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Fox Sports is a group of channels available in Latin American and operated by The Walt Disney Company Latin America, a unit of the Disney International Operations. The network is focused on sports-related programming including live and pre-recorded event broadcasts, sports talk shows and original programming, available throughout Latin America.


History

The network was launched in 1996 as Prime Deportiva, under the ownership of
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. Prior to its launch, on October 31, 1995, News Corporation acquired a 50% ownership interest in Liberty's Prime Network group and its international networks (including sister channels Premier Sports and Prime Sports Asia) as part of an expansion of its Fox Sports properties in
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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. 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
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was rebranded to Fox Sports 3. In March 2019, the network became a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company after it acquired 21st Century Fox. In December 2019, it was announced that its Chilean, Peruvian,
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and Colombian channels would go off the air. In November 2021, Disney announced that Fox Sports' main channel would be renamed
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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.


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 and Dominican Republic *South feed: available in South America


Fox Sports 3

*Panregional feed: available in Central America, Dominican Republic and South America


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. The network carried a wide variety of sports events, including football (UEFA Champions League, Copa Lib, etc.), MLB and WWE 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 – Sunday afternoon games


Football

*
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(Only for South America)


Motorsport

* World Rally Championship * Dakar Rally * Porsche Supercup * WeatherTech SportsCar Championship *
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* Superbike World Championship


Professional Wrestling

* WWE (''
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'' and '' SmackDown'')


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


See also

* Fox Sports International *
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*
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* Fox Sports (Mexico) * GOL TV * ESPN Latin America * TyC Sports *
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fox Sports Latinoamerica Latin American cable television networks Latin America 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