Fox Sports Florida | |
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Launched | July 1, 1987 |
Network | Fox Sports Networks |
Owned by |
Fox Entertainment Group (21st Century Fox) |
Picture format |
720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
Country | United States |
Language | English Spanish (via SAP) |
Broadcast area | Florida |
Headquarters | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
Formerly called | SportsChannel Florida (1987–2000) Fox Sports Net Florida (2000–2004) FSN Florida (2004–2008) |
Sister channel(s) |
Cable/satellite: Fox Sports Sun Broadcast: WOFL/Orlando WRBW/Orlando WOGX/Ocala WTVT/Tampa–St. Petersburg |
Website | foxsportsflorida |
Availability
(Some events may air on overflow feed Fox Sports Florida Plus due to event conflicts) |
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Satellite | |
DirecTV | 654 Fox Sports Florida (SD/HD) 655 Fox Sports Florida Plus (SD) 654-1 Fox Sports Florida Plus HD |
Dish Network | 423 (SD) 373 (HD) |
Cable | |
Available on all Florida cable systems | Consult your local cable provider or program listings source for channel availability |
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 Florida 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. The channel broadcasts local sports coverage in the state of Florida, with a focus on professional sports teams based in Miami, Tampa and Orlando.
Fox Sports Florida maintains production facilities and offices located in Fort Lauderdale, alongside sister network Fox Sports Sun. The channel is available on cable television providers throughout Florida, and in parts of southern Alabama and Georgia; it is also available nationwide on satellite via Dish Network and DirecTV.
Fox Sports Florida was launched on July 1, 1987 as SportsChannel Florida. It was originally owned by Rainbow Media (a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation), and was the fourth regional network of SportsChannel America. The network originally featured coverage of local college teams, holding the broadcast rights to televise select games from the University of Florida, Florida State University, University of Miami, University of South Florida and Jacksonville University. In addition to national SportsChannel programming, the channel also showed select New York Yankees and New York Mets games from SportsChannel New York, and select Chicago White Sox games broadcast by SportsChannel Chicago.