Fox Series
Headquarters | West Bay, Doha |
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Ownership | |
Owner | Mahaka Media (2006-2008), Rotana (2008-2012), Emtek (2012-present) |
Fox (formerly Fox Series) was a Middle Eastern version of the American Fox Channel. It launched in 2006. The channel was relaunched as Fox on March 1, 2011. Fox is jointly owned by Elang Mahkota Teknologi.
Background and Reception
The channel gained a positive following at the start. However, when the network adopted the dubbing policy in Arabic for the entire series, a number of growing Facebook pages emerged demanding the return of the former original language with subtitle approach, some even went through and called for a boycotting by faithful viewers until they are given the option to choose the language. The criticism came as the series displayed the lackluster accents that drained the series from their original voices that the fans were drawn to.
During the Maghrib prayer, shows advertisements locally for viewers outside and in Qatar that uses analog television and satellite television. For example, during the prayer, did not shown it; instead, shows many advertisements for viewers in some cities. However, in very rare instance, when is shown on digital television by using SDTV in DVB-T format picture, the Maghrib prayer is shown. It also available only for digital television formatting in several cities. and was abandoned in 2011 for analog televisions.
Programming
Name of Series | Current | Dubbed/Subtitled |
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Home Shopping | Current | Dubbed |
Nip/Tuck | Not | Subtitled |
Chef Bilal Hodood | Not | Dubbed |
El Secretair | Current | Dubbed/English Subtitled |
seaQuest DSV | Not | Subtitled |
Crusoe | Not | Subtitled |
ER | Current | Dubbed |
Amazing Stories | Not | Subtitled |
Harry and the Hendersons | Not | Subtitled |
The Simpsons | Not | Subtitled |
Desperate Housewives | Not | Dubbed |
Stargate SG-1 | Not | Subtitled |
CSI: Miami | Current | Dubbed |
CSI: NY | Not | Dubbed |
Brothers & Sisters | Not | Dubbed |
Kyle XY | Not | Subtitled |
Boston Legal | Not | Subtitled |
Firefly | Not | Subtitled |
Ugly Betty | Current | Dubbed |
Mental | Not | Subtitled |
The Listener | Not | Subtitled |
Greek | Current | Dubbed |
According to Jim | Current | Dubbed |
Criminal Minds | Not | Subtitled |
Scrubs | Current | Dubbed |
Ghost Whisperer | Current | Dubbed |
Legend of the Seeker | Not | Subtitled |
Raising the Bar | Not | Subtitled |
Dirt | Not | Subtitled |
Castle | Current | Dubbed |
Lincoln Heights | Not | Subtitled |
Sons of Anarchy | Not | Subtitled |
Samantha Who? | Not | Subtitled |
The Amazing Race | Not | Subtitled |
Gary Unmarried | Not | Subtitled |
Dollhouse | Not | Subtitled |
The Wanda Sykes Show | Not | Subtitled |
America's Funniest Home Videos | Not | Subtitled |
Life on Mars | Not | Subtitled |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Not | Subtitled |
The Walking Dead | Not | Subtitled |
Glee | Current | Dubbed |
Lie to Me | Not | Dubbed |
MasterChef Australia | Current | Dubbed |
Jdeed O Mofeed | Current | Dubbed |
Better Off Ted | Current | Dubbed |
Private Practice | Current | Dubbed |
The Ex List | Current | Dubbed |
Modern Family | Current | Dubbed |
Ruby & The Rockits | Not | Subtitled |
Army Wives | Current | Dubbed |
External links
- Fox homepage