Fox Sports was a group of sports television channels available in

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. Several years after acquiring

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in 2019,

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announced its decision to unify its sports broadcasting operations in Latin America exclusively under the

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brand. As a result, all Fox Sports channels were rebranded as ESPN by February 2024.

History

The network was launched in 1996 as Prime Deportiva, under the ownership of

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. Prior to its launch, on October 31, 1995,

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acquired a 50% ownership interest in Liberty's

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group and its international networks (including sister channels

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and Prime Sports Asia) as part of an expansion of its

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properties in the

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. In 1996, the channel was rebranded as Fox Sports Américas, later shortened to Fox Sports in 1999. In 2002, Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst, a Dallas private equity firm, Liberty Media Corp and News Corp created a holding company (Fox Pan American Sports) to jointly operate FOX Sports Latin America. News Corp owned approximately 38% interest. Liberty later exited leaving HMTF and News Corp as co-owners of the cable network. News Corp purchased the ownership rights from HMTF of FOX Sports en Espanol and rebranded as FOX Deportes in 2010. News Corp purchased the remaining ownership rights for the holding company from HMTF and fully owned the FOX Sports Latin America cable network in 2011. Fox Sports logo1

In 2009, a second feed called Fox Sports+ (FOX Sports mas) was launched, to allow simultaneous broadcasting of football. In 2010, FOX Sports signed a deal with UFC to be the first cable network to show it in Latin America. FOX Sports also opened a studio in 2010 in Mexico City where it broadcasts original programming and licensed programming. In 2012, the channel was renamed to Fox Sports 2, whereas

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was rebranded to Fox Sports 3. In March 2019, the network became a subsidiary of

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after it acquired 21st Century Fox. In December 2019, it was announced that its Chilean, Peruvian,

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and Colombian channels would go off the air. In November 2021, Disney announced that Fox Sports' main channel would be renamed ESPN 4 on December 1, 2021, and it was also announced that on May 1, 2022, Fox Sports Premium would rebrand to ESPN Premium, while Fox Sports 2 and Fox Sports 3 would continue on the air, with the premium channel (Fox Sports 1) in Chile continuing on the air as well. On May 17, 2023, It was announced that Fox Sports' secondary channel would close in

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and

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on June 14, 2023, with the South feed continue to being kept on air. In November 2023, Disney announced that on Fox Sports 2 and Fox Sports 3 would reorganize on February 15, 2024 and rebrand to ESPN 6 and ESPN 7, while in Chile, the premium channel would rebrand to ESPN Premium.

Feeds

Fox Sports

* North feed: available in

and

* Chilean feed: available in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

* South feed: available in

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

and

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

Fox Sports 2

*North feed: available in

and

*South feed: available in

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Fox Sports 3

* Panregional feed: available in

and

Localised channels

* Fox Sports (Chile) — localized feed exclusively available for Chile, replacing Fox Sports in November 2013. * Fox Sports 1 (Chile) — formerly known as Fox Sports Premium, it was launched at the same time as its sister channel. It covered pay-TV events from Fox Sports and Fox Sports 2 that couldn't be aired live on the localized feed due to broadcast licenses. * Fox Sports (Colombia) — localized channel launched in 2016 as an independent feed with original programming. * Fox Sports (Peru) - localised channel launched on 1 March 2018, with exclusive voice-over narrations for matches involving Peruvian football clubs and the Peruvian football team. * Fox Sports (Uruguay) - localised channel launched in February 2014 with original programming and voice-over narrations for Uruguayan football teams.

Programming

Fox Sports Latin America broadcast sports-related programming 24 hours a day in

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. The network carried a wide variety of sports events, including football (UEFA Champions League, Copa Lib, etc.), MLB and

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programming. Fox Sports also aired talk shows (''NET: Nunca es tarde'') as well as other programming including exercise programs.

Sports programming

Football

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Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, also known as Copa Sudamericana (; ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL, the governing body of football in South America, since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club com ...

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...

UEFA Supercup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions: the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's official name was originall ...

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

DFL-Supercup The Franz Beckenbauer Supercup or ''German Super Cup'' is a one-off association football, football match in Germany that features the winners of the Bundesliga championship and the DFB-Pokal. The competition is run by the Deutsche Fußball Liga (E ...

Motorsport

Formula One Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ...

World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is an international rallying series owned and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA. Inaugurated in 1973, it is the oldest FIA world championship after Formula One. E ...

Dakar Rally The Dakar Rally () or simply "The Dakar" (), formerly known as the Paris–Dakar Rally (), is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO). It is an off-road endurance event traversing terrain much tougher than convent ...

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the most prestigious stock car racing series in the United States. The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, ...

NASCAR Xfinity Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level NASCAR Cup Series, Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a Undercard, support ...

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck-based stock cars. The series i ...

* NASCAR Toyota Series *

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IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship The IMSA SportsCar Championship, currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (I ...

FIA World Endurance Championship The FIA World Endurance Championship, abbreviated as WEC, is a world championship for automobile endurance racing organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The se ...

World Touring Car Championship The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had several different incarnations, including a sing ...

Superbike World Championship Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette road racing series based on heavily modified production sports motorcycles. The championship was founded in . The Superbike World Champion ...

Other sports

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...

Bellator MMA Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) was an American mixed martial arts promotion (entertainment), promotion founded in 2008 by Bjorn Rebney and operated until 2025. The promotion takes its name from ''wikt:bellator, bellātor ...

* Glory *

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(Except PPV main card) *

('' Raw'', '' SmackDown'', ''

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'', '' NXT'' and ''

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'')

Other programming

Alongside its live sports broadcasts, Fox Sports also aired a variety of sports highlight, talk, and documentary styled shows. These include:

North feed

South feed

Personalities

North feed

* Álex Aguinaga *

Alberto Lati Alberto Lati Mercado (born 20 June 1978) is a Mexican journalist and writer. Graduated in Communication Sciences at Iberoamerican University. Lati currently does play-by-play for Fox Sports and host a program called Agenda Fox Sports and Latitu ...

* Alberto "Beto" Rojas * Alejandro "Alex" Blanco * Alejandro Correa * Antonio Valls * Brenda Alvarado *

Carlos Cabrera Carlos Rodrigo Cabrera (born October 18, 1959) is a Colombian former newsman and professional wrestling commentator signed to All Elite Wrestling and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. He is best known for his time with WWE, where he was one half of t ...

* Carlos Hermosillo * Carlos Moreno * Carlos Rodrigo Hernández * Carlos Rosado * Carlos Sequeyro * Carlos Velasco * David Espinosa * Diego Venegas *

Eddy Vilard Eddy Vilard (born Manuel Eduardo Villasana Ruiz on November 2, 1988) is a Mexican actor and model. Biography Before joining the cast of Rebelde, Eddy Vilard was part of the Necaxa and Cruz Azul soccer teams; he was going to be drafted to ...

* Eduardo Sainz *

Eduardo de la Torre Eduardo "Yayo" de la Torre Menchaca (born 4 December 1962) is a Mexican football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unq ...

* Ernesto del Valle * Enrique Gómez * Emilio León * Fabián Estay * Fernando Bastién * Fernando Cevallos * Fernando Schwartz * Fernando Von Rossum de la Vega * Gabriel Medina Espinosa * Gerardo Higareda * Guillermo Salas * Gustavo Mendoza * Iris Cisneros * Jerry Soto * Jimena Sánchez * Jonathan Magaña * José Pablo Coello * Juan Carlos Casco * Lorena Troncoso * Luis Díaz ''Chapulín'' * Luis Hipólito * Luis Manuel ''Chacho'' López * Luis Ramírez * Luis Rodríguez * Luis Mario Sauret * Marcelo Rodríguez * María del Valle * Marlon Gerson * Mónica Arredondo * Natalia León * Oscar Guzmán * Paulina Chavira *

Rafael Márquez Lugo Rafael Márquez Lugo (born 2 November 1981) is a Mexican sports analyst and former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Club career Club Universidad Nacional Márquez Lugo joine ...

* Raoul Ortíz * Raúl Orvañanos * Ricardo García Ochoa * Ricardo ''Pato'' Galindo * Rubén Rodríguez * Salim Chartouni * Santiago Fourcade * Santiago Puente * Sergio Treviño * Tony Rivera * Ulises Herbert

South feed

* Mariano Closs * Diego Latorre * Juan Manuel Pons * Gustavo Cima * Sebastián Vignolo *

Oscar Ruggeri Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri (born 26 January 1962) is an Argentine former professional association football, footballer who played as centre-back. Nicknamed ''El Cabezón'' ("The Big-head One"), Ruggeri achieved success at the international level with ...

* Ariel Helueni * Aldo Proietto * Marcelo Benedetto * Juan José Buscalia * Gustavo López * Germán Paoloski * Raúl Cascini * Pablo Bari * Diego Fucks * Damián Manusovich * Marcelo Sottile ''El Cholo'' * Carlos Aimar * Fernando Tornello * Adrián Puente * Emiliano Pinsón * Ariel Donatucci * Martín Liberman *

Sergio Goycochea Sergio Javier Goycochea (; born 17 October 1963) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is best known for helping his country reach the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final with his penalty kick saves. Club career ...

Roberto Trotta Roberto Trotta (born 28 January 1969 in Pigüé) is an Argentine football manager and former defender. Trotta played club football in Argentina, Spain, Italy, Mexico and Ecuador. During his time in the Argentine Primera he set the record for th ...

* Walter Safarián * Pablo Schillaci * Javier Tabares * Máximo Palma * Raúl Taquini * Emiliano Cándido * Walter Queijeiro * Chiche Ferro * Claudio Frino * Guillermo Salatino * Alina Moine * Matías "Chiquito" García * Emiliano Raggi * Silvio Maverino * Julián Fernández * Fabián Turnes ''Chino'' * Juan Manuel Fernández * Agostina Scalise * Alejandro Parmo * Alejo Mazotti * Alejo Rivera * Martín Coggi * Mauro Palacios * Jerónimo Bidegain * Mariana Lamas * Claudio Freire ''Clarfe'' * Damián Trillini * Leandro Alves * Luciana Rubinska * Federico Sánchez ''Ficha'' * Pablo Sincini * Federico Bueno * Roberto Leto * Jorge Baravalle * Sergio Rek * Federico Bulos * Tomás Fricher * Lucas Aberastury * Mauricio Gallardo * Eduardo Ruiz * Juan Carlos Pellegrini * Raúl Barceló * Sebastián Porto * Sergio Gendler *

Esteban Guerrieri Esteban Guerrieri (born 19 January 1985) is an Argentina, Argentine racing driver currently competing in the FIA TCR World Tour for the GOAT Racing JAS Motorsport, Honda team. His early career in single-seaters saw him become Formula Renault Euro ...

* Matías Traversa * Pablo Borsutzky * Juan Gutiérrez * Renato Della Paolera * Juan Fossaroli * Lucila Vit * Fernando Solabarrieta *

Dante Poli Dante Eugenio Poli García (born 15 August 1976) is a Chilean football pundit and former player. He played as a defender. Club career Born in Arica, Poli began his career with Santiago-based club Universidad Católica, with whom he won the Chi ...

Rodrigo Goldberg Rodrigo Alejandro Goldberg Mierzejewski (born 9 August 1971) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a striker. He gained national notoriety in Israel for his talented play with Maccabi Tel Aviv and good use of the Hebrew lang ...

* Felipe Horta * José Amado * Óscar Córdoba * Víctor Hugo Aristizábal * Darío Ángel Rodríguez * Alejandro Pino * Hernán Peláez * Rafael Sanabria * Lizet Durán * Carlos Roberto Cruz * Daniel Angulo * Diego Fernando Mejía * Daniel Retamoso * Mathías Brivio *

Julio César Uribe Julio César Uribe Flores (born May 9, 1958) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder or a second striker. Playing career Club Uribe started his career with Peruvian club Sporting Cristal. Then he ...

* Eddie Fleischman * José Guillermo del Solar * Flavio Maestri * Peter Arevalo * Mauricio Loret de Mola * Romina Lozano * Alan Diez * Julio Ríos * Edward Piñón * Marcelo Tejera * Jorge Da Silveira * Fabián Carini * Rodolfo Larrea

References

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History

Feeds

Fox Sports

Fox Sports 2

Fox Sports 3

Localised channels

Programming

Sports programming

Football

Motorsport

Other sports

Other programming

North feed

South feed

Personalities

North feed

South feed

See also

References