Fox Sports International
 Logo used from 2012 until 2024 | |
| Product type | Television networks |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Rupert Murdoch |
| Country | United States |
| Introduced | 1995 |
| Discontinued | 15 February 2024 |
| Markets | Africa Asia Argentina Brazil Canada Latin America Middle East Mexico Netherlands Israel Italy Turkey South Korea Japan |
| Previous owners | |
Fox Sports International (FSI) was an international sportscasting and production division of Fox Networks Group, a division of 21st Century Fox.
FSI cooperated with CanWest, the owner of Fox Sports World Canada, until its sale to Shaw Communications in 2010.[1]
In the following years, after Disney acquired 21st Century Fox, it begun closing and selling various channels from FSI to third party owners due its ownership of ESPN, prior the acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019.[2][3]
Fox Sports around the world
Africa
- Fox Sports Africa, launched in August 2014 in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Asia
- Fox Sports Asia, was 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.
Argentina
- Fox Sports Argentina, was an Argentine pay television network that broadcast in Argentina.
- Fox Sports: formerly known as Prime Deportiva and Fox Sports Américas.
- Fox Sports 2: formerly known as Fox Sports+
- Fox Sports 3: formerly known as Speed Channel, it was launched in 2012 and its programming was car-related.
- Fox Sports Premium: A pay-TV channel launched in 2017, it specialises in broadcasting Argentine First Football Division matches. On May 1, 2022, the channel was renamed ESPN Premium.[4]
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.
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 Latin America, was a group of channels broadcast across Central, and South America.
- Fox Sports: formerly known as Prime Deportiva and Fox Sports Américas. On 1 December 2021, Fox Sports was renamed ESPN 4.[9]
- Fox Sports 1 (Chile): formerly known as Fox Sports Premium. On 15 February 2024, Fox Sports 1 was renamed ESPN Premium.[10]
- Fox Sports 2: formerly known as Fox Sports+. On 15 February 2024, Fox Sports 2 was renamed ESPN 7.[11]
- Fox Sports 3: formerly known as Speed Channel, it was launched in 2012. On 15 February 2024, Fox Sports 3 was renamed ESPN 6.[12]
Middle East
- Fox Sports Middle East was a sports channel that was distributed by Star Select as part of package television channels.
Mexico
- Fox Sports Mexico, was a Mexican pay television network that broadcasts in Mexico.
- Fox Sports: formerly known as Prime Deportiva and Fox Sports Américas.
- Fox Sports 2: formerly known as Fox Sports+
- Fox Sports 3: formerly known as Speed Channel, it was launched in 2012 and its programming was car-related.
Netherlands
- Fox Sports Netherlands[13] 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.[14]
- 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.[15]
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.
Turkey
- Fox Sports Turkey was a sports channel that was distributed by the Turkish provider Digiturk.[16]
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 were broadcast in several Fox channels.
References
- ^ "Rogers Communications Buys Stake in Sports Network for C$45 Mln". Bloomberg. December 29, 2004. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on December 15, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ "Argentina: Fox Sports Premium pasará a ser ESPN Premium". www.anmtvla.com. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
- ^ "Disney e Fox têm fusão aprovada, e ESPN pode transmitir Libertadores". Archived from the original on May 6, 2020.
- ^ "Exclusivo! Fox Sports ganha data para virar ESPN no Brasil".
- ^ "Disney devolve marca Fox Sports, e canal esportivo deixa de vez o Brasil após 12 anos - 20/10/2023 - Televisão - F5". f5.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ Amaya, Hernán (November 15, 2023). "Latinoamérica: Disney crea Espn 5, Espn 6 y Espn 7 para abandonar definitivamente la marca Fox Sports en la región". TAVI (in European Spanish). Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ Amaya, Hernán (November 11, 2021). "Latinoamérica: Confirmado: Disney lanza Espn 4 en sustitución de Fox Sports". TAVI (in European Spanish). Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ Amaya, Hernán (November 15, 2023). "Latinoamérica: Disney crea Espn 5, Espn 6 y Espn 7 para abandonar definitivamente la marca Fox Sports en la región". TAVI (in European Spanish). Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ "¿Fin de una era? Disney discontinuaría Fox Sports en 2024". Urgente24 - primer diario online con las últimas noticias de Argentina y el mundo en tiempo real (in European Spanish). Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ "¿Fin de una era? Disney discontinuaría Fox Sports en 2024". Urgente24 - primer diario online con las últimas noticias de Argentina y el mundo en tiempo real (in European Spanish). Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ "NMa: Fox mag Eredivisie Media & Marketing overnemen — Activiteiten in 2012". NMa Jaarverslag 2012. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ "Fox Sports gaat ESPN Sports heten". broadcastmagazine.nl. October 1, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "Yahoo - FOX Sports International Launches New All-Sports Channel for Israel". August 15, 2000. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000.
- ^ "Fox Sports HD - Digiturk Kanalları".