FOX8

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FOX8 <tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">Image:Fox8.svg</th></tr> <tr><th>Launched</th><td>1995</td></tr><tr><th>Owned by</th><td>Foxtel</td></tr><tr><th>Audience share</th><td>0.7% (Nov '05, Source:[1])</td></tr><tr><th>Website</th><td>www.fox8.tv</td></tr><tr><th style="background-color: #BFDFFF; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2">Availability </th></tr><tr><th style="background-color: #d0e5f5;" align="center" colspan="2">Satellite</th></tr><tr><th>Foxtel</th><td>Channel 8</td></tr><tr><th>Austar</th><td>Channel 8</td></tr><tr><th>Foxtel Digital</th><td>Channel 108</td></tr><tr><th>Austar Digital</th><td>Channel 108</td></tr><tr><th>Foxtel Digital timeshift</th><td>Channel 150</td></tr><tr><th>Austar Digital timeshift</th><td>Channel 150</td></tr><tr><th style="background-color: #d0e5f5;" align="center" colspan="2">Cable</th></tr><tr><th>Foxtel</th><td>Channel 8</td></tr><tr><th>Foxtel Digital</th><td>Channel 108</td></tr><tr><th>Foxtel Digital timeshift</th><td>Channel 150</td></tr>

FOX8 is a general entertainment channel available on Australia's Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television pay television services. The channel runs many programs produced by Fox. The channel is found on channel 8 on Foxtel analog and Austar standard and channel 108 on Foxtel Digital and Austar Digital. FOX8 is Foxtel's highest rating and peak channel. It is also News Corporation's peak Australian channel (similar to Sky One in the UK and FX in the USA). FOX8 is one of the very few channels to have been continuously broadcast since Foxtel's foundation 10 years ago.

FOX8+2 was introduced with the Foxtel and Austar Digital Services on Channel 150. This allows the viewing of the same programs on FOX8, but 2 hours later. One of the known advantages of this TimeShift Channel, is that Western Australian viewers can see this channel at the correct time in their state as advertised.

FOX8 and FOXTEL have a deal with Network Ten to receive their shows bought from 20th Century Fox television. Some shows like this are The Simpsons, Futurama, The Simple Life and more.

During the migration to the digital platform, Foxtel's Fox Kids channel was discontinued and a selection of its programming was moved to FOX8 in the mornings.

The channel rebranded significantly at the start of 2005 matching the American FOX channels logo with the addition of the 8 at the end. FOX8's overall graphics also changed in style. Shortly after the rebranding, the station received its first official website. The website was relaunched in October 2006 as a fuller visual experience showing extracts from the top shows.

1 Programming
- 1.1 FOX8's Australian-Made Programming:
- 1.2 Other Programming:
2 Channel idents
3 External links

[edit] Programming

[edit] FOX8's Australian-Made Programming:

CDlive (2006-, A live music show featuring local and international artists performing on stage.)
Super Simpsons (2006, special introductions and trivia in between a 12 day Simpsons marathon.)
Super Simpsons You Say, We Play (2006-, You choose the Simpsons episode you want to see with your interactive red button and win prizes. The winning episode gets played at 11:30am in Super Simpsons. (Saturday & Sunday - 9-12)
Ra (2005-, A show about boarding (skate, surf, snow) and the icons it shows.)
Love My Way (2004-2005, Moved to W for the second season in 2006)
Australia's Next Top Model (2005-)
Crown Australian Celebrity Poker Challenge (2006-)
Australian Wrestling League (2006-) Not Yet Screening ^{[citation needed]}