would be used first as a test, before beginning to air series with a longer length. [3] In November 2017, it launched on Cell C's subscription streaming service Black. [4]
On 7 March 2018, the channel introduced its first local production, Spirit, with psychic medium Cindy Kruger. This marked the start of a one-year plan to increase the amount of African content on the channel, beginning on 16 May with the interview-reality hybrid Game Changers, on 28 May, Chick Chat Live with the Nigerian presenter Cornelia O'Dwyer, on the same day, Dentaa Africa with Ghanaian actress Dentaa Amoateng, and on 9 July, Today's Leading Women, showcasing female entrepreneurs from Africa. [5] At the 2018 upfront in August, the channel announced Outpatients, a documentary-reality series about aesthetic medicine by Dr. Cathy Davies in Johannesburg. [6]
On 20 April 2020, the channel started a three-hour telenovela block for the afternoons. [7] On 8 September 2020, The Walt Disney Company, who acquired the channel in the previous year, announced the closure of the channel, alongside Disney XD, as part of a plan to reduce its linear television operations. [8]