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Fox CFO suggests network could drop NFL Thursday package
Fox Corp. could elect to drop its Thursday night rights package with the National Football League if bidding becomes too high, the company’s chief financial officer said.
NHRA strikes multiyear media-rights extension with Fox Sports
The National Hot Rod Association and Fox Sports have announced a multiyear extension of their domestic media-rights agreement to telecast all NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing series competitions across Fox,…
Fox Sports to use virtual fans during Major League Baseball broadcasts
Fox Sports has revealed it will utilize virtual fans during its Major League Baseball broadcasts in the widespread absence of spectators at games during the rescheduled season
Fox Sports partners with Google Cloud to improve production capabilities
Fox Sports is teaming up with Google Cloud in a partnership designed to speed up the network’s existing production capabilities.
Fox Sports features artificial crowd noise at MLS Is Back Tournament – unlike ESPN coverage
Fox Sports has announced that its broadcast coverage of the MLS Is Back Tournament in Orlando, Florida, will feature artificial crowd noise
Fox Corp. COO: We’re at “very, very early stage” of NFL rights renewal
John Nallen, Fox Corp. chief operating officer, said the company is at a “very, very early stage” of negotiating a potential rights renewal with the National Football League.
Fox Sports asks top talent to take temporary pay cuts
US broadcaster Fox Sports has followed in the footsteps of ESPN by asking its top on-air talent to take temporary pay cuts as a result of the sports competition shutdown amid the global Covid-19 pandemic
Major League Soccer, Fox Sports partner for new esports competition
Major League Soccer is teaming up with domestic broadcast partner Fox Sports to create a new esports competition, which is designed to help fill the sports competition void amid the global Covid-19 pandemic
Former Fox executives charged with bribery over 2018 and 2022 World Cup US TV rights
Two former 21st Century Fox executives have been charged with allegedly paying millions of dollars in bribes to help Fox Sports win the lucrative United States broadcasting rights to the 2018 and 2022…
Sony’s WWE renewal includes WWE Network, Wrestlemania debuts on Fox Sports PPV
Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has finalised an extension and expansion to its rights deal in the Indian subcontinent with US-based wrestling organisation WWE, securing exclusive access…
Fox Sports to broadcast Nascar’s new esports competition
US stock car racing series Nascar has reached an agreement with domestic broadcast partner Fox Sports to air its new esports competition, the eNascar iRacing Pro Invitational Series
XFL TV ratings fall below one-million mark for first time
In a potentially worrying landmark for the XFL, domestic television ratings for the spring-season American football league fell below the one-million mark for the first time over the weekend
Super Bowl ratings up slightly but fail to draw 100m linear TV viewers once again
Fox Sports' broadcast of Super Bowl LIV between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers averaged 99
Fox Sports signs multi-year, multi-tournament deal with Concacaf
US broadcaster Fox Sports and regional soccer federation Concacaf have agreed to a multi-year English-language rights deal, which includes the 2021 and 2023 Gold Cups as well as USA men’s and women’s Oly…
Mountain West Conference signs $270m media-rights deal with Fox, CBS
The Mountain West Conference has announced a six-year media-rights deal with CBS and Fox Sports for college football and men's basketball games
Fox regional sports networks dropped by fuboTV
US sports-focused OTT streaming service fuboTV has dropped Fox's 22 regional sports networks amid rising licensing costs
MLS to enjoy record network TV coverage in 2020
Major League Soccer will have the most comprehensive US broadcast network schedule in league history in its 25th season next year
Uefa benefits from US digital battle as club competition values soar
Competition to create effective digital offerings in the US drove a hike in value for Uefa’s club competitions for the 2021-22 to 2023-24 cycle. CBS overcame strong opposition to surprise the market in acquiring English-language rights, while Univision renewed its high-performing Spanish-language rights.