FOX8

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 News Corporation. The channel is located on Channel 8 Foxtel and Channel 108 Foxtel Digital.

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It is News Corporation's peak Australian channel, similar to Sky One in the UK and Fox & FX in the US. Through its EPG placement in most pay TV subscribing homes, it slots in between the country's biggest channels Seven, Nine and Ten.

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The channel is focused on the teen and young adult audience, showing sitcoms and animation comedies like The Simpsons.

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The most notable shows on the network are 24, The Simpsons, The Jerry Springer Show, Futurama, WWE RAW and SmackDown!, and Love My Way.

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Fox8 Exclusive Programming:

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• Love My Way - ASTRA award winning drama series
• Australia's Next Top Model - local version of America's Next Top Model
• Crash Palace (2001-02) - short lived soap
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Austar: Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity is Pay TV, although it is also involved with internet access and mobile phones. The company commenced operations in 1995....

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