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Fox Sports 2

Fox Sports 2
FS2 logo 2015.svg
Launched July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)
(original launch; as Fuel TV)
August 17, 2013 (2013-08-17) (relaunch; as Fox Sports 2)
Network Fox Sports
Owned by Fox Entertainment Group
(21st Century Fox)
Picture format 720p (HDTV)
Downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTV feed
Country United States
Language English
Broadcast area Nationwide
Headquarters Los Angeles, California
Formerly called Fuel TV (2003–13)
Sister channel(s) Fox Sports 1
Fox Soccer Plus
Fox Deportes
Fox Sports Networks
Fox College Sports
Big Ten Network
Website www.foxsports.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV 618
1618 (VOD)
Dish Network 149
Cable
Available on many other U.S. cable systems Consult your local cable provider for channel availability
IPTV
AT&T U-verse 1651
651 (SD)
Verizon FiOS 584
84 (SD)
Google Fiber 209 (HD)
Streaming media
Fox Sports Go Watch live
(U.S. cable internet subscribers only; requires login to stream content)
PlayStation Vue Internet Protocol television
Sling TV Internet Protocol television
DirecTV Now Internet Protocol television

Fox Sports 2 (FS2), is an American sports-oriented cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the Fox Sports Media Group, a unit of the Fox Entertainment Group division of 21st Century Fox. The channel is based at the Fox Sports division's headquarters in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, California.

The network was founded as Fuel TV on July 1, 2003, focusing on the culture of extreme sports, including skateboarding, snowboarding, wakeboarding, , surfing, BMX and . The network's prominence expanded further with the introduction of UFC mixed martial arts programming to its lineup in 2012 as part of a wider deal with Fox Sports. On August 17, 2013, Fuel TV was rebranded as Fox Sports 2, refocusing primarily as an overflow channel for the newly launched mainstream sports network Fox Sports 1. The relaunch of Fuel TV as FS1's sister network received little advanced promotion.

In February 2015, approximately 45,393,000 households (39% of those with television) received Fox Sports 2.

The network's concept originated in several extreme sports programming concepts. One of them originated from Alistair Gosling, founder of the Extreme Sports Channel and Extreme Sports TV distribution and production company Extreme. The concept, taken by Gosling to David Sternberg of Fox SportsNet, focused on expanding the coverage of extreme sports. This was translated into growing the existing programming block on Fox SportsNet airing in the early evenings during the early 2000s on the network's affiliates, which included Blue Torch TV and EX TV, and combining it with brokered arrangements for individual shows which included among others New Waves Surf Television and 16MM, along with ideas from the Europe-based Extreme Sports Chanternberg, CJ Olivares and Lloyd Bryan Adams.


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