Fox Sports (Mexican TV network)

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Fox Sports
CountryMexico
Broadcast area Mexico
Headquarters Mexico City, Mexico
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Picture format HDTV 1080i
(downscaled to 480i/576i for the SD feed)
Ownership
Owner Fox Corporation
Parent Fox Sports Media Group
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)
Former namesPrime Deportiva (1995–1996)
Fox Sports Americas (1996–1999)
Links
Website www.foxsports.com.mx

Fox Sports is a Mexican pay television network owned by the Fox Sports Media Group, a unit of Fox Corporation. The network focuses on sports-related programming including live and pre-recorded event broadcasts, sports talk shows and original programming, available throughout Mexico.

Contents

History

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. [1] [2] 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. [3] News Corp owned approximately 38% interest. [4] 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 Español 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 Plus) 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 [5] 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.

On February 21, 2019, Bloomberg reported that Disney had divest the Fox Sports television network from the 21st Century Fox purchase in order to get an approval from the governments of Mexico and Brazil. The division was among the last major hurdles for the Disney-Fox deal. [6]

On May 22, 2021, Disney announced it would sell Fox Sports Mexico to Grupo Multimedia Lauman with the deal being expected to close in 2021, pending regulatory approval. [7] [8] [9] On June 9, 2021, the transaction was approved by the Mexican Federal Telecommunications Institute. [10] [11] [12]

On June 21, 2024, the Mexican Federal Telecommunications Institute revealed through a statement that after three years of being managed by Grupo Multimedia Lauman, Fox Sports Mexico would be acquired by Fox Corporation and would become part of its eponymous division Fox Sports Media Group. [13]

Feeds

Localised channels

Programming

Fox Sports Mexico broadcasts sports-related programming 24 hours a day in Spanish. The network carries a wide variety of sports events, including soccer (UEFA Europa League, Liga MX etc.), NFL, MLB, UFC, Formula 1 racing and WWE programming. Fox Sports also airs 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 airs a variety of sports highlight, talk, and documentary styled shows. These include:

  • Agenda Fox Sports
  • Auto Show TV
  • Cara a Cara
  • Central Fox
  • El Show de la Concacaf Liga Campeones
  • El Show de la NFL en Fox Sports
  • El Show de las Copas
  • Expediente Fútbol
  • Feria de Goles
  • Fox Fight Club
  • Fox Gol
  • Fox Impacto NFL
  • Fox Sports Punto Extra
  • Fox Sports Rádio
  • Fox Sports Rádio Kids
  • Fox Fit
  • Full Tilt Póker
  • Futuras Leyendas
  • Gillette World Sport
  • La Llave del Gol
  • La Última Palabra
  • Lo Mejor de Fox Sports
  • Mobil 1: The Grid
  • NET: Nunca es Tarde
  • Pokerstars.net
  • Tuzoccer (Pachuca Club de Fútbol)
  • WWE Saturday Night

Personalities

See also

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