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Fox Deportes launched on the 1st of November 1993 under the name La Cadena Deportiva Prime Ticket, beginning as a regional channel in Southern California. It went through several name changes, including Prime Deportiva, Fox Sports Américas, Fox Sports World Español, and Fox Sports en Español, before becoming Fox Deportes on the 1st of October 2010.
As of February 2015, approximately 21,831,000 American households received Fox Deportes, representing 18.8 percent of all television households with television in the country.
Fox Deportes broadcasts Liga MX, Liga MX Femenil, MLS, NFL games from the NFL on Fox package, MLB including the World Series and All-Star Game, the World Baseball Classic, NASCAR, the Coupe de France, the Saudi Pro League, college football, and the Daytona 500. It also held Formula One rights through 2012 and WWE SmackDown rights from October 2019 through September 2024.
Yes. Fox Deportes was the first Spanish-language sports network in the United States to carry a Super Bowl, broadcasting Super Bowl XLVIII to an audience of 561,000 viewers.
The 2011 UEFA Champions League final is the highest-rated event on record for Fox Deportes, drawing 1.57 million viewers. The 2015 UEFA Champions League final attracted 1.45 million, and the 2015 Copa Libertadores finals second leg drew 979,000. Super Bowl LI holds the non-soccer viewership record at 650,000.
Fox Deportes is a division of Fox Sports. The network's path to Fox ownership began when News Corporation and Liberty Media formed a 50-50 sports television joint venture, after which NewsCorp rebranded the then-Liberty Media channel as Fox Sports Américas on the 1st of October 1996.