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Fox Networks Group
Fox Networks Group (FNG), formerly known as Fox International Channels (FIC), was the television networks division of News Corporation and later 21st Century Fox that operated from 1993 to 2019. It oversaw the production, broadcasting and distribution of the Fox, Fox Sports, National Geographic and BabyTV brands in the United States and over 1.725 billion households globally. The division also operated video on demand services Fox Play and Fox Plus.
The domestic broadcast units of 21st Century Fox jointly operated Fox International Channels until 2016 when its units were absorbed into this division. FNG's domestic unit consisted of Fox Television Group (Fox and 20th Century Fox Television), Fox Cable Networks, Fox Sports Media Group, Fox News Group, National Geographic Partners and Fox Networks Digital Consumer Group. Following the completed acquisition of 21st Century Fox by the Walt Disney Company on March 20, 2019, the units making up the Fox Networks Group were dispersed into both the division's parent company's successor, Fox Corporation and Disney. Disney then revived the Walt Disney Television name previously used for their former television production company for their networks division at the time known as Disney–ABC Television Group to and retooled its international networks division previously known as Disney International Operations (later renamed Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International, then Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution) to absorb the non-U.S. units. Walt Disney Television changed name to Disney General Entertainment Content in 2021, DMED was dissolved in 2023 and the units of the latter got transferred to Disney's latest division, Disney Entertainment, with the channels being subsequently rebranded as either FX or the Star Channel while being taken over by Disney's international regional subsidiaries. The last Fox channel rebranding was in Spain on March 11, 2024.
Australian-born American media magnate Rupert Murdoch purchased Hong Kong commercial broadcasting company Star TV in 1993 to launch Fox International Channels as the unit for the international expansion of the American Fox TV channel and subsequent multimedia businesses owned at the time by his company News Corporation. Murdoch later retooled and rebranded Star TV as Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific (later Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific). In 1997, Fox International Channels purchased NHNZ, a producer of documentaries, which had a stake in Singapore-based Beach House Pictures.
FIC entered the Spanish market with the launch of Fox in 2001, followed by National Geographic Channel, Fox Crime and Fox Life on.
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. The channel was rebranded as Fox on January 11, 2013.
In early 2006, FIC formed a production company called Fox Toma 1 with Argentine content producer Ernesto Sandler. FIC purchased a majority interest in Colombian television production company Telecolombia in June 2007 and renaming it Fox Telecolombia, to boost Spanish-language original shows for Latin America and the US, although Fox Telecolombia would still provide American channel Telefutura (now UniMás) and Colombian channel Canal RCN with programming. In September 2007, FIC purchased a majority share in the international operations of Israeli channel BabyTV with the founders retaining their original business.
Argentinian lifestyle channel Utilisima, launched in 1996, was sold to Fox International Channels in 2007, who launched an American feed of the channel on May 10, 2010 (later renamed Fox Life US). The channel went global in 2008, with the addition of a Portuguese feed (which later rebranded as the Portuguese Fox Life channel), 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 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. Fox International Channels relaunched the Nat Geo channels again along with FX, Fox Crime and BabyTV to add to its existing Fox History (later renamed Fox Life India) and the main Nat Geo channel in June 2010.
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Fox Networks Group
Fox Networks Group (FNG), formerly known as Fox International Channels (FIC), was the television networks division of News Corporation and later 21st Century Fox that operated from 1993 to 2019. It oversaw the production, broadcasting and distribution of the Fox, Fox Sports, National Geographic and BabyTV brands in the United States and over 1.725 billion households globally. The division also operated video on demand services Fox Play and Fox Plus.
The domestic broadcast units of 21st Century Fox jointly operated Fox International Channels until 2016 when its units were absorbed into this division. FNG's domestic unit consisted of Fox Television Group (Fox and 20th Century Fox Television), Fox Cable Networks, Fox Sports Media Group, Fox News Group, National Geographic Partners and Fox Networks Digital Consumer Group. Following the completed acquisition of 21st Century Fox by the Walt Disney Company on March 20, 2019, the units making up the Fox Networks Group were dispersed into both the division's parent company's successor, Fox Corporation and Disney. Disney then revived the Walt Disney Television name previously used for their former television production company for their networks division at the time known as Disney–ABC Television Group to and retooled its international networks division previously known as Disney International Operations (later renamed Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International, then Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution) to absorb the non-U.S. units. Walt Disney Television changed name to Disney General Entertainment Content in 2021, DMED was dissolved in 2023 and the units of the latter got transferred to Disney's latest division, Disney Entertainment, with the channels being subsequently rebranded as either FX or the Star Channel while being taken over by Disney's international regional subsidiaries. The last Fox channel rebranding was in Spain on March 11, 2024.
Australian-born American media magnate Rupert Murdoch purchased Hong Kong commercial broadcasting company Star TV in 1993 to launch Fox International Channels as the unit for the international expansion of the American Fox TV channel and subsequent multimedia businesses owned at the time by his company News Corporation. Murdoch later retooled and rebranded Star TV as Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific (later Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific). In 1997, Fox International Channels purchased NHNZ, a producer of documentaries, which had a stake in Singapore-based Beach House Pictures.
FIC entered the Spanish market with the launch of Fox in 2001, followed by National Geographic Channel, Fox Crime and Fox Life on.
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. The channel was rebranded as Fox on January 11, 2013.
In early 2006, FIC formed a production company called Fox Toma 1 with Argentine content producer Ernesto Sandler. FIC purchased a majority interest in Colombian television production company Telecolombia in June 2007 and renaming it Fox Telecolombia, to boost Spanish-language original shows for Latin America and the US, although Fox Telecolombia would still provide American channel Telefutura (now UniMás) and Colombian channel Canal RCN with programming. In September 2007, FIC purchased a majority share in the international operations of Israeli channel BabyTV with the founders retaining their original business.
Argentinian lifestyle channel Utilisima, launched in 1996, was sold to Fox International Channels in 2007, who launched an American feed of the channel on May 10, 2010 (later renamed Fox Life US). The channel went global in 2008, with the addition of a Portuguese feed (which later rebranded as the Portuguese Fox Life channel), 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 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. Fox International Channels relaunched the Nat Geo channels again along with FX, Fox Crime and BabyTV to add to its existing Fox History (later renamed Fox Life India) and the main Nat Geo channel in June 2010.