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 Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was establi ...

(majority-owned by Fox Corp. sister company

News Corp Australia News Corp Australia is an Australian media conglomerate and wholly owned subsidiary of the American News Corp. One of Australia's largest media conglomerates, News Corp Australia employs more than 8,000 staff nationwide and approximately 3,00 ...

) 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 and the rest of the international Fox Sports channels were sold to

The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on Octobe ...

, following the acquisition.

Divisions

Fox Sports (United States) Fox Sports, also referred to as Fox Sports Media Group and stylized in all caps as FOX Sports, is the sports programming division of the Fox Corporation that is responsible for sports broadcasts carried by the Fox broadcast network, Fox Spor ...

, also known as the Fox Sports Media Group. * Fox Sports International, an international sports programming and production entity of

(previously owned by the Fox Networks Group until Disney's acquisition of most

21st Century Fox Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., doing business as 21st Century Fox (21CF), was an American multinational mass media corporation that was based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was one of the two companies formed on June 28, 2013, fo ...

assets), which distributes sports programming to various countries. * Fox Sports Australia, formerly Premier Media Group, owned by

(65% owned by

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-controlled

with

Telstra Telstra Group Limited is an Australian telecommunications company that builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets voice, mobile, internet access, pay television and other products and services. It is a member of the S&P/ASX 2 ...

). * Fox Sports Argentina, owned by Mediapro, branding licensed to Fox Corporation *

Fox Sports Mexico Fox Sports is a Mexican pay television network operated by Grupo Multimedia Lauman. The network focuses on sports-related programming including live and pre-recorded event broadcasts, sports talk shows and original programming, available througho ...

, owned by Grupo Multimedia Lauman * FoxSports.com, a sports news website. *

Fox Sports Radio Fox Sports Radio is an American sports radio network. Based in Los Angeles, California, the network is operated and managed by Premiere Networks in a content partnership with Fox Corporation's Fox Sports division and iHeartMedia, parent compan ...

is a national sports talk radio network managed by Premiere Networks in partnership with Fox Sports.

Channels

Current channels

Australia

Fox Sports (Australia) Fox Sports Australia Pty Limited (formerly Premier Media Group Pty Limited) is the division of Foxtel that owns and operates the Fox Sports television networks and digital properties in Australia. The group operates nine Fox Sports Channels as w ...

, 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 Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

channel **

Fox League Fox League is an Australian subscription television channel dedicated to screening rugby league (both domestic and international) matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited and is available throughout Australia on Fo ...

502 - A 24-hour dedicated

Rugby League Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

channel ** Fox Sports 503 ** Fox Footy 504 - primarily features the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling ...

** Fox Sports 505 ** Fox Sports 506 ** Fox Sports More+ 507

Argentina

* Fox Sports (Argentina), is an Argentine pay television network that broadcasts in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest ...

. ** 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 Fox Sports 2 (FS2) is an American sports-oriented pay television channel owned by the Fox Sports Media Group, a unit of Fox Corporation. The channel is based at the Fox Sports division's headquarters on the Fox Studio Lot in the Century Cit ...

: launched on January 24, 2014. Now run by Disney; will remain under that name until 31 December 2022, due to contractual language with

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Surina ...

regarding its coverage of the 2022 Copa Libertadores.

Mexico

* Fox Sports (Mexico), is a Mexican pay television network that broadcasts in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...

. ** 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 Fox Sports 1 (FS1) is an American pay television channel owned by the Fox Sports Media Group, a unit of Fox Corporation. FS1 replaced the motorsports network Speed on August 17, 2013, at the same time that its companion channel Fox Sports 2 ...

is a national sports network. *

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 Fox Soccer (formerly Fox Soccer Channel & Fox Sports World before that) was an American television specialty channel specializing in soccer, owned by Fox Corporation, which operated from 1997 to 2013. It formerly broadcast rugby and Australia ...

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.

Canada

* Fox Sports World Canada, a defunct

specialty channel A specialty channel (also known in the United States as a cable channel or cable network) can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted ...

primarily featuring

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

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 A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night, but their immense distances from Earth mak ...

as part of package television channels.

Netherlands

Fox Sports (Netherlands) ESPN is a Dutch group of pay television sports channels, owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and the Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%) and operated by Eredivi ...

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 Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is ...

, the highest Dutch football division. ** Fox Sports International (Netherlands), 3 premium channels covered several European football leagues.

Israel

Fox Sports Israel Fox Sports was an Israeli television sports channel owned by Fox Networks Group and was launched on 11 August 2000. Programming rights American Football * National Football League Australian Rules Football * Australian Football League Baseba ...

was first broadcast in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

back in 2001 by satellite provider

yes Yes or YES may refer to: * An affirmative particle in the English language; see yes and no Education * YES Prep Public Schools, Houston, Texas, US * YES (Your Extraordinary Saturday), a learning program from the Minnesota Institute for Talent ...

and since 2010 it broadcasts the HD version of the channel.

Italy

Fox Sports Italy Fox Sports was an Italian pay television sports channel that was launched on August 9, 2013. A second channel, Fox Sports 2 was launched on December 20, 2013. The first channel closed in late August 2018, after the second closed in 2015. Progra ...

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 Euroleague Basketball is the private company that runs and operates the top continental-wide basketball men's professional sports club competitions in Europe, the first-tier level EuroLeague, and the second-tier level EuroCup. It has been or ...

. In 2018, the channel has been dissolved.

Turkey

* Fox Sports Turkey was a sports channel that was distributed by the Turkish provider

Digiturk Digiturk is a Turkish satellite television provider founded in 1999, with services starting in mid-2000. They provide both national television channels and their own channels, national radio, and music streams of different genres. Digiturk is als ...

South Korea

JTBC3 Fox Sports JTBC Golf&Sports is a South Korean cable TV sports channel. It was originally known as JTBC3 Fox Sports until 2020 but due to Disney phasing out the Fox brand it was renamed. Programs Current rights Multi-sport events * Olympic Games (f ...

, a sports channel was owned by joint owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific and

JTBC JTBC (shortened from ''Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company'' (; stylized as jtbc) is a South Korean nationwide pay television network. Its primary shareholder is JoongAng Holdings, with a 25% stake. It was launched on 1 December 2011. JTBC ...

Japan

Fox Sports & Entertainment Fox Sports & Entertainment (formerly Fox BS238) was a Japanese general entertainment and sports television channel operated by BS-Fox, a subsidiary of Fox Networks Group Japan, which was owned by Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International. La ...

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 Fox Sports Networks (FSN), formerly known as Fox Sports Net, was the collective name for a group of regional sports channels in the United States. Formed in 1996 by News Corporation, the networks were acquired by The Walt Disney Company on Ma ...

was a collection of

cable TV Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables. This contrasts with broa ...

regional sports network In the United States and Canada, a regional sports network (RSN) is a cable television channel (many of which are also distributed on direct broadcast satellite services) that presents sports programming to a local market or geographical region ...

s 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 Bally Sports Arizona (BSAZ) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel broadcasts pro ...

** Fox Sports Carolinas ** Fox Sports Detroit **

Fox Sports Florida Bally Sports Florida is an American regional sports network owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel broadcasts local sports coverage in the state of Florida, with a focus on professional sport ...

** Fox Sports Indiana ** Fox Sports Kansas City **

Fox Sports Midwest Bally Sports Midwest is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel broadcasts regional e ...

Fox Sports New Orleans Bally Sports New Orleans is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group (a joint-venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios), and operated as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel broadcasts local ...

Fox Sports North Bally Sports North is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, and operates as a Bally Sports affiliate. The channel broadcasts coverage of sporting events involving teams located in the Upper Midwest region, with a focu ...

Fox Sports Ohio Bally Sports Ohio is an American regional sports network owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group and is operated as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel broadcasts regional coverage of sports events in the state of Ohio, with a focus on profess ...

** Fox Sports Oklahoma ** Fox Sports San Diego **

Fox Sports South Bally Sports South (BSSO) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports Networks. The network carries regional coverage of professional and collegiate sports events from across ...

Fox Sports Southeast Bally Sports Southeast (BSSE) (originally named SportSouth from its inception until October 4, 2015, and Fox Sports Southeast (FSSE) until March 31, 2021) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture betw ...

** Fox Sports Southwest **

Fox Sports Sun Bally Sports Sun is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel broadcasts local covera ...

Fox Sports Tennessee Fox Sports Tennessee (FSTN) was an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operateed as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. The channel broad ...

** 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

References

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Divisions

Channels

Current channels

Australia

Argentina

Brazil

Mexico

United States

Former channels

Africa

Asia

Brazil

Canada

Latin America

Middle East

Netherlands

Israel

Italy

Turkey

South Korea

Japan

United States

See also

References

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