45 Facts About Fox Broadcasting Company

1. Unlike ABC, CBS and NBC, Fox Broadcasting Company does not currently air national news programs or newsmagazines—choosing to focus solely on its prime time schedule, sports and other ancillary network programming.

2. Unlike ABC, CBS and NBC, Fox Broadcasting Company does not currently air national news programs or newsmagazines—choosing to focus solely on its prime time schedule, sports and other ancillary network programming.

3. Unlike ABC, CBS and NBC, Fox Broadcasting Company does not currently air national news programs or newsmagazines—choosing to focus solely on its prime time schedule, sports and other ancillary network programming.

4. Unlike ABC, CBS and NBC, Fox Broadcasting Company does not currently air national news programs or newsmagazines—choosing to focus solely on its prime time schedule, sports and other ancillary network programming.

5. Unlike ABC, CBS and NBC, Fox Broadcasting Company does not currently air national news programs or newsmagazines—choosing to focus solely on its prime time schedule, sports and other ancillary network programming.

6. Unlike ABC, CBS and NBC, Fox Broadcasting Company does not currently air national news programs or newsmagazines—choosing to focus solely on its prime time schedule, sports and other ancillary network programming.

7. Fox Broadcasting Company is an American commercial terrestrial television network that is a flagship property of Fox Corporation, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

8. Fox Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcast television network that is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

9. Fox Broadcasting Company was forced to rebuild its lineup after its era of prime time soaps came to and end.

10. Fox Broadcasting Company began making inroads into cable when, in October 1996, the Fox News Channel began cable broadcasting with its News Channel.

11. Fox Broadcasting Company is offering a full week of prime time programming.

12. Fox Broadcasting Company offers its first full night of prime time shows.

13. Fox Broadcasting Company opted to develop quality programs and innovative comedies, an approach that resulted in two of its biggest hits, Malcolm in the Middle and Titus, shows that were as respected by television critics as they were enjoyed by the viewing audience.

14. Fox Broadcasting Company has become a main vehicle for advertisers wishing to reach the 18 to 34 age group.

15. In 2002 Fox Broadcasting Company sold its children's divisions and the Fox Family Channel to the Walt Disney Company.

16. Fox Broadcasting Company has renewed Emmy-winning dance competition series So You Think You Can Dance for a 16th season.

17. On January 11, 2013, Fox Broadcasting Company launched the United Kingdom and Ireland, as a rebranding of the domestic version of FX.

18. Domestic version of Fox Broadcasting Company debuted in Sweden on September 22, 2014.

19. Domestic version of Fox Broadcasting Company debuted in Slovenia on October 15, 2012.

20. Domestic version of Fox Broadcasting Company debuted in Poland on November 6, 2010.

21. Domestic version of Fox Broadcasting Company debuted in Norway on July 1, 2013.

22. Fox Broadcasting Company is available digitally on Ziggo channel 11, KPN channel 14, and on CanalDigitaal on either channel 52 or 58.

23. Domestic version of Fox Broadcasting Company launched in the Netherlands on August 19, 2013.

24. Domestic version of Fox Broadcasting Company debuted in Montenegro on October 15, 2012.

25. Domestic version of Fox Broadcasting Company debuted in Macedonia on October 15, 2012.

26. Domestic version of Fox Broadcasting Company debuted in Lithuania on October 1, 2012.

27. Domestic version of Fox Broadcasting Company debuted in Latvia on October 1, 2012.

28. Domestic version of Fox Broadcasting Company debuted in Italy on July 31, 2003.

29. Domestic version of Fox Broadcasting Company debuted in Hungary on February 4, 2014.

30. Domestic version of Fox Broadcasting Company debuted in Germany on May 19, 2008.

31. Domestic version of Fox Broadcasting Company debuted in Estonia on October 1, 2012.

32. Domestic version of Fox Broadcasting Company debuted in Bosnia and Herzegovina on October 15, 2012.

33. Domestic version of Fox Broadcasting Company debuted in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium, on October 1, 2015; the channel is currently only available on cable provider Telenet.

34. Domestic version of Fox Broadcasting Company debuted in Albania on October 15, 2012.

35. Fox Broadcasting Company is unique among US broadcasters as it distributes its HD feed over satellite to the network's affiliates as an MPEG transport stream intended to be delivered bit-for-bit for broadcast transmission.

36. Fox Broadcasting Company maintains several video on demand venues for viewers to watch the network's programming, including a traditional VOD service called Fox on Demand, which is carried on most traditional cable and telco providers.

37. Fox Broadcasting Company largely discontinued analog broadcasts on June 12, 2009, as part of the transition to digital television.

38. In 2017, Fox Broadcasting Company acquired tier 1 rights to the Big Ten Conference.

39. Fox Broadcasting Company attempted national morning programs, only the first of which aired on the network itself.

40. Unlike ABC, CBS and NBC, Fox Broadcasting Company does not currently air national news programs or newsmagazines—choosing to focus solely on its prime time schedule, sports and other ancillary network programming.

41. Fox Broadcasting Company began airing children's programming on September 8, 1990 with the debut of the Fox Children's Network, a programming block that aired on Saturday mornings and weekday afternoons.

42. Fox Broadcasting Company completed its prime time expansion to all seven nights on January 19, 1993, with the launch of two additional nights of programming on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

43. Fox Broadcasting Company survived where DuMont and other attempts to start a fourth network had failed because it programmed just under the number of hours defined by the FCC to legally be considered a network.

44. Fox Broadcasting Company aired the 39th Primetime Emmy Awards and would air the next five editions.

45. Fox Broadcasting Company is an American commercial terrestrial television network that is a flagship property of Fox Corporation.