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Fox Sports
Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world.
| Product type | Trademark |
|---|---|
| Owner |
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| Produced by | Rupert Murdoch |
| Country | United States |
| Introduced | August 12, 1994 |
| Related brands | |
| Markets | Worldwide |
| Previous owners | |
| Website | www |
The Fox Sports name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the Fox Corporation, with the exceptions of the operations in Australia, which are part of Foxtel (majority-owned by Fox Corp. sister company News Corp Australia) and the operations in Mexico are owned by Grupo Multimedia Lauman while the operations in Argentina are owned by Mediapro but branding and contents are licensed to Fox Corporation[1] and the rest of the international Fox Sports channels were sold to The Walt Disney Company, following the acquisition.[2][3][4]
Divisions
- Fox Sports (United States), also known as the Fox Sports Media Group.
- Fox Sports International, an international sports programming and production entity of The Walt Disney Company (previously owned by the Fox Networks Group until Disney's acquisition of most 21st Century Fox assets), which distributes sports programming to various countries.
- Fox Sports Australia, formerly Premier Media Group, owned by Foxtel (65% owned by Murdoch-controlled News Corp Australia with Telstra).[5]
- Fox Sports Argentina, owned by Mediapro, branding licensed to Fox Corporation[1][6]
- Fox Sports Mexico, owned by Grupo Multimedia Lauman branding licensed to Fox Corporation[7]
- FoxSports.com, a sports news website.[8]
- Fox Sports Radio is a national sports talk radio network managed by Premiere Networks in partnership with Fox Sports.
Channels
Current channels
Australia
- Fox Sports (Australia), a group of sports channels
- Fox Sports News 500 - Cable and satellite channel that continuously televises sports news 24 hours per day.
- Fox Cricket 501 - A 24-hour dedicated Cricket channel
- Fox League 502 - A 24-hour dedicated Rugby League channel
- Fox Sports 503
- Fox Footy 504 - primarily features the Australian Football League
- Fox Sports 505
- Fox Sports 506
- Fox Sports More+ 507
Argentina
- Fox Sports (Argentina), is an Argentine pay television network that broadcasts in Argentina.
- Fox Sports
- Fox Sports 2: formerly known as Fox Sports+
- Fox Sports 3: formerly known as Speed Channel, it was launched in 2012 and its programming is car-related.
Brazil
- Fox Sports 2: launched on January 24, 2014. Now run by Disney; will remain under that name until 31 December 2022, due to contractual language with CONMEBOL regarding its coverage of the 2022 Copa Libertadores.[9]
Mexico
- Fox Sports (Mexico), is a Mexican pay television network that broadcasts in Mexico.
- Fox Sports
- Fox Sports 2: formerly known as Fox Sports+
- Fox Sports 3: formerly known as Speed Channel, it was launched in 2012 and its programming is car-related.
- Fox Sports Premium, is a pay-TV channel launched in 2022, it is specialised in broadcasting Mexican First Football Division matches.
United States
- Fox Sports 1 is a national sports network.
- Fox Sports 2 is a national sports network.
- Fox Deportes presents sports programming in Spanish.
- Fox Soccer Plus, a network with extended coverage of soccer and other international sport events; remains in operation even after closure of Fox Soccer.
Former channels
Africa
- Fox Sports Africa, launched in August 2014 in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Asia
- Fox Sports, was a group of sports channels available in East and Southeast Asia, formerly ESPN Star Sports. These channels were closed on October 1, 2021.
- Fox Sports, formerly ESPN.
- Fox Sports 2, formerly Star Sports.
- Fox Sports 3, formerly ESPN HD and Fox Sports Plus HD.
Brazil
- Fox Sports Brazil, It was the Brazilian division of Fox Sports, that included 2 channels aimed at broadcasting sporting events 24 hours a day.
- Fox Sports: since February 5, 2012 the channel was already available in all Brazil. On January 17, 2022, Fox Sports was renamed ESPN 4.[10]
Canada
- Fox Sports World Canada, a defunct specialty channel primarily featuring soccer and other events around the world that operated from 2001 to 2012.
Latin America
- Fox Sports, was a group of channels broadcast across Mexico, Central, and South America. Its main channel was rebranded in January 2022 as ESPN4:
- Fox Sports
- Fox Sports 3 (not available in Brazil): formerly known as Speed Channel, it was launched in 2012
- Fox Sports Premium, is a pay-TV channel launched in 2017, it specialises in broadcasting Argentine First Football Division matches. Was rebranded as ESPN Premium.
Middle East
- Fox Sports Middle East was a sports channel that was distributed by Star Select as part of package television channels.
Netherlands
- Fox Sports (Netherlands)[11] was a group of sports channels owned by Eredivisie Media & Marketing which for 51% was owned by Fox Networks Group Benelux, the channels was rebranded as ESPN.
- Fox Sports Eredivisie, 3 premium channels. It held the exclusive rights for the live matches of the Eredivisie, the highest Dutch football division.
- Fox Sports International (Netherlands), 3 premium channels covered several European football leagues.
Israel
- Fox Sports Israel was first broadcast in Israel back in 2001 by satellite provider yes and since 2010 it broadcasts the HD version of the channel.
Italy
- Fox Sports Italy was an Italian sports channel launched in 2013 alongside Fox Sports Plus and Fox Sports 2, which carries soccer, MLB, NFL, NCAA Sports, Volley Champions League and Euroleague Basketball. In 2018, the channel has been dissolved.
Turkey
- Fox Sports Turkey was a sports channel that was distributed by the Turkish provider Digiturk.
South Korea
- JTBC3 Fox Sports, a sports channel was owned by joint owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific and JTBC.
Japan
- Fox Sports & Entertainment began producing sports shows in 2013, which are broadcast in several Fox channels. The channel closed on March 31, 2020.
United States
- Fox College Sports was a suite of three region-specific networks devoted to college sports that were sold to Diamond Sports Group in 2019.
- Fox Sports Networks was a collection of cable TV regional sports networks broadcasting across the United States that was sold to Diamond Sports Group in 2019. In 2021, Fox Sports is gone, with the channels now being branded as Bally Sports. These regional channels include:
- Fox Sports Arizona
- Fox Sports Carolinas
- Fox Sports Detroit
- Fox Sports Florida
- Fox Sports Indiana
- Fox Sports Kansas City
- Fox Sports Midwest
- Fox Sports New Orleans
- Fox Sports North
- Fox Sports Ohio
- Fox Sports Oklahoma
- Fox Sports San Diego
- Fox Sports South
- Fox Sports Southeast
- Fox Sports Southwest
- Fox Sports Sun
- Fox Sports Tennessee
- Fox Sports West
- Fox Sports Wisconsin
- Fox Sports Northwest
- Fox Sports Pittsburgh
- Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
- Fox Sports Utah
- Prime Ticket
- SportsTime Ohio
- YES Network
See also
References
- ^ a b "Mediapro México produce cuatro formatos de Fox Deportes desde su nuevo centro de producción". October 4, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- ^ "Fox Sports and Foxtel merger". 9News. March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ^ Littleton, Cynthia (2019-03-19). "Disney Closes $71 Billion 21st Century Fox Deal". Variety. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
- ^ Barnes, Brooks (March 14, 2018). "Disney Reorganization Anticipates 21st Century Fox Assets". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ "News Limited seals pay TV deal after Federal Court approves CMH takeover". The Australian. 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
- ^ "Anuncio oficial Disney vende los canales Fox Sports en Argentina al gigante chino Mediapro" (in Spanish). 15 February 2022.
- ^ Squires, Scott (22 May 2021). "Grupo Lauman Buys Fox Sports Mexico, Paving Way for Disney Deal". Bloomberg.
- ^ "Game on for MSN, FoxSports site". CNET. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
- ^ "Exclusivo! Fox Sports ganha data para virar ESPN no Brasil".
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2020-05-06.
- ^ . NMa Jaarverslag 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
External links
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