Fox (German TV channel)

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Fox Channel
FOX wordmark-orange 2.svg
Country Germany
Broadcast area Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Headquarters Munich, Germany
Programming
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Fox Networks Group Germany GmbH
(Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution)
Sister channels National Geographic Channel
History
Launched19 May 2008;16 years ago (2008-05-19)
Replaced Premiere Serie (on Premiere)
Closed1 October 2021;2 years ago (2021-10-01) [1]
Links
Website www.foxchannel.de
(archived, now redirects to www.disneyplus.com/de-de)

Fox (sometimes known as Fox Channel) was a German pay television channel dedicated to television drama series. It relied heavily on American and British drama series.

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History

On 10 March 2008, News Corporation applied for a broadcasting license for Fox International Channels Germany GmbH from MABB, the media authority for the Berlin Brandenburg region. The channel was greenlit a month later. It was launched on 19 May 2008 exclusively on satellite-television provider Premiere. [2]

On 1 April 2009, the channel changed its aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9 widescreen. [3] In October 2010, it launched its own HD feed, broadcasting at 1080i.

In November 2011, FOX bought pay-TV rights to rerun the first two seasons of legal drama The Good Wife . After a successful run, FOX bought the rights to show new episodes, starting with season three. The free-TV rights were with ProSiebenSat.1 Media which planned to broadcast the third season to be shown on sixx. However, season three was released on DVD with no free-to-air television broadcasts. On 10 July 2013, The Bridge premiered on FOX after a rerun of the original.

On October 4, 2017, Fox Networks Group Germany launched Fox+.

Closure

On 6 July 2021, it was announced that Fox, along with Disney Junior would close in Germany on 30 September 2021, on the same time with the Asian version and African version of the channel, with most of its content shifting to Star content hub on Disney+. [4]

Programming

Source: [5]

Series broadcast on the channel included:

Audience share

Germany

JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberAnnual average
2014 [6] -0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%
2015 [7] 0.1%0.2%0.2%0.1%0.1%0.2%0.1%0.2%0.1%0.2%0.2%0.1%0.1%
2016 [8] 0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.2%0.1%0.1%0.1%
2017 [9] 0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.3%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%Increase2.svg 0.2%
2018 [10] 0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%

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References

  1. ↑ "Disney to close Fox and Disney Junior in Germany". Broadband TV News. 6 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Fox startet bei Premiere bundesweit, in der Schweiz und in Österreich über Kabel, Satellit und IPTV am 4. Oktober" (Press release). Premiere. August 4, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Fox Channel sendet ab 01. April in 16:9 – HDTV-Ableger denkbar". March 9, 2009. Archived from the original on March 14, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  4. ↑ Disney to close Fox and Disney Junior channels in Germany. Broadcast Prome. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021
  5. ↑ "Wunschliste". wunschliste.de. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2014" (PDF). kek-online.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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