Fox Sports 2
| Fox Sports 2 | |
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| Launched | July 1, 2003 (original launch; as Fuel TV) August 17, 2013 (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 |
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Availability
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| 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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