More changes in September, from Foxtel:
Comedy changes
We’ll be making the following changes to our comedy offering:
- FOX H!TS will be renamed FOX Comedy (and will remain on ch. 119)
- The Comedy Channel will be removed.
New movie channel
We’ll be introducing a new movie channel called LMN - Lifetime Movie Network .Removal of Sky News Weather Active app
The Sky News Weather Active app will be removed from all boxes.
What is LMN – Lifetime Movie Network?
LMN – Lifetime Movie Network is a brand new and exclusive movie channel that will showcase movies that are inspired by, fuelled by and created by women. With intriguing mysteries, gripping thrillers, the sweetest romances and heart-warming heroes and heroines, LMN – Lifetime Movie Network will feature movies with compelling storylines and powerful characters 24/7.
Interesting they’re finally retiring the comedy channel, wonder if Comedy Central might eventually pop up?
Is that a record for the shortest stint of a Foxtel channel, 10 months for Fox Hits? RIP.
Conspiracy theorist Kevin Rudd joined in on the fake ‘Australians are being censored from watching The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty’ rubbish. As expected, as Amanda Meade reports in The Guardian today,
Story in her column here:
it’s already on fetch so it would be a stretch to bring it to fix
Removal of Sky News Weather Active app
The Sky News Weather Active app will be removed from all boxes.
And with that, there will be no more red button/active services on Foxtel after 16 years?
You’d think either the ABC or SBS would most likely pick up/air The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty? Can’t imagine any of Seven, Nine or Ten being interested.
Well it’s owned by ViacomCBS and they’ve just signed them to do the music channels so maybe this is the next phase, unless they’re going to air Comedy Central content on Fox Comedy along with the old sitcoms.
I believe it got subsumed and rebranded under everyone’s noses - it’s called Sky News. 
In other words, it’s a Seven midday movie channel.
Yes but Hallmark and Lifetime movies are super popular over in the States, especially their Christmas films. Ever since Foxtel lost Hallmark it’s been a missing selling point.
According to the list Foxtel have published, most of the shows are moving to either Fox8 (eg; Last Week Tonight) or Fox Showcase (eg; Curb Your Enthusiasm). Surprisingly, one of the few shows which will disappear altogether is The Daily Show
Perhaps the Daily Show will become exclusive to 10 shake?
Well they did list that so yeah maybe Comedy Central is keeping their stuff to themselves on 10 and their Fetch channel.
But it’s not. The sports are not getting the money. Foxtel is. It is a blatant handout.
Just watch them get bailed out to the tune of hundreds of millions by the Feds when they eventually make a big enough loss that News Corp threatens to shut it down.
It is such a waste of public money during these times. Or at any times. Imagine another media company got that and not News Corp … they’d be complaining on sky news and in the tabloids about wasted handouts. The hypocrisy is astounding.
What about the handouts that the Government have just given a whole range of media outlets? Or the generous discounts that they gave FTA operators on their licence fees. Don’t get me wrong, there is a lot about this that stinks, but its not a one-off
Agreed, but at least they’re FTA broadcasters that benefits all Australians.