Fox Sports (Brazil)

Fox Sports is a Brazilian pay television sports channel that was launched on 5 February 2012, replacing the Brazilian variant of Speed. A second channel, Fox Sports 2 was launched on 24 January 2014. On May 6, 2020 Brazil's antitrust regulator CADE announced that Fox Sports and ESPN Brasil would merge with channel being kept for a year until January 1, 2022 due to the channel's broadcast rights and structure in the country.[1]

Fox Sports
LaunchedFox Sports:
February 5, 2012
Fox Sports 2:
January 24, 2014
ClosedJanuary 1, 2022
NetworkFox Sports International
Owned byThe Walt Disney Company Latin America
Disney Channels Worldwide
(Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International)
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
(downgraded to 16:9 480i for the SDTV)
SloganTorcemos juntos
("We root together")
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
Broadcast areaBrazil
HeadquartersRio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
ReplacedSpeed
Websitehttp://www.foxsports.com.br
Availability
Satellite
Oi TVChannel 163 (HD)
Channel 170 (2 HD)
Vivo TVChannel 573 (HD)
Channel 574 (2 HD)
SKYChannel 195 (2 SD)
Channel 595 (2 HD)
Channel 194 (SD)
Channel 594 (HD)
Claro TVChannel 73 (SD)
Channel 74 (2 SD)
Channel 573 (HD)
Channel 574 (2 HD)
Cable
Claro NET TVChannel 73 (SD)
Channel 74 (2 SD)
Channel 573 (HD)
Channel 574 (2 HD)
TVNChannel 88 (SD)
Channel 132 (2 SD)
Channel 488 (HD)
Channel 489 (2 HD)
TV AlphavilleChannel 73 (HD)
Channel 74 (2 HD)
IPTV
Vivo TVChannel 573 (HD)
Channel 574 (2 HD)

Programming rights

Football

Baseball

Basketball

Kickboxing
  • WGP Brasil

Motorsports

Professional wrestling

Programs broadcast by Fox Sports in Brazil
  • A Última Palavra
  • Aqui com Benja
  • Bom Dia Fox
  • Bundesliga Weekly
  • Comenta Quem Sabe
  • Debate Final
  • Expediente Futebol
  • Formula E: Street Racers
  • Fox Fight Club
  • Fox Nitro
  • Fox Sports de Primeira
  • Fox Sports Rádio
  • Giro Fox
  • Jogo Sagrado
  • La Liga World
  • La Liga World: Top Vintage Gols
  • Prévia da Liga Europa
  • Prévia do Campeonato Espanhol
  • Show da Copa Bridgestone Libertadores
  • Show da Liga Europa
  • Show da NASCAR
  • Show do Campeonato Alemão
  • Show do Campeonato Espanhol
  • Tarde Redonda
  • Visão Fox

Announcers from Fox Sports in Brazil

Hosts
  • Abel Neto (Tarde Redonda)
  • Benjamin Back (FOX Sports Rádio, Aqui com Benja and Jogo Sagrado)
  • Eduardo Elias (Central FOX 2° Edição)
  • Felipe Motta (Central FOX 1° Edição)
  • Jackson Pinheiro (Bom Dia FOX e Giro FOX)
  • José Ilan (Central FOX 3° Edição)
  • Lívia Nepomuceno (Tarde Redonda)
  • Luciano Calheiros (Bom Dia FOX e Giro FOX)
  • Marina Ferrari (Central FOX 2° Edição)
  • Vanessa Riche (Comenta Quem Sabe)

Play by Play Announcers
  • Eder Reis (Soccer, MMA and Boxe)
  • Hamilton Rodrigues (Soccer, NASCAR, and eventual Expediente Futebol host)
  • João Guilherme (Soccer and Expediente Futebol host)
  • Marco Alfaro (WWE)
  • Marco de Vargas (Soccer)
  • Nivaldo Prieto (Soccer, A Última Palavra and Debate Final host)
  • Renata Silveira (Soccer)
  • Rodrigo Cascino (Soccer)
  • Silva Junior (Soccer)
  • Téo José (Motorsports and Soccer)
  • Thiago Alves (Motorsports, MLB and Programa da NASCAR host)

Color Analysts
  • Bernardo Régis (MLB)
  • Carlos Eugênio Simon (Soccer)
  • Edgar Melo Filho (NASCAR, Formula E)
  • Edmundo (Soccer)
  • Eugênio Leal (Soccer)
  • Fábio Azevedo (Soccer)
  • Fábio Sormani (Soccer)
  • Felipe Facincani (Soccer)
  • Flávio Gomes (Soccer, Formula E and Fox Nitro host)
  • Getúlio Vargas (Soccer)
  • José Eduardo Savoia (Soccer)
  • Leandro Quesada (Soccer)
  • Livio Reis (WWE)
  • Luis Carlos Quartarollo (Soccer)
  • Mauro Naves (Soccer)
  • Mário Filho (MMA)
  • Maurício Borges (Soccer)
  • Osvaldo Pascoal (Soccer)
  • Paulo Godinho (Boxe)
  • Paulo Lima (Soccer)
  • Roberto Figueroa (WWE)
  • Rodrigo Bueno (Soccer)
  • Rodrigo Mattar (Motorsport)
  • Zinho (Soccer)
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See also

References
  1. https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/ultimas-noticias/2020/05/06/cade-aprova-fusao-com-fox-e-espn-podera-transmitir-libertadores.htm


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