Star Channel (formerly SuomiTV and later Fox) is a

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entertainment

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owned and operated by

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through its local subsidiary The Walt Disney Company Nordic AB, filial i Finland (formerly Family Channel Oy, Fox International Channels Oy and Fox Networks Group Oy). The channel was acquired by FNG Nordic (then known as FIC Nordic) in January 2012, and then relaunched as its current incarnation on 16 April that year. Star Channel is freely available in Finland both over-the-air and through cable, as it bases its funding on

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s. It is FNG Nordic's first channel that does not operate on subscriber fees. As the channel was licensed as

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, it was required to broadcast certain television programmes. As of 2018, Fox fulfilled such requirements by simulcasting

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(which was a fellow

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business until November 2018) overnight, and showing programmes aimed at children in mornings under Fox Kids programming block. Such requirements were later lifted. Fox Networks Group Oy also operates the Finnish version of National Geographic television channel. The channel provided a free catch up service through its online platform FOXplay until 2019. Effective 1 January 2019,

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Media Finland took over media sales representation of Fox Networks Group channels in Finland, which includes this channel. On October 26, 2022, The Walt Disney Company Nordic & Baltic announced that Fox would be renamed as Star Channel on 6 January 2023.

Past programming

News

SuomiTV had its own news department, but it was later phased out. Until 2019, Fox simulcast

during overnight hours.

Fox Kids

This is the only outlet to revive the

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name, which was phased out most of the world. Initially, it utilised the Fox Kids' global logo and on-screen branding from early 2000s, but it was later replaced by another logo and look. After Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox, Fox Kids is managed by

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. The block offered foreign television programs aimed at a young audience dubbed into the Finnish language. The block aired for the last time on 6 January 2019.

References

External links

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http://www.foxplay.fi
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