Fox News Channel | |
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Launched | October 7, 1996 |
Owned by |
Fox News Group (21st Century Fox) |
Picture format | |
Slogan | Fair & Balanced |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Broadcast area | Worldwide |
Headquarters |
1211 Avenue of the Americas New York City, New York 10036 |
Sister channel(s) | |
Website | foxnews |
Availability
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Satellite | |
DirecTV | Channel 360 (HD/SD) |
Dish Network | Channel 205 (HD/SD) |
Bell TV | Channel 507 |
Shaw Direct | Channel 503 / 154 |
Foxtel | Channel 604 |
SKY TV (New Zealand) | Channel 088 |
Sky Italia | Channel 514 |
Sky | Channel 509 |
Digital+ | Channel 77 |
Now TV | Channel 77 |
StarHub | Channel 702 |
Vivo TV | Channel 138 |
Cignal (Philippines) | Channel 131 |
OSN | Channel 411 |
beIN | Channel 147 (HD) |
Cable | |
Available on most cable providers | Check local listings for channels |
In-House (Washington) | Channel 18 |
Verizon FiOS | Channel 618 (HD) Channel 118 (SD) |
Pioneer Cable Vision Inc. (PCVI) (Philippines) | Channel 14 (SD) |
(Macau) | Channel 816 |
Satellite radio | |
Sirius | Channel 114 |
XM | Channel 114 |
IPTV | |
Bell Fibe TV (Canada)Sky Angel | Channel 507Channel 318 |
Southern Fibernet (Atlanta, GA) | Channel 578 (SD) Channel 1578 (HD) |
VMedia (Canada) | Channel 181 |
Optik TV | Channel 9811 (SD) Channel 811 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
FoxNewsGo.com |
Watch live (U.S. cable subscribers only; requires login from participating television providers to access stream) |
PlayStation Vue | Internet Protocol television |
Fox News Channel (often shortened to Fox News) is an American basic cable and satellite news television channel that is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. As of February 2015, approximately 94,700,000 American households (81.4% of cable, satellite & telco customers) receive the Fox News Channel. The channel broadcasts primarily from studios at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, New York.
The channel was created by Australian-American media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who hired former Republican Party media consultant and CNBC executive Roger Ailes as its founding CEO. It launched on October 7, 1996, to 17 million cable subscribers. It grew during the late 1990s and 2000s to become a dominant cable news network in the United States. Rupert Murdoch is the current chairman and acting CEO of Fox News.
Fox News Channel has been accused of biased reporting and promoting the Republican Party. Critics have cited the channel as detrimental to the integrity of news overall. Fox News Channel employees have responded that news reporting operates independently of its opinion and commentary programming, and have denied bias in news reporting.
In May 1985, Australian publisher Rupert Murdoch announced that he and American industrialist and philanthropist Marvin Davis intended to develop "a network of independent stations as a fourth marketing force" to compete directly with CBS, NBC, and ABC through the purchase of six television stations owned by Metromedia. In July 1985, 20th Century Fox announced that Murdoch had completed his purchase of 50 percent of Fox Filmed Entertainment, the parent company of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. A year later, 20th Century Fox earned $5.6 million in its fiscal third period ended May 31, 1986, in contrast to a loss of $55.8 million in the third period of the previous year.