Fox Life
{{Short description|International television channel}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Fox Life
| logo = Fox life logo.svg
| logo_alt =
| image =
| logo_size = 220px
| picture_format = HDTV 1080i
(downscaled to 16:9 576i or 480i for SD feeds, dependent on market's SD standard)
| country = United States
| headquarters = 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York
| launch_date = {{collapsible list|
- {{Start date and age|2004|5|13|df=y}} (first broadcast in Italy)
- {{Start date and age|2005|7|1|df=y}} (Latin America)
- {{Start date and age|2013|11|4|df=y}} (United States)
- {{Start date and age|2017|10|1|df=y}} (Southeast Asia & Hong Kong)
- {{Start date and age|2017|09|28|df=y}} (Middle East)
}}
| closed_date = {{collapsible list|
- {{End date and age|2009|12|31|df=y}} (France)
- {{End date and age|2011|9|30|df=y}} (Japan)
- {{End date and age|2015|1|16|df=y}} (Poland)
- {{End date and age|2015|9|22|df=y}} (Flanders)
- {{End date and age|2016|12|31|df=y}} (Netherlands)
- {{End date and age|2020|7|1|df=y}} (Italy)
- {{End date and age|2020|9|30|df=y}} (Africa){{Cite web |date=7 September 2020 |title=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. |url=https://teeveetee.blogspot.com/2020/09/going-dark-on-dstv-disneys-fox-life-and.html |access-date=16 March 2021 |work=TV with Thinus |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182452/https://teeveetee.blogspot.com/2020/09/going-dark-on-dstv-disneys-fox-life-and.html |url-status=live }}
- {{End date and age|2021|1|1|df=y}} (South Korea and Turkey)
- {{End date and age|2021|2|22|df=y}} (Latin America as Fox Life)
- {{End date and age|2021|3|16|df=y}} (SD Feed, Malaysia)
- {{End date and age|df=yes|2021|9|1}} (Now TV feed, Hong Kong)
- {{End date and age|df=yes|2021|10|1}} (Southeast Asia and Hong Kong)Multiple sources:
- {{Cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=27 April 2021 |title=Disney Slashes Linear TV in Asia With 18-Channel Closure, Shifts Focus to Disney Plus |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/asia/disney-closing-tv-channels-in-asia-1234961166/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921002441/https://variety.com/2021/tv/asia/disney-closing-tv-channels-in-asia-1234961166/ |archive-date=21 September 2021 |access-date=21 September 2021|work=Variety}}
- {{Cite web |last=Kanter |first=Jake |date=27 April 2021 |title=Disney Closes 18 Asia TV Channels As It Shifts Focus To Disney+ |url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/disney-closes-asia-tv-channels-1234744754 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921002426/https://deadline.com/2021/04/disney-closes-asia-tv-channels-1234744754/ |archive-date=21 September 2021 |access-date=21 September 2021 |work=Deadline Hollywood}}
- {{Cite web |last=Lai |first=Adrian |date=29 April 2021 |title=Disney To Shut Down 18 Channels In Southeast Asia |url=https://sea.ign.com/walt-disney/171433/news/disney-to-shut-down-18-channels-in-southeast-asia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921002411/https://sea.ign.com/walt-disney/171433/news/disney-to-shut-down-18-channels-in-southeast-asia |archive-date=21 September 2021 |access-date=21 September 2021 |work=IGN}}
- {{End date and age|df=yes|2021|12|31}} (Spain){{cite web|url=https://tbivision.com/2022/01/05/disney-closes-spanish-pay-tv-channels-fox-life-viajar/|title=Disney closes Spanish pay-tv channels Fox Life & Viajar|last=Layton|first=Mark|work=TBI Vision|date=January 5, 2022|access-date=January 5, 2022|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124150214/https://tbivision.com/2022/01/05/disney-closes-spanish-pay-tv-channels-fox-life-viajar/|url-status=live}}
- {{End date and age|df=yes|2022|3|31}} (United States) (Latin America as Star Life)
- {{End date and age|df=yes|2022|10|01}} (Russia & Belarus)
- {{End date and age|2023|3|15|df=y}} (Greece)
- {{End date and age|2023|10|1|df=y}} (Bulgaria & Balkans){{Cite news |title=FOX СТАВА STAR CHANNEL В БЪЛГАРИЯ ОТ ОКТОМВРИ |url=https://boulevardbulgaria.bg/articles/fox-stava-star-channel-v-balgariya-ot-oktomvri |date=2023-06-07 |access-date=2023-06-09 |work=Boulevard Bulgaria |language=bg |trans-title=FOX becomes STAR channel from October}}
- {{End date and age|2024|1|24|df=y}} (Baltics and CIS){{Cite news|title=Pange tähele! Telekanalid FOX ja FOX LIFE saavad uued nimed |url=https://kroonika.delfi.ee/artikkel/120249359/pange-tahele-telekanalid-fox-ja-fox-life-saavad-uued-nimed |date=2023-11-21 |work=Kroonika |language=ee}}
- {{End date and age|2024|2|7|df=y}} (Portugal){{Cite web |date=2023-11-28 |title=Perguntas Frequentes - A FOX vai ser STAR Channel|url=https://www.foxtv.pt/especial/perguntas-frequentes-a-fox-vai-ser-star-channel|access-date=2023-11-28 |website=foxtv.pt |language=pt}}
- {{End date and age|2024|3|1|df=y}} (Middle East)
- {{End date and age|2024|4|13|df=y}} (India)
}}
| owner = International: Fox Networks Group
(Disney International Operations)
United States: Walt Disney Television
| sister_channels = {{Plainlist|
}}
| former_names = {{Plainlist|
- Star Plus/World (Southeast Asia)
- Fox Traveller (India)
- Utilisma Satelital (1996–2001)
- Utilisma (2001–2013)
}}
| replaced_by = {{Plainlist|
- Fox (Flanders)
- Fox Sports (Japan)
- Fox Comedy (Poland)
- Star Life (Latin America, Bulgaria, Balkans, Portugal, Middle East and India)
- CH. ever (South Korea)
- FX Life (Greece, Baltics and CIS)
- САПФИР (Russia)
}}
| website = {{Plainlist|
- {{URL|www.foxlife.pt/|Portugal}}
}}
}}
Fox Life, now rebranded as Star Life and FX 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.
The network's scheduling has 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. The channel has been owned by International Operations division of The Walt Disney Company since March 2019.
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.{{Cite web |title=[Kabel] Fox Life Nederland start op 7 september |url=https://www.sat4all.com/forums/topic/269075-kabel-fox-life-nederland-start-op-7-september/ |access-date=16 March 2021 |website=Sat4all – Alles over Satelliet TV, Ziggo en Telenet! |date=3 September 2009 |language=nl-NL |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311024320/https://www.sat4all.com/forums/topic/269075-kabel-fox-life-nederland-start-op-7-september/ |url-status=live }} Fox Life launched in the United States on November 4, 2013.{{Cite web |date=13 March 2015 |title=Fox to launch Fox Life, a new channel for U.S Hispanics |url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2013/11/02/fox-to-launch-fox-life-new-channel-for-us-hispanics/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313230841/http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2013/11/02/fox-to-launch-fox-life-new-channel-for-us-hispanics/ |archive-date=13 March 2015 |access-date=16 March 2021 |website=Fox News Latino}}
=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.{{Cite web |last=Jarco Kriek |date=12 November 2011 |title=CanalDigitaal-abonnees moeten The Simpsons op FOXlife missen |url=http://www.totaaltv.nl/nieuws/6901/CanalDigitaal-abonnees_moeten_The_Simpsons_op_FOXlife_missen.html/ |publisher=Totaal TV |language=nl |access-date=28 July 2018 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234320/http://www.totaaltv.nl/nieuws/6901/CanalDigitaal-abonnees_moeten_The_Simpsons_op_FOXlife_missen.html/ |url-status=live }}
=Launch in Southeast Asia=
On 1 October 2017, the Hong Kong and Southeast Asian version of Star World was rebranded to Fox Life.{{cite news|title=Turn on as Star World rebrands to FOX life - InqPOP!|url=http://pop.inquirer.net/2017/10/turn-star-world-rebrands-fox-life/|work=InqPOP!|date=2 October 2017|access-date=8 September 2021|archive-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215221135/http://pop.inquirer.net/2017/10/turn-star-world-rebrands-fox-life/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=28 August 2017 |title=Star World X FOX Life: The 'Makeover' Begins! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LunJsfWjJKQ |access-date=28 August 2017 |publisher=YouTube |archive-date=16 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216021153/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LunJsfWjJKQ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=27 November 2008 |title=NGC to launch 4 new channels; seeks licences for 4 Fox channels in India |url=http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/news/fullstory.asp?section_id=6&news_id=33246&tag=28191 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929153715/http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/news/fullstory.asp?section_id=6&news_id=33246&tag=28191 |archive-date=29 September 2011 |access-date=7 July 2012 |publisher=Exchange4media.com}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Fox Life
| logo = Fox life logo.svg
| logo_size = 220px
| picture_format = HDTV 1080i
SDTV 576i (downscaled)
| owner = Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific (Disney International Operations)
| country = Hong Kong
| area = Southeast Asia/ASEAN, and Hong Kong
| headquarters = Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong
| replaced_by =
| language = Hong Kong English
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2017|10|1}}
| closed_date = {{End date and age|2021|10|1}}
}}
=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.{{Cite web |last=Jarco Kriek |date=21 September 2015 |title=24Kitchen vervangt Foxlife Bij CanalDigitaal |url=http://www.totaaltv.nl/nieuws/20917/24kitchen-vervangt-foxlife-bij-canaldigitaal.html |publisher=Totaal TV |language=nl |access-date=28 July 2018 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040521/http://www.totaaltv.nl/nieuws/20917/24kitchen-vervangt-foxlife-bij-canaldigitaal.html |url-status=live }}
Fox Networks Group Benelux announced that Fox Life would officially close in the Netherlands on December 31, 2016.{{Cite web |last=Jarco Kriek |date=2 November 2016 |title=FOXlife stopt |url=http://www.totaaltv.nl/nieuws/foxlife-stopt-op-31-december-in-nederland/ |publisher=Totaal TV |language=nl |access-date=28 July 2018 |archive-date=10 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110214150/https://www.totaaltv.nl/nieuws/foxlife-stopt-op-31-december-in-nederland/ |url-status=live }}
=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.{{Cite web |date=27 November 2020 |title=Disney Renaming Fox Channels In Latin America To Star |url=https://whatsondisneyplus.com/disney-renaming-fox-channels-in-latin-america-to-star/ |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en-us |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120032951/https://whatsondisneyplus.com/disney-renaming-fox-channels-in-latin-america-to-star/ |url-status=live }} The networks closed on 31 March 2022, along with the American version.{{cite web|last=Cardozo|first=Alberto|url=https://www.anmtvla.com/2022/01/disney-xd-nat-geo-kids-star-life-nat.html|title=Disney XD, Nat Geo Kids, Star Life, Nat Geo Wild y FXM cesarán, transmisiones en Latinoamérica en marzo|website=ANMTVLA|language=es|date=January 10, 2022|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-date=6 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406001224/https://www.anmtvla.com/2022/01/disney-xd-nat-geo-kids-star-life-nat.html|url-status=live}}
=Closing in Southeast Asia=
From 1 September 2021, FOX Life along with most of The Walt Disney Company channels (Fox Crime, Fox, FX, Disney Junior, Disney Channel, Nat Geo People, Fox Movies, Fox Action Movies, Fox Family Movies, Star Movies China, SCM Legend, and five of its sports channels) ceased transmission on Now TV Hong Kong.{{Cite web|title=Disney pulling plug on Asian sports channels in DTC pivot - SportsPro Media|url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/disney-fox-sports-hong-kong-southeast-asia-star-f1-tennis|access-date=2021-04-29|website=www.sportspromedia.com|date=27 April 2021 |archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831045637/https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/disney-fox-sports-hong-kong-southeast-asia-star-f1-tennis|url-status=live}} The network, along with its other sister channels, ceased across the rest of Asia on 30 September 2021 as Disney focused on direct consumer streaming via Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar.{{Cite web|last=Middleton|first=Richard|date=2021-04-28|title=Disney to close 18 channels in Asia as streaming focus expands|url=https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2021/04/28/disney-to-close-18-channels-in-asia-as-streaming-focus-expands/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Digital TV Europe|language=en-GB}}
=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.{{cite web|date=21 December 2021|title=Fox Life - Ceasing distribution effective March 31, 2022|url=https://www.nctconline.org/index.php/members/resources/technical-notices/item/1820-fox-life-ceasing-distribution-effective-march-31-2022|access-date=9 January 2022|work=National Cable Television Cooperative (U.S.)|publisher=Disney Media & Distribution|archive-date=9 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109074522/https://www.nctconline.org/index.php/members/resources/technical-notices/item/1820-fox-life-ceasing-distribution-effective-march-31-2022|url-status=dead}}
Fox Life around the world
| class="sortable wikitable" | |||
| bgcolor="#ececec"
|Channel | Country or region
|Formerly | Launch year
|Replacement / Rebrand | Shutdown / Rebrand date |
| Fox Life (Italy)
|Italy | rowspan="13" | |May 13, 2004 |discontinued |July 1, 2020 | |||
| Fox Life (Portugal)
|Portugal |May 19, 2005 |rowspan="3" |Star Life |February 7, 2024 | |||
| Fox Life (Latin America)
|Latin America |July 1, 2005 |February 22, 2021 (as Fox Life) | |||
| Fox Life (Bulgaria)
|Bulgaria |September 8, 2005 |October 1, 2023 | |||
| Fox Life (France)
|France |October 5, 2005 |discontinued | |||
| Fox Life (Japan)
|Japan |December 14, 2005 |September 30, 2011 | |||
| Fox Life (Turkey)
|Turkey |November 13, 2006 |discontinued | |||
| Fox Life (Poland)
|Poland | |||
| Fox Life Adria
|Balkans |STAR Life | |||
| Fox Life (Russia)
|Baltics and CIS |April 14, 2008 (Russia, Baltics and CIS){{Cite web |title=Журнал Теле-Спутник |url=https://old.telesputnik.ru/archive/151/article/32.html |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=old.telesputnik.ru}} |САПФИР (Russia){{Cite web |title=Изменение вещания каналов на платформе НтВ Плюс |url=https://tricolorhd.msk.ru/ntv-plus-fox-life-national-geographic-kineko-sapfir-terra.html |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=tricolorhd.msk.ru}} |October 1, 2022 (Russia and Belarus) | |||
| Fox Life (Greece)
|Greece |December 1, 2008 |March 15, 2023 | |||
| Fox Life (Netherlands and Flanders)
|Netherlands and Flanders |Fox (Flanders) |September 22, 2015 (Flanders) | |||
| Fox Life (United States)
|United States |November 4, 2013 | rowspan="6" |discontinued |March 31, 2022 | |||
| Fox Life (India)
|India |Fox Traveller |June 15, 2014 |March 15, 2025 | |||
| Fox Life (Spain)
|Spain | rowspan="2" |Fox Crime{{Cite web |title=FOX Life comes to African TV screens this October |url=https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/75/365/150824.html |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Bizcommunity |language=en}} |December 31, 2021 | |||
| Fox Life (Africa)
|Africa |October 3, 2016{{Cite web |date=2016-10-12 |title=FOX Life makes debut on StarTimes Nigeria |url=https://guardian.ng/technology/fox-life-makes-debut-on-startimes-nigeria/ |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=FOX Life {{!}} TVSA |url=https://www.tvsa.co.za/channels/viewchannel.aspx?channelid=153 |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=www.tvsa.co.za}} |September 30, 2020 | |||
| Fox Life (Middle East)
|Middle East | |September 28, 2017 |November 1, 2024 | |||
| Fox Life (Southeast Asia and Hong Kong)
|Southeast Asia and Hong Kong |October 1, 2017 |October 1, 2021 |
See also
References
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{{Fox Networks Group}}
{{Television in Hong Kong}}
{{Television in the Netherlands}}
{{Philippine cable channels}}
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