Premier Media Group is a 50/50 joint venture of News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings and is Australia’s leading sports producer and broadcaster. It owns Australian subscription TV channels Fox Sports, FoxSportsNews, How To Channel and FUEL TV and a range of video, text and statistical content for television, mobile phone and online delivery.
Fox Sports broadcasts an average of around 20 hours of live sport per day into 2 million homes around Australia on subscription television with six million potential viewers through Foxtel, Austar and Optus TV. Premier Media Group also produces a dedicated Fox Sports News TV mobile phone channel. The Fox Sports channels are also available in more than 3,600 hotels and licensed venues as well as 190,000 hotel rooms throughout Australia.
Fox Sports currently has broadcast rights for the AFL, NRL, A-League, Socceroos, Super 14, Wallaby tests, domestic and international cricket, all four Golf Majors, three of the four Tennis Grand Slams (did not reach agreement with Channel 7 for 2010 Australian Open), and motorsport.
On 20 September 2010, PMG announced that Speed will be joining their channel lineup from 1 November.
On 1 March 2011, HOW TO Channel closed and was replaced by XYZ Networks channel LifeStyle Home.
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