Fox Sports is a group of channels available in
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
n and operated by
The Walt Disney Company Latin America
The Walt Disney Company Latin America is one of The Walt Disney Company's international divisions. It is responsible for the Disney brand and its businesses throughout the region. It has offices in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Miami.
The company ...
, a unit of the
Disney International Operations
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Corporate
Walt Disney Studios
Live-action production
Animated production
Disney Studio Services
Disney Theatrica ...
. The network is focused on
sport
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s-related programming including live and pre-recorded event broadcasts, sports talk shows and original programming, available throughout
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
.
History
![Fox Sports logo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Fox_Sports_logo.jpg)
The network was launched in 1996 as Prime Deportiva, under the ownership 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 ...
. Prior to its launch, on October 31, 1995,
News Corporation
News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp.), also variously known as News Corporation Limited, was an American multinational mass media corporation controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Ne ...
acquired a 50% ownership interest in Liberty's
Prime Network
Prime Sports (originally known as the Prime Sports Network (PSN), and also known as Prime Network or simply Prime) is the collective name for a former group of regional sports networks in the United States that were owned by Liberty Media, ope ...
group and its international networks (including sister channels
Premier Sports
Viaplay Sports and Premier Sports are a group of pay television sports channels owned by Viaplay Group.
Viaplay Sports holds exclusive live UK and Republic of Ireland TV rights to La Liga, Scottish League Cup, Elite Ice Hockey League, NHL an ...
and
Prime Sports Asia) as part of an expansion of its
Fox Sports
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 Fo ...
properties in
the Americas
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. 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. News Corp owned approximately 38% interest. 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 Espanol 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 logo1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Fox_Sports_logo1.svg)
In 2009, a second feed called Fox Sports+ (FOX Sports mas) 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 in Mexico City where it broadcasts original programming and licensed programming. In 2012, the channel was renamed to Fox Sports 2, whereas
Speed Channel
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was rebranded to Fox Sports 3.
In March 2019, the network became a subsidiary of
The Walt Disney Company
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after
it acquired 21st Century Fox.
In December 2019, it was announced that its
Chilean, Peruvian,
Uruguayan
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
and Colombian channels would go off the air.
In November 2021, Disney announced that Fox Sports' main channel would be renamed
ESPN 4 on December 1, 2021, while Fox Sports 2 and Fox Sports 3 would continue on the air with the premium channel (Fox Sports 1) in Chile continuing on the air as well.
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Feeds
Fox Sports
* Fox Sports 1 (Chile) — formerly known as Fox Sports Premium, it was launched at the same time as its sister channel. It covered pay-TV events from Fox Sports and Fox Sports 2 that couldn't be aired live on the localized feed due to broadcast licenses.
Fox Sports 2
*North feed: available in Central America
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and Dominican Republic
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*South feed: available in South America
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Fox Sports 3
*Panregional feed: available in Central America
Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...
, Dominican Republic
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and South America
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Localised channels (closed in 2019)
* Fox Sports (Chile) — localized feed exclusively available for Chile, replacing Fox Sports in November 2013.
* Fox Sports (Colombia) — localized channel launched in 2016 as an independent feed with original programming.
* Fox Sports (Peru) - localised channel launched on 1 March 2018, with exclusive voice-over narrations for matches involving Peruvian football clubs and the Peruvian football team.
* Fox Sports (Uruguay) - localised channel launched in February 2014 with original programming and voice-over narrations for Uruguayan football teams.
Programming
Fox Sports Latin America broadcast sports-related programming 24 hours a day in Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
. The network carried a wide variety of sports events, including football (UEFA Champions League, Copa Lib, etc.), MLB and WWE
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programming. Fox Sports also aired talk shows (''NET: Nunca es tarde'') as well as other programming including exercise programs.
Sports programming
Football
* National Football League
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– Sunday afternoon games
Football
* Copa Libertadores
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(Only for South America)
Motorsport
* World Rally Championship
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* Dakar Rally
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* Porsche Supercup
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* WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
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* FIA World Endurance Championship
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* Superbike World Championship
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The championship was founded i ...
Professional Wrestling
* WWE
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(''Raw
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* Raw materials, basic materials from which products are manufactured or made
* Raw food, uncooked food
Raw or RAW may also refer to:
Computing and electronics
* .RAW, a proprietary mass spectrometry dat ...
'' and ''SmackDown
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'')
Other programming
Alongside its live sports broadcasts, Fox Sports also aired a variety of sports highlight, talk, and documentary styled shows. These include:
Personalities
* Damián Trillini
* Daniel Retamozo
* Juan Manuel Pons
* Julián Fernández
* Martín Ponte
* Matias Sanchez
* Mauricio Gallardo
* Pablo Pons
* Pablo Schillaci
* Raúl Barceló
* Sebastián Porto
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Career Early career
Born in Rafa ...
See also
* Fox Sports International
Fox Sports International (FSI) is an international sportscasting and production division of The Walt Disney Company. The division shares its name with both the United States-based sports division of Fox Corporation, and the chain of regional spor ...
* Fox Sports (Argentina)
Fox Sports is a group of channels available in Argentina and operated by Mediapro. The network is focused on sports-related programming including live and pre-recorded event broadcasts, sports talk shows and original programming, available throug ...
* Fox Sports (Brazil)
ESPN4 is a Brazilian sports channel that was launched on 5 February 2012 as Fox Sports, replacing the Brazilian variant of Speed. A second channel, Fox Sports 2 was launched on 24 January 2014, which continues to use the Fox Sports name temporar ...
* Fox Sports (Mexico)
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* GOL TV
Gol may refer to:
Places
*
* Gol, Gilan, a village in Gilan Province, Iran
* Gol, South Khorasan, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran
* Gol, Bukan, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Gol, Chaldoran, a village in West Azerbaijan ...
* ESPN Latin America
ESPN Latin America (on-air as ESPN) is the Latin American division of ESPN Inc., and broadcasts sports-related programming for the region in Spanish. It was launched on 31 March 1989. Its programming is adapted to the likes of viewers, who tend ...
* TyC Sports
TyC Sports is an Argentine pay television sports channel owned by Torneos and Clarín Group, based in Buenos Aires. In Argentina, the channel broadcasts the Argentine B Nacional, CONMEBOL Qualifiers, Argentina national football team friendly ...
* TUDN
TUDN (pronounced tu-de-ene; formerly called Univision Deportes Network (abbr. UDN) is an American Spanish language sports channel. Owned by TelevisaUnivision, it is an extension of the company's sports division of the same name. It launched on Ap ...
* DirecTV Sports
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* Claro Sports
Claro or CLARO may refer to:
Companies
* Claro (company) or Claro Americanas, a mobile and fixed voice and data communications company
**Claro Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
**Claro Brasil
**Claro Colombia
** Claro El Salvador
** Claro Guatemala ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fox Sports Latinoamerica
Latin American cable television networks
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
Television channels and stations established in 1996
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2021
Spanish-language television stations
Companies based in Los Angeles
Prime Sports
The Walt Disney Company Latin America