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Fox Networks Group history
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Fox Broadcasting Company created a stir in 1993 when it spent $1.6 billion for a four-year package for the rights to broadcast NFL football, outbidding CBS and establishing itself as a major sports network.
Fox Networks Group was formed in 1993 to serve as the unit for the international multi-media business owned at the time by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation after the purchase of STAR TV with the purpose to serve its international channels.
In 1994, News Corp. struck the deal that began Fox's ascent to major network standing.
1995: Fox forms a partnership with Saban Entertainment, Inc.
Fox News Channel, a satellite and cable news network, was launched in 1996 and soon attracted more regular viewers than any other news network.
1996: Fox News Channel (FNC) is founded.
When Fox celebrated its tenth anniversary as a broadcast medium in 1997, it was divided into the Fox Group, Fox Television Group, and Fox Entertainment.
In 1997, Fox International Channels purchased NHNZ, a producer of documentaries.
News Corp. followed the renaming by selling 13.4 percent of the Fox Entertainment Group's shares in an initial public offering in 1998.
In 1998, the Fox Entertainment Group was formed to comprise all the company's television, sports, and movie divisions.
1998: Fox Entertainment Group is founded and undertakes its first public offering.
In 1999, the company bought out half of Liberty Media's remaining holdings in Fox Sports for $1.425 billion; this allowed it to consolidate the sports and cable interests into one entity.
In 2001, Fox International Channels entered the Spanish market with Fox and National Geographic Channel adding Fox Crime later on.
It also added programming divisions for children (4Kids TV and Fox Kids) and a division for sports (Fox Sports), putting it on a par with the established broadcasting companies ABC, CBS, and NBC. In 2002 Fox sold its children’s divisions and the Fox Family Channel to the Walt Disney Company.
A radio division, Fox News Radio, was introduced in 2003.
In 2004 The X Factor, a talent competition cojudged by Cowell and coproduced by his company, Syco Productions, began airing on British TV. Two years later it won the award for best entertainment program from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
In 2005 Fox launched Fox Reality Channel, which aired solely reality-based programming.
In early 2006, Fox International Channels formed a production company called Fox Toma 1 with Argentine content producer Ernesto Sandler.
In September 2007, FIC purchased a majority share in the international operations of BabyTV with the founders retaining the original Israel business.
Cowell also sold the format of Duets to Great Britain’s ITV. In 2007 he was executive producer of Grease Is the Word, a reality show to find the next stars for the British revival of the musical Grease.
In January 2008, Fox International Channels purchased a controlling stake in Real Estate TV (RETV), a UK property-themed channel.
In April 2008, FIC launched Fox Next in Portugal, on Meo's Meo Mix package.
An independent sales and marketing agency was set up in Tallinn, Estonia in June 2009.
With Abu Dhabi Media Company in July 2009, FIC started National Geographic Abu Dhabi Channel.
On 19 August 2009, News Corporation announced that it would reorganize their Asia-Pacific subsidiary Star Group in Hong Kong.
The US version of the channel launched in May 2010.
In June 2010, FIC and Jan Dekker Holdings formed a joint venture to operate 24Kitchen in the Dutch market.
In March 2011, a Baltic regional office was set up in Tallinn with the independent marketing agency owner, Karoli Kindriks, as regional manager reporting to Ase Ytreland, Managing Director of Fox International Channels for Nordic & Baltic Region.
On 23 January 2012, FIC and RCN Televisión announced that they would launch a new Spanish-language terrestrial television network named MundoFox in the United States as a joint venture.
In May 2012, Fox International Channels Latin America announced that it would acquire MGM's share in LAPTV, which operated The Film Zone, Cinecanal and Moviecity.
Former Fox Networks Group president David Haslingden's Racat Group purchased NHNZ, a New Zealand-based production company for documentaries, and its sister company, Singapore-based company Beach House Pictures, in October 2012 from Fox.
In 2012, Inkubation was discontinued as plans for a late night animation block moved forward and none of its projects got on the air.
In October 2013, FIC purchased Paramount's shares in LAPTV to become the sole owner.
On 6 November 2013, Fox International Channels acquired Setanta Africa Services Limited, operator of three Africa sports channels, Setanta Africa (English and French), Zuku Sports (East Africa) and the Setanta Action.
In the third quarter of 2013, FIC's French-language channels, including National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild and the travel-based Voyage, were expanded to Africa via RRsat's Global Network and Measat's Africasat-1a.
In June 2014, Fox Networks Group and Gail Berman formed The Jackal Group to provide programming for its various channels.
Setanta Africa and Setanta Action were branded as Fox Sports and Fox Sports 2, respectively in August 2014 at the 2014-15 football league kick-off.
In October 2014, Fox Crime (Spain) was replaced with FoxLife, with the latter's series moving primarily to Fox.
FIC Turkey, its pay company, and Fox Turkey, its free to air company, were merged in late 2014.
On 1 October 2015, Fox International Channels UK launched YourTV, which would target female viewers, on Freeview and YouView.
In 2015, 21st Century Fox and the National Geographic Society formed a new joint venture named National Geographic Partners that would oversee the Society's commercial ventures.
In January 2016, 21st Century Fox announced a major reorganization of its non-United States television businesses.
In January 2016, 21st Century Fox announced a major reorganization of Fox International Channels.
On 5 December 2017, 21st Century Fox appointed Uday Shankar, chairman and CEO of Star India, as the company's president for Asia.
On December 14, 2017, The Walt Disney Company formally announced its intention to acquire most of 21st Century Fox assets.
On March 19, 2019, Fox Corporation was officially spun off from 21st Century Fox, and began trading on the Nasdaq.
Op 19 maart 2019 is dat bedrijf opgeheven, nadat 21st Century Fox onderdeel is geworden van The Walt Disney Company.
Hasta marzo de 2019, la empresa también incluía a la unidad estadounidense que estaba compuesta por Fox Television Group (FOX y 20th Century Fox Television), Fox Cable Networks, Fox Sports Media Group, National Geographic Partners y Fox Networks Digital Consumer Group.
He later created The Greatest Dancer (2019–20) for the BBC.
On January 17, 2020, Disney dropped the "Fox" name from the two main film studio units acquired from 21st Century Fox, while there were no mention of changes to other lesser Fox-branded units, including Fox Networks Group.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
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| ION Media Networks | 1993 | $415.0M | 425 | - |
| Starz | 1994 | $1.6B | 916 | 45 |
| Mtv Networks Inc. | - | $23.9M | 350 | - |
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| AMC Networks | 1980 | $2.4B | 2,197 | 26 |
| WTOL 11 | 1958 | $97.0M | 350 | - |
| C-SPAN | 1979 | $25.0M | 509 | 3 |
| Entravision Communications | 1998 | $364.9M | 1,094 | 37 |
| HBO | 1972 | $5.9B | 2,050 | - |
| Univision Holdings, Inc. | 2006 | $5.3M | 4,008 | 71 |
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