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FOX8 Is an Australian cable and satellite channel available through Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms. The channel initially called Fox before adding the "8" to the title (being situated on the eighth Foxtel analogue channel). As Foxtel's most popular subscription channel, it is also one of the very few channels to have been continuously broadcast in Australia since Foxtel's foundation in 1995.

FOX8 and Foxtel established a deal with Network Ten to receive their shows bought from the Fox Broadcasting Company (USA) television, with some of the more popular being The Simpsons, Futurama and The Simple Life. The channel underwent a rebranding phase in 2006, including matching its logo with the American Fox channel. In October that same year the channel also relaunched its website, with the new version allowing visiters the ability to watch extracts from selected shows. A high definition version of the channel, FOX8HD, was launched on the Foxtel and Austar platforms on 15 November 2009.

In addition to buying the rights to screen already made programs FOX8 has been involved in producing a number of local shows, including Love My Way, first Australian drama series to be made specifically for pay television.

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  • Further Reference:

    • FOX8 official website - online (sighted 29/10/2010)
    • 'FOX8,' Wikipedia - online (sighted 29/10/2010)

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form y separately published work icon Love My Way ( dir. Jessica Hobbs et. al. )agent 2004 Sydney Australia : Southern Star John Edwards FOX8 Channel W Showtime , 2004-2007 Z1238717 2004 series - publisher film/TV

The first Australian drama series to be made specifically for pay television, Love My Way follows the lives of a group of thirty-somethings who explore issues of friendship, step-parenting, divorce, and relationships. It deals with the randomness of life and the need many of us have to carve out a place in the world.

Central to the series is Frankie Paige, who attempts to negotiate the web of contemporary relationships, juggle the priorities of family obligations, and be both successful at love and fulfilled professionally, while hoping that 'happiness' might occur if all the other things fall into place. She lives with Tom, a once-successful chef who now cooks at the local rehabilitation hospital. Just down the road in a much nicer house lives her ex-husband (and Tom's brother), Charlie. An emotionally stunted architect/surfer now married to Julia, he and Frankie still have a relationship through their daughter, Lou. Throughout the series, these principal characters are pulled and strained by desires and contradictions that appear to be part and parcel of modern life.

2015 winner Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Subscription Television 20th Anniversary Award for Best Drama
2006 winner Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Drama Series
2005 winner Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Drama Series
2007 winner Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Drama Series
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