Fox Sports International

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Fox Sports International
FOX Sports logo.svg
Logo used from 2012 until 2024
Product type Television networks
Produced by Rupert Murdoch
CountryUnited States
Introduced1995;30 years ago (1995)
Discontinued15 February 2024;13 months ago (2024-02-15)
MarketsAfrica
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, the television networks division of News Corporation and later 21st Century Fox that was active from 1995 to 15 February 2024.

Contents

After the latter was acquired by the Walt Disney Company on 20 March 2019, FSI began closing and selling various channels to third party owners due its ownership of ESPN. [1] [2]

Channels

Africa

Asia

Argentina

Brazil

Canada

Latin America

Middle East

Fox Sports MENA
FOX Sports logo.svg
Broadcast area Middle East and North Africa
Network
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Programming
Language(s) Arabic
Ownership
Owner
History
Launched15 February 1997 (as ESPN STAR Sports Arabia)
Closed1 May 2015
Replaced by beIN Sports
Former namesESPN STAR Sports Arabia (1997–98)

The Middle Eastern and North African channel feed of Fox Sports was launched in 1997 as ESPN STAR Sports Arabia and took its latest name as Fox Sports on 16 January the following year [13] and then to Fox Sports Middle East on 1 April 1999. [13] It was available as a part of the STAR Select package of television channels.

Mexico

Netherlands

Israel

Italy

Turkey

South Korea

Japan

References

  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "Argentina: Fox Sports Premium pasará a ser ESPN Premium". www.anmtvla.com. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  4. "Disney e Fox têm fusão aprovada, e ESPN pode transmitir Libertadores". Archived from the original on 2020-05-06.
  5. "Exclusivo! Fox Sports ganha data para virar ESPN no Brasil".
  6. "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 2023-11-17.
  7. Amaya, Hernán (2023-11-15). "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 2023-11-17.
  8. "Rogers Communications Buys Stake in Sports Network for C$45 Mln". Bloomberg. December 29, 2004. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  9. Amaya, Hernán (2021-11-11). "Latinoamérica: Confirmado: Disney lanza Espn 4 en sustitución de Fox Sports". TAVI (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  10. Amaya, Hernán (2023-11-15). "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 2023-11-17.
  11. "¿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 2023-11-17.
  12. "¿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 2023-11-17.
  13. 1 2 "FOX Sports Changes Name" (Press release). Star TV. Archived from the original on 8 May 1999. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  14. "NMa: Fox mag Eredivisie Media & Marketing overnemen — Activiteiten in 2012". NMa Jaarverslag 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  15. "Fox Sports gaat ESPN Sports heten". broadcastmagazine.nl. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  16. "Yahoo - FOX Sports International Launches New All-Sports Channel for Israel". August 15, 2000. Archived from the original on 2000-08-15.
  17. "Fox Sports HD - Digiturk Kanalları".