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Michael Gleissner, a German entrepreneur founded and established the channel and its parent company, Miami Beach, Florida-based Bigfoot Entertainment, in 2004. The Fashion One Channel was officially launched on April 8, 2010 under Fashion One Television LLC. It was initially available in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand to millions of households across free-to-air and direct-to-home satellites. It was then distributed globally via three satellites, namely the Galaxy 19 at 97°W, Hot Bird at 13°E and AsiaSat 3S at 105.5°E. The channel raised US$14 million in September to boost its in-house production slate as well as expanding its reach by adding more satellite television capacity and upgrading existing broadcasts to Full HD. Fashion One TV network later expanded its operation in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Africa, Western Europe and the United States It updated its production format from Full HD to Ultra HD in 2014 and officially launched Fashion 4K under the Fashion One television network on September 1, 2015.
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