FX (previously Fox Crime and Fox) is a Russian-language television channel that launched on March 5, 2008. The channel was closed on October 1, 2022, for Russia[1] & Belarus,[2] and was replaced by Kineko in Russia, but it's still active in the CIS & Baltic regions. Cable operators in Estonia have localized version of the channel with advertising. The channel has rebranded as FX on 24 January 2024.[3]
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.
FX (formerly as Fox) is a Greek channel launched on November 30, 2009. On October 1, 2012, the channel was replaced by Fox. On March 15, 2023, Fox was reverted its name into and replaced again by FX, along with Fox Life becoming FX Life.
On June 29, 2023, it was announced that the Polish locales of Fox and Fox Comedy would be replaced on November 7, 2023, with Polish locales of FX and FX Comedy.[5]
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: an international channel distributed throughout much of the continent and three national 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).
FX was an Australian channel launched on February 26, 2012. On February 28, 2018, FX ceased broadcasting on Foxtel, and all of its programs moved to Fox Showcase.
FX was launched in the Middle East as a free-to-air channel along with the rest of the Fox-branded channels (which include National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, STAR Movies, Fox Movies, Fox Rewayat, Fox Family Movies, Fox Action Movies, STAR World, FOX, FX, Fox Life, Fox Crime, Channel V International and Baby TV),[9] the channels later became encrypted instead of free, as a part of beIN network. The channel closed on December 1, 2022, along with Fox Family Movies and Fox Crime.
FX was a South African pay-TV satellite channel, part of the StarSat offering on May 1, 2010.[10] It was shut down on October 3, 2016, along with Fox Crime, which closed down on September 30, 2016, to be replaced by Fox Life[11]
FX was a British and Irish channel launched on January 12, 2004. In 2013 the channel was rebranded as Fox. It later closed down on July 1, 2021, with most of its content moving to the Star content hub on Disney+.