Fox_life

Fox Life

Fox Life

International television channel

Fox Life was an international pay television network, launched by the Fox Networks Group in 2004. The network has been discontinued in several markets over time due to the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney in 2019.

Quick Facts Country, Headquarters ...

The network's scheduling 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.

History

Fox Life was first launched in Italy on May 13, 2004, in Portugal on May 19, 2005, and 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, 2009.[10] Fox Life launched in the United States on November 4, 2013.[11]

Flemish version

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 with the Finnish version as well because it shared the Fox Life feed with the Belgium provider of satellite television, TV Vlaanderen Digitaal.[12]

Launch in Southeast Asia

On October 1, 2017, the Hong Kong and Southeast Asian version of Star World was rebranded to Fox Life.[13][14][15]

Quick Facts Broadcast area, Headquarters ...

Rebranding/closing in Europe

From 22 September 2015, Fox Life has been replaced by 24Kitchen for satellite viewers in the Netherlands.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.[16]

Fox Networks Group Benelux announced that Fox Life would officially close in the Netherlands on December 31, 2016.[17]

Rebranding/closing in Latin America

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.[18] The networks closed on 31 March 2022, along with the American version.[19]

Closing in Southeast Asia

After 11 years in operations, the channel alongside other FOX/STAR channels are all shutting down on Hong Kong's Now TV on September 1, 2021,[20] before announcing to closing down across Southeast Asia one month later in preparation of Disney+ (or Disney+ Hotstar in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand) rollouts across Southeast Asia.[21]

Closing in the United States

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.[22]

Fox Life around the world

More information Channel, Country or region ...

See also

References

  1. [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. [2]
    Multiple sources:
  3. [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. [4]
    "FOX СТАВА STAR CHANNEL В БЪЛГАРИЯ ОТ ОКТОМВРИ" [FOX becomes STAR channel from October]. Boulevard Bulgaria (in Bulgarian). 7 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Fox postaje STAR Channel" [Fox becomes STAR Channel]. FoNet portal (in Serbian). 7 June 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023. Tako FOX Life postaje STAR Life
  6. [6]
    "Pange tähele! Telekanalid FOX ja FOX LIFE saavad uued nimed". Kroonika (in Ewe). 21 November 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Perguntas Frequentes - A FOX vai ser STAR Channel". foxtv.pt (in Portuguese). 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  8. [8]
    Reporter, Staff (2 February 2024). "Fox branded channels to undergo rebranding in MENA region". BroadcastPro ME. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  9. [9]
    "Name change of channels "Fox Life" to "Star Life" AND "Fox Life HD" to "Star Life HD"" (PDF). www.disneystar.com. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  10. [10]
    "[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.
  11. [11]
    "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.
  12. [12]
    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.
  13. [13]
    "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.
  14. [14]
    "Star World X FOX Life: The 'Makeover' Begins!". YouTube. 28 August 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  15. [15]
    "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.
  16. [16]
    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.
  17. [17]
    Jarco Kriek (2 November 2016). "FOXlife stopt" (in Dutch). Totaal TV. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  18. [18]
    "Disney Renaming Fox Channels In Latin America To Star". 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  19. [19]
    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.
  20. [20]
    King, Tom (27 April 2021). "Disney pulling plug on Asian sports channels in DTC pivot". SportsPro. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  21. [21]
    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.
  22. [22]
    "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.
  23. [23]
    "Fox Life : La chaîne tire sa révérence le 31 décembre 2009". Premiere.fr (in French). 16 September 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  24. [24]
    "FOXライフをご視聴のみなさまへ". FOX INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  25. [25]
    "FOX Crime Türkiye Yayını Sona Erdi – Kayıp Rıhtım". kayiprihtim.com (in Turkish). 2 October 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  26. [26]
    "Fox Life do Cyfrowego Polsatu". SATKurier.pl. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  27. [27]
    "FOX Life w styczniu zmieni się w FOX Comedy". www.wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  28. [28]
    "Queer As Folk - uskoro na FOXLife!". Gay-Serbia.com | Diskusije (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  29. [29]
    "Журнал Теле-Спутник". old.telesputnik.ru. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  30. [30]
    "Изменение вещания каналов на платформе НтВ Плюс". tricolorhd.msk.ru. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  31. [31]
    "Starman toob vaatajateni eestikeelse FOX Life'i". Mobiilsus (in Estonian). 5 November 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  32. [32]
    "nieuwe tv-zender: Fox Life". NRC (in Dutch). 7 September 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  33. [33]
    "Name change of channels "Fox Life" to "Star Life" AND "Fox Life HD" to "Star Life HD"" (PDF). www.disneystar.com. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  34. [34]
    "FOX Life comes to African TV screens this October". Bizcommunity. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  35. [35]
    "Fox Life toma el relevo de Fox Crime". El País (in Spanish). 28 August 2014. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  36. [36]
    "FOX Life makes debut on StarTimes Nigeria". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  37. [37]
    "FOX Life | TVSA". www.tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fox Life.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Fox_life, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.