Fox Teams with Women in Sports and Events Org
Fox has partnered with the non-profit org Women in Sports and Events in an effort to open doors for women in the world of sports production and broadcasting. The sports biz is still largely a boys…
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Jeff Krolik Named Fox Sports Regional Networks President
Krolik, who has overseen operations for Fox Sports Regional Networks since 2007, has been promoted from exec veep.
Fox Sports to Air Red Bull World Series
Fox Sports and Red Bull Media House have inked a three-year deal to broadcast the Red Bull World Series, the companies announced this week, marking the energy drink company’s largest U.S. licensing…
Fox Sports Disputes Craig James’ Accusation That He Was Terminated for His Conservative Religious Views
Sports commentator Craig James is threatening legal action against Fox Sports for firing him from his role as an analyst on a regional network, but Fox says that he was dropped because he was “not a…
Fox Sports 1 Averages 160,000 Viewers Nightly in First Week
Numbers are in for the first full week of national sports channel Fox Sports 1, and the net has left plenty of room for improvement. Nielsen estimates that FS1 averaged 161,000 viewers in primetime…
Fox Sports Promotes Marketing Guru Robert Gottlieb
Senior veep and head of marketing Robert Gottlieb upped to exec veep of marketing.
TV Review: ‘Fox Sports 1’s Crowd Goes Wild’
There’s really no such thing as reinventing a sports network at this point in the game, and Fox Sports 1 — which launched over the weekend as a complement, more than an alternative, to ESPN — isn’t…
UFC Scores in Ratings on Opening Night for Fox Sports 1
Fox Sports 1 is off and running. The new national sports network, which launched Saturday in approximately 90 million homes, drew good ratings for a UFC fights Saturday night — handily beating the…
Mobile, A La Carte and Live Sports Hot Topics at Variety's Sports Entertainment Summit
Breaking down such topics as the use of mobile devices in sports entertainment and the economic realities of televised sports, prominent figures from Fox Sports, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the NFL and…
Fox Sports Digital Acquires Assets of Social Startup Fanhood
Fox Sports Digital has acquired social sports start-up Fanhood, hiring founder/CEO Brandon Ramsey as vice president of engineering.
