Fox (German TV channel)
Fox was a German pay television channel dedicated to television drama series. It relied heavily on American and British drama series.
History
On 10 March 2008, News Corporation applied for a broadcasting license for Fox International Channels Germany GmbH from MABB, the media authority for the Berlin Brandenburg region. The channel was greenlit a month later. It was launched on 19 May 2008 exclusively on satellite-television provider Premiere.On 1 April 2009, the channel changed its aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9 widescreen. In October 2010, it launched its own HD feed, broadcasting at 1080i.
In November 2011, FOX bought pay-TV rights to rerun the first two seasons of legal drama The Good Wife. After a successful run, FOX bought the rights to show new episodes, starting with season three. The free-TV rights were with ProSiebenSat.1 Media which planned to broadcast the third season to be shown on sixx. However, season three was released on DVD with no free-to-air television broadcasts. On 10 July 2013, The Bridge premiered on FOX after a rerun of the original.
On October 4, 2017, Fox Networks Group Germany launched Fox+.
Closure
On 6 July 2021, it was announced that Fox, along with Disney Junior would close in Germany on 30 September 2021, on the same time with the Asian version and African version of the channel, with most of its content shifting to Star content hub on Disney+.Programming
Source:Series broadcast on the channel included:11.22.63 ' American Horror Story Ashes to Ashes Atlanta The Big C ' The Bridge Blue Bloods Chris Ryan's Strike Back ' Curb Your Enthusiasm ' Da Vinci's Demons Death in Paradise The Defenders Den fördömde ' Dirty Sexy Money Drop Dead Diva Doctor Who Emergence Entourage Epitafios ' Genius The Gifted The Good Fight The Good Wife Greek The Guardian ' Hart of Dixie Hawaii Five-O Hotel Babylon How I Met Your Mother Kojak Las Vegas Law & Order: UK Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Legion Longmire Lost Mad Men Magnum, P.I. ' Medium The Nanny ' Nashville Navy CIS Navy CIS: L.A. The Night Shift Outcast Pod Prikritie ' Prison Break Providence Ray Donovan Rules of Engagement Salamander Sex and the City Shameless Skins Sleepy Hollow Snowfall The Sopranos '''' Suits The Walking Dead Wayward Pines The West Wing
- ''The Wire''