FOX Broadcast Network
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| Type | Broadcast television network |
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| Country | United States |
| Availability | National International |
| Founded | October 9, 1986 by Rupert Murdoch |
| Slogan | We Are FOX |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
| Owner | 21st Century Fox |
| Parent | Fox Entertainment Group |
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Key people
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Dana Walden Gary Newman (co-chairpersons/co-CEOs, Entertainment) |
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Launch date
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October 9, 1986 (on-air operations) April 5, 1987 (primetime launch) |
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Former names
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FBC (1986–1987) |
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Picture format
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480i (SDTV) (formatted to downconverted widescreen in many markets) (October 9, 1986 – June 12, 2009) 720p (HDTV) (September 12, 2004–present) |
| Affiliates | Lists: By state By market |
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Official website
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www |
| Language | English |
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Notes
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The Fox Broadcasting Company (often shortened to Fox and stylized as FOX) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. The network is headquartered at the 20th Century Fox studio in Los Angeles, with additional major offices and production facilities at the Fox Television Center also in Los Angeles and the Fox Broadcasting Center in New York City.
Launched on October 9, 1986, as a competitor to the Big Three television networks (ABC, CBS and NBC), Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network. It was the highest-rated broadcast network in the 18–49 demographic from 2004 to 2012, and earned the position as the most-watched American television network in total viewership during the 2007–08 season.
Fox and its affiliated companies operate many entertainment channels in international markets, although these do not necessarily air the same programming as the U.S. network. Most viewers in Canada have access to at least one U.S.-based Fox affiliate, either over-the-air or through a pay television provider, although Fox's National Football League telecasts and most of its prime time programming are subject to simultaneous substitution regulations for cable and satellite providers imposed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to protect rights held by domestically based networks.
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