FX (UK)

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FX
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Launched 12 January 2004
Owned by Fox International Channels (News Corporation)
Picture format 576i (SDTV 16:9)
1080i (HDTV)
Audience share 0.3%
0.1% (+1)
(June 2011, BARB)
Slogan "Uncompromising TV from FOX"
Country United Kingdom
also broadcasted in Ireland
Formerly called FX289 (until May 2005)
Timeshift service FX + (1 hour timeshift)
Website www.fxuk.com/
Availability
Satellite
Sky Channel 124
Channel 165 (FX +)
Channel 124 (HD Customers)
Cable
Virgin Media Channel 157
Channel 158 (HD)
UPC Ireland Channel 126
Smallworld Cable Channel 128 (SD/HD)
IPTV
TalkTalk TV Channel 10
Freewire Channel 146

FX is a television channel in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, owned by Fox, whose flagship station is WNYW, in New York City, launched in 12 January 2004. It was originally branded as FX289 in reference to its Sky EPG number. It was rebranded to FX in May 2005 as the channel moved in the Sky EPG.

FX targets a demographic between 25 to 44 year olds. Unlike its sister channel in the US, FX promotes both FX produced and non-FX produced shows. Some of the most popular shows which air on the channel include Family Guy and American Dad!. It has a similar format to its American sister channel FX Networks, with a schedule consisting largely of Fox-produced shows, including comedy such as Family Guy and King of the Hill, and dramas such as The Shield, The X-Files, NYPD Blue and Dexter. Non-Fox-produced shows rerun or receiving their UK premiere on the channel include The Walking Dead, Falling Skies, Babylon 5, Carnivàle, Highlander, JAG, NCIS, Sleeper Cell, E-Ring and Huff, Generation Kill and True Blood.

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[edit] Shows and additional details

  • As well as British and American programming, the channel has aired a number of international programmes. These include Last Man Standing and The Nominees from Australia; Charlie Jade, a co-production between Canada and South Africa; and the Flemish series Matrioshki, which was shown with subtitles.
  • For several weeks starting on the 5 December 2005, FX carried a strand of programming from the Fox-owned American channel FUEL TV. The strand was identified as "FX Presents FUEL TV", and made use of FUEL TV's US branding graphics. The strand ran for an hour from 10am, and was repeated in the early hours of the following morning.[1]
  • The channel's 2 hour timeshift service, FX +, was joined on Sky by FX +1 on 10 December 2007. The branding of sister timeshift channel FX + had not been changed to reflect this, causing confusion due to the two being very similar in name (FX +, FX +1), with viewers assuming a mistake or a double-over of the channel[citation needed]. On Monday 28 April 2008, FX +1 ceased broadcasting and its slot was replaced with FX HD.
  • On September 1, 2008, to coincide with Sky's EPG reshuffle, FX + became a 1 hour timeshift.
  • In February 2009, FX launched their first original program entitled 'No Signal'. The show is similar to the Channel 4 show The Kevin Bishop Show. This is because the layout is set out as a SKY TV system.
  • D-Smart on FX HD broadcast will begin on November 11.

[edit] FX HD

FX HD is a high definition television channel, which launched on Monday 28 April 2008 at 22:00 in the UK and Ireland. It initially broadcast a completely separate schedule from the standard definition channel, with only HD content and without ads.

FX HD was originally due to launch on 21 April 2008,[1] but as stated on the FX Forums the date has been pushed back to 28 April 2008 due to "technical difficulties at the transmission end".[2]

On 24 April 2009, FX HD become a simulcast of FX, broadcasting HD content when possible but only broadcasting between 19:00 and 02:00 every day. On 5 January 2010, FX HD increased it broadcast hours to match its SD counterpart.

The channel also joined Virgin Media's digital cable TV lineup on channel 158 on 30 July 2009.[3]

[edit] Current programming

[edit] Former programming

[edit] References

  1. ^ "FXHD to launch this month". Digital spy. 8 April 2008. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/news/a93250/fxhd-to-launch-this-month.html. 
  2. ^ http://community.fxuk.com/forums/p/13029/72427.aspx#72427[dead link]
  3. ^ "Virgin Media and Channel 4 bring 4HD to millions of TV screens". Virgin Media. 29 July 2009. http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=205406&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1313698&highlight=. 

[edit] External links

Category:Television channels in Ireland

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