FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY
TERRESTRIAL
Fox Television Network Owns 22 terrestrial stations, covering over 40
per cent of the US population. Cities covered include New York, Los
Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington DC, Dallas, Detroit,
Atlanta, Houston, Cleveland, Tampa, Phoenix and Denver. Fox had
advertising revenues of dollars 1.247 billion in 1996
CABLE
Fox News Channel Cable news channel launched last year. It claims to
fill a niche by supplying news that is ’fair and balanced’ as opposed to
the ’biased and boring ’ output of its rivals
Fox Kids Network: 50:50 joint venture with Saban Entertainment.
Previously supplied children’s programming to the Fox Network, now spun
off as a standalone channel in the slot previously occupied by the
Family Channel, which Murdoch purchased earlier this year
Fox Sports Net Nine US regional cable sports channels
PRODUCTION
Twentieth Century Fox Television Production company developing
television programming for the all US networks, for Murdoch’s television
interests around the world and for sale on international programming
markets.
It is the number one supplier of US primetime drama across the networks
with shows such as the X-Files being exported across the world. The
group’s other main production outfit is Fox Television Studios.
