Fox Sports Pty Limited

Fox Sports Australia Pty Limited

Type	Subsidiary
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Australia
Owner	News Corp Australia
Parent	News Corp
Website	www.foxsports.com.au

Fox Sports Australia Pty Limited (formerly Premier Media Group Pty Limited) is a subsidiary of News Corp Australia that owns sports-related television networks and digital properties. It owns Australian subscription TV channels Fox Sports, Fox Sports News and Fox Footy and a range of video, text and statistical content for television, mobile phone and online delivery.

In February 2012, Premier Media Group changed its name to Fox Sports, with CEO Patrick Delany explaining “The change from Premier Media to Fox Sports provides a stronger reflection of the core business of the company in its name, which is, and will continue to be, sport."

Fox Sports broadcasts an average of around 20 hours of live sport per day into 2.5 million homes around Australia on subscription television with six million potential viewers through Foxtel and Optus TV. The Fox Sports channels are also available in more than 5,100 hotels and licensed venues as well as 180,000 hotel rooms throughout Australia.

Fox Sports currently has broadcast rights for the AFL, NRL, A-League, Socceroos, English Premier League, Super Rugby, Wallaby tests, domestic and international cricket, Golf Majors, Tennis Grand Slams, Basketball and Motorsport.

On 2 November 2012, News Corp. took control of Consolidated Media Holdings after a $2 billion merger was approved by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Federal Court and Consolidated Media Holding shareholders, making News Corp. 100% owner of Fox Sports Pty Ltd.^[1]

References

↑ "News Limited seals pay TV deal after Federal Court approves CMH takeover". The Australian. 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2013-01-22.

External links

Official website

News Corp Australia

Metropolitan newspapers	The Australian The Daily Telegraph Herald Sun / Sunday Herald Sun The Courier Mail The Sunday Mail (Brisbane) The Advertiser The Sunday Times (Western Australia) The Mercury Northern Territory News mX

Community newspapers	Leader Community Newspapers (Victoria) NewsLocal (NSW) Quest Community Newspapers (Queensland) Messenger Newspapers (South Australia) Community Newspaper Group (Western Australia)

Regional newspapers	Geelong Advertiser Gold Coast Bulletin The Cairns Post Townsville Bulletin

Magazines	Big League GQ Australia Vogue Australia

Fox Sports Pty Limited	Fox Sports Fox Footy Fox Sports News

Professional Sports	Brisbane Broncos (68.87%)

Other properties	Australian Associated Press (45%) Newspoll (polling brand) Papua New Guinea Post-Courier (63%) REA Group (61.6%) Foxtel (50%)

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