Fox Networks Group (FNG) is a

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that oversees international television assets that were acquired from

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. It produces and distributes more than 300 entertainment, film, sports and factual channels in 45 languages across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia (also formerly in Latin America before rebranded to

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on February 22, 2021), using several brands, including

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, and

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. Among their

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brands were Fox Play and Fox Plus. These brands reached over 1.725 billion households around the world. Until March 2019, the group also included the U.S. unit which consisted of Fox Television Group, Fox Cable Networks, Fox Sports Media Group, Fox News Group,

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, and Fox Networks Digital Consumer Group. Following Disney's acquisition of 21CF, FNG's U.S. unit was dispersed between the Murdoch's

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and

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, while the non-U.S. units (previously known as Fox International Channels, a unit previously operated jointly with 21CF's U.S. domestic broadcast units until 2016, when the units were merged into Fox Networks Group) were later integrated into Disney's direct-to-consumer and international unit through 2020.

History

United States

Fox Networks Group was formed in 1993 to serve as the unit for the international multi-media business owned at the time by

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after the purchase of

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with the purpose to serve its international channels. In 2008, Fox Broadcasting and

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formed Fox Inkubation, a joint initiative for new animation talent that would allow them to produce two minute shorts as pilots for new series. Fox TV had concurrently started its animation division 20th Century Fox Television Animation with Jennifer Howell, the same executive heading up both Inkubation and Fox TV Animation. In 2012, Inkubation was discontinued as plans for a late night animation block moved forward and none of its projects got on the air. In May 2013, Howell exited Fox at the end of her contract. Fox Television Group was formed in July 2014, encompassing of Fox Broadcasting and

, and placed under Fox Networks Group. In June 2014, Fox Networks Group and

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formed The Jackal Group to provide programming for its various channels. In July 2014, Fox Networks Group and

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formed DNA TV Limited. Fox Networks Group would have global-first rights with co-financing options to the joint venture's shows. DNA TV would be managed by DNA Films management with Eric Schrier, president of original programming for FX Networks and FX Productions, handling Fox's interest. In 2015, 21st Century Fox and the

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formed a new joint venture named

that would oversee the Society's commercial ventures. This included the U.S. domestic version of National Geographic-branded TV channels, but Fox Networks Group would continue to handle advertisement sales and distribution of these channels. In January 2016, 21st Century Fox announced a major reorganization of its non-U.S. television businesses. Fox International Channels (FIC), which have been operating separately from 21CF's U.S. domestic television businesses, would be abolished, and the head of its regional divisions would report to Fox Networks Group CEO

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and COO

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, thus absorbing international television businesses into Fox Networks Group. In January 2017, Fox Network Group and

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formed

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, which would handle video game developments, VR experiences and theme park businesses.

International

In 1997, Fox International Channels purchased NHNZ, a producer of documentaries. NHNZ had a stake in Singapore-based Beach House Pictures. In 2001, Fox International Channels entered the Spanish market with Fox and National Geographic Channel adding Fox Crime later on. In January 2004, the FX289 channel for UK and Ireland was launched, later rebranded as FX as it moved to Sky EPG in April 2005. The channel was rebranded as Fox on 11 January 2013. In early 2006, Fox International Channels formed a production company called Fox Toma 1 with Argentine content producer Ernesto Sandler. FIC purchased a majority interest in Telecolombia, renaming the production company Fox Telecolombia in June 2007. This was to boost Spanish-language original shows for Latin American and the US. Fox Telecolombia would still provide Telefutura and RCN Colombian network with programming. In September 2007, FIC purchased a majority share in the international operations of

with the founders retaining the original Israel business. In 2007, the Argentinian Utilisima lifestyle channel, which launched in 1996, was sold to Fox International Channels. The channel went global in 2008, with the addition of a Portuguese feed, and ended up being distributed across Latin America, Canada, Spain, New Zealand and Australia and the United States. The US version of the channel launched in May 2010. In 2013, it was rebranded as MundoFox and stopped being available internationally outside of Latin America (excluding Brazil). In July 2017, it was rebranded as Nat Geo Kids. Its Brazilian feed was launched separately on October of that same year. National Geographic Channels International attempted to launch new sister channels in Nat Geo in India,

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, Nat Geo Music and Nat Geo HD, by making them available to the market in May 2008. Fox International Channels launched the new Nat Geo channels again along with FX,

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and BabyTV to add to its existing

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and the main Nat Geo channel in June 2010. In January 2008, Fox International Channels purchased a controlling stake in Real Estate TV (RETV), a UK property-themed channel. In April 2008, FIC launched Fox Next in Portugal, on Meo's Meo Mix package. Fox Next targets 25-to-44-year-olds and is programmed with series and movies with thematic primetime and weekday blocks. In 2008, FIC and Rotana Media Services launched Fox Movies and Fox Series channels in the Middle East market. Fox then purchased a stake in Rotana, while the joint venture agreed with Disney to carry Disney and

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content on the two channels for four years. With Abu Dhabi Media Company in July 2009, FIC started National Geographic Abu Dhabi Channel.

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channel was original developed in Italy then launched in Balkans, Bulgaria, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Poland, Portugal, Russia and Turkey. FIC made the channel available in Greece on December 1, 2008 in English with Greek dubbing. An independent sales and marketing agency was set up in Tallinn, Estonia in June 2009. In March 2011, a Baltic regional office was set up in Tallinn with the independent marketing agency owner, Karoli Kindriks, as regional manager reporting to Ase Ytreland, Managing Director of Fox International Channels for Nordic & Baltic Region. On 19 August 2009,

announced that it would reorganize their Asia-Pacific subsidiary Star Group in Hong Kong. Star Group was split into Star India and Star Greater China. A few of such arrangements were that the original Star TV company would take over representation of FIC's channels in the region from NGC Network Asia, LLC, and Star itself would transform into a regional operation of Fox International Channels. Meanwhile,

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would handle Fox-branded channels in India. In early March 2010, Fox International Channels agreed to move its Middle East and North Africa market channels' operations from Hong Kong and other locations to an Abu Dhabi facility. Its NHNZ subsidiary would also open a production office in Abu Dhabi. .Fox, a global online ad network business, would also establish its Middle East operation. In May 2010, FIC purchased a stake in Aquavision, a

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production company, to be managed by NHNZ. In June 2010, FIC and Jan Dekker Holdings formed a joint venture to operate 24Kitchen in the Dutch market. On September 1, 2011, Fox Channels Benelux launched 24Kitchen on UPC in the Netherlands, in partnership with Jan Dekker Holdings. It was later launched on other television providers on October 1, 2011. In April 2011, FIC Nordic launched

in Norway. Suomi TV, a Finnish free-to-air TV channel, was acquired in January 2012 and then rebranded as Fox in April 2012, expanding the channel's air time to 12 hours while adding FIC's co-produced series '' The Walking Dead'' along with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution, National Geographic Channel and 24Kitchen content. On July 1, 2011, Fox Movies was made available in Portugal on pay TV services and Angola and Mozambique on free-to-air TV. In October 2011, FIC purchased Viajar, a Spanish television travel channel, from Prisa TV. On 23 January 2012, FIC and

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announced that they would launch a new Spanish-language terrestrial television network named

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in the United States as a joint venture. The network was formally launched on August 13 that year. Fox exited the joint venture in 2015, and the network was renamed as MundoMax on July 28 that year, before it ceased operations on November 30, 2016. In May 2012, Fox International Channels Latin America announced that it would acquire

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's share in

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, which operated The Film Zone, Cinecanal and Moviecity. In October 2013, FIC purchased

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's shares in LAPTV to become the sole owner. LAPTV's businesses were later folded into FIC Latin America, and Moviecity was relaunched as Fox+ in November 2014. Former Fox Networks Group president David Haslingden's Racat Group purchased NHNZ, a New Zealand-based production company for documentaries, and its sister company, Singapore-based company Beach House Pictures, in October 2012 from Fox. Portugal-based Fluid Youth Culture purchased Fuel TV by January 2013. On July 1, 2013, Fox Crime was replaced by Fox Network in Norway. FIC also renamed its premium Dutch network Eredivisie Live to Fox Sports Eredivisie, with its channels renamed as Fox Sports 1 through 3. In the third quarter of 2013, FIC's French-language channels, including National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild and the travel-based Voyage, were expanded to Africa via RRsat's Global Network and Measat's Africasat-1a. On 6 November 2013, Fox International Channels acquired Setanta Africa Services Limited, operator of three Africa sports channels, Setanta Africa (English and French), Zuku Sports (East Africa) and the Setanta Action. Setanta Africa and Setanta Action were branded as Fox Sports and Fox Sports 2, respectively in August 2014 at the 2014-15 football league kick-off. In October 2014, Fox Crime (Spain) was replaced with FoxLife, with the latter's series moving primarily to Fox. FIC Turkey, its pay company, and Fox Turkey, its free to air company, were merged in late 2014. In the third quarter of 2014, a Fox-branded channel was launched in Sweden via

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. On 27 November 2014, FIC acquired Jan Dekker Holdings' stake of the 24Kitchen joint venture. FIC also closed the venture's production facility. In 2014, A&E Networks Italy (formed in late 2013) took full ownership of the Italian version of

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TV channel from FIC Italy. In early 2014, the versions of Nat Geo Adventure in Asia and Pacific were relaunched as

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. On 1 October 2015, Fox International Channels UK launched

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, which would target female viewers, on

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and

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. In January 2016, 21st Century Fox announced a major reorganization of Fox International Channels. The heads of FIC's regional divisions would report to CEO

and COO

at Fox Networks Group in the United States, instead of the outgoing FIC CEO Hernan Lopez. Also, the regional divisions were renamed Fox Networks Group Europe, Fox Networks Group Latin America and Fox Networks Group Asia. This effectively abolished Fox International Channels as a separate unit from 21st Century Fox's television business in the U.S. All three international divisions of Fox Networks Group were collectively referred as Fox Networks Group International in 21CF's formal documents (including the group's annual reports). On 5 December 2017, 21st Century Fox appointed

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, chairman and CEO of

, as the company's president for Asia. The new role would oversee Fox's television and online video platform business across the region, and the president of Fox Networks Group Asia would report directly to Shankar (instead of the equivalent at FNG U.S.).

Post-Disney acquisition

On December 14, 2017,

formally announced its intention to acquire most of 21st Century Fox assets. Businesses to be bought by Disney included FX Networks, a share in

, and international operations of Fox Networks Group. The Murdoch family would retain the ownership of

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, U.S. domestic operations of Fox Sports,

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and

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, through a new company, eventually named

. Disney also acquired the regional

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, but the

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ordered that those assets be sold within 90 days of closing of the deal due to Disney's majority ownership of

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. On March 19, 2019, Fox Corporation was officially spun off from 21st Century Fox, and began trading on the

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. The next day, March 20, The Walt Disney Company completed the acquisition of 21st Century Fox. This rendered Fox Networks Group as a standalone unit abolished. Within Disney, FX Networks and U.S. operations of National Geographic television channels were placed under

, Disney's new U.S. domestic television unit.

and

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became a part of Disney Television Studios, and Fox Networks Group CEO

was appointed as the Chairman of Walt Disney Television. The international businesses of Fox Networks Group would be integrated with Disney's Direct-to-Consumer & International division. YourTV UK channel was shut down on September 27, 2019. On January 17, 2020, Disney dropped the "Fox" name from the

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and

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film units, though there were no mention of changes to Fox Networks Group or other Disney-owned Fox-branded units.

Units

International

Former (United States) Units

* Fox Networks Digital Consumer Group - Non-linear online video services including FX Now,

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and

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Fox Television Group

- ''spun off to

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Fox Cable Networks

=
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= ''(transferred to

)''
A partnership with

in which Fox owned 73% *

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** Nat Geo Kids **

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** National Geographic Studios * National Geographic Media, print, digital publishing, travel and tour operations

=
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)'' * FX *

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** DNA TV Limited - Joint venture with

, run by DNA Films' management

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= *

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(51% owned in joint venture with

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) *

- ''sold to

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, a joint venture between

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and

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'' **

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) **

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YES Network The Yankee Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) is an American pay television regional sports network owned by Yankee Global Enterprises (the largest shareholder with 26%), Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios (which owns 20%), A ...

(80% equity) *

Fox College Sports Stadium College Sports (formerly Fox College Sports) is a group of three American sports networks. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios (under the joint venture Diamond Sports Group), the three channels air college and high ...

- ''sold to Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair and Entertainment Studios'' * Home Team Sports (HTS) advertising sales for sports channels including other regional sports networks plus commercial and program production, events, and local live custom brand integration - ''sold to Playfly Sports'' **Fox Sports College Properties - college rights holder for

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, several colleges: Michigan State, Auburn, San Diego State, Georgetown and USC and the

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**Impression Sports & Entertainment - naming rights and event sponsorships

Fox Television Stations Group

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** 28 stations **

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Movies! Movies! (also known as simply M!) is an American free-to-air television network, owned by Popcorn Entertainment, LLC, a joint venture between Weigel Broadcasting and the Fox Television Stations subsidiary of Fox Corporation. The network's prog ...

(50%)

Fox News Group

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Divisions

Fox Networks Digital Consumer Group

Fox Networks Digital Consumer Group (FNDCG) was a division of

. After the Disney transaction, FX Now and

moved to

while

was transferred to

and

was sold to

, a joint venture between

Sinclair Broadcast Group Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (SBG) is a publicly traded American telecommunications conglomerate that is controlled by the descendants of company founder Julian Sinclair Smith. Headquartered in the Baltimore suburb of Cockeysville, Maryland, t ...

and

Fox Networks Group Content Distribution

Fox Networks Group Content Distribution was a global distributor of high-quality scripted and unscripted programming and formats. It is a division of Fox Networks Group.

Fox Networks Engineering & Operations

Fox Networks Engineering & Operations was the engineering and operation arm for Fox Networks Group.

Fox Global Networks

Fox Global Networks was a division of Fox Networks Group that is responsible for the distribution and marketing of Fox Networks Group USA.

Fox Media

Fox Media was a division of Fox Networks Group that enables innovative ad sales partnerships, including native advertising and branded content, across multiple platforms.

Fox Hispanic Media

Fox Hispanic Media was the advertisement sales arm of Fox’s portfolio of Spanish-language brands.

Fox Television Group (division)

Fox Television Group was a division of Fox Networks Group that oversees television content.

Fox Cable Networks (division)

Fox Cable Networks was an American entertainment industry company that operates through four segments, mainly filmed entertainment, television stations, television broadcasting networks, and cable network programming.

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History

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International

Post-Disney acquisition

Units

International

Former (United States) Units

Fox Television Group

Fox Cable Networks

=National Geographic Partners National Geographic Partners, LLC is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns 73% of shares) and the namesake non-profit scientific organization National Geographic Society (which owns 27%). The company oversees all commercial ...

=FX Networks FX Networks, LLC, is a company consisting of a network of cable channels plus a production company and a subsidiary of the Disney General Entertainment Content segment of The Walt Disney Company. Originally a part of 21st Century Fox, the compan ...

=Fox Sports Media Group

Fox Television Stations Group

Fox News Group

Divisions

Fox Networks Digital Consumer Group

Fox Networks Group Content Distribution

Fox Networks Engineering & Operations

Fox Global Networks

Fox Media

Fox Hispanic Media

Fox Television Group (division)

Fox Cable Networks (division)

See also

References

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National Geographic Partners National Geographic Partners, LLC is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns 73% of shares) and the namesake non-profit scientific organization National Geographic Society (which owns 27%). The company oversees all commercial ...

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FX Networks FX Networks, LLC, is a company consisting of a network of cable channels plus a production company and a subsidiary of the Disney General Entertainment Content segment of The Walt Disney Company. Originally a part of 21st Century Fox, the compan ...