Fox Sports Hires Veteran Ad Sales Executives
Fox Sports has appointed Jen Durda and Kathy Lydon both named VPs. Durda previously was a VP with Warner Bros. Discovery and Turner Sports. …
Fox Sports, AEG Take Shot At New College Hoops Tournament
The two companies on Wednesday announced the College Basketball Crown, a men’s postseason tournament set to be held in Las Vegas from March …
UFL Kickoff Offers Latest Hope For Spring Football
Fierce media rivals like ESPN and Fox Sports aren’t often eager to see the other do well. But the competitors may be cheering one another …
Fox Sports Prepares For UFL, ‘A League Defined By Technology’
Fox Sports is pulling out all the stops on production tech to make sure that its vision for the United Football League coverage is realized.
Caitlin Clark’s Record-Setting Game Draws Top Women’s Basketball Regular-Season TV Rating Since 1999
Caitlin Clark’s record-setting game for Iowa against Ohio State on Sunday attracted more than 4 million television viewers at its peak …
Disney, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery Team On Sports Streaming Platform
The three companies will each share one-third ownership in the joint venture. A name for the service and pricing will be announced later. …
How Often Is Taylor Swift Actually Shown At NFL Games?
A romance between the pop star and Travis Kelce has dominated social media, but TV broadcasts are focusing on it less than many seem to …
XFL And USFL To Merge As United Football League
Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia on Sunday unveiled plans for the United Football League, the new spring pro football league born from the …
Colorado’s Win Over TCU Draws Record Audience For Fox As Second Most-Watched Week 1 College Football Matchup
Fox scored a record audience with its broadcast of Colorado’s win against TCU on Saturday. The football game, which was watched by nearly …
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NFL Remains Top Draw For Advertisers
Fall’s upfront would have been a lot worse were it not for leveraging NFL packages with advertisers, and the league continues to pull them …
Fox Sports Taps Google Cloud For Generative AI Capabilities
Fox Corp.’s Fox Sports is turning to generative artificial-intelligence to help its staffers more rapidly generate content from millions of …
Alex Rodriguez Closes In On Contract Extension With Fox Sports
Fox Sports is betting big on MLB analyst Alex Rodriguez. The 14-time MLB all star and World Series champion is closing in on a contract …
Fox Sports Adds Aerial Drones, Player Mics To The Mix At MLB All-Star Game
Fox Sports will use technology to bring baseball fans closer to the action during its live telecast of the 93rd Major League Baseball …
Fox Sports’ Mike Mulvihill Named President, Insights & Analytics
He will lead a centralized insights and analytics team across Fox Sports, Fox Entertainment and Tubi.
Carli Lloyd, JP Dellacamera Lead Fox’s Wome’s World Cup Coverage
JP Dellacamera will be Fox’s lead play-by-play commentator for the third straight Women’s World Cup, while two-time FIFA Player of the Year …
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Broadcasters Go Private With 5G
Broadcasters are now making active use of 5G in everyday production operations, usually alongside LTE in contribution feeds sent with bonded …
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AI Makes Big Progress In Broadcast Workflows
At this year's NAB Show, while some of the focus on artificial intelligence could be attributed to mainstream buzz over new generative AI …
TVN Webinar: Making Gains In 5G & Television Production
Executives from Fox Sports, BBC and Sinclair Inc. will unpack the pace of the 5G rollout and its application in news and sports production …
Fox To Air 29 Women’s World Cup Matches, Up From 22 In ’19
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox will broadcast 29 of 64 Women’s World Cup games from Australia and New Zealand this summer on its main network, …
Derek Jeter Joining Fox Sports’ Baseball Studio Team
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez have been reunited. Fox Sports announced Sunday during its Super Bowl pregame show …
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Fox Is Following Its IP Playbook For The Super Bowl
For Fox’s 10th Super Bowl in Glendale, Ariz., this Sunday, the broadcaster will integrate modular “flypacks” built for the FIFA World Cup …
Tom Brady Says He Will Start Broadcasting Career At Fox Sports In Fall 2024
Tom Brady will make his on-air debut for Fox Sports beginning with 2024’s NFL season. Brady revealed the news Monday during Colin Cowherd’s …
Fox Sells Out Super Bowl Ads: Crypto Out, Alcohol In
Fox said Monday that in-game ads for Super Bowl LVII have all been sold. Mark Evans, executive vice president of ad sales for Fox Sports, …
Kevin Harvick To Join Fox Booth As NASCAR Analyst In 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Harvick won’t spend a single day in retirement when his NASCAR driving days are over: Fox said Sunday it has …
Fox Draws 16.8M Viewers For Argentina World Cup Win
The overtime World Cup final drew 16.78 million viewers on Fox Sunday, the most-watched World Cup telecast in English-language television …
The Members Of ‘Fox NFL Sunday’ Have Bonds Deeper Than Football
T pregame show debuted 22 years ago. Since, it has thrived as the king of the Sunday morning pregame shows while the cast has grown into a …
Fox Sports Turns To LiveU And Debrouillard To Deliver World Cup To Fan Sites In UK
Wanting to increase the dynamism of its World Cup coverage, Fox Sports chose U.K. video services company Debrouillard Television to capture …
Fox Sports’s World Cup Coverage Playing On Broadcast And Cable Field
Fox executives are confident that it will attract both the hard-core sports fan and casual viewers with its coverage of the premiere soccer …
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Fox Flies All-IP For FIFA World Cup
Fox has created a modular 2110 system that ties into U.S. operations for its upcoming World Cup coverage. Both Fox and Telemundo, which has …
Networks To Celebrate John Madden During Thanksgiving Day Games
CBS, Fox and NBC will all be paying tribute to former coach and Hall of Fame sportscaster John Madden when they broadcast National Football …
TAG Video Systems Unveils New Platform For Fox Sports’ Marquee Events Ahead
Fox Sports is taking TAG Video Systems to the world’s greatest sporting event in Qatar as the FIFA World Cup’s monitoring and visualization …
Big 12 Agrees To 6-Year Extension ESPN, Fox
The deal, worth more than $2 billion that will keep the conference's media rights in place through the 2030-31 college sports seasons, …
Fox To Avoid World Cup Off-Field Controversy In Qatar
Qatar has been criticized over its treatment of the migrant workers who built the World Cup venues. "Our stance is if it affects what …
Donovan, Dempsey To Broadcast World Cup In US For Fox
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Landon Donovan is teaming with Clint Dempsey again at a World Cup. The pair, who share the American record of 57 …
‘Fox NFL Sunday’ Broadcaster Terry Bradshaw Reveals Cancer Diagnosis In On-Air Address
Terry Bradshaw, a Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and one of the co-hosts on Fox NFL Sunday, revealed Sunday on air that he has …
Tubi And Fox Sports Launch World Cup Channel
Tubi said Wednesday it debuted a channel dedicated to the World Cup, working with Fox Sports, which will be televising the global soccer …
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5G Production Gains Traction
The cellular tech will be in the spotlight at the IBC technology show in Amsterdam that gets underway tomorrow. Vendors say the 5G buzz is …
Fox Confirms Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen As Top NFL Team
Fox Sports, a few weeks after making a splash by announcing Tom Brady would be joining the network as an NFL analyst when his playing career …
Sean Payton Nearing Deal To Join Fox As NFL Studio Analyst
Super Bowl winning coach Sean Payton and Fox Sports are deep in negotiations to make the former Saints head coach an NFL studio …
Fox Sports And EVS Announce Major Deal At NAB Show
Fox Sports today announced the acquisition of the MediaInfra Strada Routing and Control solution by EVS, a provider of live video …
Fox Sports Makes Easter Sunday A NASCAR Ratings Success
NASCAR delivered the most-watched race at Bristol Motor Speedway since 2016 on Sunday night when an average 4,007,000 viewers tuned in as …
USFL Kickoff: Fox, NBC Look To Revolutionize Football Coverage With Drones, HelmetCams, Dual Skycams, 32 Mic’ed Up Players & More
While several spring football leagues have popped up in recent years, none have come close to packing the production-technology punch that …
New USFL Hoping To Succeed Where Other Spring Leagues Failed
The USFL kicks off Saturday night in Birmingham, Ala., when the New Jersey Generals face the Birmingham Stallions. Fox and NBC Sports will …
Joe Davis Named Fox’s Lead Baseball Voice After Buck Leaves
On Friday, Davis was named Fox Sports’ lead baseball play-by-play announcer. Davis takes over for Joe Buck, who left Fox for ESPN’s Monday …
Kevin Burkhardt To Succeed Joe Buck As Fox’s Top NFL Voice
Kevin Burkhardt, who has been the Fox Sports host of the World Series and its No. 2 NFL play-by-player, will be named the No. 1 voice on …
Joe Buck Expected To Leave Fox Sports For Huge ESPN Deal
On Friday, Fox granted Buck permission to speak with ESPN, according to sources. A deal is expected to come to fruition shortly. With Fox, …
Erin Andrews Could Be The Next Fox Free Agent To Bolt In NFL Media Frenzy
Fox has the Super Bowl next year, and it has already lost its top NFL game analyst, Troy Aikman, to ESPN. It is deciding whether it will …
USFL’s Original Owners Sue Fox Sports To Block Relaunch Of League
An organization of owners and executives from the original United States Football League filed suit Monday in Los Angeles to block Fox …