Fox Sports
CountryMexico
Broadcast areaMexico
HeadquartersMexico City, Mexico
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
(downscaled to 480i/576i for the SD feed)
Ownership
Owner
History
Launched1996 (1996)
Former namesPrime Deportiva (1995)
Fox Sports Americas (1996–1999)
Links
Websitewww.foxsports.com.mx

Fox Sports is a Mexican pay television network operated by Grupo Multimedia Lauman. The network focuses on sports-related programming including live and pre-recorded event broadcasts, sports talk shows and original programming, available throughout Mexico. The network was previously based in Los Angeles with production studios in Argentina and Mexico. The network continues to use the Fox Sports name under a license agreement with Fox Corporation.[1]

History

Fox Sports logo, used from 2009 to 2012.

The network was launched in 1996 as Prime Deportiva, under the ownership of Liberty Media. 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 the Americas.[2][3] 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.[4] News Corp owned approximately 38% interest.[5] 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 Español 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 logo, used from February to November 2012.

In 2009, a second feed called Fox Sports+ (FOX Sports Plus) 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[6] in Mexico City where it broadcasts original programming and licensed programming. In 2012, the channel was renamed to Fox Sports 2, whereas Speed Channel was rebranded to Fox Sports 3.

On February 21, 2019, Bloomberg reported that Disney had divest the Fox Sports television network from the 21st Century Fox purchase in order to get an approval from the governments of Mexico and Brazil. The division was among the last major hurdles for the Disney-Fox deal.[7]

On May 22, 2021, Disney announced it would sell Fox Sports Mexico to Grupo Multimedia Lauman with the deal being expected to close in 2021, pending regulatory approval.[8][9][10] On June 9, 2021, the transaction was approved by the Mexican Federal Telecommunications Institute.[11][12][13]

Feeds

Localised channels

  • Fox Sports Premium — Additional pay-TV channel that was launched in April 2022 to air the Mexican football matches from free-to-air airing on State television, such as the Liga MX (National First Division).

Programming

Fox Sports Mexico broadcasts sports-related programming 24 hours a day in Spanish. The network carries a wide variety of sports events, including soccer (UEFA Europa League, Liga MX etc.), NFL, MLB, UFC, Formula 1 racing and WWE programming. Fox Sports also airs talk shows (NET: Nunca es tarde) as well as other programming including exercise programs.

Sports programming

Football

Motorsport

Other sports

Other programming

Alongside its live sports broadcasts, Fox Sports also airs a variety of sports highlight, talk, and documentary styled shows. These include:

  • Agenda Fox Sports
  • Auto Show TV
  • Cara a Cara
  • Central Fox
  • El Show de la Concacaf Liga Campeones
  • El Show de la NFL en Fox Sports
  • El Show de las Copas
  • Expediente Fútbol
  • Feria de Goles
  • Fox Fight Club
  • Fox Gol
  • Fox Impacto NFL
  • Fox Sports Punto Extra
  • Fox Sports Rádio
  • Fox Sports Rádio Kids
  • Fox Fit
  • Full Tilt Póker
  • Futuras Leyendas
  • Gillette World Sport
  • La Llave del Gol
  • La Última Palabra
  • Lo Mejor de Fox Sports
  • Mobil 1: The Grid
  • NET: Nunca es Tarde
  • Pokerstars.net
  • Tuzoccer (Pachuca Club de Fútbol)
  • WWE Saturday Night

Personalities

  • Ecuador Álex Aguinaga
  • Mexico Alberto Lati
  • Mexico Alberto "Beto" Rojas
  • Mexico Alejandro "Alex" Blanco
  • Mexico Alejandro Correa
  • Mexico Antonio Valls
  • Mexico Brenda Alvarado
  • Colombia Carlos Cabrera
  • Mexico Carlos Hermosillo
  • Mexico Carlos Moreno
  • Mexico Carlos Rodrigo Hernández
  • Mexico Carlos Rosado
  • Mexico Carlos Sequeyro
  • Mexico Carlos Velasco
  • Mexico David Espinosa
  • Mexico Diego Venegas
  • Mexico Eddy Vilard
  • Mexico Eduardo Sainz
  • Mexico Eduardo de la Torre
  • Mexico United States Ernesto del Valle
  • Mexico Enrique Gómez
  • Mexico Emilio León
  • Chile Fabián Estay
  • Mexico Fernando Bastién
  • Mexico Fernando Cevallos
  • Mexico Fernando Schwartz
  • Mexico Fernando Von Rossum de la Vega
  • Mexico Gabriel Medina Espinosa
  • Mexico Gerardo Higareda
  • Mexico Guillermo Salas
  • Mexico Gustavo Mendoza
  • Mexico Iris Cisneros
  • Mexico Jerry Soto
  • Mexico Jimena Sánchez
  • Mexico Jonathan Magaña
  • Mexico José Pablo Coello
  • Mexico Juan Carlos Casco
  • Mexico Lorena Troncoso
  • Mexico Luis Díaz Chapulín
  • Mexico Luis Hipólito
  • Mexico Luis Manuel Chacho López
  • Mexico Luis Ramírez
  • Mexico Luis Rodríguez
  • Honduras Luis Mario Sauret
  • Venezuela Marcelo Rodríguez
  • Venezuela Mexico María del Valle
  • Mexico Marlon Gerson
  • Mexico Mónica Arredondo
  • Mexico Natalia León
  • Mexico Oscar Guzmán
  • Mexico Paulina Chavira
  • Mexico Rafael Márquez Lugo
  • Mexico Raúl Orvañanos
  • Panama Ricardo García Ochoa
  • Mexico Ricardo Pato Galindo
  • Mexico Rubén Rodríguez
  • Mexico Salim Chartouni
  • Argentina Santiago Fourcade
  • Mexico Santiago Puente
  • Mexico Sergio Treviño
  • Mexico United States Tony Rivera
  • Mexico Ulises Herbert

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fox Sports México seguirá operando con el mismo nombre luego de su adquisición por el Grupo Lauman" (in Spanish). June 17, 2021.
  2. ↑ "FOX AND LIBERTY OUTLINE PLANS FOR NEW CABLE VENTURE". Sports Business Journal. Advance Publications. November 1, 1995. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  3. ↑ "TCI, LIBERTY AND NEWS CORP. HAMMER OUT SPORTS NET DETAILS". Sports Business Journal. Advance Publications. May 10, 1996.
  4. ↑ "Hicks Muse, Fox Sports in Spanish-language sports venture - Dallas Business Journal". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  5. ↑ "SEC filing".
  6. ↑ "Fox Sports inaugurated new studios in Mexico | Superfights". en.superluchas.com. 2010-08-08. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  7. ↑ Lima, Mario; Navarro, Andrea (February 21, 2019). "Disney to Accept Divesting of Fox Sports in Brazil and Mexico". Bloomberg. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  8. ↑ Squires, Scott (22 May 2021). "Grupo Lauman Buys Fox Sports Mexico, Paving Way for Disney Deal". Bloomberg.
  9. ↑ "Grupo Lauman set to acquire Fox Sports Mexico". Sports Business. May 25, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Grupo Lauman confirma adquisición de Fox Sports México". El Financiero (in Spanish). 2021-05-23.
  11. ↑ "¿Quién es Manuel Arroyo, nuevo dueño de Fox Sports?". El Universal (in Spanish).
  12. ↑ "IFT aprueba a Grupo Lauman la compra de Fox Sports". El Financero (in Spanish).
  13. ↑ "Aprueba IFT transferencia de Fox Sports México a Grupo Lauman". La Jornada (in Spanish).
  14. ↑ "Want to know how you can watch your favorite Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League clubs?". CONCACAF Champions League. Archived from the original on 2020-12-23. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
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