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| Country | Finland |
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| Broadcast area | Finland Åland |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Finnish English (with Finnishsubtitles) |
| Picture format | 16:9SDTV andHDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company Nordic AB, filial i Finland (Disney Entertainment) |
| Sister channels | Star Channel HD |
| History | |
| Launched | 18 December 2009 |
| Former names | SuomiTV (until 15 April 2012) Fox (Until 6 January 2023) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial | Channel 12 |
Star Channel (formerlySuomiTV and laterFox) is aFinnish entertainmentTV channel owned and operated byThe Walt Disney Company through its local subsidiaryThe Walt Disney Company Nordic AB, filial i Finland (formerlyFamily Channel Oy,Fox International Channels Oy andFox 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.[1][2]
Star Channel is freely available in Finland both over-the-air and through cable, as it bases its funding ontelevision advertisements. It is FNG Nordic's first channel that does not operate on subscriber fees.[3]
As the channel was licensed asgeneralist channel, it was required to broadcast certain television programmes. As of 2018, Fox fulfilled such requirements by simulcastingSky News (which was a fellow21st Century Fox business until November 2018) overnight, and showing programmes aimed at children in mornings under Fox Kids programming block. Such requirements were later[when?] lifted.
Fox Networks Group Oy also operates the Finnish version ofNational Geographic television channel.
The channel provided a free catch up service through its online platformFOXplay until 2019.
Effective 1 January 2019,Sanoma Media Finland took over media sales representation of Fox Networks Group channels in Finland, which includes this channel.[4][5]
On October 26, 2022, The Walt Disney Company Nordic & Baltic announced that Fox would be renamed as Star Channel on 6 January 2023.[6]
SuomiTV had its own news department, but it was later phased out.
Until 2019, Fox simulcastSky News during overnight hours.
This is the only outlet to revive theFox Kids 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 byDisney Channels Worldwide.
The block offered foreign television programs aimed at a young audiencedubbed into the Finnish language. The block aired for the last time on 6 January 2019.[7][8]
| Yleisradio | |
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| Telia Company (MTV Oy) |
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| Sanoma (Nelonen Media) | |
| The Walt Disney Company | |
| Warner Bros. Discovery | |
| Paramount Global | |
| Viaplay Group | |
| Nationwide Finnish |
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| Viasat World | |
| Defunct |
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