Randy Freer

Randy Freer is an American television executive. He was named president and chief operating officer of Fox Networks Group on October 2013. In this position, Freer directly oversees revenue, distribution, and operations for Fox Networks Group, including FOX Broadcasting Company, FOX Sports, FX Networks, Fox International Channels, and National Geographic Channels. He is also responsible for rights acquisitions, and team and league relationships on behalf of FOX Sports. Freer reports to Peter Rice, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fox Networks Group.

Prior to being named to his current position, Freer served as Co-President and COO, FOX Sports Media Group, where he focused on growing and enhancing FOX Sports’ prestigious portfolio of league, conference, and team media rights. In recent years, he oversaw the negotiations that led to new long-term agreements with the National Football League, Major League Baseball, NASCAR, and the USGA, as well as with the Pac-12, Big 12, and Big East Conferences. Freer also played a significant role in Fox’s landmark acquisitions of the World Cup and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Freer’s efforts to bolster FOX Sports’ complement of media rights helped lay the foundation for FOX Sports 1, the company’s new national sports television network, which launched in August 2013.

Both Business Week and Sports Business Journal have named Freer one of the most influential people in the business of sports on multiple occasions.CableFax Magazine has also named Freer the number-one most powerful executive in local sports television for three consecutive years (2008-2010).

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