Fox sports news info
The Fox News channel is one of America’s leading cable news and satellite channels. Owned by the Fox Entertainment Group it features a viewership of approximately 102 million people across the United States. It also broadcasts for an international audience airing programs mainly out of its NY city studios.
Fox news was created by the media mogul Rupert Murdoch and was launched in 1996 and rose to prominence steadily gaining the location of United States number 1 news network. Fox sports, on the other hand, has been in existence since 1994 and functions as a division with the Fox Broadcasting Company. They began with broadcasting the National Football League games and moved on to acquiring the rights of broadcasting the National Hockey League, NASCAR, Major League Baseball and the Bowl Championship Series.
FOX Sports offers the exclusive coverage of the Daytona 500. Other than this they also exclusive cover other NASCAR events such as Canadian Grand Prix, the US Grand Prix as well as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Auto racing is one of the most watched professional sporting events in the United States coming second only to professional football. Fox Sports brings these sporting events live from the race track for its viewers. Apart from these Fox Sports along with its sister concern, known as the Speed channels also covers the F1 and Rolex 24 racing events.
Other than auto racing the Fox Sports network also provides the exclusive coverage of the World Series and it has been airing this Major League Baseball Championship since 2000 and as per the new contract will be the exclusive broadcaster till 2013.
Fox Sports also operates using a network of regional broadcasters that assist to cover regional games. However, this operation is conducted in accordance with the broadcasting agreements following league market distribution terms and conditions. As they make use of the Speed Channel to cover the NASCAR and F1 events, the FOX Soccer channel broadcasts all major League and Premier League games. This channel is also owned by the News Corporation and concentrate on bringing soccer events news and stories from around the globe. They air live and taped matches from countries including Argentina, England, Brazil, Japan, Italy Australia and the US. One of the other championships that this network covers is UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
FOX Sports also bring news and sporting events from the world of extreme sports. They’ve partnered with Fuel TV to bring across action sports including snowboarding, surfing, skateboarding, FMX and BMX events. Additionally, Fox Sports identified the magnitude of college sports in the country and possesses 3 separate cable channels which cover college sports from across the country. They’re called the Fox College Sports Atlantic, Fox College Sports Pacific and Fox College Sports Central. These channels cover all of the action and news from college sports that are licensed by the NCAA for example baseball, football, soccer, wrestling, swimming, tennis etc.
The Fox Sports website bring across all the updates and the latest in sports news. They provide comprehensive coverage of all sports activities giving in depth sports information as well as the stories surrounding players and teams.
