Fox Sports (Latin American TV network)

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Fox Sports
FOX Sports logo.svg
CountryUnited States
Broadcast area Central America
South America
Caribbean
Network Fox Sports International
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States [1]
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Picture format HDTV 1080i
(downscaled to 480i/576i for the SD feed)
Ownership
Owner
History
LaunchedFox Sports:
31 October 1995 (1995-10-31)
Fox Sports 2:
12 October 2009 (2009-10-12)
Fox Sports 3:
5 November 2012 (2012-11-05)
Replaced Speed (Fox Sports 3)
ClosedFox Sports:
1 December 2021;2 years ago (2021-12-01)
Fox Sports 2:
14 June 2023;13 months ago (2023-06-14) (Central America and Dominican Republic)
15 February 2024;5 months ago (2024-02-15) (South America)
Fox Sports 3:
15 February 2024;5 months ago (2024-02-15)
Replaced by ESPN 4 (Fox Sports)
ESPN 7 (Fox Sports 2)
ESPN 6 (Fox Sports 3)
Former namesPrime Deportiva (1995–1996)
Fox Sports Americas (1996–1999)

Fox Sports was a group of sports television channels available in Latin America. Several years after acquiring 20th Century Fox in 2019, The Walt Disney Company announced its decision to unify its sports broadcasting operations in Latin America exclusively under the ESPN brand. As a result, all Fox Sports channels were rebranded as ESPN by February 2024. [2]

Contents

History

Fox Sports logo, used from 2001 to 2009. Fox Sports Logo 2001.svg
Fox Sports logo, used from 2001 to 2009.
Fox Sports logo, used from 2009 to 2012. Fox Sports logo.jpg
Fox Sports logo, used from 2009 to 2012.

The network was launched in 1996 as Prime Deportiva, under the ownership of Liberty Media. Prior to its launch, on October 31, 1995, News Corporation acquired a 50% ownership interest in Liberty's Prime Network group and its international networks (including sister channels Premier Sports and Prime Sports Asia) as part of an expansion of its Fox Sports properties in the Americas. [3] [4] 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. [5] News Corp owned approximately 38% interest. [6] 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 logo, used from February to November 2012. Fox Sports logo1.svg
Fox Sports logo, used from February to November 2012.

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 [7] in Mexico City where it broadcasts original programming and licensed programming. In 2012, the channel was renamed to Fox Sports 2, whereas Speed Channel was rebranded to Fox Sports 3.

In March 2019, the network became a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company after it acquired 21st Century Fox.

In December 2019, it was announced that its Chilean, Peruvian, Uruguayan and Colombian channels would go off the air. [8] [9] [10]

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, [11] 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 until February 15, 2024, when Disney announced in November 2023 that Fox Sports 2 and Fox Sports 3 would reorganize and rebrand to ESPN 6 and ESPN 7, while in Chile, the premium channel would rebrand to ESPN Premium. [12] [13] [14]

On May 17, 2023, It was announced that Fox Sports' secondary channel would close in Central America and Dominican Republic on June 14, 2023, with the South feed continue to being kept on air. [15]

Feeds

Fox Sports

Fox Sports 2

Fox Sports 3

Localised channels

Programming

Fox Sports Latin America broadcast sports-related programming 24 hours a day in Spanish. The network carried a wide variety of sports events, including football (UEFA Champions League, Copa Lib, etc.), MLB and WWE programming. Fox Sports also aired talk shows (NET: Nunca es tarde) as well as other programming including exercise programs.

Sports programming

Football

Motorsport

Other sports

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

  • Central Fox
  • Cara a Cara
  • La Previa del fin de Semana
  • Impacto NFL
  • Fox Sports Punto Extra
  • Polémica Fox Sports
  • Tribuna Fox Sports
  • Auto Show TV
  • Fox Gol
  • La Hora de Cuauhtemoc Blanco
  • La Historia de los Mundiales
  • Mobil 1: The Grid
  • Crítica 12
  • Lo Mejor de lo Fox Sports
  • Feria de Goles
  • Fox para Todos
  • Expediente Fútbol
  • Auto Show TV
  • Gillette World Sport
  • Full Tilt Póker
  • Volvo Ocean Race
  • El Show de las Copas
  • Lo Mejor de la UEFA Champions League
  • El Show de la NFL en Fox Sports
  • El Show de la Copa Libertadores
  • El Show de la UEFA Champions League
  • La Última Palabra
  • Fox Sports Review

South feed

  • Central Fox
  • Minuto Cero
  • Última Vuelta
  • La Última Palabra
  • 90 Minutos de Fútbol
  • El Show de la Fórmula 1
  • Fox Sports Radio (Peru, Colombia, Chile and Uruguay)
  • Expediente Fútbol
  • Máxima Velocidad
  • 5ta a Fondo
  • Stop and Go
  • Invierno Fox Sports
  • Atlas, la Otra Pasión
  • Fox Sports Clásico
  • EuroGol
  • Car News TV
  • Nunca es Tarde
  • Rally On Board
  • Circuito Fox Sports
  • Más Motor
  • Recta Principal
  • Motociclismo Extremo
  • Show Red Bull
  • World Touring Car Championship: Inside WTCC
  • La Última Palabra
  • Car and Travel
  • Pasión Xtrema
  • Fox Sports Show
  • Futsal AFA
  • Fox Gol Colombia
  • Sín Anestesia
  • PokerStars.net
  • Full Tilt Poker
  • El Show de las Copas
  • El Show de la UEFA Champions League
  • X-perience Tour
  • Arena mix
  • De Gira
  • Fox Fit

Personalities

North feed

  • Flag of Ecuador.svg Álex Aguinaga
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Alberto Lati
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Alberto "Beto" Rojas
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Alejandro "Alex" Blanco
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Alejandro Correa
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Antonio Valls
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Brenda Alvarado
  • Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Cabrera
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Hermosillo
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Moreno
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Rodrigo Hernández
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Rosado
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Sequeyro
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Velasco
  • Flag of Mexico.svg David Espinosa
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Diego Venegas
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Eddy Vilard
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Eduardo Sainz
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Eduardo de la Torre
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Flag of the United States.svg Ernesto del Valle
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Enrique Gómez
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Emilio León
  • Flag of Chile.svg Fabián Estay
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Fernando Bastién
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Fernando Cevallos
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Fernando Schwartz
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Fernando Von Rossum de la Vega
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Gabriel Medina Espinosa
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Gerardo Higareda
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Guillermo Salas
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Gustavo Mendoza
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Iris Cisneros
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Jerry Soto
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Jimena Sánchez
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Jonathan Magaña
  • Flag of Mexico.svg José Pablo Coello
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Juan Carlos Casco
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Troncoso
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Díaz Chapulín
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Hipólito
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Manuel Chacho López
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Ramírez
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Rodríguez
  • Flag of Honduras.svg Luis Mario Sauret
  • Flag of Venezuela.svg Marcelo Rodríguez
  • Flag of Venezuela.svg Flag of Mexico.svg María del Valle
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Marlon Gerson
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Mónica Arredondo
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Natalia León
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Oscar Guzmán
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Paulina Chavira
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Rafael Márquez Lugo
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Raoul Ortíz
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Raúl Orvañanos
  • Flag of Panama.svg Ricardo García Ochoa
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Ricardo Pato Galindo
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Rubén Rodríguez
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Salim Chartouni
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Santiago Fourcade
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago Puente
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Treviño
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Flag of the United States.svg Tony Rivera
  • Flag of Mexico.svg Ulises Herbert

South feed

  • Flag of Argentina.svg Mariano Closs
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Latorre
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Pons
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Gustavo Cima
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Vignolo
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Oscar Ruggeri
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Ariel Helueni
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Aldo Proietto
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Marcelo Benedetto
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Juan José Buscalia
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Gustavo López
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Germán Paoloski
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Raúl Cascini
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Bari
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Fucks
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Damián Manusovich
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Marcelo Sottile El Cholo
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Aimar
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Fernando Tornello
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Adrián Puente
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Emiliano Pinsón
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Ariel Donatucci
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Martín Liberman
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Sergio Goycochea
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Roberto Trotta
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Walter Safarián
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Schillaci
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Tabares
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Máximo Palma
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Raúl Taquini
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Emiliano Cándido
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Walter Queijeiro
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Chiche Ferro
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Claudio Frino
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Salatino
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Alina Moine
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Matías "Chiquito" García
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Emiliano Raggi
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Silvio Maverino
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Julián Fernández
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Fabián Turnes Chino
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fernández
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Agostina Scalise
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Alejandro Parmo
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Alejo Mazotti
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Alejo Rivera
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Martín Coggi
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Mauro Palacios
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Jerónimo Bidegain
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Mariana Lamas
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Claudio Freire Clarfe
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Damián Trillini
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Leandro Alves
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Luciana Rubinska
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Federico Sánchez Ficha
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Sincini
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Federico Bueno
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Roberto Leto
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Jorge Baravalle
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Sergio Rek
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Federico Bulos
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Tomás Fricher
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Lucas Aberastury
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Mauricio Gallardo
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Eduardo Ruiz
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Carlos Pellegrini
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Raúl Barceló
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Porto
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Sergio Gendler
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Matías Traversa
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Borsutzky
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Gutiérrez
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Renato Della Paolera
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Fossaroli
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Chile.svg Lucila Vit
  • Flag of Chile.svg Fernando Solabarrieta
  • Flag of Chile.svg Dante Poli
  • Flag of Chile.svg Rodrigo Goldberg
  • Flag of Chile.svg Felipe Horta
  • Flag of Colombia.svg José Amado
  • Flag of Colombia.svg Óscar Córdoba
  • Flag of Colombia.svg Víctor Hugo Aristizábal
  • Flag of Colombia.svg Darío Ángel Rodríguez
  • Flag of Colombia.svg Alejandro Pino
  • Flag of Colombia.svg Hernán Peláez
  • Flag of Colombia.svg Rafael Sanabria
  • Flag of Colombia.svg Lizet Durán
  • Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Roberto Cruz
  • Flag of Colombia.svg Daniel Angulo
  • Flag of Colombia.svg Diego Fernando Mejía
  • Flag of Peru.svg Flag of Argentina.svg Daniel Retamoso
  • Flag of Peru.svg Mathías Brivio
  • Flag of Peru.svg Julio César Uribe
  • Flag of Peru.svg Eddie Fleischman
  • Flag of Peru.svg José Guillermo del Solar
  • Flag of Peru.svg Flavio Maestri
  • Flag of Peru.svg Peter Arevalo
  • Flag of Peru.svg Mauricio Loret de Mola
  • Flag of Peru.svg Romina Lozano
  • Flag of Peru.svg Alan Diez
  • Flag of Uruguay.svg Julio Ríos
  • Flag of Uruguay.svg Edward Piñón
  • Flag of Uruguay.svg Marcelo Tejera
  • Flag of Uruguay.svg Jorge Da Silveira
  • Flag of Uruguay.svg Fabián Carini
  • Flag of Uruguay.svg Rodolfo Larrea

See also

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