Fox Networks Group Middle East (formerly Fox International Channels FZ LLC) is a commercial television broadcasting company operating in the

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, a subsidiary of

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Fox Networks Group Fox Networks Group (FNG) is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company that oversees international television assets that were acquired from 21st Century Fox. It produces and distributes more than 300 entertainment, film, sports and factual chan ...

. FNG Middle East is part of the wider DMED (FNG) EMEA operations.

History

The company was established in 2008 in order to catering to the Arab world and audience to feature American television shows in region. By 2014, the company took over the distribution of Star World, Star Movies,

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-branded channels, Fox-branded channels,

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International,

Baby TV BabyTV (stylised as Baby''tv'') is a multilingual international television channel for babies, toddlers and preschoolers aged 3 or lower, owned by Fox Networks Group, a subsidiary of the Disney International Content and Operations division of T ...

and

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in the region from Star Select. In January 2016, 21st Century Fox announced reorganization of Fox International Channels FZ. The heads of FIC's regional divisions was report to CEO

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and COO

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at Fox Networks Group in the United States, instead of the outgoing FIC CEO Hernan Lopez and division was renamed Fox Networks Group Middle East. On 20 March 2019, The Walt Disney Company acquired

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, including Fox Networks Group Middle EastNew Disney Registration Statement
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Operations

Television channels operates and/or distributes by FNG Middle East include:

Current

BabyTV BabyTV (stylised as Baby''tv'') is a multilingual international television channel for babies, toddlers and preschoolers aged 3 or lower, owned by Fox Networks Group, a subsidiary of the Disney International Content and Operations division of T ...

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Fox Action Movies Fox Action Movies was a Southeast Asian pay television channel centered towards broadcasting action-themed and horror-themed films. It is owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific. The channel's feed-in India was rebranded as Star Movies Action ...

Fox Life Fox Life is an international pay television network, launched by the Fox Networks Group in 2004. The network has been discontinued in several markets over time, except for the Middle East, Bulgaria, Portugal, the Balkans, India and Greece. The ...

Star Movies Star Movies is an Asian pay television network originally owned by The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd., Fox Networks Group Middle East and Disney Star. In March 2019, The Walt Disney Company acquired Star TV for $71 billion with ...

Star World Star World (formerly known as Star Plus) is an English language entertainment television channel originally launched on 15 December 1991 as Star Entertainment () by STAR TV in Hong Kong as the old iteration of Star Plus. On 30 March 1996, the ...

National Geographic Abu Dhabi National Geographic Abu Dhabi (Arabic: ناشيونال جيوغرافيك أبوظبي) It is a free documentary channel that started broadcasting on 1 July 2009. It is the official Arabic version of National Geographic ''National Geographi ...

(free-to-air) *

Nat Geo Wild National Geographic Wild (shortened as Nat Geo Wild and abbreviated NGW) is a global pay television network owned by National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%). T ...

Former

Fox Sports Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world. The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the Fo ...

* Fox Rewayat *

Nat Geo Kids Abu Dhabi Nat Geo Kids Abu Dhabi was an Emirati free-to-air Arabic language documentary channel for children, owned by National Geographic Society/The Walt Disney Company EMEA (Disney International Content and Operations) and the Abu Dhabi Media Foundat ...

(free-to-air) *

National Geographic Farsi National Geographic Farsi was a free-to-air documentary channel that was originally launched on 15 October 2011, and relaunched on 1 September 2017. It is the official Persian language edition of the National Geographic Channel. The channel broad ...

(free-to-air) * Channel V International *

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* FX *

Fox Family Movies Fox Family Movies was a Southeast Asian pay television channel owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Disney International Operations. The channel was initially available in Singapore via StarHub TV and Indonesia via Indov ...

Fox Crime Fox Crime (stylized as FOXCRIME) is a television network, launched by the Fox Networks Group, which airs across several countries of Europe, Africa and Asia such as Italy, Portugal, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Its basic programming include numero ...

References

External links

* {{Disney Communications in the United Arab Emirates Television networks Mass media companies established in 2008

Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...