Fox Sports

This article is about the international Fox Sports brand. For the U.S.-based division, see Fox Sports (United States).
Fox Sports
Product type Trademark
Owner
Produced by Rupert Murdoch
Country United States
Introduced August 12, 1994
Related brands
Markets Worldwide
Previous owners
Website www.foxsports.com

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, majority-owned by Fox Corp. sister company News Corp Australia), Mexico (owned by Grupo Multimedia Lauman), Argentina (owned by Mediapro but branding and contents are licensed to Fox Corporation ), and the rest of the international Fox Sports channels that were sold to The Walt Disney Company.

Divisions

Channels

Current channels

Australia

Argentina

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

Mexico

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

Former channels

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.
    • Fox Sports 2: launched on January 24, 2014. Now run by Disney; will remain under that name, due to contractual language with CONMEBOL regarding its coverage of the 2022 Copa Libertadores. On 15 February 2024, Fox Sports 2 will be renamed ESPN 5.

Canada

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 2
    • 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 as part of package television channels.

Netherlands

Israel

  • Fox Sports Israel was first broadcast in Israel back in 2001 by satellite provider yes and since 2010 it broadcasts the HD version of the channel.

Italy

  • Fox Sports Italy 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. In 2018, the channel has been dissolved.

Turkey

South Korea

Japan

  • Fox Sports & Entertainment began producing sports shows in 2013, which are broadcast in several Fox channels. The channel closed on March 31, 2020.

United States

See also