Fox Sports

Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world. The name originates from the Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States, which in turn derives its name from that of the Fox Film Corporation (which merged with Twentieth Century Pictures to form 20th Century Fox in 1935).

This article is about the Fox Sports brand. For the US sports division of Fox Corporation, see Fox Sports (United States).
Fox Sports
Fox Sports logo used globally since 2012 (except in Australian region)
Product typeTrademark
Owner
Produced byRupert Murdoch
CountryUnited States
IntroducedAugust 12, 1994 (1994-08-12)
Related brands
MarketsWorldwide
Previous owners
Websitewww.foxsports.com

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); the rest of the international Fox Sports channels, which are owned by The Walt Disney Company[1][2][3]; and the U.S regional sports networks, along with Fox College Sports, which are owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between the Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios that was formed they acquired these assets from Disney (following the latter's acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets) on August 23, 2019.[4][5][6]

Divisions

Channels

Current channels

Asia
  • Fox Sports, a group of sports channels available in East and Southeast Asia, formerly ESPN Star Sports.
    • Fox Sports, formerly ESPN.
    • Fox Sports 2, formerly Star Sports.
    • Fox Sports 3, formerly ESPN HD and Fox Sports Plus HD.

Australia

Brazil
  • Fox Sports Brazil, It is a pay-TV channel aimed at broadcasting sporting events 24 hours a day. Since February 5, 2012 the channel is already available in all Brazilian. On May 6, 2020 Brazil's antitrust regulator CADE announced that Fox Sports and ESPN Brazil would merge with channel being kept for a year until January 1, 2022 due to the channel's broadcast rights and structure in the country.[9]
  • Fox Sports 2.

Latin America
  • Fox Sports (Latin America), is a Spanish pay television network broadcasting to various Latin American countries.
    • Fox Sports
    • Fox Sports 2: formerly known as Fox Sports+
    • Fox Sports 3 (not available in Brazil): formerly known as Speed Channel, it was launched in 2012 and its programming is car-related.
    • Fox Sports Premium: pay-TV channel launched in 2017, it is specialised in broadcasting Argentine First Football Division matches, only available in Argentina.

Netherlands

United States

Former channels

Africa
  • Fox Sports Africa, launched in August 2014 in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Canada

Middle East

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

Japan
  • Fox Sports & Entertainment began producing sports shows in 2013, which are broadcast in several Fox channels. The channel closed on March 31, 2020.

See also

Notes
  1. A joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios

References
  1. "Fox Sports and Foxtel merger". 9News. March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  2. Littleton, Cynthia; Littleton, Cynthia (2019-03-19). "Disney Closes $71 Billion 21st Century Fox Deal". Variety. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  3. Barnes, Brooks (March 14, 2018). "Disney Reorganization Anticipates 21st Century Fox Assets". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  4. "The Walt Disney Company To Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., After Spinoff Of Certain Businesses, For $52.4 Billion In Stock" (Press release). The Walt Disney Company. December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  5. "The Walt Disney Company to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., After Spinoff of Certain Businesses, for $52.4 Billion in Stock" (Press release). 21st Century Fox. December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  6. "Sinclair Completes Acquisition of Regional Sports Networks From Disney". The Walt Disney Company. August 23, 2019.
  7. "News Limited seals pay TV deal after Federal Court approves CMH takeover". The Australian. 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  8. "Game on for MSN, FoxSports site". CNET. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  9. https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/ultimas-noticias/2020/05/06/cade-aprova-fusao-com-fox-e-espn-podera-transmitir-libertadores.htm
  10. "NMa: Fox mag Eredivisie Media & Marketing overnemen — Activiteiten in 2012". NMa Jaarverslag 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
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