MUMBAI: News Corp is launching FXX, a network for young adults, on 2 September in the US market.

The channel will replace Fox Soccer, which lost the EPL rights. With the addition of FXX, FX Networks will become a suite of three networks consisting of FX, FXX and FXM.

Fox Soccer?s matches, including the Uefa Champions League fixtures, will be transferred to Fox Sports 1, a new channel that will also likely launch later this year.

FXX will be available in 74 million homes in the first year, making it one of the most widely distributed entertainment networks ever for an ad-supported cable network in its inaugural year.

FXX initially will be built on a foundation of original comedy series, movies and acquired series, and expand to include original drama series, all primarily designed to attract young adults 18-34.

FX, the flagship of FX Networks, will continue to offer original comedy and drama series, movies and acquired series targeted to Adults 18-49. FX will increase the number of drama series and begin offering limited series and miniseries.

FXM will continue to be home to prestige movies, and related short-form original programming. As its universe grows, it will begin to televise its own limited series and miniseries.

FX Networks president, GM John Landgraf said, "This is a landmark day in the almost 20-year history of FX Networks. As we add FXX to become a suite of three channels, FX will remain the foundation of the brand, which is why we chose to include it in the names of each of our three networks. We will maintain the exceptional quality associated with the FX brand, a reputation we have established with consumers through our numerous, award-winning hit comedy and drama series for more than a decade.

"With this expansion, FX, FXX and FXM will specifically target one of the three major adult demos, enabling us to focus on creating passionate engagement across the entire range of adult viewers ages 18 to 54. This will enable the FX Networks to deliver more impressions and gain greater reach across all key adult demos without falling into the ?all things to all people? pitfall that plagues broadcast television.

"We are embarking on an incredibly ambitious ramp-up of programme development and production required to sustain these networks. I?m very confident that the pilots, projects and talent we have deals with will allow us to double our already best-in-class roster of scripted original series over the next several years. Our three-network platform will enable us to achieve even greater goals and solidify our position as a leader in quality scripted original programming."

FX Networks will invest in original programming and ramp up its development and pilot production slate, more than doubling its current offerings to feature 25 scripted original series across the three networks over the next three years.

Also, additional season orders have been placed for returning series including ?Justified?, ?It?s Always Sunny In Philadelphia?, ?The League? and ?Legit?. The late night series ?Totally Biased? with W. Kamau Bell will become a five-nights-per-week strip.

MUMBAI: US cable network FX has ordered another edition of the mini-series ?American Horror Story?, picking up 13 hours of a new mini-series from Twentieth Century Fox Television, it was announced by FX Networks president, GM John Landgraf.

Production of the untitled AHS will begin next summer and premiere next year.

He said, "With ?American Horror Story: Asylum?, Ryan and Brad have raised the bar in every way from ?Murder House?, the first American Horror Story mini-series. And their original idea-the notion of doing an anthological series of miniseries with a repertory cast-has proven groundbreaking, wildly successful and will prove to be trendsetting. We can?t wait to see what deviously brilliant ideas they come up with for their third mini-series."

Co-Creators/Executive Producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have not announced the new title or story for the next incarnation of the ?American Horror Story? franchise. As was the case with ?American Horror Story? and ?American Horror Story: Asylum?, many of the actors will return in different roles next year, including Jessica Lange, who won Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Emmy awards for her portrayal of Constance Langdon in ?American Horror Story?. Starring as "Sister Jude" in AHS: Asylum, Lange will be moving to the Lead Actress category in the Golden Globe and Emmy awards this year.

Murphy said, "The American Horror Story anthology is a labor of love for all of us and we could not be prouder of the work our brilliant company of actors and everyone on the production team is doing this year. To John and our friends at FX and Dana Walden and Gary Newman at 20th, we thank you for your vote of confidence - and to our loyal audience, keep watching!"

Following the success of the inaugural miniseries American Horror Story, Murphy announced that AHS would be a new show every year with no relation to any prior version of AHS. Each book will feature an entirely different theme, setting and characters, even though many of the actors will return to the program in entirely new roles.

Set in 1964, American Horror Story: Asylum takes us into a Church-run haven for the criminally insane, ruled with an iron fist by Sister Jude (Jessica Lange), a nun with a troubled past. Inside this locked down facility, danger lurks around every corner. From Nazis and serial killers, to mutants and aliens, no one is safe inside these walls.