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| Type | Television network |
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| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Affiliates | |
| Headquarters | 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York City 10036 U.S. |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
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| Parent | Fox Entertainment |
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| History | |
| Founded | October 9, 1986 |
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| Founder | |
| Replaced | DuMont Television Network (as a fourth television network) |
| Former names | FBC (1986–1987) |
| Links | |
| Website | fox |
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| Streaming media | |
| Affiliated Streaming Service(s) | Tubi |
Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC[1] (commonly known as Fox; styled in all caps in the logo[2]) is an American commercial broadcast television network serving as the flagship property of Fox Corporation, who operates the network through their Fox Entertainment division. Fox is headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. It hosts additional offices at the Fox Network Center in Los Angeles and at the Fox Media Center in Tempe, Arizona. The channel was launched by News Corporation in 1986 as a competitor to the Big Three television networks, which are the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), and the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network, and it was also the highest-rated free-to-air network in the 18–49 demographic from 2004 to 2012 and 2020 to 2021, and was the most-watched American television network in total viewership during the 2007–08 season.[3][4] Fox does not have news or sports divisions, as those are separate channels operated by Fox Corporation (Fox News and FS1/FS2), although the network itself originated sports programming it continues to air on weekend afternoons on it's affiliates to this day in 1994 with it's premiere of NFL on Fox and is capable of airing special reports and events produced by Fox News if and when the need arises.
Fox and its affiliated companies operate many entertainment channels in international markets, but these do not necessarily air the same programming as the U.S. network. Most viewers in Canada have access to at least one U.S.-based Fox affiliate, either over the air or through a pay television provider, although Fox's National Football League broadcasts and most of its prime time programming are subject to simultaneous substitution regulations for pay television providers imposed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to protect rights held by domestically based networks. Like Canada, Fox programming is available in Mexico through free-to-air affiliates in markets located within proximity to the Mexico–United States border whose signals are readily receivable over-the-air in border areas of northern Mexico. In Central America, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Colombia, and the Caribbean, many subscription providers carry either select U.S.-based Fox-affiliated stations or the main network feed from Fox O&Os WNYW in New York City or WSVN in Miami. In addition, the network's programming has been available in the U.S. Virgin Islands since 2011 on WVXF in Charlotte Amalie (owned by Caribbean Broadcasting Network, LLC).
Fox is named after the film studio that was originally called 20th Century Fox (the network's corporate sibling prior to that studio's acquisition by the Walt Disney Company) and after the producer William Fox, who had founded one of the film studio's predecessors, Fox Film, before it was merged with 20th Century Pictures in 1935. Fox is a member of the North American Broadcasters Association and the National Association of Broadcasters.
- ^ Corporate name as per: "Form 10-K Exhibit 21 (List of Subsidiaries)". EDGAR. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. August 11, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024 – via Fox Corporation. (full filing)
- ^ "FOX Entertainment". Fox Corporation. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
FOX Entertainment's 30-year legacy of innovative, hit programming includes 9–1–1, 9–1–1: Lone Star, the Masked Singer, Lego Masters, Prodigal Son, Last Man Standing, the Simpsons, "Empire," "24," "The X-Files" and "American Idol.")
- ^ de Moraes, Lisa (May 22, 2008). "David Cook Wasn't the Only Winner on Wednesday, as 'Idol' Ratings Spike". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- ^ "FOX Sets New Broadcast Industry Record With Eighth Consecutive Season Victory Among Adults 18–49". The Futon Critic. May 24, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2013.