FX+ Will Feature Ad-Free, Uninterrupted
Viewing -- On Demand -- 17 Original Series in their Current Season
as well as Every Season of 16 Current or Legacy Library FX
Originals – more than 1000 episodes – to Xfinity TV Customers Who
Upgrade Their FX Subscription for $5.99 Per Month
Comcast and FX Networks will launch FX+, a new service that will
allow Xfinity TV subscribers to upgrade to a platform featuring
commercial-free current seasons of every FX and FXX original series
and every season of many current and legacy library titles of FX
originals, it was announced today by John Landgraf, CEO, FX
Networks and FX Productions and Matt Strauss, Executive Vice
President and General Manager, Video and Entertainment Services,
Comcast Cable.
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FX+ will launch on September 5th and Xfinity TV customers can
add the new service to their video package for $5.99 per month. In
addition to offering complete in-season stacking rights to all of
its current original series commercial free, FX Networks is now the
first ad-supported cable portfolio to offer all seasons of the
majority of its original series library, including award-winning
and acclaimed hits such as American Horror Story, Damages, It’s
Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The League, Legion, Louie, Nip/Tuck,
Rescue Me, The Shield, Sons of Anarchy and Terriers. FX+ will
feature more than 1100 episodes of award-winning and acclaimed
original programs spanning the past 15 years. Due to the number of
episodes in the FX Networks library, the shows will be rolled out
over a period of time and it is expected that the complete FX+
roster will be available in 2018. FX+ subscribers will be able to
access the FX+ content via Xfinity On Demand, the Xfinity Stream
app and website, and FXNOW. In the future, FX+ will also offer
select series in 4K as well as temporary downloads of current
season episodes.
“This is an exciting day for FX Networks, because it represents
the next step in building a consumer experience as good as our
original programming brand,” said Landgraf. “We have been
diligent about recapturing the in-season stacking rights for all
current original programming and recapturing the rights to all
seasons of a large portion of our legacy of great original series.
Since changing the course of basic cable TV with The Shield, over
the past 15 years FX amassed a roster of dramas, comedies and
limited series that is unequalled in ad-supported television – and
in quality and breadth has few rivals anywhere. This
initiative represents the first of its kind for an ad-supported
cable network, and begins to put us on equal footing with premium
networks and streaming services. We appreciate our partnership
with Matt Strauss and everyone at Comcast who had the vision to
support the creation and launch of FX+, which adds significant
value for Comcast and its subscribers.”
Over the past three years, FX Networks has won more Emmy® Awards
than Netflix and Amazon combined. In 2016, FX set a basic cable
record with 56 Emmy nominations and it won 18 Emmy Awards, which
was second only to HBO (22) and double the total of Netflix. This
year FX won more Golden Globe® Awards than any network including
HBO. Since 2014, FX has earned 196 Emmy nominations and won 34
Emmys.
“FX has built a brand known for high-quality, award-winning
original content and we are pleased to partner with John Landgraf
and the team at FX to offer premium experiences like FX+ to Xfinity
TV customers, and explore what it means to be a network in the
future,” said Strauss. “Our innovative platforms and technology
enable us to collaborate with our partners to experiment with new
ways to super-serve our customers, provide them with more choice
and access to new content and experiences, and continue to add
value to the Xfinity TV subscription.”
FX+ is an upgrade option for Xfinity TV customers to add to
their existing FX subscriptions. Xfinity TV customers can upgrade
to FX+ via their Xfinity set-top boxes, xfinitytv.com or by calling
1-800-Xfinity.
Listed below are the series that will be available to FX+
subscribers on demand and commercial-free (*denotes continuing
series, and the number of seasons and episodes are included in
parenthesis):
ALL
SEASONS
American Horror Story* (6/73)Damages (5/59)It’s Always Sunny in
Philadelphia (12/133)*The League (7/84)Legit (2/26)Lights Out
(1/13)Louie (5/61)Nip/Tuck (7/100)Over There (1/13)Rescue Me
(7/93)The Riches (2/20)The Shield (7/88)Sons of Anarchy
(7/92)Terriers (1/13)Thief (1/6)Wilfred (4/49)
CURRENT
SEASON
The Americans* American Crime Story*American Horror
Story*Archer*Atlanta*Baskets*Better Things*Fargo*Feud*It’s Always
Sunny in Philadelphia*Legion*Snowfall*The StrainTaboo*Trust
(2018)Untitled Marvel’s Deadpool Animated Series (2018)You’re the
Worst*
About FX Networks
FX Networks is comprised of the networks FX, FXX and FXM and the
video on-demand app FXNOW. FX, the flagship general entertainment
basic cable channel of the Fox Networks Group (FNG), was launched
in June of 1994 and is carried in 90 million homes. The diverse
schedule features critically-acclaimed and award-winning hit dramas
series including The Americans, The Strain, Taboo, Legion and
Snowfall; critically-acclaimed and award-winning hit limited series
including American Horror Story, Fargo, American Crime Story, FEUD
and the upcoming Trust; acclaimed hit comedy series including the
award-winning Louie, Baskets, Better Things and Atlanta. In 2016,
FX received a basic cable record 56 Emmy® Award nominations and a
basic cable record 18 wins, including 9 for The People v. O.J.
Simpson: American Crime Story. FXX, the newest network, launched in
September 2013 and is carried in 85 million homes. Geared towards a
young adult audience, the schedule features original series,
movies, and acquired series. The channel is anchored by the
acclaimed hit comedies It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the Emmy®
Award winning comedy series Archer, You’re the Worst and the
upcoming untitled Marvel’s Deadpool animated comedy series. FXX is
also the exclusive cable home to The Simpsons, the longest-running
comedy in TV history. FXM was launched in October of 1994 and is
now carried in 56 million homes. Its schedule features classic
films during the day (FXM Retro), and contemporary box office hits
and acclaimed, award-winning films in the evening, as well as
short-form award-winning original programming.
About Comcast
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and
technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and
NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation’s largest video,
high-speed internet, and phone providers to residential customers
under the XFINITY brand, and also provides these services to
businesses. It also provides wireless and security and automation
services to residential customers under the XFINITY brand.
NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports cable
networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television
production operations, television station groups, Universal
Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts.
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