Fox Sports (Mexico)
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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 continues to use the Fox Sports name under a license agreement with Fox Corporation.[1]
History
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.
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]
On June 21, 2024, the Mexican Federal Telecommunications Institute revealed through a statement that after three years of being managed by Grupo Multimedia Lauman, Fox Sports Mexico would be acquired by Fox Corporation and would become part of its eponymous division Fox Sports Media Group.[14]
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
- UEFA Europa League
- UEFA Europa Conference League
- Liga MX (Only for Mazatlan FC and Club Puebla home Matches)
- Liga de Expansion (some matches)
Motorsport
- Formula One
- FIA Formula 2 Championship
- FIA Formula 3 Championship
- Porsche Supercup
- FIA World Endurance Championship
- European Le Mans Series
- Rally America
- Extreme E
- NASCAR Cup Series
- NASCAR Xfinity Series
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Other sports
- National Football League
- Major League Baseball
- Mexican Baseball League
- Mexican Softball League
- Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional
- All Elite Wrestling
- Ultimate Fighting Championship (PPV main cards on Fox Sports Premium)
Other programming
Alongside its live sports broadcasts, Fox Sports also airs a variety of sports highlight, talk, and documentary styled shows. These include:
Personalities
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- Template:Flagicon Alejandro Correa
- Template:Flagicon Antonio Valls
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Cabrera
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Hermosillo
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Moreno
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Rodrigo Hernández
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Rosado
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Sequeyro
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- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Christian Giménez
- Template:Flagicon Christian Elguea
- Template:Flagicon David Espinosa
- Template:Flagicon Diego Venegas
- Template:Flagicon Eddy Vilard
- Template:Flagicon Eduardo Sainz
- Template:Flagicon Eduardo de la Torre
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Ernesto del Valle
- Template:Flagicon Enrique Gómez
- Template:Flagicon Emilio León
- Template:Flagicon Fabián Estay
- Template:Flagicon Fernando Bastién
- Template:Flagicon Fernando Cevallos
- Template:Flagicon Fernando Schwartz
- Template:Flagicon Fernando Von Rossum de la Vega
- Template:Flagicon Gabriel Medina Espinosa
- Template:Flagicon Gerardo Higareda
- Template:Flagicon Guillermo Salas
- Template:Flagicon Gustavo Mendoza
- Template:Flagicon Iris Cisneros
- Template:Flagicon Jerry Soto
- Template:Flagicon Jimena Sánchez
- Template:Flagicon Jonathan Magaña
- Template:Flagicon José Pablo Coello
- Template:Flagicon José Ramón Llaca
- Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Casco
- Template:Flagicon Lorena Troncoso
- Template:Flagicon Luis Díaz Chapulín
- Template:Flagicon Luis Hipólito
- Template:Flagicon Luis Manuel Chacho López
- Template:Flagicon Luis Ramírez
- Template:Flagicon Luis Rodríguez
- Template:Flagicon Luis Mario Sauret
- Template:Flagicon Marcelo Rodríguez
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon María del Valle
- Template:Flagicon Marlon Gerson
- Template:Flagicon Mónica Arredondo
- Template:Flagicon Natalia León
- Template:Flagicon Oscar Guzmán
- Template:Flagicon Paulina Chavira
- Template:Flagicon Pepe Segarra
- Template:Flagicon Rafael Márquez Lugo
- Template:Flagicon Raoul Ortíz
- Template:Flagicon Ricardo García Ochoa
- Template:Flagicon Ricardo Pato Galindo
- Template:Flagicon Ricardo Sales
- Template:Flagicon Rubén Rodríguez
- Template:Flagicon Salim Chartouni
- Template:Flagicon Santiago Puente
- Template:Flagicon Sergio Treviño
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Tony Rivera
- Template:Flagicon Ulises Herbert
See also
- Fox Sports International
- Fox Sports (Argentina)
- Fox Sports (Brazil)
- Fox Sports (Latin America)
- GOL TV
- ESPN Latin America
- TyC Sports
- DSports
- Claro Sports
References
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External links
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- Cable television networks in Latin America
- Television networks in Mexico
- Fox Sports International
- Television channels and stations established in 1995
- Spanish-language television stations
- Companies based in Mexico City
- Prime Sports
- Sports mass media in Mexico