| FX (Australia) | |
| Launch Date: | 26 February 2012 |
| Closed Date: | 28 February 2018 |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Timeshift Service: | FX + 2 |
| Picture Format: | 1080i HDTV |
| Owner: | Fox Networks Group (Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International) |
| Website: | http://www.fxtv.com.au |
| Online Serv 1: | Foxtel Go |
| Online Chan 1: | Channel 119 |
FX was an Australian subscription television channel which focused on its American counterpart, male-skewed television shows.[1] The channel is owned and operated by Fox Networks Group and launched on 26 February 2012 on both Foxtel and Austar platforms.[2]
On 12 June 2012 it was reported that a two-hour timeshift channel (FX + 2) would launch on 3 July 2012,[3] but this was retracted for it to be later reported that it would launch on 6 September 2012.[4]
On 28 February 2018, FX ceased broadcasting on Foxtel, with all of its programming moved to Fox Showcase.
On 9 October 2011 Fox International Channels released details that FX would relaunch in Australia early 2012 with "long-awaited" programs such as The Walking Dead, , and Hell on Wheels.[1] The channel launched on 26 February on Foxtel and Austar.[2]
SoHo, formerly known as FX until 2003, was owned by Foxtel, while this incarnation of FX was owned and ran by Fox International Channels (and later Fox Networks Group; the company which operate National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, and Nat Geo People in Australia).
On Wednesday 2 February 2012, FX announced on their Facebook page that to kick off the channels re-launch there would be promotional zombie invasions in Australia's two largest capital cities, Sydney and Melbourne on Wednesday 8 February 2012 in the city centres.[5]