FX (Australian TV channel)

For the television channel formerly known as FX until 2003, see SoHo (Australian TV channel).

Television channel

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
History
Launched| 26 February 2012
Closed| 28 February 2018 (6 years, 2 days)

FX was an Australian subscription television channel which focused on its American counterpart, action-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On 12 June 2012 it was reported that a two-hour timeshift channel (FX + 2) would launch on 3 July 2012,[3] but this was retracted for it to be later reported that it would launch on 6 September 2012.[note 1]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

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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

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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

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### Final programming

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#### Acquired programming

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* 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

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#### Original programming

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

#### Acquired programming

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* 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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1. ^ Advertised in Foxtel's 'Preview September 2012' email.

## References

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1. ^ a b "FX channel to launch – with day and date series". TV Tonight. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
2. ^ a b "The Walking Dead to launch FX channel". TV Tonight. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
3. ^ "AUSTAR News, About AUSTAR – AUSTAR Television". Austar. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
4. ^ "Zombies set to attack Sydney, Melbourne". TV Tonight. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Shows". FX Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

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