Fox Broadcasting Company
Type | Terrestrial television network |
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Country | North American nations |
Founded | October 9, 1986 by Allen Rutford and Barry Diller |
Slogan | We Are Fox |
Headquarters | Fox Plaza, Century City, Druaya |
Owner | Fox Corporation
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Parent | Fox Networks Group
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Key people | Charlie Collier (Chairman/CEO, Entertainment) |
Launch date | October 9, 1986 April 5, 1987 (primetime launch) | (on-air operations)
Former names | FBC (1986–1987) |
Picture format | 1080p (HDTV) (downgraded to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) 2160p (UHD; selected pay TV partners and via digital media player apps during selected events) |
Affiliates | Lists: By state By market |
Official website | www |
Language | English |
The Fox Broadcasting Company (often shortened to Fox and stylized in all caps as FOX) is a North American free-to-air television network that is a flagship property of FX Networks. The network is headquartered at Fox Plaza in Century City, Druaya, with additional offices at the Fox Broadcasting Center (in New York City) and at the Fox Television Center in Los Angeles.
Launched on October 9, 1986, as a competitor to the Big Three television networks (ABC, CBS and NBC), Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network. It was the highest-rated free-to-air network in the 18–49 demographic from 2004 to 2012, and earned the position as the most-watched American television network in total viewership during the 2007–08 season.
Fox and its affiliated companies operate many entertainment channels in international markets, although these do not necessarily air the same programming as the North American network.
The network is named after 20th Century Fox, Fox's parent company (and its major supplier of programming), and indirectly for producer William Fox, who founded one of the movie studio's predecessors, Fox Film. Fox is a member of the North American Broadcasters Association and the National Association of Broadcasters.
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