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MultiChoice Africa Adds More Value To DStv Compact With The Addition Of FOX Channel

FOX Networks Group (FNG) and MultiChoice Africa today announced that from 1 June, DStv Compact subscribers will be able to enjoy the global entertainment channel, FOX (DStv channel 125) on their bouquet.

FOX channel is a premier entertainment channel that prides itself with bringing ‘The Best, First’, with award winning, ground-breaking and critically acclaimed programming. The move to DStv Compact will significantly increase FOX’s reach to a wider audience, creating new fans of its riveting entertainment in the African market.

As part of MultiChoice’s ongoing efforts to add value to our subscribers’ viewing experience,  DStv Compact subscribers will now get to experience the thrilling and exclusive premieres of the best shows on FOX within hours of the United States broadcast at no extra cost! 

The hot lineup includes the popular and powerful hit television drama, Empire in which Taraji P. Henson portrays the feisty ‘Cookie Lyon’ with flashy fashion sense and witty remarks, opposite her ex-husband and the ruthless head of the Lyon empire, ‘Lucious Lyon’ played by Academy Award® nominee, Terrence Howard.

But wait...there’s more! DStv and FOX are also offering DStv Compact subscribers a rebroadcast of the second season of Empire with double bill episodes starting on the weekends of the 4th and 5th of June, 11th and 12th of June and 18th and 19th June - three episodes will air per day at 19:20 CAT, 20:10 CAT and 21:00 CAT.

The month of June will also see the premiere of the much-anticipated second season of Wayward Pines on the 6that 21:00, from executive producer M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, The Visit), the 10-episode, psychological thriller picks up where it left off in the first season. Starring Jason Patric (Rush, Narc), two-time Academy Award® nominee Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond, In America) and Emmy Award® and Golden Globe® nominee Hope Davis (American Crime, The Newsroom), the residents of Wayward Pines are still battling against the iron-fisted rule of the First Generation Dr. Theo Yedlin.

On the same night on 6 June at 21:50 Outcast, based on the Skybound/Image comic title by creator Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead) and artist Paul Azaceta, follows Kyle Barnes (Patric Fugit), a young man who has been plagued by demonic possession all his life. Now, with the help of the Reverend Anderson, a preacher with personal demons of his own, Kyle embarks on a journey to find answers and regain the normal life he lost. But what Kyle discovers could change his fate — and the fate of the world — forever.

For more on this superb line-up and award winning programming tune into the home of The Walking Dead, The Simpsons and more smash hit shows on FOX on DStv channel 125.

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