Fox Africa
Fox is an African pay television channel, launched in 9 July 2010 as the regional variant of the American channel of the same name. Its widest audience range is mostly found in South Africa.[1] The channel is mainly oriented towards family audiences, unlike its sister channel FX.
Country | African countries |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Fox Networks Group Africa (Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International) |
Sister channels | National Geographic Nat Geo Wild ESPN ESPN2 Fox Crime Fox Life FX (StarSat) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
DSTV | Channel 125 (HD) |
IPTV | |
Sky TV (Ghana) | Channel 167 |
The channel took part in the worldwide premiere of The Walking Dead and the Zombie Invasion Event promotion that led up to it. After the final episode of the first season of The Walking Dead aired, Fox released the uncensored version of the first episode.
Sister channels
Fox Crime
Fox Crime is a television network, launched by the Fox International Channels, which airs across several countries of Europe and Asia. Its basic programming includes numerous television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, related to crime, horror and investigation. Launched in 2013. The channel officially closed on September 30, 2016.
National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Channel, also commercially abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo, is a subscription television channel that airs non-fiction television programs produced by the National Geographic Society. Like History Channel and Discovery Channel, the channel features documentaries with factual content involving nature, science, culture, and history. Also in the Dstv platform using channel 181.
Fox Sports
Fox Sports Africa was launched in August 2014, replacing Setanta Sports. In August 2019, it was announced that the Fox Sports Africa would rebrand as ESPN Africa on 30 August 2019, due to the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.[2]
See also
References
- "DStv launches new bouquet, channels". Retrieved 2015-05-09.
- "Walt Disney Company Africa to rebranding FOX Sports channels in Africa". Alberton Record. 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2019-08-13.