FIC Enters FOX Deal with Premiere

MUNICH, August 4: Starting
October 4, Fox International Channels’ (FIC) FOX brand will be available on
Premiere in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with hit series such as Lost, Entourage and The Wire broadcast
without commercials in both German-language and original English versions.

FOX programming will be
available to Premiere Film package subscribers at no additional cost, and the
channel will be offered in Premiere hotels starting October 4 as well.

Hans Seger, the chief
program and technology officer at Premiere, said: “The start of the internationally
successful series channel FOX marks a new phase in Premiere’s quality campaign.
We will be offering even more high-quality and popular series to our
subscribers at no additional cost. That is our way of saying thank you to the
loyalty our customers have shown. With 250 first-runs every year covering all
genres from action to sophisticated series and comedy, our programming has
something for everyone. No other German-speaking channel offers such an
incredible and diverse range of series. As repeatedly requested by our viewers,
Premiere subscribers will now also be able to follow the latest seasons of Lost.”

David Haslingden, the CEO
of FOX International Channels, added: “With the launch of FOX we have opened up
a new chapter in the German pay-TV market: a channel that will bring first-run
international TV series to the German audience delivered with the edge, energy
and style FOX has become renowned for around the world. We are particularly
delighted that Premiere shares our enthusiasm for FOX and we look forward to
working with Premiere as partners as they continue to bring premium television
from around the world to their subscribers.”

FIC launched FOX in
Germany in 2002. It is one of 19 channel brands operated by FIC.

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski