Fox Sports

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This article is about the Fox Sports brand. For the U.S.-based sports division of Fox Corporation, see Fox Sports (United States).

Fox Sports
Fox Sports wordmark logo.svg
Product typeTrademark
Owner
  • Fox Corporation
    (United States)
  • Foxtel
    (Australia)
  • The Walt Disney Company
    (Latin America, except Mexico)
  • Grupo Multimedia Lauman
    (Mexico)
Produced byRupert Murdoch
CountryUnited States
IntroducedAugust 12, 1994; 27 years ago (1994-08-12)
Related brands
MarketsWorldwide
Previous owners
Websitewww.foxsports.com

Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world.

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 and the rest of the international Fox Sports channels were sold to The Walt Disney Company, following the acquisition.[1][2][3]

Divisions[]

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

Brazil[]

  • Fox Sports Brazil, It is the Brazilian division of Fox Sports, that includes 2 channels aimed at broadcasting sporting events 24 hours a day.
    • Fox Sports: since February 5, 2012 the channel is already available in all Brazil. On January 17, 2022, will be renamed ESPN 4.[7]
  • Fox Sports 2: launched on January 24, 2014.

Latin America[]

  • Fox Sports, is a group of Spanish pay television channels that broadcast to various countries and includes 4 channels:
    • 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 was car-related.
    • Fox Sports Premium, is a pay-TV channel launched in 2017, it is specialised in broadcasting Argentine First Football Division matches.

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.

United States[]

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.

Canada[]

Middle East[]

Netherlands[]

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[]

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.

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[]

  1. ^ "Fox Sports and Foxtel merger". 9News. March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  2. ^ 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. ^ "News Limited seals pay TV deal after Federal Court approves CMH takeover". The Australian. 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  5. ^ Squires, Scott (22 May 2021). "Grupo Lauman Buys Fox Sports Mexico, Paving Way for Disney Deal". Bloomberg.
  6. ^ "Game on for MSN, FoxSports site". CNET. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  7. ^ "Disney e Fox têm fusão aprovada, e ESPN pode transmitir Libertadores". Archived from the original on 2020-05-06.
  8. ^ "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.

External links[]

Media related to Fox Sports at Wikimedia Commons

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