Fox Life

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Fox Life
Fox life logo.svg
CountryUnited States
Headquarters1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York
Programming
Language(s)English, Spanish
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
(downscaled to 16:9 576i or 480i for SD feeds, dependent on market's SD standard)
Ownership
OwnerInternational: Fox Networks Group
(Disney International Operations)
United States: Walt Disney Television
Sister channels
History
Launched
List
    • 13 May 2004; 18 years ago (2004-05-13) (first broadcast in Italy)
    • 1 July 2005; 17 years ago (2005-07-01) (Latin America)
    • 4 November 2013; 9 years ago (2013-11-04) (United States)
    • 1 October 2017; 5 years ago (2017-10-01) (Southeast Asia & Hong Kong)
Closed
List
    • 31 December 2009; 13 years ago (2009-12-31) (France)
    • 30 September 2011; 11 years ago (2011-09-30) (Japan)
    • 16 January 2015; 8 years ago (2015-01-16) (Poland)
    • 22 September 2015; 7 years ago (2015-09-22) (Flanders)
    • 31 December 2016; 6 years ago (2016-12-31) (Netherlands)
    • 1 July 2020; 2 years ago (2020-07-01) (Italy)
    • 30 September 2020; 2 years ago (2020-09-30) (Africa)[1]
    • 1 January 2021; 2 years ago (2021-01-01) (South Korea and Turkey)
    • 22 February 2021; 2 years ago (2021-02-22) (Latin America as Fox Life)
    • 16 March 2021; 2 years ago (2021-03-16) (SD Feed, Malaysia)
    • 1 September 2021; 18 months ago (2021-09-01) (Now TV feed, Hong Kong)
    • 1 October 2021; 17 months ago (2021-10-01) (Southeast Asia and Hong Kong)[2]
    • 31 December 2021; 14 months ago (2021-12-31) (Spain)[3]
    • 31 March 2022; 11 months ago (2022-03-31) (United States) (Latin America as Star Life)
    • 1 October 2022; 5 months ago (2022-10-01) (Russia & Belarus)
  • 15 March 2023; 13 days ago (2023-03-15) (Greece)
  • 1 May 2023; 33 days' time (2023-05-01) (Portugal)
  • 1 June 2023; 2 months' time (2023-06-01) (Bulgaria)
Replaced by
Former names
Links
Website

Fox Life is an international pay television network, launched by the Fox Networks Group in 2004. The network has been discontinued in several markets over time, and is currently active in the Middle East, Bulgaria, Portugal, the Balkans and India.

The network's scheduling has varied with each version, ranging from traditional entertainment programming, including television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, original programming in certain regions, and instructional and aspirational reality television on some other variations; in North America for instance, the network carried mainly Spanish language dubbed versions of American reality shows and instructional programming. The channel has been owned by International Operations division of The Walt Disney Company since March 2019.

History[edit]

Fox Life first launched in Italy on May 13, 2004, Portugal on May 19, 2005, and in Bulgaria on September 8, 2005. For Latin America, it started in July 2006, when it was launched in Brazil. The channel also has versions in other countries around Europe. It launched in the Netherlands and Flanders on September 7, 2008.[4] Fox Life launched in the United States on November 4, 2013.[5]

Flemish version[edit]

As of 22 November 2011 Fox had to change the programming for Fox Life in Flanders due to television rights issues in Belgium. From then on a separate Flemish version was airing in Belgium. It used to air the Dutch version. The provider of satellite television in the Netherlands, Canal Digitaal, had to replace Fox Life by the Finnish version as well because it shared the Fox Life feed with the Belgium provider of satellite television, TV Vlaanderen Digitaal.[6]

Launch in Southeast Asia[edit]

On October 1, 2017, Hong Kong and Southeast Asian version of Star World was rebranded to Fox Life.[7][8][9]

Fox Life
Fox life logo.svg
CountryHong Kong
Broadcast area
HeadquartersKowloon Peninsula
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
SDTV 576i (downscaled)
Ownership
OwnerFox Networks Group Asia Pacific (Disney International Operations)
History
LaunchedOctober 1, 2017; 5 years ago (2017-10-01)
ClosedOctober 1, 2021; 17 months ago (2021-10-01)

Rebranding/closing in Europe[edit]

From 22 September 2015 Fox Life has been replaced by 24Kitchen for satellite viewers in the Netherlands. The Finnish Fox Life was rebranded as Fox.[10]

Fox Networks Group Benelux announced that Fox Life would officially close in the Netherlands on December 31, 2016.[11]

Rebranding/closing in Latin America[edit]

On 27 November 2020 Fox announced that they would be renaming the Fox branded channels in Latin America to Star Life on 22 February 2021.[12] The networks closed on 31 March 2022 along with the American version.[13]

Closing in Southeast Asia[edit]

From 1 September 2021, FOX Life along with most of The Walt Disney Company channels (Fox Crime, Fox, FX, Disney Junior, Disney Channel, Nat Geo People, Fox Movies, Fox Action Movies, Fox Family Movies, Star Movies China, SCM Legend, and five of its sports channels) officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on Now TV Hong Kong.[14]

After 11 years of broadcasting, FOX Life along with most of The Walt Disney Company channels across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong (Fox Crime, Fox, FX, Disney Junior, Disney Channel, Nat Geo People, Fox Movies, Fox Action Movies, Fox Family Movies, Star Movies China, SCM Legend, and five of its sports channels[15]) officially ceased all operations, transmission and broadcasting on 1 October 2021 with the very final and last two (2) programs aired is The Good Doctor (Malaysia and Brunei Only) and The Unicorn (Rest of Southeast Asia and Hong Kong). Before very final and last showing a farewell video of Thank You From Fox Life, promo of In the Dark Season 3, and the message "This channel is no longer available, thank you for watching." after both programs. All these channels shows officially moved to Disney+ (in Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan) and Disney+ Hotstar (in Southeast Asia outside Singapore and Philippines),[16] and the channel space initially created by the original incarnation of Star Plus in 1991 subsequently folded and ceased to exist.

Closing in the United States[edit]

Notice of the discontinuation of the American iteration of Fox Life was sent to cable providers by Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution in late December 2021; the channel would be discontinued on March 31, 2022.[17]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Going dark on DStv: Disney's FOX Life and Disney XD the next TV channels leaving MultiChoice's pay-TV service at the end of September 2020". TV with Thinus. 7 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. ^ Multiple sources:
  3. ^ Layton, Mark (5 January 2022). "Disney closes Spanish pay-tv channels Fox Life & Viajar". TBI Vision. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  4. ^ "[Kabel] Fox Life Nederland start op 7 september". Sat4all – Alles over Satelliet TV, Ziggo en Telenet! (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Fox to launch Fox Life, a new channel for U.S Hispanics". Fox News Latino. 13 March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  6. ^ Jarco Kriek (12 November 2011). "CanalDigitaal-abonnees moeten The Simpsons op FOXlife missen" (in Dutch). Totaal TV. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Turn on as Star World rebrands to FOX life - InqPOP!". InqPOP!. 2 October 2017. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Star World X FOX Life: The 'Makeover' Begins!". YouTube. 28 August 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  9. ^ "NGC to launch 4 new channels; seeks licences for 4 Fox channels in India". Exchange4media.com. 27 November 2008. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  10. ^ Jarco Kriek (21 September 2015). "24Kitchen vervangt Foxlife Bij CanalDigitaal" (in Dutch). Totaal TV. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  11. ^ Jarco Kriek (2 November 2016). "FOXlife stopt" (in Dutch). Totaal TV. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Disney Renaming Fox Channels In Latin America To Star". 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  13. ^ Cardozo, Alberto (10 January 2022). "Disney XD, Nat Geo Kids, Star Life, Nat Geo Wild y FXM cesarán, transmisiones en Latinoamérica en marzo". ANMTVLA (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Disney pulling plug on Asian sports channels in DTC pivot - SportsPro Media". www.sportspromedia.com. 27 April 2021. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Disney pulling plug on Asian sports channels in DTC pivot - SportsPro Media". www.sportspromedia.com. 27 April 2021. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  16. ^ Middleton, Richard (28 April 2021). "Disney to close 18 channels in Asia as streaming focus expands". Digital TV Europe. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Fox Life - Ceasing distribution effective March 31, 2022". National Cable Television Cooperative (U.S.). Disney Media & Distribution. 21 December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.

External links[edit]

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