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Fox became the nation's fourth major network on the 17th of December 1993 after winning the right to televise National Football Conference games. This decision stripped CBS of football telecasts for the first time since 1955 and established Fox as a major broadcaster.
Fox secured partial Major League Baseball rights on the 7th of November 1995 through a shared deal with NBC. A six-year renewal valued at $2.5 billion in September 2000 made Fox Sports the exclusive over-the-air broadcaster of MLB including the World Series beginning with the 2000 edition.
Walt Disney Company announced plans to acquire then-parent company 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion on the 14th of December 2017. The deal included key assets such as 20th Century Fox, regional Fox Sports Networks, FX Networks, and Fox Sports International before they were spun off into Fox Corporation.
Fox Sports Media Group formally announced the replacement of Speed with Fox Sports 1 on the 5th of March 2013 and the network eventually launched on the 17th of August 2013. Fuel TV was rebranded as Fox Sports 2 on the 17th of August 2013 serving primarily as an overflow channel for FS1.
Fox began producing selected events in 720p high definition starting the 3rd of July 2004 with the Pepsi 400 and select NFL games. They televised Thursday Night Football games in 1080p upconverted to 4K with HLG HDR on the 26th of September 2019 after transitioning all sports programming to a format optimized for 16:9 widescreen displays by late July 2010.