Foxnet

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Foxnet
Type	Former Cable television network
Country	United States
Availability	National
Owner	News Corporation
Launch date	1991

Foxnet was a cable network that was available to markets in the United States without an affiliate of the Fox Network. It was usually available in very small television markets.

Foxnet aired the Fox primetime and children's programming schedules, along with Fox Sports events, and syndicated programming outside network hours. Because Fox has grown to become present in most television markets over the air on local full-power or low-powered stations, or as digital subchannels of other stations, Foxnet had in turn shrunk to the point where very few areas of the nation had a need for it. Also, if a viewer in a Foxnet market had digital satellite service from DirecTV or Dish Network, it was possible to watch either KTTV from Los Angeles or New York's WNYW via the satellite services after receiving permission from Fox, and in some cases, the Fox station with rights to Fox programming in the market.

Foxnet was launched in 1991, when Fox's reach was only 91.75% of the TV homes in the country. In comparison, as of 2006, its market share is now 98.97%. At its peak, Foxnet served nearly 2 million viewers.

By September 1, 2006, when it was originally scheduled to shut down, the cable systems that used Foxnet had become so small, it no longer made economic sense to operate.

Due to this constant decline of Foxnet carriage, as more local or adjacent-market Fox affiliates become available in these smaller markets, Foxnet shut down on September 12, 2006. The shutdown was delayed until then to allow WABG in Greenwood, Mississippi time to quickly put a Fox affiliate on its digital subchannel. Because of this shutdown, an estimated 13,000 cable subscribers may have lost access to a Fox station. ([1], [2])

[edit] See also

• The WB 100+ Station Group
• The CW Plus