Fox Sports (Brazil)
Fox Sports is a Brazilian pay television sports channel that was launched on 5 February 2012, replacing the Brazilian variant of Speed. A second channel, Fox Sports 2 was launched on 24 January 2014. On May 6, 2020 Brazil's antitrust regulator CADE announced that Fox Sports and ESPN Brasil would merge with channel being kept for a year until January 1, 2022 due to the channel's broadcast rights and structure in the country.[1]
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| Country | Brazil |
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| Broadcast area | Brazil |
| Network | Fox Sports International |
| Slogan | ESPN e Fox Sports Juntos na Torcida (ESPN and Fox Sports Together in the Match) |
| Headquarters | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Portuguese |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (downgraded to 16:9 480i for the SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company Latin America Disney Channels Worldwide (Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International) |
| History | |
| Launched | Fox Sports: February 5, 2012 Fox Sports 2: January 24, 2014 |
| Replaced | Speed |
| Closed | January 1, 2022 |
| Availability | |
| Cable | |
| Claro TV | Channel 73 (SD) Channel 74 (2 SD) Channel 573 (HD) Channel 574 (2 HD) |
| TVN | Channel 88 (SD) Channel 132 (2 SD) Channel 488 (HD) Channel 489 (2 HD) |
| TV Alphaville | Channel 73 (HD) Channel 74 (2 HD) |
| Satellite | |
| Oi TV | Channel 163 (HD) Channel 170 (2 HD) |
| Vivo TV | Channel 573 (HD) Channel 574 (2 HD) |
| SKY | Channel 194 (SD) Channel 195 (2 SD) Channel 594 (HD) Channel 595 (2 HD) |
| Claro TV | Channel 73 (SD) Channel 74 (2 SD) Channel 573 (HD) Channel 574 (2 HD) |
| IPTV | |
| Vivo TV | Channel 573 (HD) Channel 574 (2 HD) |
| Oi TV | Channel 163 (HD) Channel 170 (2 HD) |
Programming rights
Football
Baseball
Motorsports
Professional wrestling
- WWE Raw
- WWE SmackDown
- WWE Main Event
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown
- WWE Vintage Collection
Starting January 11, 2021 Fox Sports will not have any original programs, as part of Disney's new sports schedule. Live broadcasts of select events will continue until January 1, 2022 when Fox Sports will be discontinued
Programs broadcast by Fox Sports in Brazil
- Abre o Jogo
- BB Debate
- Bola da Vez
- Futebol na Veia
- Futebol no Mundo
- Los Archivos de La Liga
- Resenha ESPN
Announcers from Fox Sports in Brazil
Hosts
- Abel Neto
- Eduardo Elias
- Felipe Motta
- Vanessa Riche
Play by Play Announcers
- Hamilton Rodrigues (Soccer, NASCAR)
- João Guilherme (Soccer)
- Marco Alfaro (WWE)
- Nivaldo Prieto (Soccer)
- Thiago Alves (Motorsports and MLB)
Color Analysts
- André Marinho Fernandes (MotoGP)
- Bernardo Régis (MLB)
- Carlos Eugênio Simon (Soccer)
- Edgard Mello Filho (NASCAR, Formula E and MotoGP)
- Eugênio Leal (Soccer)
- Fábio Sormani (Soccer)
- Felipe Facincani (Soccer)
- Livio Reis (WWE)
- Mauro Naves (Soccer)
- Mário Filho (MMA)
- Osvaldo Pascoal (Soccer)
- Paulo Godinho (Boxe)
- Roberto Figueroa (WWE)
- Rodrigo Bueno (Soccer)
- Zinho (Soccer)
External links
- Fox Sports official website
- Fox Sports on Twitter
- Fox Sports on Facebook
- Fox Sports on Instagram
- Fox Sports Brasil's channel on YouTube
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