8 Facts About Fox News Channel

1. Fox News Channel was created by Australian born American media mogul Rupert Murdoch and former Republican political consultant Roger Ailes is the founding CEO.

2. Around this time Fox News Channel dropped its "fair and balanced" slogan to mark its transition to a post-Ailes era; the tagline was replaced by "most watched, most trusted.

3. Fox News Channel has not increased its median evening viewership since 2009.

4. Fox News Channel surpassed then-leader CNN in prime-time viewership in 2002, and has never looked back.

5. Fox News Channel initially planned to launch a joint venture with Canwest's Global Television Network, tentatively named Fox News Canada, which would have featured a mixture of US and Canadian news programming.

6. Fox News Channel feed is available internationally via a number of providers, while Fox Extra segments provide alternate programming.

7. Fox News Channel originally used the slogan "Fair and Balanced", which was coined by network co-founder Roger Ailes while the network was being established.

8. Fox News Channel began broadcasting in the 720p resolution format on May 1, 2008.