Launched 24 January 2006 | Headquarters West Bay, Doha | |
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Owned by Mahaka Media (2006-2008), Rotana (2008-2012), Emtek (2012-present) Picture format 576i (SDTV 4:3)
1080i (HDTV 16:9) Broadcast area Free To Air/Cable/Satellite Formerly called Sky TV Middle East
(2006-2008)
Fox Series
(2008-2011) | ||
Fox (formerly Fox Series) was a Middle Eastern version of the American Fox Channel. It launched in 2006. The channel was relaunched as Fox on March 1, 2011. Fox is jointly owned by Elang Mahkota Teknologi.
Background and Reception
The channel gained a positive following at the start. However, when the network adopted the dubbing policy in Arabic for the entire series, a number of growing Facebook pages emerged demanding the return of the former original language with subtitle approach, some even went through and called for a boycotting by faithful viewers until they are given the option to choose the language. The criticism came as the series displayed the lackluster accents that drained the series from their original voices that the fans were drawn to.
Since 2011 during the Maghrib prayer, shows advertisements locally for viewers outside and in Qatar that uses satellite services. For example, during the prayer, did not shown it; instead, shows many advertisements for viewers in some cities. However, in very rare instance, when is shown on analog or digital television by using SDTV in PAL and DVB-T format picture, the Maghrib prayer is shown. It also available for analog or digital television formatting in several cities.