Fox Life

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Fox Life
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Launched 2002 (USA)
May 13, 2004 (Italy)
May 19, 2005 (Portugal)
September 8, 2005 (Bulgaria)
December 14, 2005 (Japan)
June 2005 (Latin America)
September 13, 2006 (Turkey)
January 7, 2007 (Poland)
November 9, 2007 (Regional version shown in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania), (France)
April 14, 2008 (CIS countries & Baltics)
December 1, 2008, (Greece)
September 7, 2009, (the Netherlands) and (Belgium) incl HD version
October 1, 2011 (Latvia)
Closed December 31, 2009 (France)
September 30, 2011 (Japan)
Owned by Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox International Channels Italy (Italy)
Fox International Channels Portugal (Portugal)
Slogan Identify Yourself.
Replaced by Fox bs238 (Japan)
Sister channel(s) Fox Crime, Fox, FX, Fox Traveller, Fox Retro, Speed, Fuel TV, Fox News Channel, BabyTV, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Adventure, Nat Geo Music
Website Fox Life HD Japan
Italy
Poland
France
Portugal
Bulgaria
Croatia
Latin America
Turkey
Russia
Serbia
Greece
the Netherlands and Belgium (Benelux)
Availability
Satellite
Dish
(México)		 Channel 208
Sky
(México)		 Channel 217
Cable
UPC Poland Channel 488
Channel 489 (HD)

Fox Life is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across Latin America, Europe (also available in HD, starting by February 2012, in Italy) and Japan (changed its name to FOX bs238 in October 2011). Its basic programming include numerous television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, which includes some original programming in certain regions. It was launched in USA on 2002, Italy on May 13, 2004, Portugal on May 19, 2005 and in Bulgaria on September 8, 2005. For Latin America, it started in January 2006, when it was launched in Brazil. It was launched in the Netherlands and Belgium on September 7, 2009. The channel also has versions in other countries around Europe.

This channel is not available in South East Asia. India is the only South Asian country where it is scheduled to be launched. Fox India Ltd has applied downlink license for Fox Life along with Fox Crime, FX and Baby TV to the Information & Broadcasting Ministry of India.[1]

In Latin America the channel aired soaps. It aired Telefe and Record soaps from Brazil and Argentina. Currently, the channel features mostly cooking shows and reality series on the Latin American service. When the current format was launched, it was with the exception of Brazil, where the channel aired, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., content from Utilisima and original shows for the local audience, as Bem Simples, and, from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m., reality series seen on the Fox Life service elsewhere in the region (most non-original cooking shows are not seen on the Brazilian service, since the rights are held by GNT). In February 28, 2011, with the launch of the Bem Simples channel in Brazil, all Bem Simples/Utilisima content moved to that channel.

Fox Life for the French-speaking market was discontinued on December 31, 2009. In Japan, the name of Fox Life was changed to FOX bs238 on October 1, 2011.

Contents

Programming[edit]

Fox Life HD[edit]

logo for Fox Life HD

Fox Life HD is the version of the Fox Life broadcasting only in high definition, owned by Fox Broadcasting Company and Fox International Channels Italy. Its basic programming include numerous television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, which includes some original programming in certain regions, like the other Fox life's versions around the world.

The channel will be active in SKY Italia by 2011. Since 1 September 2009, the channel is also available on Telenet in Belgium.

On 15 October 2009, Fox Life HD started transmitting on Portugal, first on Zon TV Cabo and later on Vodafone Casa TV and Optimus Clix. Since May 2010, this channel is in Polish pay-TV digital platform N (Poland).

Logos[edit]

  • This version is used in most countries.

  • This version is used in Russia and South Korea.

  • This version is used in Portugal, Estonia and Latvia.

  • Variant used only in Latin America and Brazil.

  • This is the high-definition logo of Fox Life.

  • This is the time shift logo of Fox Life.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "NGC to launch 4 new channels; seeks licences for 4 Fox channels in India". Exchange4media.com. 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2012-07-07. 

External links[edit]
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