FX (Russian TV channel)

FX (formerly Fox and Fox Crime) is a Russian-language pay television channel launched on 30 October 2007 in the Baltics^[1] and on 5 March 2008 in Russia.^[2] On 1 October 2012, the channel was renamed to Fox.^[3] In 2022, Disney announced the channel would cease broadcasting in Russia^[4] and Belarus,^[5] and would be replaced by Kineko. However, it continues to broadcast in the Baltics and CIS without advertising. The channel has rebranded to FX on 24 January 2024.^[6][7][8]

FX

Country	Russia
Broadcast area	Armenia Azerbaijan Estonia (local version) Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Moldova Ukraine
Programming
Language(s)	English Lithuanian (subtitles) Latvian (subtitles) Estonian (subtitles) Russian
Picture format	HDTV 1080i (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	The Walt Disney Company CIS (Disney Entertainment)
Sister channels	BabyTV FX Life National Geographic National Geographic Wild
History
Launched	30 October 2007; 16 years ago (2007-10-30) (Baltics) 5 March 2008; 16 years ago (2008-03-05) (Russia & CIS)
Closed	1 October 2022; 19 months ago (2022-10-01) (Russia & Belarus)
Replaced by	Kineko (Russia)
Former names	Fox Crime (2007-2012) Fox (2012-2024)
Links
Website	https://www.fxchannel.ee/

Censorship

Some episodes of 9-1-1: Lone Star that featured same-sex couple were cut due to an anti-LGBT propaganda law.^[9]

Programming

Current Programming

Source:^[10]

• 9-1-1
• 9-1-1 Lone Star
• Bones
• Criminal Minds^{[note 1]}
• Harrow
• Homeland
• M.O.D.O.K
• Resident Alien
• The Walking Dead^{[note 1]}
• Will Trent

Former Programming

As Fox

• According to Jim^[11]
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.^[12]
• Arrow^[13]
• Big Sky
• The Booth at the End^{[11][note 1]}
• Breaking Bad^{[11][note 1]}
• The Bridge^[14]
• The Brink^[11]
• City Homicide^{[14][note 1]}
• Common Law^[11]
• Cracked^[15]
• Da Vinci's Demons^[14]
• Dexter^{[14][note 1]}
• Episodes^[12]
• The Following^[13]
• Game of Thrones^[11]
• Go On^[14]
• How to Get Away with Murder^[15]
• Hustle^{[11][note 1]}
• In Plain Sight^{[11][note 1]}
• Inspector Rex^{[11][note 1]}
• Intelligence^[15]
• Law & Order^{[11][note 1]}
• The Listener^[13]
• Luther^{[14][note 1]}
• NCIS^{[11][note 1]}
• NCIS: Los Angeles^[15]
• The Neighbors^[15]
• Numbers^[12]
• NYC 22^[11]
• Once Upon a Time^[11]
• Person of Interest^[14]
• Quantico^[12]
• Red Widow^[14]
• Republic of Doyle^{[11][note 1]}
• Scrubs^[14]
• Sherlock^{[13][note 1]}
• Silent Witness^{[14][note 1]}
• The Sopranos^{[11][note 1]}
• Spooks^{[11][note 1]}
• Two and a Half Men^[14]
• Weeds^[11]
• What We Do in the Shadows
• The Wire^{[11][note 1]}

As Fox Crime

• Blind Justice^[16]
• Boardwalk Empire^[16]
• Castle^[16]
• Countdown – Die Jagd beginnt^[16]
• Death in Paradise^[17]
• Detroit 1-8-7^[16]
• The Division^[16]
• JAG^[16]
• Justified^[16]
• Killer in the Family^[16]
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent^[16]
• Law & Order: LA^[16]
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit^[16]
• Life^[16]
• Mad Dogs^[17]
• Man on a Ledge^[17]
• Missing^[16]
• Murder, She Wrote^[16]
• Profiler^[16]
• Rush^[16]
• Scott & Bailey^[17]
• Snapped^[16]
• Spooks^[16]
• Spy School^[16]
• Underbelly^[16]
• Unsolved^[16]
• Wanted^[16]
• Whitechapel^[16]
• World's Greatest Gambling Scams^[16]

Notes

1. Also present on Fox Crime Russia

References

1. Steve Brennan (30 October 2007). "Crime time for Fox in Baltic states". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
2. "Телеканал Fox Crime начинает вещание в россии и странах прибалтики". www.advertology.ru (in Russian). 20 March 2008. from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
3. "Fox обеспечит российских телезрителей сериалами". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 7 September 2012. from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
4. "НТВ-ПЛЮС: Телеканалы FOX, FOX Life, National Geographic и Nat Geo Wild прекращают вещание на территории России". TVnews.by | Новости ТВ, IT и коммуникаций (in Russian). from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
5. "Телеканалы National Geographic и FOX прекращают вещание в Беларуси". TVnews.by | Новости ТВ, IT и коммуникаций (in Russian). 30 September 2022. from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
6. "Pange tähele! Telekanalid FOX ja FOX LIFE saavad uued nimed". Kroonika (in Estonian). 21 November 2023. from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
7. "FOX JA FOX LIFE SAAVAD UUED NIMED: FX JA FX LIFE". foxtv.ee (in Estonian). 21 November 2023. from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
8. "Pirmaujantys pramogų kanalai FOX ir FOX life tampa FX ir FX life" [Leading entertainment channels FOX and FOX life become FX and FX life]. bns.lt (in Lithuanian). Baltic News Service. 21 November 2023. from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
9. "FOX televizijos žiūrovę stebina iš serialo iškirptos scenos – negi homoseksualių asmenų santykiai čia cenzūruojami?" [A FOX channel viewer is surprised by scenes cut from the series - are homosexual relationships censored here?]. lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian National Radio and Television. 10 November 2023. from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
10. "Ärge magage maha ühtegi osa!". www.fxchannel.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 24 January 2024.
11. . Fox Russia. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
12. . Fox. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
13. . Fox. Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
14. . Fox. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
15. . Fox. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
16. . Fox Crime. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
17. . Fox Crime. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2023.