The Fox News channel is among 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 Usa. In addition, it broadcasts for an international audience airing programs mainly out of its New York City studios.
Fox news was developed by the media mogul Rupert Murdoch and was launched in 1996 and rose to prominence steadily gaining the position of US 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 progressed to receiving the rights of broadcasting the National Hockey League, NASCAR, Major League Baseball and the Bowl Championship Series.
FOX Sports provides 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 sports activities in the United States coming second only to professional football. Fox Sports brings these sporting events live from the race track to its viewers. Aside from these Fox Sports as well as its sister concern, referred to as Speed channels also covers the Formula One 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 also as per the new contract will be the exclusive broadcaster till 2013.
Fox Sports also operates with a network of regional broadcasters that assist to cover regional games. However, this operation is conducted in line 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 likewise owned by the News Corporation and concentrate on bringing soccer events news and stories from across the world. They air live and taped matches from countries including Argentina, England, Brazil, Japan, Italy Australia and the US. Among the other championships this network covers is UEFA Super Cup and also the UEFA Champions League.
FOX Sports also bring news and sporting events from the world of extreme sports. They have partnered with Fuel TV to get 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 throughout the country. They’re known as the Fox College Sports Atlantic, Fox College Sports Pacific and Fox College Sports Central. These channels cover all the action and news from college sports which are licensed from the NCAA such as baseball, football, soccer, wrestling, swimming, tennis etc.
The Fox Sports website bring across all the updates as well as the latest in sports news. They provide comprehensive coverage of all sporting events giving in depth sports information in addition to the stories surrounding players and teams.