Fox Sports Detroit | |
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Launched | September 17, 1997 |
Network | Fox Sports Networks |
Owned by |
Fox Entertainment Group (21st Century Fox) |
Picture format |
720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
Slogan | Detroit Sports, We've Got You Covered |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Broadcast area |
Michigan Northeastern Indiana Northwest Ohio Northeast Wisconsin Nationwide (via satellite) |
Headquarters | Southfield, Michigan |
Formerly called | Fox Sports Detroit (first tenure; 1997–2000) Fox Sports Net Detroit (2000–2004) FSN Detroit (2004–2008) |
Sister channel(s) |
Broadcast: WJBK Detroit (Fox 2) Fox Network Cable/satellite: Fox Sports 1 Fox Sports 2 Fox Soccer Plus Big Ten Network Fox College Sports Fox Deportes |
Website | www |
Availability
(Some events may air on overflow feed Fox Sports Detroit Plus due to event conflicts) |
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Satellite | |
DirecTV | 663 Fox Sports Detroit (SD/HD) 663-1 Fox Sports Detroit Plus (SD/HD) |
Dish Network | 430 Fox Sports Detroit (SD/HD) Fox Sports Detroit Plus channel varies by date |
Cable | |
Available on most cable systems within designated broadcast area | Consult your local cable provider or program listings source for channel availability |
IPTV | |
AT&T U-verse |
Fox Sports Detroit: 737 (SD) 1737 (HD) Fox Sports Detroit Plus: 738 (SD) 1738 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
Fox Sports Go |
www (U.S. cable internet subscribers only; requires login from participating providers to stream content; some events may not be available due to league rights restrictions) |
Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
Fox Sports Detroit is an American regional sports network that is owned by Fox Cable Networks, a unit of the Fox Entertainment Group division of 21st Century Fox, and operates as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. It provides coverage of local sports teams in the state of Michigan, primarily focusing on those in the Metro Detroit area. The network airs exclusive broadcasts of games involving the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Pistons and Detroit Red Wings, and state college and high school sports.
Fox Sports Detroit is available on cable television throughout Michigan, as well as in northeastern Indiana, northwest Ohio and some portions of northeastern Wisconsin and nationwide on satellite via DirecTV and Dish Network. The network's production facilities and offices are based in Southfield, Michigan, with master control operations based at the headquarters of Fox Sports Networks in Houston, Texas. The network also maintains a dedicated remote set in the concourse of Comerica Park, and will do so at the Little Caesars Arena, which is still under construction but set to open in the fall of 2017.
Fox Sports Detroit traces its origins to 1996, when News Corporation purchased 50% of the Prime Network, a group of regional sports networks owned by Liberty Media, and immediately rebranded them under the "Fox Sports Net" banner. At the time of the purchase, Post-Newsweek Stations (owners of Detroit NBC affiliate WDIV-TV, channel 4) owned the Detroit-based Pro-Am Sports System (PASS Sports), which served the local affiliate of the Prime Network. News Corporation announced plans to launch a Fox Sports Net affiliate in Michigan by 1998, and made a surprise bid for, and won, the local cable television rights to NBA games involving the Detroit Pistons.