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Country | Sweden |
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Broadcast area | Sweden |
Headquarters | Stockholm, Sweden Helsinki, Finland |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Swedish and English |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Fox Networks Group (Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution) |
History | |
Launched | 22 September 2014 |
Closed | 1 January 2021 (6 years, 3 months and 10 days) |
Links | |
Website | foxtv.se (archived 27 November 2020) |
Fox was a Swedish television channel broadcast in Sweden and owned by the Fox Networks Group, a unit of the Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution division of The Walt Disney Company. It launched on 22 September 2014,[1][2] and ceased broadcasting on 1 January 2021.[3]
In 2005, Fox International Channels (which would later become the Fox Networks Group) applied for permission from the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority to broadcast a Fox digital television channel in Sweden.[4] On 22 September 2014, Fox succeeded in launching the channel in Sweden, with offices based in Stockholm, Sweden, and Helsinki, Finland.[1][2]
On 20 March 2019, Disney acquired Fox Network Group's owner, 21st Century Fox.[5] On 1 January 2021, the channel ceased broadcasting.[3]