Fox televizija
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| Type | Broadcast television network |
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| Availability | National |
| Owner | News Corporation (49.0%) |
Key people | Dan Bates Manja Vukojević Zoran Kusovac |
Launch date | November 30, 2006 |
Official website | www.foxtv.co.yu |
Fox televizija is a Serbian commercial television network that was launched on November 30, 2006.
It is 49% owned by the News Corporation [1] since Serbian laws don't allow foreign subjects to own 50% percent or more of a television network with a nationwide broadcasting license.[2]
With headquarters located in the Belgrade municipality of Zemun, Fox televizija broadcasts 24 hours a day.
Current Programming
Entertainment
Sitcoms, Dramas, Soaps, and Telenovelas:
- Ne daj se Nina (Serbian version of Yo soy Betty, la fea)
- Married… with Children (Bračne vode)
- One Tree Hill (Tri Hil)
- La Viuda de Blanco (Bela udovica)
- La mujer en el espejo (Žena u ogledalu)
- América (Amerika)
- Falcon Beach (Plaža Falkon)
- Cold Case (Zločini iz prošlosti)
- BeastMaster (Gospodar zveri)
Quizzes and Reality Shows:
- Da li ste pametniji od đaka petaka? (Serbian version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?)
- Keš taksi
- Ludi kamen (Serbian version of The Newlywed Game)
- The Amazing Race (Trka oko sveta)
- Fort Boyard (Fort Bojar)
- Survivor (Serbian version of Survivor)
Children shows:
- Shaun the Sheep (Ovčica Šon)
Late-night talk shows:
Sports
- Adriatic League (Balkans regional basketball league)
- Primera División (top Spanish football league)
- World Wrestling Entertainment (Raw & Smackdown episodes)
News
- Fox i prijatelji (daily morning show at 7am, Serbian version of Fox & Friends)
- Vesti (daily news bulletin at 2pm)
- Danas (central daily newscast at 7pm)
- Fox fokus (weekly current events magazine at 10pm)
- Recite narodu (weekly political talk-show, Thursdays at 8pm)
Lifestyle
- Katarina (daily daytime talk-show at 11am)
- Mira i Mira (weekly city pulse magazine, Sundays at 11:15pm)
- Top Speed (weekly automotive magazine, Sundays at midnight)
- Life File (women's magazine, Saturdays at 1pm)
- Domaćin (agricultural magazine, Sundays at 8am)
Criticism & controversy
Fox televizija's entertainment programming is often criticized, especially when it comes to internationally-created shows on its schedule. With the exception of One Tree Hill, it currently broadcasts none of the prime time U.S. network shows, focusing instead on Latin telenovelas and reruns of decade-old American shows. Probably due to this, Fox televizija's ratings are amongst the lowest of all Serbian television networks with nationwide broadcast licences.
Fox televizija created a minor controversy in early September 2007 when it decided to take its late-night programme, the Marko Živić Show, off the air. Despite becoming fairly prominent over a short period (it premiered on April 24, 2007), the official statement released by Fox said the cancellation was "a temporary measure that came about through a desire to free up Fox televizija's fall schedule for more movies and series". However, some Serbian print outlets very much wondered why would a network that's struggling for viewership be taking its best rated programme off the air.[3] Other Serbian print media outlets speculated that Fox televizija's decision to do so had been forced from the outside due to Živić's occasional political humour.[4] Still, others reported that despite getting good ratings relative to other Fox televizija programmes, Živić's show still couldn't generate enough advertising revenue to justify his €5,000 per month sallary - furthermore, according to this source, when he was asked to take a pay cut Živić refused and the show was thus taken off the air.[5]
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