Fox Sports (Brazil)
Fox Sports is the Brazilian division of pay television sports channel that was launched on 5 February 2012, replacing the Brazilian variant of Speed. A second channel, Fox Sports 2 was launched on 24 January 2014. On May 6, 2020 Brazil's antitrust regulator CADE announced that Fox Sports and ESPN Brasil would merge with channel being kept for a year until January 1, 2022 due to the channel's broadcast rights and structure in the country.[2]
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| Country | Brazil |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Brazil |
| Network | Fox Sports International |
| Headquarters | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Portuguese |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (downgraded to 16:9 480i for the SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company Latin America Disney Channels Worldwide (Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International) |
| History | |
| Launched | Fox Sports: February 5, 2012 Fox Sports 2: January 24, 2014 |
| Replaced | Speed |
| Closed | Fox Sports: January 17, 2022[1] |
| Replaced by | Fox Sports: ESPN 4 |
| Availability | |
| Cable | |
| Claro TV | Channel 73 (SD) Channel 74 (2 SD) Channel 573 (HD) Channel 574 (2 HD) |
| TVN | Channel 88 (SD) Channel 132 (2 SD) Channel 488 (HD) Channel 489 (2 HD) |
| TV Alphaville | Channel 73 (HD) Channel 74 (2 HD) |
| Satellite | |
| Oi TV | Channel 163 (HD) Channel 170 (2 HD) |
| Vivo TV | Channel 573 (HD) Channel 574 (2 HD) |
| SKY | Channel 194 (SD) Channel 195 (2 SD) Channel 594 (HD) Channel 595 (2 HD) |
| Claro TV | Channel 73 (SD) Channel 74 (2 SD) Channel 573 (HD) Channel 574 (2 HD) |
| IPTV | |
| Vivo TV | Channel 573 (HD) Channel 574 (2 HD) |
| Oi TV | Channel 163 (HD) Channel 170 (2 HD) |
Disney confirmed that Fox Sports' main channel will be rebranded as ESPN 4 on January 17, 2022, while Fox Sports 2 will continue to air due to Disney's contract with CONMEBOL regarding Copa Libertadores coverage.[1]
Programming rights
Football
- UEFA Europa League (Shared with ESPN)
- UEFA Europa Conference League (Shared with ESPN)
- Premier League (Shared with ESPN)
- EFL Championship (Shared with ESPN)
- EFL Cup (Shared with ESPN)
- La Liga (Shared with ESPN)
- DFB-Pokal (Shared with ESPN)
- Serie A (Shared with ESPN)
- Ligue 1 (Shared with ESPN)
- Coupe de France (Shared with ESPN)
- Primeira Liga (Shared with ESPN)
- Eredivisie (Shared with ESPN)
- AFC Champions League (Shared with ESPN)
- CONMEBOL Libertadores
- Argentine Primera División (Shared with ESPN)
- Copa do Nordeste (Shared with ESPN)
- CONCACAF Champions League (Shared with ESPN)
- Major League Soccer (Shared with ESPN)
- Copa América (Shared with ESPN)
American Football
- National Football League (Shared with ESPN)
Baseball
- Major League Baseball (Shared with ESPN)
Boxing
- ESPN Knockout (Shared with ESPN)
Motorsports
- MotoGP (Shared with ESPN)
- NASCAR Cup Series (Shared with ESPN)
- NASCAR Xfinity Series (Shared with ESPN)
- NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series (Shared with ESPN)
- Dakar Rally (Shared with ESPN)
- World Rally Championship (Shared with ESPN)
- FIA World Endurance Championship (Shared with ESPN)
- Weathertech Sportscar Championship (Shared with ESPN)
- Extreme E (Shared with ESPN)
- TCR South America Touring Car Championship (Shared with ESPN)
Professional wrestling
Starting January 11, 2021 Fox Sports will not have any original programs, as part of Disney's new sports schedule. Live broadcasts of select events will continue until January 1, 2022 when Fox Sports will be discontinued
Programs broadcast by Fox Sports in Brazil
- Abre o Jogo
- Além da Bola
- Bola da Vez (VT)
- Especial Libertadores
- ESPN FC (VT)
- Inside Serie A
- La Liga World
- Los Archivos de La Liga
- Momento ESPN
- Mundo Premier League
- Resenha ESPN (VT)
- Show da Rodada: Premier League
- Show da Rodada: La Liga
- Show da Rodada: Ligue 1
- Show da Rodada: Serie A
- UEFA Europa League Highlights
- UEFA Europa League & Europa Conference League Magazine
Announcers from Fox Sports in Brazil
Play by Play Announcers
- Cledi Oliveira (Soccer)
- Eliane Trevisan (Soccer)
- Hamilton Rodrigues (Soccer, NASCAR)
- João Guilherme (Soccer)
- Luciana Marianno (Soccer)
- Marco Alfaro (WWE)
- Matheus Pinheiro (Soccer and NFL)
- Matheus Suman (Basketball)
- Nivaldo Prieto (Soccer)
- Paulo Andrade (Soccer)
- Renan do Couto (Motorsports, Soccer and NFL)
- Rogério Vaughan (Soccer)
- Rômulo Mendonça (Soccer)
- Thiago Alves (Motorsports and MLB)
Color Analysts
- André Marinho Fernandes (MotoGP)
- Bernardo Régis (MLB)
- Carlos Eugênio Simon (Soccer)
- Edgard Mello Filho (NASCAR and MotoGP)
- Eugênio Leal (Soccer)
- Fábio Sormani (Soccer)
- Fausto Macieira (MotoGP)
- Felipe Facincani (Soccer)
- Gian Oddi (Soccer)
- Gustavo Zupak (Soccer)
- Livio Reis (WWE)
- Mauro Naves (Soccer)
- Mário Filho (MMA)
- Mário Marra (Soccer)
- Osvaldo Pascoal (Soccer)
- Paulo Godinho (Boxe)
- Rafael Marques (Soccer)
- Raphael Prates (Soccer)
- Renata Ruel (Soccer)
- Renato Rodrigues (Soccer)
- Roberto Figueroa (WWE)
- Rodrigo Bueno (Soccer)
- Thiago Alves (Motorsports)
- Zinho (Soccer)
References
External links
- Fox Sports on Twitter
- Fox Sports on Facebook
- Fox Sports on Instagram
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