Fox Sports Australia Pty Limited (formerly Premier Media Group Pty Limited) is the division of
Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was establi ...
that owns and operates the Fox Sports television networks and digital properties in Australia. The group operates nine Fox Sports Channels as well as
Fox Sports News,
Fox Cricket
Fox Cricket is an Australian subscription television channel dedicated to screening cricket (both domestic and international) matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited and is available throughout Australia on Foxtel. ...
,
Fox League
Fox League is an Australian subscription television channel dedicated to screening rugby league (both domestic and international) matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited and is available throughout Australia on Foxt ...
,
Fox Footy
Fox Footy (stylised as FOX FOOTY) is an Australian rules football subscription television channel dedicated to screening Australian rules football matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited, operated out of their Me ...
, Watch AFL and Watch NRL. Fox Sports channels are available via
Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was establi ...
or
Kayo. The group's main competitors are
beIN Sports
beIN Sports ( ) is a global network of sports channels owned and operated by the Qatari media group beIN. It has played a major role in the increased commercialization of Qatari sports. Its chairman is Nasser Al-Khelaifi, and its CEO is Yousef O ...
,
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...
,
Optus Sport
Optus Sport is an Australian group of sports channels, owned by Optus launched on 13 July 2016.
The channels are available through Optus' Yes TV by Fetch IPTV platform, or through an Optus Decoder on the VAST Satellite Network, as well as thro ...
and
Stan Sports. Unlike
Fox Sports (United States)
Fox Sports, also referred to as Fox Sports Media Group and stylized in all caps as FOX Sports, is the sports programming division of the Fox Corporation that is responsible for sports broadcasts carried by the Fox broadcast network, Fox Sports ...
the group is not owned directly by the
Fox Corporation
Fox Corporation (stylized in all-caps as FOX Corporation) is a publicly traded American mass media company operated and controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. Incorporated ...
. However
News Corp
News Corporation, stylized as News Corp, is an American mass media and publishing company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The second incarnation of the News Corporation (1980–2013), original News Corporation, it was formed ...
which holds a 65% stake in Foxtel is
Fox Corporation
Fox Corporation (stylized in all-caps as FOX Corporation) is a publicly traded American mass media company operated and controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. Incorporated ...
's sister company.
History
Early years
Launch
Fox Sports started life as the Premier Sports Network (later just Premier Sports) as the only fully operational local channel at the launch of Australia's first pay-television service,
Galaxy
A galaxy is a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, dark matter, bound together by gravity. The word is derived from the Greek ' (), literally 'milky', a reference to the Milky Way galaxy that contains the Solar System. ...
.
Premier Sports' backers included American company Prime International, which later became part of
Liberty Media
Liberty Media Corporation (commonly referred to as Liberty Media or just Liberty) is an American mass media company controlled by chairman John C. Malone. The company has three divisions, reflecting the company's ownership stakes in Formula One ...
. The service was launched at 16:00 on 26 January 1995 in
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
, and made a name for itself, securing the rights to Australia's
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
tour of the West Indies.
Previously Australian cricket tours had been covered on the
Nine Network
The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...
on free-to-air, and Nine tried to stop the broadcast under Australia's
anti-siphoning rules, which state that certain popular sporting events cannot be screened exclusively on pay television. PSN signed a deal with
Network 10
Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five ...
to share the broadcast rights.
Foxtel launch
When
Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was establi ...
launched its cable service later that year, PSN was included as part of the package. Between 1995 and 2010, Fox Sports aired
National Basketball League (NBL) games. On 1 March 1996, PSN was relaunched as Fox Sports Australia, to coincide with the new
Super 12
Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem ...
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
competition and the proposed launch of the
Super League
The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...
.
In 1997 a secondary channel was launched on Foxtel to carry broadcasts of the new
Super League
The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...
competition. Fox Sports and its chief competitor,
Sports Australia shared the rights to NRL broadcasts as a result of the legal settlement in the
Super League war
The Super League war was a commercial competition between the Australian Rugby League (ARL) and the Australian Super League to establish pre-eminence in professional rugby league competition in Australia and New Zealand in the mid-1990s.
Super ...
. The channel on Foxtel was later relaunched as ''Fox Sports Two'', at first broadcasting from Friday through Monday each week, and later expanding to a full 24-hour, 7-day service in 2002.
2000s
Optus launch
When
Optus Vision
Optus Television is the cable television division of Australian telecommunications company Optus.
History
Its immediate predecessor was Optus Vision, a joint venture between Optus and Continental Cablevision, with small shareholdings by media ...
dropped the C7 Sport service in March 2002, they started carrying the Fox Sports channels. These were referred to by Optus as "Optus Sports 1" and "Optus Sports 2" in Optus promotional material; on-air programming referred to the channels as simply "Sports One" and "Sports Two", although programming such as the nightly ''Fox Sports News'' bulletins retained the Fox name. Optus dropped the "Optus Sports" name in October 2002.
Fox Sports Two was generally used to cover bigger events that require large amounts of air time, such as the
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...
,
Grand Slam tennis
The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year, also referred to as the "Calendar-year Grand Slam" or "Calendar Slam". In doubles, a team may accomplish the Grand Slam pl ...
tournaments, and the
2004 European Football Championship
The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2004, was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football competition contested by the men's national teams of UEFA member associations. The ...
. It now specialises as a 24/7, dedicated
Rugby League
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
channel,
Fox League
Fox League is an Australian subscription television channel dedicated to screening rugby league (both domestic and international) matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited and is available throughout Australia on Foxt ...
.
During the
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...
in
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
, Fox Sports carried an additional eight channels dedicated to Games events. These were available to customers at an additional charge.
Fox Sports was the exclusive broadcaster of the
A-League
A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...
from its first season in 2005 until 2020. In 2006, an A$120 million deal between the
Football Federation Australia
Football Australia is the governing body of soccer, futsal, and beach soccer within Australia, headquartered in Sydney. Although the first governing body of the sport was founded in 1911, Football Australia in its current form was only esta ...
and Fox Sports was reached after the end of the first season. Under the deal, Fox Sports had exclusive rights from 2007 to all
Socceroos
The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated with ...
home internationals, all A-League and
Asian Cup fixtures,
World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...
qualifiers through the
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly in ...
, and all
AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...
matches.
The deal to cover the
A-league
A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...
live and exclusive reaped big rewards for Fox Sports, its ratings were very strong in the 2006-07 season and the 2007 A-league grand final became at the time, Fox Sports' highest ever rating event.
Ratings for
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
have generally been very good. The Socceroos first game of the
2007 AFC Asian Cup
The 2007 AFC Asian Cup was the 14th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held from 7 to 29 July 2007. For the first time in its h ...
, attracted 345,000 viewers, while their Quarter final drew an average of 419,000 - at the time, an all-time record for Australian Pay TV. This record was broken on 1 April 2009, when the Socceroos defeated
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...
to put them very close to qualification for the
2010 FIFA World Cup
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, size = 200px
, caption = ''Ke Nako. (Tswana and Sotho for "It's time") Celebrate Africa's Humanity'It's time. Celebrate Africa's Humanity'' (English)''Dis tyd. Vier Afrika se mensd ...
. This match was watched by an average of 431,000 people.
In 2007, Fox Sports reached a deal to broadcast 4 games live and exclusive from the
AFL
AFL may refer to:
Sports
* American Football League (AFL), a name shared by several separate and unrelated professional American football leagues:
** American Football League (1926) (a.k.a. "AFL I"), first rival of the National Football Leagu ...
each week. This includes the exclusive only Sunday twilight match. In addition they will broadcast Friday night games live into New South Wales and Queensland via channel 518 at no extra charge - normally used for pay-per-view service
Main Event
In sports, a card lists the matches taking place in a title match combat-sport event. Cards include a main event match and the undercard listing the rest of the matches. The undercard may be divided into a midcard and a lower card, according to ...
. When channel 518 a is used in this way it is promoted as Fox Sports Plus on-air.
The channel is being used increasingly to show live events when Fox Sports has a clash involving its main 3 channels. On Saturday 17 March 2007, for example, Fox Sports broadcast a match from the
2007 Cricket World Cup
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth Cricket World Cup, a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007. There were a total of 51 matches played, three fewer than at the ...
(Ireland v Pakistan) live on 518, as it was committed to football, rugby union and another cricket match on its main 3 channels.
2010s
In 2010 Fox Sports coverage of
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...
games held 73 out of the top 100 programs of any type aired on Foxtel. In February 2012, the Premier Media Group changed its name to Fox Sports Pty Limited.
In February 2012, Premier Media Group changed its name to Fox Sports, with CEO Patrick Delany explaining "The change from Premier Media to Fox Sports provides a stronger reflection of the core business of the company in its name, which is, and will continue to be, sport."
On 2 November 2012, News Corp took control of
Consolidated Media Holdings
Consolidated Media Holdings (CMH) was an Australia investment company focused on subscription television.
History
Consolidated Media Holdings (CMH) was a publicly listed Australian company. Its two largest shareholders were Consolidated Press H ...
after a $2 billion merger was approved by the
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is the chief competition regulator of the Government of Australia, located within the Department of the Treasury. It was established in 1995 with the amalgamation of the Australian Tra ...
,
Federal Court and Consolidated Media Holding shareholders, making News Corp 100% owner of Fox Sports Pty Ltd.
In April 2018
News Corp Australia
News Corp Australia is an Australian media conglomerate and wholly owned subsidiary of the American News Corp. One of Australia's largest media conglomerates, News Corp Australia employs more than 8,000 staff nationwide and approximately 3,00 ...
moved the ownership of the company to one of its subsidiaries
Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was establi ...
a joint venture with
Telstra
Telstra Group Limited is an Australian telecommunications company that builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets voice, mobile, internet access, pay television and other products and services. It is a member of the S&P/ASX 20 ...
.
On 5 March 2013, Fox Sports unveiled its new headquarters at
Gore Hill
Gore Hill is an urban locality on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Gore Hill is located within the southern part of the suburb of Artarmon, and the north-west of the suburb of St Leonards.
History
It takes its na ...
in Sydney. It was announced that the main studio would be named the Clive Churchill Studio after
rugby league immortal Clive Churchill
Clive Bernard Churchill AM (21 January 1927 – 9 August 1985) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer and coach in the mid-20th century. An Australian international and New South Wales and Queensland interstate representative ...
, as the studio will house NRL coverage. Technical innovations were the main highlight, with CEO Patrick Delany unveiling the FoxKopter, the FoxMobile Segway, Ref Cam and Cornerpost Cam. Fox Sports also launched a new corporate logo in line with its global affiliate broadcasters.
On 3 September 2014, Fox Sports announced that
SPEED
In everyday use and in kinematics, the speed (commonly referred to as ''v'') of an object is the magnitude of the change of its position over time or the magnitude of the change of its position per unit of time; it is thus a scalar quanti ...
and
Fuel TV
Fox Sports 2 (FS2) is an American sports-oriented pay television channel owned by the Fox Sports Media Group, a unit of Fox Corporation. The channel is based at the Fox Sports division's headquarters on the Fox Studio Lot in the Century Ci ...
would be rebranded as Fox Sports 4 and Fox Sports 5 on 3 November 2014, of which both will be available in HD. In addition, it was announced that
FOX Sports News would launch a HD feed on the same day, taking FOX Sports' suite to 7 channels, all available in HD.
On 23 February 2017, Fox Sports More+, a new channel for live, pop-up events was launched.
Fox Sports News
Channels
*
Fox Sports News: Channel 500. On 3 November 2014, Fox Sports News launched a HD simulcast. In addition, it moved from channel 513 to channel 500.
*
Fox Cricket
Fox Cricket is an Australian subscription television channel dedicated to screening cricket (both domestic and international) matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited and is available throughout Australia on Foxtel. ...
: Channel 501. Branded as Fox Sports 1 prior to 23 February 2017, then branded as Fox Sports 501 from 23 February 2017 to 17 September 2018.
*
Fox League
Fox League is an Australian subscription television channel dedicated to screening rugby league (both domestic and international) matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited and is available throughout Australia on Foxt ...
: Channel 502. Branded as Fox Sports 2 prior to 23 February 2017, then branded as Fox Sports 502 from 23 February 2017 to 27 February 2017.
*Fox Sports 503: Channel 503. Branded as Fox Sports 3 prior to 23 February 2017.
*
Fox Footy
Fox Footy (stylised as FOX FOOTY) is an Australian rules football subscription television channel dedicated to screening Australian rules football matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited, operated out of their Me ...
: Channel 504. Branded as Fox Sports 504 prior to 17 February 2012.
*Fox Sports 505: Channel 505. Branded as Fox Sports 4 prior to 23 February 2017.
*Fox Sports 506: Channel 506. Branded as Fox Sports 5 prior to 23 February 2017.
*Fox Sports More+: Channel 507. Although broadcast 24/7, the channel only acts as a pop-up channel with only occasional programming.
*Fox Sports 508: Channel 508. On 21 February 2022, the Fox Sports Ultra HD channel 508 was removed to allow for an increased offering of Ultra HD Sports content from 11 March 2022 with the commencement of the NRL and AFL seasons.
*Fox Sports UHD 1: Channel 591.
*Fox Sports UHD 2: Channel 592.
*Fox Sports UHD 3: Channel 593.
*Fox Sports UHD 4: Channel 594.
Former channels
*Fox Sports 501: Channel 501. Also available in HD. Replaced by ''Fox Cricket''.
*Fox Sports 502: Channel 502. Also available in HD. Replaced by ''Fox League''.
*Fox Sports 504: Channel 504. Also available in HD. Replaced by ''Fox Footy''.
*Fox Sports Plus: Launched on 6 September 2012, the channel showed what live and upcoming sports were available via ''Viewer's Choice'' on Fox Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
The channel ceased broadcasting on 9 February 2017, and was replaced on 23 February 2017 by ''Fox Sports More+''.
*
Fuel TV
Fox Sports 2 (FS2) is an American sports-oriented pay television channel owned by the Fox Sports Media Group, a unit of Fox Corporation. The channel is based at the Fox Sports division's headquarters on the Fox Studio Lot in the Century Ci ...
(replaced by Fox Sports 505)
*
Main Event
In sports, a card lists the matches taking place in a title match combat-sport event. Cards include a main event match and the undercard listing the rest of the matches. The undercard may be divided into a midcard and a lower card, according to ...
: The Main Event channel was used as an "overflow" channel when multiple live sporting events needed to be broadcast. This included Friday Night
AFL
AFL may refer to:
Sports
* American Football League (AFL), a name shared by several separate and unrelated professional American football leagues:
** American Football League (1926) (a.k.a. "AFL I"), first rival of the National Football Leagu ...
in
New South Wales
)
, nickname =
, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
,
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
and
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) until 1938, is a landlocked federal territory of Australia containing the national capital Canberra and some surrounding townships. ...
and Saturday Nights in New South Wales (excluding the
Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga (; informally called Wagga) is a major regional city in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, with an urban population of more than 56,000 as of June 2018, Wagga Wagga is the state's la ...
market) and Canberra. It was also used nationwide for a
Socceroos
The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated with ...
game in June 2007. On many occasions the Main Event channel was used when the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
had multiple games on the one night, although usage in this capacity is rare now that the "Viewer's Choice" system of showing multiple matches on one channel through multi-casting (pressing the "Red Button" on a Foxtel/Austar remote control). Unlike the AFL, the
NRL
The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...
was never broadcast into Southern Australia through Fox Sports Plus on Friday nights, leaving its Southern Australian fans having to wait until at least after midnight for a replay of the match on local free-to-air channels up until 2012.
*
Speed
In everyday use and in kinematics, the speed (commonly referred to as ''v'') of an object is the magnitude of the change of its position over time or the magnitude of the change of its position per unit of time; it is thus a scalar quanti ...
(replaced by Fox Sports 506)
*Footy Play powered by Fox Sports (available on Xbox 360, Telstra T-Box, and Foxtel on Internet TV).
*Sports Play powered by Fox Sports (available on Xbox 360, Telstra T-Box, and Foxtel on Internet TV until 2013, when Fox Sports 1-3 launched on these services.)
*Fox Sports Ultra HD: Channel 508 in 4K Ultra HD. Channel ended on 10 March 2022 as Foxtel replaced it with "a brand-new Ultra HD sport destination" for when 4K events are broadcasting at the same time.
Programming
Current programming
* ''
The Back Page''
*
E-League (Australia)
* Fight Call Out (2017–present)
*
Fox Fans League
*
Fox Sports FC
* ''
The Golf Show
''The Golf Show'', currently branded as ''The New Golf Show'', is an Australian golf television series broadcast on Fox Sports (Australia), Fox Sports on Tuesday nights.
The show was launched in 1997 with Brett Ogle the longest-serving host from ...
''
* ''Hammer Time''
* Inside Rugby
*
Inside Supercars
''Inside Supercars'' was an Australian television series, based on the Supercars Championship, that aired on Fox Sports.
Format 2015–16
Each episode featured a panel of guests, led by two regular hosts; journalist Greg Rust and former champi ...
* Supercars Trackside
* Kick Off
* Matchday Saturday
* ''
Monday Night with Matty Johns
''Sunday Night with Matty Johns'' is an Australian sports television series aired on Fox Sports on 4 March 2013. The show previously on Monday nights, but changed to Sunday night in 2018.
The show expanded to two nights a week (Mondays and Thur ...
'' (2013–present)
* ''
NRL 360
The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...
'' (2013–present)
* ''
Shoot Out
A shootout, also called a firefight or gunfight, is a fight between armed combatants using firearms. The term can be used to describe any such fight, though it is typically used to describe those that do not involve military forces or only invo ...
''
* ''
Supercars Life
''Supercars Life'' is an Australian television series based on the Supercars Championship that airs on Fox Sports.
Format
The series features a combination of behind-the-scenes footage, interviews and off-track features. This includes fly on ...
''
* UFC Fight Week
[http://www.foxtel.com.au/got/whats-on/foxtel-insider/fox-sports/ufc-fight-week.html ]
Former programming
* ''
Bill & Boz'' (2017–2019)
* Inside Cricket
* ''
The Crew'' (2013–2015)
* ''On the Couch with Sterlo'' (2013–2017)
* ''
Santo, Sam and Ed's Total Football
''Santo, Sam and Ed's Total Football'' was an Australian association football themed comedy television show, hosted by Santo Cilauro, Sam Pang and Ed Kavalee. The series launched in 2013, screening each Tuesday on Fox Sports from October to May, ...
'' (2013–2015)
Sports/competitions televised by Fox Sports
Australian rules football
*
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...
Premiership Season (Broadcasts three matches live during most weekends of the regular season whenever sister channel
Fox Footy
Fox Footy (stylised as FOX FOOTY) is an Australian rules football subscription television channel dedicated to screening Australian rules football matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited, operated out of their Me ...
, is screening another LIVE match at the same time. Fox Sports occasionally screens other programming such as magazine and panel shows that are produced and broadcast by
Fox Footy
Fox Footy (stylised as FOX FOOTY) is an Australian rules football subscription television channel dedicated to screening Australian rules football matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited, operated out of their Me ...
.
Basketball
*
FIBA World Cup
The FIBA Basketball World Cup, also known as the FIBA World Cup of Basketball or simply the FIBA World Cup, between 1950 and 2010 known as the FIBA World Championship, is an international basketball competition contested by the senior men's nat ...
*
EuroLeague
*
National Basketball League (All games live on ESPN, including semi-finals and Grand Final) (Shared with 10 Peach)
*
Women's National Basketball League
The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is the pre-eminent professional women's basketball league in Australia. It is currently composed of eight teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the women's counterpart to the National Baske ...
(Shared with ABC)
Combat sports
* Cage Fighting Championship
* Evolution
*
Fight Call Out
Combat (French for ''fight'') is a purposeful violent conflict meant to physically harm or kill the opposition. Combat may be armed (using weapons) or unarmed ( not using weapons). Combat is sometimes resorted to as a method of self-defense, or ...
(2017–present)
* Fox Sports Friday Night Fights
* Hammer Time
* Knees of Fury
* Legend MMA
* Maximus Academy
* UFC Fight Week
*
The Ultimate Fighter
''The Ultimate Fighter'' is an American reality television series and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Pilgrim Media Group currently airing on ESPN+. It previously aired for fourteen s ...
Cricket
* Australian national cricket team
International Test Cricket (Shared with
Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ...
)
* Australian national cricket team
One-day Internationals
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C ...
* Australian national cricket team
Twenty20 Internationals
A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the ...
* Australian national cricket team
International Women's Test Cricket (Simulcast of
Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ...
coverage)
* Australian national cricket team
Women's One-day Internationals (Simulcast of
Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ...
coverage)
* Australian national cricket team
Women's Twenty20 International
Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 International is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members. The first Twent ...
s (Simulcast of
Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ...
coverage)
* Australian domestic
First-class Sheffield Shield
The Sheffield Shield (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Marsh Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from the six states of Australia. Sheffield Shi ...
final
* Australian domestic
List A
List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...
JLT One-Day Cup
* Australian domestic
Twenty20
Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...
Big Bash League
The Big Bash League (known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons, often abbreviated to BBL or Big Bash) is an Australian professional club Twenty20 cricket league, which was established in 2011 by Cricket Australia. The Big Bash Le ...
all 61 games (43 Shared with
Seven Network
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)
* Australian domestic
Women's Twenty20
Women's Twenty20 is the use of the Twenty20 match format in women's cricket. In a Twenty20 match, the two teams bat for a single innings each, of a maximum of 20 overs. The wider rules and playing conditions are usually the same for both the ...
Women's Big Bash League
The Women's Big Bash League (known as the WBBL and, for sponsorship reasons, the Weber WBBL) is the Australian women's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition. The WBBL replaced the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, which ran from the 2007–08 ...
(Simulcast of
Seven Network
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coverage)
* Home series of the
England cricket team
The England cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket. Since 1997, it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club (the MCC) since 1903. Engla ...
* Home series of the
West Indies cricket team
The West Indies cricket team, nicknamed the Windies, is a multi-national men's cricket team representing the mainly Commonwealth Caribbean, English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean region and administered by Cricket West I ...
* Home series of the
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand national cricket team represents New Zealand in men's international cricket. Named the Black Caps, they played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. From 1930 ...
* Home series of the
South African cricket team
The South Africa national cricket team, also known as the Proteas, represents South Africa in men's international cricket and is administered by Cricket South Africa (CSA). South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council (I ...
* Home series of the
Pakistan cricket team
The Pakistan national cricket team or Pak cricket team, often referred to as the Shaheens (), Green Shirts, Men in Green and Cornered Tigers is administered by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The team is a Full Member of the International ...
* Home series of the
Sri Lankan cricket team
The Sri Lanka men's national cricket team, ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා ජාතික ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායම, ta, இலங்கை தேசிய கிரிக்கெட் அணி) nicknamed The Lions ...
* Home series of the Indian cricket team
* Global T20 Canada
* Caribbean Premier League
* Hong Kong T20 Blitz
Darts
* PDC World Darts Championship
* PDC World Cup of Darts
* Premier League Darts
Field hockey
* Men's FIH Pro League
* Women's FIH Pro League
* Oceania Cup
* Hockey India League
Golf
* PGA Tour, American PGA Tour (All rounds)
* PGA European Tour, European PGA Tour
* Champions Tour
* Women's major golf championships
* Asian Tour (highlights)
* US Open (golf), US Open
*The Masters Tournament
*The Open Championship
*PGA Championship
Ice hockey
* Australian Ice Hockey League (Match of the round and highlights)
Motorsport
Formula racing
* Formula One
Open wheel
* FIA Formula 2 Championship
* FIA Formula 3 Championship
* Firestone Indy Lights, Indy Lights
* Toyota Racing Series
Stock Cars
* NASCAR Cup Series
* Xfinity Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series
* Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Touring Cars
* Supercars Championship (shared with Seven Network)
* World Touring Car Cup
* British Touring Car Championship
* Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, DTM
* Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships
* Summernats
Sportscars
* Australian GT Championship
* Bathurst 12 Hour
* Michelin Pilot Challenge
* Dubai 24 Hour
* FIA European Truck Racing Championship
* 24 Hours Nürburgring
* Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships
* FIA World Endurance Championship
Drag racing
* ANDRA Pro Series
Bikes
* Grand Prix motorcycle racing, MotoGP (shared with Network Ten)
* Superbike World Championship (shared with SBS)
* British Superbike Championship
* Australian Superbike Championship
Rally
* World Rally Championship (shared with 10 Bold)
* Australian Rally Championship (shared with 10 Bold)
* British Rally Championship
* European Rally Championship
* FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers, European Rallycross Championship
Speedway
* Speedway Grand Prix, FIM Speedway Grand Prix
* Speedway World Cup, FIM Speedway World Cup
* Elite League (speedway), British Elite Speedway
* World Series Sprintcars
* Australian Sprintcar Championship
* Chequered Flag
* Ice speedway, FIM Ice Speedway World Championship
* Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic
* World of Speedway
Motocross
* AMA Motocross Championship
* Australian Supercross Championship
* British Motocross Championship
* World Enduro Championship, FIM Enduro World Championship
* Motocross World Championship, FIM Motocross World Championship
* Motocross des Nations, FIM MX of Nations
* Supermoto, FIM Supermoto
* MXTV
Rugby league
*
National Rugby League
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(Every Game Live, 5 games Live and Exclusive and 3 game simulcast Live with Nine in a full round). Fox Sports occasionally screens other programming such as new magazine and panel shows that are produced and broadcast by
Fox League
Fox League is an Australian subscription television channel dedicated to screening rugby league (both domestic and international) matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited and is available throughout Australia on Foxt ...
.
* National Youth Competition (rugby league), Holden Cup (2008–2017)
* New South Wales Cup
* Rugby Football League's Super League
Rugby union
* Super Rugby (All games live and exclusive) (1995–2020)
* Super W (All games live and exclusive) (2018–2020)
* The Rugby Championship (shared with Network Ten) (1995–2020)
* Australia national rugby union team, Wallabies internationals (shared with Network Ten) (1995–2020)
* Global Rapid Rugby (shared with SBS Sport)
* National Rugby Championship
* Currie Cup
* ITM Cup
Soccer
* A-League, Hyundai A-League (All games live, Saturday night matches shared with ABC TV (Australia), ABC TV) (2004–2021)
* A-League, Hyundai A-League Finals Series (All games live, shared with ABC TV (Australia), ABC TV) (2004–2021)
* Asian Champions League (All games involving Australian teams live, plus some others) (2021)
* AFC Asian Cup (All Games, 28 games (include the Socceroos team) exclusively live) (2021)
* Australia national football team, Socceroos internationals (All games include AFC Asian cup and exclude FIFA World Cup finals games, shared with SBS Viceland (two matches only) and ABC TV (Australia), ABC TV for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round, World Cup qualification second round) (2021)
*Indian Super League (2021)
* Other separate International Football matches
* W-League (Australia), Westfield W-League (One live match per week, plus both semi-finals and the grand final live; shared with ABC TV (Australia), ABC TV) (2015–2021)
Surfing
* World Surf League (All events live)
Ten-pin bowling
* Rollin' Thunder (TV series), Rollin' Thunder
* Weber Cup
Tennis
* World Tennis Challenge
* Moorilla Hobart International
* ATP 250 Series; Open Sud de France, Quito Open, Memphis Open (tennis), Memphis Open, Geneva Open)
* WTA Tour (replays)
* Hawaii Open
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's My Sport package and Optus Television, Optus featuring Foxtel's Total Sport package.
See also
*List of sports television channels
References
External links
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