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Country | Netherlands |
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Broadcast area | Netherlands |
Network | Fox Sports |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Dutch |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Eredivisie Media & Marketing CV |
Sister channels | Fox Sports Eredivisie Fox National Geographic National Geographic Wild 24Kitchen BabyTV |
History | |
Launched | 17 August 2013 |
Closed | 31 December 2020 |
Replaced by | ESPN |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability (at time of closure) | |
Streaming media | |
Ziggo GO | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
Fox Sports GO | Watch live (Netherlands only) |
Fox Sports International was a premium television service in the Netherlands, owned by Eredivisie Media & Marketing CV (in which Fox Networks Group Benelux (part of Fox) had 51% share and football clubs together with Endemol 49%) and launched on 17 August 2013.
The service contained three channels covering several European football leagues and live tennis from the ATP World Tour and WTA Tour.
On 1 October 2020, it was announced that the networks would rebrand as ESPN on 31 December 2020, due to the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.