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{{Short description|Australian television channel}} {{Other uses|FOX 8 (disambiguation)}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2010}} {{Infobox television channel | name = Fox8 | logo = Fox8-Logo-2023.svg | logo_size = 180px | picture_format = [[576i]] ([[SDTV]])<br />[[1080i]] ([[HDTV]]) | former_names = Fox (1995-1997) | replaced = [[Oh! (TV channel)|Oh!]] ([[Optus Television|Optus Vision]]) | country = Australia | language = [[English language|English]] | sister_channels = | timeshift_service = Fox8+2 | launch_date = {{start date and age|1995|10|23|df=y}} | website = | owner = [[Foxtel]] | online_serv_1 = [[Foxtel Go]] | online_chan_1 = Channel 108 | online_serv_2 = [[Binge (streaming service)|Binge]] | online_chan_2 = [http://www.binge.com.au binge.com.au] }} '''Fox8''' (corporately stylised as '''FOX8''', alternatively as '''Fox 8''' or '''FOX 8''') is an Australian [[pay television]] channel available on [[Foxtel]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Joyce |first=James |date=26 March 1999 |title=Tunedin |url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news990327_0075_2711 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403164456/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news990327_0075_2711 |archive-date=3 April 2012 |access-date=3 May 2010 |work=[[Newcastle Herald]] |department=Friday Guide |page=6}}</ref> and [[Optus Television]]'s subscription platforms. It is the most watched subscription television channel in Australia (with or without the timeshift).<ref>{{Cite web |title=2008 VIEWING REPORTS |url=http://www.oztam.com.au/Archives.aspx?Year=2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303135155/http://www.oztam.com.au/Archives.aspx?Year=2008 |archive-date=3 March 2008 |publisher=[[OzTAM]]}}</ref> A [[high-definition television|high definition]] version of the channel, Fox8HD, was launched on the Foxtel and Austar platforms on 15 November 2008.
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