FX (Australia)

Country	Australia
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Timeshift service	FX + 2
Ownership
Owner	Fox Networks Group (Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International)
History
Launched	26 February 2012
Closed	28 February 2018 (6 years, 2 days)
Links
Website	http://www.fxtv.com.au
Availability
Streaming media
Foxtel Go	Channel 119

FX was an Australian subscription television channel which focused on its American counterpart, male-skewed television shows.^[1] The channel is owned and operated by Fox Networks Group and launched on 26 February 2012 on both Foxtel and Austar platforms.^[2]

On 12 June 2012 it was reported that a two-hour timeshift channel (FX + 2) would launch on 3 July 2012,^[3] but this was retracted for it to be later reported that it would launch on 6 September 2012.^{[note 1]}

On 28 February 2018, FX ceased broadcasting on Foxtel, with all of its programming moved to Fox Showcase.

History

On 9 October 2011 Fox International Channels released details that FX would relaunch in Australia early 2012 with "long-awaited" programs such as The Walking Dead, Transporter: The Series, and Hell on Wheels.^[1] The channel launched on 26 February on Foxtel and Austar.^[2]

SoHo, formerly known as FX until 2003, was owned by Foxtel, while this incarnation of FX was owned and ran by Fox International Channels (and later Fox Networks Group; the company which operate National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, and Nat Geo People in Australia).

Promotion

On Wednesday 2 February 2012, FX announced on their Facebook page that to kick off the channels re-launch there would be promotional zombie invasions in Australia's two largest capital cities, Sydney and Melbourne on Wednesday 8 February 2012 in the city centres.^[4]

Programming

Final Programming

Acquired Programming

• Anger Management
• The Blacklist
• Borgia
• Burn Notice
• Copper
• Criminal Minds
• Fargo
• Fear the Walking Dead
• The Following
• Franklin & Bash
• From Dusk till Dawn: The Series
• Homeland
• Hell on Wheels
• Kingdom
• The Last Ship
• Las Vegas
• Legends
• Person of Interest
• Sons of Anarchy
• The Walking Dead

Past Programming

Original Programming

• The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes
• The Ultimate Fighter Nations: Canada vs. Australia

Acquired Programming

• 10 Items or Less
• Alias^[5]
• American Horror Story
• Arrested Development^[5]
• Bedlam^[5]
• The Booth at the End^[5]
• Breaking Bad
• The Bridge
• Call Me Fitz^[5]
• Chase
• Ch:os:en
• Da Vinci's Demons
• Dark Angel^[5]
• Dark Blue
• The District^[5]
• Endgame
• E-Ring
• Fear Itself
• The Fixer
• Hell on Wheels^[5]
• House of Lies
• Human Target
• The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
• Jekyll
• Justified^[5]
• The Kill Point
• Lead Balloon
• Life on Mars^[5]
• Low Winter Sun
• Mad Dogs^[5]
• Martial Law^[5]
• NYPD Blue^[5]
• Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
• Prison Break
• ReGenesis
• Rescue Me^[5]
• The Shield^[5]
• The State Within
• Transporter: The Series
• The Tudors^[5]
• UFC Unleashed
• The Ultimate Fighter 10
• The Ultimate Fighter 11
• The Ultimate Fighter 12
• The Ultimate Fighter 13
• The Ultimate Fighter 14
• The Ultimate Fighter 15
• The Ultimate Fighter 16
• The Ultimate Fighter 17
• The Ultimate Fighter 18
• The Unit
• XIII

Notes

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