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Fox8
CountryAustralia
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Timeshift serviceFox8+2
Ownership
OwnerFoxtel
History
LaunchedOctober 23, 1995
ReplacedOh! (Optus Vision)
Former namesFox (1995-1997)
Links
Websitefox8.tv
Availability
Streaming media
Foxtel GoChannel 108

Fox8 (corporately stylised as FOX8, alternatively as Fox 8 or FOX 8) is an Australian pay television channel available on Foxtel,[1] and Optus Television's subscription platforms. It is the most watched subscription television channel in Australia (with or without the timeshift)[2] and broadcasts the highest rating non-sporting related program or event on subscription television in Australia, Australia's Next Top Model in 2009.[3] A high definition version of the channel, Fox8HD, was launched on the Foxtel and Austar platforms on 15 November 2009.

History

The channel runs many programs produced by Fox and in fact was originally called "Fox" before adding the "8" to the title. The channel was found on channel 8 on Foxtel analogue and Austar standard and channel 108 on Foxtel Digital and Austar Digital. Fox8 is Foxtel's most popular subscription channel and peak channel. It is also News Corporation's peak Australian channel (similar to Sky1 in the UK and FX in the USA). FOX8 is one of the very few channels to have been continuously broadcast since Foxtel's foundation in 1995. During the late 1990s, Fox8 used to show Saturday Night NRL matches.

FOX8+2 was introduced with the Foxtel and Austar Digital Services on Channel 150. This allows the viewing of the same programs on Fox8, but two hours later. One of the known advantages of this TimeShift Channel, is that Western Australian viewers can see this channel at the correct time in their state as advertised. FOX8 and Foxtel have a deal with Network Ten to receive their shows bought from the USA Fox network.[citation needed] Some shows like this include The Simpsons, Futurama, and The Simple Life. During the migration to the digital platform, Foxtel's Fox Kids (similar to the US version) channel was discontinued in 2004 and a selection of its programming was moved to FOX8 in the early mornings.

The channel was rebranded significantly at the start of 2005, matching the American Fox channel's logo with the addition of the 8 at the end. FOX8's overall graphics also changed in style. Shortly after the rebranding, the station received its first official website.[4] The website was relaunched in October 2005 as a fuller visual experience showing extracts from the top shows.

During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the channel screened a 17-day, multiple animated show marathon named "Battle of the Animations" involving Family Guy, American Dad!, The Simpsons, Futurama and King of the Hill. The event concluded on Sunday 24 August with a smaller marathon involving the winning show, as chosen by the viewing audience over the course of the 17 days. The winning show was Family Guy. Started on 11 March 2008 but the comedy shows are now airing on Fox8 on 11 March 2008. The block returned with Robot Chicken and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, in March 2008, with Aqua Teen Hunger Force joining the programming on 1 July. The Boondocks also airs on the same channel although it is not under the Adult Swim banner and instead airs separately. Moral Orel has premiered on Australian television. Titan Maximum also premiered on 6 January 2010. Frisky Dingo joined the Fox8’s "Animania" line-up as of 21 July 2010. Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job premiered on 26 January 2011 along with Childrens Hospital which unlike the American broadcast, aired completely uncensored with profanity intact. The new incarnation also premiered a lot of other Adult Swim shows including Moral Orel, Titan Maximum, Robot Chicken: Star Wars, Frisky Dingo, Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job and Childrens Hospital (airing uncensored with profanity intact), along with the latest additions but aired at a different time, Metalocalypse and The Venture Bros, the latter making it the third show with Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Harvey Birdman to have been aired on both the old and the new block. Some series that aired on Adult Swim have been released to Region 4 DVD by Madman Entertainment, including shows that have never been shown on Australian television before, such as Metalocalypse, Minoriteam, 12 oz. Mouse, Xavier Renegade Angel. The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters has also been quietly released to DVD.[5]

On 1 November 2008, as part of the launch of a new channel named 111 HITS (now Fox Comedy), many shows from Fox8 and other channels moved to 111 Hits.

On 15 November 2009, FOX8 HD launched on Austar and Foxtel.

On 16 March 2010, FOX8 launched a brand new website.

In May 2011, FOX8 underwent a major rebrand, incorporating a new look, with a new style of branding programs.

In October 2011, FOX8 launched a Program Return Graphic during a Show.

In February 2013, Foxtel announced a deal with The Walt Disney Company which included an exclusive output deal with ABC Family. ABC Family produces some of FOX8's hit programs such as Bunheads, Switched at Birth and The Secret Life of the American Teenager, as well as The Fosters and Twisted which were to premiere later in 2013.[6]

In October 2013, FOX8 launched a new on-air look that included the new slogan TV for the Now Gen (replacing So Fox8).[7]

On 12 December 2022, it was confirmed that Fox8 would be taking The Simpsons and all other Fox adult animation shows off the network in a move to revamp the channel as well as encourage viewers to sign up to Disney+, which has all Fox adult animation shows and which is also available as an app on Foxtel. A final Simpsons marathon aired on the network and Adult Swim Make Your Room For This Channel on 31 December 2022. Shows Like Archer The Jellies! Lazor Wulf Ballmastrz: 9009 Rick and Morty The Great North Black Dynamite Harley Quinn ETC Would be leaving Fox8

Programming

Current programming

Acquired programming

Drama

Sitcoms

Comedy

Sketch Comedy/Other Comedy

Animation

Light Entertainment


Former programming

Original programming

Acquired programming

Drama

Sitcoms

Sketch Comedy/Other Comedy

Comedy

Adult Animation

Children's

Light Entertainment

Talk Show

Logos

  • 1998–2005
    1998–2005
  • 2005–2019
    2005–2019
  • 2019–present
    2019–present

See also

References

  1. ^ Joyce, James (26 March 1999). "Tunedin". Friday Guide. Newcastle Herald. p. 6. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  2. ^ "2008 VIEWING REPORTS". oztam.com.au.
  3. ^ "FOXTEL - Australia's next Top Model". Archived from the original on 10 June 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  4. ^ "FOX8 - Foxtel". FOX 8.
  5. ^ "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters DVD". Burn.com.au. 2 April 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  6. ^ Knox, David (22 February 2013). "Disney Channel shifts to Foxtel Essentials TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  7. ^ "FOX8 - Subscription and International Television - Forums". Media Spy. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  8. ^ "Facebook Comment". Fox8. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Foxtel Announces New 'Binge' Channel". SoHoTV. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Facebook Comment". FOX8. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  11. ^ "WWE Raw goes Live on FOX8". tvtonight.com.au. 22 January 2014.
  12. ^ "Foxtel". community.foxtel.com.au.
  13. ^ "Facebook Comment". Fox8. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  14. ^ "Returning: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." TVTonight. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  15. ^ "FOX8 delays Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." TVTonight. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Facebook Comment". Fox8. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  17. ^ Law & Order: UK - Season 4. Australia. 27 March 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  18. ^ Knox, David (16 April 2014). "Returning: Law and Order: UK". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  19. ^ "Facebook Comment". Fox8. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  20. ^ Knox, David. "Airdate: DC's Stargirl | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au/. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  21. ^ "Shows". Universal Channel. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  22. ^ "Kidscreen » Archive » Henson's Doozers arrive on Nick Jr. Australia".
  23. ^ "Monday - Pay TV". The Age. 1 November 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  24. ^ "50+ new things to watch on Foxtel in June". The Green Room. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2015.

External links

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