Fox Soccer Channel
| Fox Soccer | |
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| Launched | November 1, 1997 |
| Closed | September 2, 2013 |
| Owned by |
Fox Entertainment Group (21st Century Fox) |
| Headquarters | Houston, Texas |
| Formerly called | Fox Sports World (1997–2005) Fox Soccer Channel (2005–11) |
| Replaced by | FXX and Fox Soccer Plus |
| Sister channel(s) | Fox Soccer Plus |
Fox Soccer (formerly Fox Soccer Channel) was an American television specialty channel specializing in soccer, owned by 21st Century Fox's Fox Entertainment Group, which operated from 1997 to 2013. It formerly broadcast rugby and Australian rules football, but in its final years was devoted strictly to soccer.
Due to Fox consolidating its cable sports rights on the new general-interest channels Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2, and following the loss of United States television rights to broadcast Premier League soccer events to NBC, Fox Soccer was replaced on September 2, 2013 by FXX, an entertainment sister network to FX. The vast majority of the remaining sports programming from Fox Soccer has been moved to Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2, which launched on August 17, 2013.Fox Soccer Plus, a spin-off channel which launched in 2010, will continue to operate.
Launched on November 1, 1997, when it was originally known as Fox Sports World, the channel took its final name in 2005, later dropping the word "channel" from its name on August 13, 2011. Fox Soccer offered its own game programming for United States soccer leagues through arrangements with outside production companies.
Most of Fox Soccer's coverage which originated outside the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America, Caribbean) consisted of picking up international broadcast feeds to which Fox Soccer had the U.S. broadcast rights. The A-League broadcasts were produced by Fox Sports (Australia). The English coverage generally came to Fox Soccer direct from IMG, Input Media and The Media Company, which produce the Premier League and FA Cup/England national team world feed broadcasts and Fox Soccer News reports respectively.
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