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| Headquarters | Houston, Texas |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | 21st Century Fox (Fox Networks Group) |
| Sister channels | Fox Soccer Plus |
| History | |
| Launched | November 1, 1997 |
| Closed | September 2, 2013 |
| Replaced by | FXX Fox Soccer Plus (namesake) |
| Former names | Fox Sports World (1997–2005) Fox Soccer Channel (2005–11) |
Fox Soccer (formerly Fox Soccer Channel & Fox Sports World before that) was an American television specialty channel specializing in soccer, owned by 21st Century Fox, which operated from 1997 to 2013. It formerly broadcast rugby and Australian rules football, but in its final years it was devoted strictly to soccer.
Due to Fox consolidating its cable sports rights on the new general-interest channels Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2, and following the loss of United States television rights to broadcast Premier League soccer events to NBC,[1] Fox Soccer was replaced on September 2, 2013, by FXX, an entertainment sister network to FX.[2] The vast majority of the remaining sports programming from Fox Soccer has been moved to Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2, which launched on August 17, 2013.[3] Fox Soccer Plus, a spin-off channel which launched in 2010, continues to operate.[4]
- ^ "NBC secures English Premier League soccer rights". Associated Press. October 28, 2012. Archived from the original on December 27, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 28, 2013). "FX Officially Unveils FXX Channel To Launch In September, New Branding Campaign". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ^ "News Corp. may convert Fox Soccer into entertainment network". Los Angeles Times. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- ^ "All about FOX Soccer, FOX Sports 1". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2013-08-14.