Fox Sports International was a premium television service in the Netherlands, owned by Eredivisie Media & Marketing CV (in which Fox Networks Group Benelux[1] (part of Fox) had 51% share and football clubs together with Endemol 49%) and launched on 17 August 2013.[2]
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| Country | Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Netherlands |
| Network | Fox Sports |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Dutch |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Eredivisie Media & Marketing CV |
| Sister channels | Fox Sports Eredivisie Fox National Geographic National Geographic Wild 24Kitchen BabyTV |
| History | |
| Launched | 17 August 2013 |
| Closed | 31 December 2020 |
| Replaced by | ESPN |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability (at time of closure) | |
| Streaming media | |
| Ziggo GO | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
| Fox Sports GO | Watch live (Netherlands only) |
The service contained three channels covering several European football leagues and live tennis from the ATP World Tour and WTA Tour.[3]
On 1 October 2020, it was announced that the networks would rebrand as ESPN on 31 December 2020, due to the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.[4][5]
Channels edit
- Fox Sports 4
- Fox Sports 5
- Fox Sports 6
Coverage edit
- Copa America All matches live
- CONCACAF Gold Cup all matches live
- Africa Cup of Nations all matches live
- UEFA Europa League In Group Stage till Quarterfinal 4 Matches LIVE on Thursday (2 at 19.00 & 2 at 21.00), From Quarterfinal all Matches LIVE (Excluding Game broadcast by RTL 7, except the Final)
- CONMEBOL Libertadores
- CONMEBOL Sudamericana
- CONMEBOL Recopa
- Bundesliga
- Taca de Portugal Only the Final Live
- Coupe de France Only the Final live
- Scottish Cup Only the Final live
- K-League
- NFL
- NHL
- MLB
- KBO
- ATP World Tour Masters 1000
- ATP World Tour 500
- ATP World Tour 250
- ATP World Tour Finals
- WTA Tour
External links edit
References edit
- ^ Murdoch neemt Eredivisie live over , Murdoch takes over Eredivisie Live , NOS 8 August 2012
- ^ Jarco Kriek (26 June 2013). "Eredivisie Live wordt Fox Sports Eredivisie en International". TotaalTV.
- ^ "Eredivisie Live wordt Fox Sports eredivisie". Fox Sports. 30 June 2013.
- ^ "Fox Sports gaat ESPN Sports heten". broadcastmagazine.nl. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "FOX Sports heet vanaf 1 januari ESPN | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl (in Dutch). 2020-12-01. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2020-12-03.