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! [[Fox (international)|Fox]] !![[Fox Comedy]] !! [[Fox Crime]] !! [[Fox Life]] !! [[Fox Movies (channel)|Fox Movies]] !! [[BabyTV]]<br>(Baby Network Ltd.)<ref name="mavise-bnl">{{Cite web |title=Company: Baby Network Limited |url=http://mavise.obs.coe.int/company?id=2522 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905065500/http://mavise.obs.coe.int/company?id=2522 |archive-date=September 5, 2018 |access-date=September 5, 2018 |website=mavise.obs.coe.int |publisher=European Audiovisual Observatory}}</ref> || Other
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| Disney Middle East FZ LLC || rowspan="2" {{ya}} ||colspan="2" rowspan="2" {{na}} || colspan="2" {{ya}} || rowspan="16" {{ya}} || <br>[[Star Movies]]<br>[[Star World]]<br>[[Fox Action Movies]]
| Disney Middle East FZ LLC || rowspan="2" {{ya}} ||colspan="2" rowspan="2" {{na}} || colspan="2" {{ya}} || rowspan="16" {{ya}} || <br>[[Star Movies]]<br>[[Star World]]<br>[[Fox Sports (Middle Eastern TV channel)|Fox Sports]]<br>Fox Rewayat<br>[[Channel V|Channel V International]]<br>[[FX (international)#Middle East|FX]]<br>[[Fox Family Movies]]<br>[[Fox Action Movies]]
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| The Walt Disney Company España S.A|| colspan="2" {{na}} || Star Channel
| The Walt Disney Company España S.A|| colspan="2" {{na}} || Star Channel<br>[[Viajar]]
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| The Walt Disney Company Türkiye|| colspan="5"rowspan="14" {{na}} ||24Kitchen<br>FX
| The Walt Disney Company Türkiye|| colspan="5"rowspan="14" {{na}} ||24Kitchen<br>FX
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|[[The Walt Disney Company Portugal]] || 24Kitchen<br>Star Channel<br>Star Life<br>Star Crime<br>Star Movies<br>Star Comedy<br>Star Mundo
|[[The Walt Disney Company Portugal]] || 24Kitchen<br>Star Channel<br>Star Life<br>Star Crime<br>Star Movies<br>Star Comedy<br>Star Mundo
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| [[The Walt Disney Company CIS|The Walt Disney Company Baltics & CIS]] || FX<br>FX Life
| [[The Walt Disney Company CIS]] || FX<br>FX Life
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| The Walt Disney Company Baltics || FX<br>FX Life
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| The Walt Disney Company Greece || FX<br>FX Life
| The Walt Disney Company Greece || FX<br>FX Life
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| The Walt Disney Company Bulgaria <ref>{{Cite web |title=The Walt Disney Company Bulgaria EOOD |url=https://www.emis.com/php/company-profile/BG/The_Walt_Disney_Company_Bulgaria_EOOD__Дъ_Уолт_Дисни_Къмпани_България_ЕООД__en_3587271.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306103911/https://www.emis.com/php/company-profile/BG/The_Walt_Disney_Company_Bulgaria_EOOD__Дъ_Уолт_Дисни_Къмпани_България_ЕООД__en_3587271.html |archive-date=March 6, 2021 |access-date=May 4, 2020 |website=Emis.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Company: Fox Networks Group Bulgaria EOOD |url=http://mavise.obs.coe.int/company?id=2859 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003030006/http://mavise.obs.coe.int/company?id=2859 |archive-date=October 3, 2017 |access-date=October 2, 2017 |website=MAVISE |publisher=European Audiovisual Observatory}}</ref>|| Star Channel<br>Star Life<br>Star Crime<br>24Kitchen
| The Walt Disney Company Bulgaria <ref>{{Cite web |title=The Walt Disney Company Bulgaria EOOD |url=https://www.emis.com/php/company-profile/BG/The_Walt_Disney_Company_Bulgaria_EOOD__Дъ_Уолт_Дисни_Къмпани_България_ЕООД__en_3587271.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306103911/https://www.emis.com/php/company-profile/BG/The_Walt_Disney_Company_Bulgaria_EOOD__Дъ_Уолт_Дисни_Къмпани_България_ЕООД__en_3587271.html |archive-date=March 6, 2021 |access-date=May 4, 2020 |website=Emis.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Company: Fox Networks Group Bulgaria EOOD |url=http://mavise.obs.coe.int/company?id=2859 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003030006/http://mavise.obs.coe.int/company?id=2859 |archive-date=October 3, 2017 |access-date=October 2, 2017 |website=MAVISE |publisher=European Audiovisual Observatory}}</ref>|| Star Channel<br>Star Life<br>Star Crime<br>24Kitchen
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| Disney Networks Group UK <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Disney Networks Group (UK) Limited overview |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04467859 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425032241/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04467859 |archive-date=April 25, 2018 |access-date=April 24, 2018 |website=Companies House}}</ref><ref name="DisneyMavise">{{Cite web |title=Company: Fox International Channels (UK) Limited |url=http://mavise.obs.coe.int/company?id=484 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003030543/http://mavise.obs.coe.int/company?id=484 |archive-date=October 3, 2017 |access-date=October 2, 2017 |website=MAVISE |publisher=European Audiovisual Observatory.}}</ref>||[[YourTV]]
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| [[The Walt Disney Company France]]|| [[Voyage (French TV channel)|Voyage]]
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| The Walt Disney Company Germany<ref>{{Cite web |title=Company: Fox Networks Group Germany GMBH |url=http://mavise.obs.coe.int/company?id=7643 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003030555/http://mavise.obs.coe.int/company?id=7643 |archive-date=October 3, 2017 |access-date=October 2, 2017 |website=MAVISE |publisher=European Audiovisual Observatory}}</ref> ||rowspan="2"|
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| The Walt Disney Company Africa
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| The Walt Disney Company Nordic (multiple business units) ||Xee(Denmark)
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| The Walt Disney Company Serbia|| Star Channel<br>Star Life<br>Star Crime<br>Star Movies<br>24Kitchen
| The Walt Disney Company Serbia|| Star Channel<br>Star Life<br>Star Crime<br>Star Movies<br>24Kitchen
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| The Walt Disney Company Finland||[[Star Channel (Finnish TV channel)|Star Channel]]
| The Walt Disney Company Finland ||colspan="6" rowspan="3" {{na}} ||[[Star Channel (Finnish TV channel)|Star Channel]]
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| The Walt Disney Company Japan||Dlife
| The Walt Disney Company Japan||Dlife
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| [[Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific]]||[[Star Chinese Channel]]<br>[[Star Chinese Movies]]<br>[[Star World]]<br>[[FX_(Asian_TV_channel)|FX]]<br>[[Channel V|Channel V International]]<br>[[Fox Family Movies]]<br>[[Fox Action Movies]]<br>[[Star Movies]]<br>[[Star Chinese Channel|Star Entertainment Channel]]<br>[[Star World|Star World Taiwan]]<br>[[Star Movies|Star Movies Gold & Star Movies HD Taiwan]]
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* The Walt Disney Company Nordic (multiple business units)
* The Walt Disney Company Nordic (multiple business units)
** Xee (Denmark; 2019–2022)
** Xee (Denmark; 2019–2022)
*The Walt Disney Company Germany
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*The Walt Disney Company Africa
*Disney Middle East FZ LLC
**[[Fox Sports (Middle Eastern TV channel)|Fox Sports]]
**Fox Rewayat
**[[FX (international)#Middle East|FX]]
**[[Fox Family Movies]]
*[[Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific]]
*[[Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific]]
**[[Star Chinese Channel]]
**[[Star Chinese Channel]]
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**[[Star Chinese Channel|Star Entertainment Channel]]
**[[Star Chinese Channel|Star Entertainment Channel]]
**[[Star World]]
**[[Star World]]
**[[Star Movies]]
**[[Star Movies|Star Movies Gold & Star Movies HD Taiwan]]
**[[FX_(Asian_TV_channel)|FX]]
**[[Channel V|Channel V International]]
**[[Fox Family Movies]]
**[[Fox Action Movies]]


===Former (United States) Units===
===Former (United States) Units===

Revision as of 20:18, 7 January 2024

Fox Networks Group
FormerlyFox International Channels (1993–2016)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelevision
FoundedFebruary 27, 1993; 31 years ago (1993-02-27)
FounderRupert Murdoch
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsPay television
Brands
ServicesTelevision channels
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company (2019–present)
ParentNews Corporation (1993–2013)
21st Century Fox (2013–2019)
Disney Entertainment (2019–present)

Fox Networks Group (FNG) is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company that oversees the international television assets that were acquired from former 21st Century Fox in March 2019. The division oversaw the production and broadcasting of the Fox brands in the United States and internationally. These brands included Fox, Fox Sports, National Geographic, and BabyTV, as well producing and distributing more than 300 entertainment, film, sports and factual channels in 45 languages across Europe, Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Asia, using several brands in those regions. Among their non-linear brands were Fox Play and Fox Plus. These brands reached over 1.725 billion households around the world.

Prior to March 2019, the group included the U.S. unit which consisted of Fox Television Group, Fox Cable Networks, Fox Sports Media Group, Fox News Group, National Geographic Partners, and Fox Networks Digital Consumer Group. Following Disney's acquisition of 21CF, FNG's U.S. unit was dispersed between the Murdoch's Fox Corporation and Walt Disney Television, while the non-U.S. units (previously known as Fox International Channels, a unit previously operated jointly with 21CF's U.S. domestic broadcast units until 2016, when the units were merged into Fox Networks Group) were integrated into Disney's direct-to-consumer and international unit later phased out with its properties being dispersed into various Disney units with its channels rebranding to either Star or FX brands.

History

Formation and expansion

Logo used by U.S. subsidiary of Fox Networks Group; FNG's international units used an alternative logo with the "Fox" wordmark colored in orange
Fox International Channels logo used from 1993 to 2010
Fox International Channels logo used from 2010 to 2012
Fox International Channels logo used from 2012 to 2016

Fox International Channels was formed in 1993 to serve as the unit for the international multi-media business owned at the time by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation after the purchase of Star TV with the purpose to serve its international channels.[1][2]

In 1997, Fox International Channels purchased NHNZ, a producer of documentaries. NHNZ had a stake in Singapore-based Beach House Pictures.[3]

In 2001, Fox International Channels entered the Spanish market with Fox and National Geographic Channel adding Fox Crime later on.[4]

In January 2004, the FX289 channel for UK and Ireland was launched, later rebranded as FX as it moved to Sky EPG in April 2005.[5] The channel was rebranded as Fox on January 11, 2013.[6]

In early 2006, Fox International Channels formed a production company called Fox Toma 1 with Argentine content producer Ernesto Sandler. FIC purchased a majority interest in Telecolombia, renaming the production company Fox Telecolombia in June 2007. This was to boost Spanish-language original shows for Latin American and the US. Fox Telecolombia would still provide Telefutura and RCN Colombian network with programming.[7] In September 2007, FIC purchased a majority share in the international operations of BabyTV with the founders retaining the original Israel business.[8][9]

In 2007, the Argentinian Utilisima lifestyle channel, which launched in 1996,[10] was sold to Fox International Channels.[10] The channel went global in 2008, with the addition of a Portuguese feed,[11] and ended up being distributed across Latin America, Canada, Spain, New Zealand and Australia and the United States. The US version of the channel launched in May 2010. In 2013, it was rebranded as MundoFox and stopped being available internationally outside of Latin America (excluding Brazil). In July 2017, it was rebranded as Nat Geo Kids. Its Brazilian feed was launched separately on October of that same year.

National Geographic Channels International attempted to launch new sister channels in Nat Geo in India, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Adventure, Nat Geo Music and Nat Geo HD, by making them available to the market in May 2008.[12] Fox International Channels launched the new Nat Geo channels again along with FX, Fox Crime and BabyTV to add to its existing Fox History and the main Nat Geo channel in June 2010.[13]

In January 2008, Fox International Channels purchased a controlling stake in Real Estate TV (RETV), a UK property-themed channel.[14] In April 2008, FIC launched Fox Next in Portugal, on Meo's Meo Mix package. Fox Next targets 25-to-44-year-olds and is programmed with series and movies with thematic primetime and weekday blocks.[15]

In 2008, FIC and Rotana Media Services launched Fox Movies and Fox Series channels in the Middle East market.[16] Fox then purchased a stake in Rotana, while the joint venture agreed with Disney to carry Disney and American Broadcasting Company content on the two channels for four years.[17] With Abu Dhabi Media Company in July 2009, FIC started National Geographic Abu Dhabi Channel.[16]

In 2008, Fox Broadcasting and 20th Century Fox Television formed Fox Inkubation, a joint initiative for new animation talent that would allow them to produce two minute shorts as pilots for new series. Fox TV had concurrently started its animation division 20th Century Fox Television Animation with Jennifer Howell, the same executive heading up both Inkubation and Fox TV Animation with Inkubation later being discontinued in 2012, as plans for a late night animation block moved forward and none of its projects got on the air with Howell exiting Fox at the end of her contract in May 2013.[18]

Fox Life channel was original developed in Italy then launched in Balkans, Bulgaria, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Poland, Portugal, Russia and Turkey. FIC made the channel available in Greece on December 1, 2008, in English with Greek dubbing.[19]

An independent sales and marketing agency was set up in Tallinn, Estonia in June 2009. In March 2011, a Baltic regional office was set up in Tallinn with the independent marketing agency owner, Karoli Kindriks, as regional manager reporting to Ase Ytreland, Managing Director of Fox International Channels for Nordic & Baltic Region.[20]

On August 19, 2009, News Corporation announced that it would reorganize their Asia-Pacific subsidiary Star TV in Hong Kong. Star TV was split into Star India and Star Greater China. A few of such arrangements were that the original Star TV company would take over representation of FIC's channels in the region from NGC Network Asia, LLC, and Star itself would transform into a regional operation of Fox International Channels. Meanwhile, Star India would handle Fox-branded channels in India.[21][22][23]

In early March 2010, Fox International Channels agreed to move its Middle East and North Africa market channels' operations from Hong Kong and other locations to an Abu Dhabi facility. Its NHNZ subsidiary would also open a production office in Abu Dhabi. Fox, a global online ad network business, would also establish its Middle East operations.[16] In May 2010, FIC purchased a stake in Aquavision, a Johannesburg, South Africa production company, to be managed by NHNZ.[3][24]

In June 2010, FIC and Jan Dekker Holdings formed a joint venture to operate 24Kitchen in the Dutch market.[25] On September 1, 2011, Fox Channels Benelux launched 24Kitchen on UPC in the Netherlands, in partnership with Jan Dekker Holdings. It was later launched on other television providers on October 1, 2011.[26]

In April 2011, FIC Nordic launched Fox Crime in Norway.[27] Suomi TV, a Finnish free-to-air TV channel, was acquired in January 2012[28] and then rebranded as Fox in April 2012, expanding the channel's air time to 12 hours while adding FIC's co-produced series The Walking Dead along with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution, National Geographic Channel and 24Kitchen content.[27]

On July 1, 2011, Fox Movies was made available in Portugal on pay TV services and Angola and Mozambique on free-to-air TV.[29] In October 2011, FIC purchased Viajar, a Spanish television travel channel, from Prisa TV.[30]

On January 23, 2012, FIC and RCN Televisión announced that they would launch a new Spanish-language terrestrial television network named MundoFox in the United States as a joint venture.[31] The network was formally launched on August 13 that year.[32] Fox exited the joint venture in 2015,[33] and the network was renamed as MundoMax on July 28 that year,[34][35] before it ceased operations on November 30, 2016.[36][37]

In May 2012, Fox International Channels Latin America announced that it would acquire MGM's share in LAPTV,[38] which operated The Film Zone, Cinecanal and Moviecity. In October 2013, FIC purchased Paramount's shares in LAPTV to become the sole owner.[39] LAPTV's businesses were later folded into FIC Latin America, and Moviecity was relaunched as Fox in November 2014.

Former Fox Networks Group president David Haslingden's Racat Group purchased NHNZ, a New Zealand-based production company for documentaries, and its sister company, Singapore-based company Beach House Pictures, in October 2012 from Fox.[40][41]

Portugal-based Fluid Youth Culture purchased Fuel TV by January 2013.[42] On July 1, 2013, Fox Crime was replaced by Fox Network in Norway. FIC also renamed its premium Dutch network Eredivisie Live to Fox Sports Eredivisie, with its channels renamed as Fox Sports 1 through 3.[43] In the third quarter of 2013, FIC's French-language channels, including National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild and the travel-based Voyage, were expanded to Africa via RRsat's Global Network and Measat's Africasat-1a.[44]

On November 6, 2013, Fox International Channels acquired Setanta Africa Services Limited, operator of three Africa sports channels, Setanta Africa (English and French), Zuku Sports (East Africa) and the Setanta Action.[45] Setanta Africa and Setanta Action were branded as Fox Sports and Fox Sports 2, respectively in August 2014 at the 2014–15 football league kick-off.[46]

Fox Television Group was formed in July 2014, encompassing of Fox Broadcasting and 20th Century Fox Television, and placed under Fox Networks Group.[47] In June 2014, Fox Networks Group and Gail Berman formed The Jackal Group to provide programming for its various channels.[48]

In July 2014, Fox Networks Group and DNA Films formed DNA TV Limited. Fox Networks Group would have global-first rights with co-financing options to the joint venture's shows. DNA TV would be managed by DNA Films management with Eric Schrier, president of original programming for FX Networks and FX Productions, handling Fox's interest.[49]

In October 2014, Fox Crime (Spain) was replaced with FoxLife, with the latter's series moving primarily to Fox.[4] FIC Turkey, its pay company, and Fox Turkey, its free to air company, were merged in late 2014.[50] In the third quarter of 2014, a Fox-branded channel was launched in Sweden via Com Hem.[51]

On November 27, 2014, FIC acquired Jan Dekker Holdings' stake of the 24Kitchen joint venture. FIC also closed the venture's production facility.[25]

In 2014, A&E Networks Italy (formed in late 2013) took full ownership of the Italian version of History TV channel from FIC Italy.[52] In early 2014, the versions of Nat Geo Adventure in Asia and Pacific were relaunched as Nat Geo People.[53] On October 1, 2015, Fox International Channels UK launched YourTV, which would target female viewers, on Freeview and YouView, with the channel later being shut down on September 27, 2019.[54][55]

In 2015, 21st Century Fox and the National Geographic Society formed a new joint venture named National Geographic Partners that would oversee the Society's commercial ventures.[56] This included the U.S. domestic and international versions of National Geographic-branded TV channels, but Fox Networks Group would continue to handle advertisement sales and distribution of these channels.

In January 2016, 21st Century Fox announced a major reorganization of its non-U.S. television businesses. Fox International Channels (FIC), which have been operating separately from 21CF's U.S. domestic television businesses, would be abolished, and the head of its regional divisions would report to CEO Peter Rice and COO Randy Freer at Fox Networks Group in the United States, instead of the outgoing FIC CEO Hernan Lopez, thus absorbing the international television businesses into Fox Networks Group, with the regional divisions being renamed Fox Networks Group Europe, Fox Networks Group Latin America and Fox Networks Group Asia, effectively abolishing Fox International Channels as a separate unit from 21st Century Fox's television business in the United States.[57] [58] [59] All three international divisions of Fox Networks Group were collectively referred as Fox Networks Group International in 21CF's formal documents (including the group's annual reports).[60]: 7 

On December 5, 2017, 21st Century Fox appointed Uday Shankar, chairman and CEO of Star India, as the company's president for Asia. The new role would oversee Fox's television and online video platform business across the region, and the president of Fox Networks Group Asia would report directly to Shankar (instead of the equivalent at FNG U.S.).[61]

Post-Disney acquisition

On December 14, 2017, The Walt Disney Company formally announced its intention to acquire most of 21st Century Fox assets.[62] Businesses to be bought by Disney included FX Networks, a share in National Geographic Partners, and international operations of Fox Networks Group. The Murdoch family would retain the ownership of Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Television Stations, U.S. domestic operations of Fox Sports, Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, through a new company, eventually named Fox Corporation. Disney also acquired the regional Fox Sports Networks, but the U.S. Department of Justice ordered that those assets be sold within 90 days of closing of the deal due to Disney's majority ownership of ESPN.[63]

On March 19, 2019, Fox Corporation was officially spun off from 21st Century Fox, and began trading on the Nasdaq.[64] The next day, March 20, The Walt Disney Company completed the acquisition of 21st Century Fox.[65] This rendered Fox Networks Group as a standalone unit abolished. Within Disney, FX Networks and U.S. operations of National Geographic television channels were placed under Walt Disney Television, Disney's new U.S. domestic television unit. 20th Century Fox Television and Fox 21 Television Studios became a part of Disney Television Studios,[66] and Fox Networks Group CEO Peter Rice was appointed as the Chairman of Walt Disney Television.[66] The international businesses of Fox Networks Group would be integrated with Disney's Direct-to-Consumer & International division.[65]

On January 17, 2020, Disney dropped the "Fox" name from the 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures film units, though there were no mention of changes to Fox Networks Group or other Disney-owned Fox-branded units.[67] In the following years, Disney has begun closing various channels from the Fox Networks Group due to dwindling ratings and to refocus its resources for Disney . Meanwhile international Fox channels that are expected to remain active were rebranded as Star Channels, based upon the Star hub available on Disney , or as FX Channels. The rebranding process began in Latin America in 2021 and later took place in the rest of the world over the course of 2022, 2023 and 2024.[citation needed]

Units

International

Country Subsidiary Fox Fox Comedy Fox Crime Fox Life Fox Movies BabyTV
(Baby Network Ltd.)[68]		 Other
Disney Middle East FZ LLC Yes No Yes Yes
Star Movies
Star World
Fox Sports
Fox Rewayat
Channel V International
FX
Fox Family Movies
Fox Action Movies
The Walt Disney Company España S.A No Star Channel
Viajar
The Walt Disney Company Türkiye No 24Kitchen
FX
The Walt Disney Company Portugal 24Kitchen
Star Channel
Star Life
Star Crime
Star Movies
Star Comedy
Star Mundo
The Walt Disney Company CIS FX
FX Life
The Walt Disney Company Baltics FX
FX Life
The Walt Disney Company Greece FX
FX Life
The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) BV Star Channel
24Kitchen
The Walt Disney Company Polska Sp. z o.o. FX
FX Comedy
The Walt Disney Company Bulgaria [69][70] Star Channel
Star Life
Star Crime
24Kitchen
Disney Networks Group UK [71][72] YourTV
The Walt Disney Company France Voyage
The Walt Disney Company Germany[73]
The Walt Disney Company Africa
The Walt Disney Company Nordic (multiple business units) Xee(Denmark)
The Walt Disney Company Serbia Star Channel
Star Life
Star Crime
Star Movies
24Kitchen
The Walt Disney Company Finland No Star Channel
The Walt Disney Company Japan Dlife
Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific Star Chinese Channel
Star Chinese Movies
Star World
FX
Channel V International
Fox Family Movies
Fox Action Movies
Star Movies
Star Entertainment Channel
Star World Taiwan
Star Movies Gold & Star Movies HD Taiwan

Former (International) Units

Former (United States) Units

  • Fox Networks Digital Consumer Group – Non-linear online video services including FXNOW, FOXNOW, Nat Geo TV and Fox Sports Go

Fox Television Group

Fox Cable Networks

National Geographic Partners

(transferred to Walt Disney Television)
A partnership with National Geographic Society in which Fox owned 73%[74][56]

FX Networks

(transferred to Walt Disney Television)

Fox Sports Media Group

Fox Television Stations Group

(spun off to Fox Corporation)

Fox News Group

(spun off to Fox Corporation)

Divisions

Fox Networks Digital Consumer Group

Fox Networks Digital Consumer Group (FNDCG) was a division of 21st Century Fox.[79] After the Disney transaction, FX Now and Nat Geo TV moved to Walt Disney Television while Fox Now was transferred to Fox Corporation and Fox Sports Go was sold to Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios.[80][66]

Unit Transferred to
FXNOW Sold to Walt Disney Television
Nat Geo TV
Fox Now Spun off to Fox Corporation
Fox Sports Go Sold to Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios

Fox Networks Group Content Distribution

Fox Networks Group Content Distribution was a global distributor of high-quality scripted and unscripted programming and formats. It was a division of Fox Networks Group.

Fox Networks Engineering & Operations

Fox Networks Engineering & Operations was the engineering and operation arm for Fox Networks Group.

Fox Global Networks

Fox Global Networks was a division of Fox Networks Group that was responsible for the distribution and marketing of Fox Networks Group USA.

Fox Media

Fox Media was a division of Fox Networks Group that enables innovative ad sales partnerships, including native advertising and branded content, across multiple platforms.

Fox Hispanic Media

Fox Hispanic Media was the advertisement sales arm of Fox’s portfolio of Spanish-language brands.

See also

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