Fox (Asian TV channel)
Fox is a pan-Asian pay television channel, owned and operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International.
| Fox Asia | |
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| Launched | February 1998 (Japan) December 2009 (India) June 2010 (Malaysia) November 2014 (Vietnam) |
| Closed | 16 November 2014 (SD feed, Malaysia) |
| Owned by | Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific (Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International) |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Brunei Cambodia Hong Kong Indonesia Japan Laos Malaysia Maldives Myanmar Papua New Guinea Philippines Singapore South Korea Taiwan Thailand Vietnam |
| Headquarters | Corporate office: 13/F One Harbourfront, 18 Tak Fung Street, Hung Hom, Kowloon City District, Kowloon, Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong Studios and production facility: 1 Fusionopolis Link, #03-01 Nexus@ One – North, Singapore, 138542 FOX South Asia Studio 5TH, Lord Ram Street,Radha Link, Mumbai, India |
| Sister channel(s) |
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| Website | Official Site (Asia) Official Site (Japan) |
Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Nexmedia (Indonesia) | Channel 302 |
| Satellite | |
| SKY Perfect (Japan) | Channel 771 |
| I Hits (Japan) | Channel 233 |
| JC Hits (Japan) | Channel 754 |
| SKY Perfect e2 (Japan) | Channel 312 |
| MNC Vision (Indonesia) | Channel 153 |
| Transvision (Indonesia) | Channel 300 (HD) |
| Astro (Malaysia) | Channel 704 (HD) |
| Cignal (Philippines) | Channel 233 (HD) |
| TrueVisions (Thailand) | Channel 246 |
| DishHD (Taiwan and Mainland China) | Channel 252 (HD) |
| Sky Net (Myanmar) | Channel 104 (HD) |
| G Sat (Philippines) | Channel 14 |
| mobiTV (Vietnam) | Channel 65 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| SkyCable / Destiny Cable (Philippines) | Channel 50 (SD) Channel 173 (HD) Channel 609 (Cebu, Davao, Baguio, Bacolod, Iloilo, Dumaguete and General Santos) |
| First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 55 (SD) Channel 328 (HD) |
| Pioneer Cable Vision Inc. (Philippines) | Channel 52 (SD) |
| Royal Cable (Philippines) | Channel 77 |
| MediaNet (Maldives) | Channel 527 (SD) Channel 811 (HD) |
| Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel 29 |
| Kalibo Cable (Philippines) | Channel 74 |
| SPC-New World Cable TV (Philippines) | Channel 47 |
| Macau Cable TV (Macau) | Channel 717 (HD) |
| J:COM (Japan) | Channel 551 |
| Cable TV Hong Kong | Channel 311 (HD) |
| VTVcab (Vietnam) | Channel 48 |
| HTVC (Vietnam) | Channel 37 (HD) |
| IPTV | |
| now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 518 |
| Singtel TV (Singapore) | Channel 330 (HD/VOD) |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 505 (HD) Channel 500 (VOD) |
| CHT MOD (Taiwan) | Channel 623 (HD Taiwan Version) |
| Unifi TV (Malaysia) | Channel 963 (old) Channel 453 (new) |
| MyTV (Vietnam) | Channel 85 (HD)/Channel 82 (SD) |
| FPT (Vietnam) | Channel 28 (HD) |
| Viettel TV (Vietnam) | Channel 106 (HD) |
History
In Japan, the channel launched in February 1998 along with other Fox channels such as Fox Crime and Fox Life (now FOX bs238).
In Asia, the channel was in test broadcast in December 2009, broadcasting US TV series on loop. The first Asian provider who carried Fox was SkyCable in the Philippines which launched the channel on 4 January 2010, followed by StarHub TV in Singapore on 1 February 2010. Other TV providers across the region followed thereafter.[1]
Around early-to-mid-February 2012, the Fox wordmark was changed to the Fox HD wordmark (pictured) for all Fox commercials on all Fox channels in the Asian and Filipino television provider networks, including channels which are not in HD. This change is similar to the one done to STAR World. The reason for this change is unknown.
From May 2014, all FOX commercials are now added the Facebook page near the time and date showing. The reason of this change is unknown.
Fox Japan and Fox Korea are considered separated from the main feed as they have different programming. However, they are closely linked as they shared most of their commercials and the programming are nearly the same.
Fox Taiwan was officially launched on September 1, 2012, as FOX Showbiz (Chinese: 娛樂台) replacing Channel V Taiwan. This feed's broadcast Asian programming and some of American series reruns with Chinese subtitles, and FOX HD Asia feed are available through MOD and some of cable providers. The feed was renamed Fox Taiwan in January 2014 and broadcast both local and foreign programmes.
Operating channels
- Fox Asia
- Fox Japan
- Fox Korea – co-owned by Tcast
- Fox Thailand
- Fox Taiwan
- Fox Philippines
- Fox Vietnam
Programmes
While Fox Asia imports a substantial amount of programming seen in its US counterpart, there are separate rights granted to each version of the channel. Hence Fox Asia has a different line-up of programs from its US counterpart, including those seen on rival networks in the US and produced by competitors of 20th Century Fox (such as Warner Bros.).
See also
- Fox Broadcasting Company
- Fox International Channels
References
- Christmas kick-off for FOX roll-out Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine retrieved via onscreenasia.com 1-18-2009
External links
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