Fox Sports (tv network)

'Star Trek' to hit warp speed. ESPN takes U.S. Open. CW upfront.

2013-05-17 06:22:00

After the coffee. Before the flight back to Los Angeles. The Skinny: Finally heading home after a week and a half in New York. Hope my cats remember me and didn't tear our place up. Friday's headlines include the weekend box-office preview, some...

ESPN to take over U.S. Open tennis rights from CBS in 2015

2013-05-16 13:05:00

After holding serve for 45 years, CBS has lost the rights to the nation's premier tennis tournament. ESPN on Thursday said it has clinched an 11-year deal with the United States Tennis Assn. for the exclusive TV rights, beginning in 2015, for the annual...

Fox bets on stars! ESPN eyes Open. Pressure on Sony to split

2013-05-14 05:41:00

After the coffee. Before the ESPN and ABC upfronts. The Skinny: I got through the day without any pizza. Let's see if I can make it two in a row. Tuesday's headlines include Fox's new TV schedule for next season. Also, a hedge fund manager is pressuring...

Fox Sports 2 likely to launch in August alongside Fox Sports 1

2013-05-14 05:00:00

News Corp.'s Fox Sports will launch not one, but two new national sports cable channels in August, according to people familiar with the plan. In March, Fox Sports said it would debut Fox Sports 1 on Aug. 17. At the time, the company downplayed talk...

2013 TV upfronts: ESPN not worried about a la carte or competition

2013-05-14 09:23:00

ESPN President John Skipper said Tuesday he isn’t too worried about proposed legislation from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) that would allow consumers to pick what channels they want instead of buying a big package of networks. “We don’...

Less dancing at ABC! Viacom jumps gun in upfront ad race.

2013-05-15 05:40:00

After the coffee. Before the CBS and TNT upfronts. Jealous yet? The Skinny: It feels like I've been here a week. Oh wait, I have been here a week! By the time most of you read this, I'll have already been to two upfront events and in desperate need of a...

2013 TV upfronts: Fox unveils fall and midseason schedules

2013-05-12 21:44:00

NEW YORK -- With ratings for "American Idol" tumbling and few new hits to speak of other than "The Following," Fox will unveil a 2013-14 schedule Monday that includes five new comedies and four dramas during its upfront presentation to advertisers in...

Fox veteran Peter Levinsohn named Universal Studios president

2013-05-01 20:01:00

Longtime digital media veteran Peter Levinsohn will join Universal Pictures as president and chief distribution officer, overseeing worldwide home entertainment, new media and digital strategy and international and domestic television distribution....

FS West split screen of Kings, Clippers might not be best solution

2013-05-01 13:12:00

Tuesday night it seemed to be Christmas in April for Fox Sports West. First the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings and then the suddenly struggling Los Angeles Clippers were involved in key playoff games shown on the channel. Except then...

Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Ronde Barber to retire after 16 seasons

2013-05-08 14:27:00

Ronde Barber has played 16 seasons, pulled in 47 interceptions, won a Super Bowl and made five Pro Bowls. And he did it with just one team, Tampa Bay. And even though the Buccaneers were open to having him return another season, the 38-year-old...

CEO Stan Kasten: Dodgers payroll won't stay at top of MLB [links]

2013-04-24 12:58:00

The Dodgers are in New York for a three-game series, so you know what that means. National and New York media have arrived en masse. The Dodgers have given them plenty to write about with their busy off-season, slow start and wealth of injuries. Here&...

Rupert Murdoch's entertainment group to be named 21st Century Fox

2013-04-16 15:21:00

Rupert Murdoch has settled on a new name for his soon-to-be-reconstituted film and television company: 21st Century Fox, a moniker with a guaranteed 87-year shelf life. That should be more than sufficient for the 82-year-old media mogul. Murdoch and...

Ultimate Fighting Championship programming is a mainstay on Fuel TV, which sources say will become Fox Sports 2. Here, Jon Jones, top, is seen successfully defending his UFC light heavyweight title against Chael Sonnen in Newark, N.J., during the pay-per-view UFC 159 event.

2013-04-27 00:00:00

A new national cable channel that Fox Sports is launching in October will carry league championship series games in 2014.

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Regis Philbin is to have a show on News Corp.'s Fox Sports 1.

2013-03-04 16:35:29