The Fox Sports television network said Monday that it will launch a new, all-sports TV channel in Brazil as part of a planned expansion in Latin America's largest country.
The partnership between FOX Sports and MLB Network has added a new dimension to the Saturday and postseason broadcasts as well as the inclusion of new personalities to compliment the team of Joe Buck and Tim McCarver.
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Big market teams generate nine figures in gate receipts and have significant local media revenues through their own networks or a contract with a regional sports network like Fox Sports.
As game developers and content providers such as Cartoon Network and FOX Sports Interactive scramble to figure out how to make their games work on cellphones, and as wireless carriers look for ways to keep people on their networks longer, Glu holds the key.
That does not include wholly owned enterprises like Star, an Asian network, or part-owned ones like Fox Sports Australia.
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When it launched five years ago as the first college conference sports channel as a joint venture between Fox Sports Media Group and the Big Ten Conference, some questioned if the Big Ten Network could produce the programming and ratings to prosper.
Fox has been quietly busy over the last few days, unveiling plans for a 24-hour sports network that may be the biggest challenger to ESPN's throne, and adding new features to its mobile apps.
's (nyse: NWS - news - people ) Fox Sports is not involved in bowl broadcasts means you get some of the quickness it brought to the medium without that network's over-the-top antics.
The ownership stakes of teams in their local television deals is not included in our valuations because teams and regional sports networks can be sold separately (witness the recent purchase of 49% of the YES Network by Fox).
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