Canada's Global Television Network, Fox Cable Networks Group's Fox Sports International Join to Launch Fox Sports World Canada.Business/Entertainment/Sports Editors & Television Writers LOS ANGELES & TORONTO--(BW SportsWire)--Sept. 4, 2001 The Global Television Network and Fox Sports International Fox Sports International is an international sports programming and production entity housed within the Fox Networks Group, one of the major operating units within Fox Entertainment Group and News Corporation. announced today that licensing agreements have been completed for the September 7 launch of Global's new digital channel Fox Sports World Canada Fox Sports World Canada is a Canadian English language category 2 digital cable specialty channel owned by CanWest MediaWorks Inc. FSWC's programming primarily features soccer with select programming on other world sports such as rugby. . Fox Sports World Canada, wholly owned and operated by Global in partnership with Fox Sports International, will offer programming that has never been available to Canadian sports fans on a regular basis. The lineup will include soccer, rugby and cricket anchored by English Premier League Soccer on Sundays and Mondays. Programming will also include Dutch, Scottish, Brazilian, Argentine, Chilean and German soccer match-ups that will form the foundation of a service dedicated to daily live and time-shifted coverage of international sports. In addition to live event coverage, Fox Sports World Canada will provide international sports news and information. Beginning September 10, Global SportsLink will deliver a detailed summary of sports news from around the world. Hosted by Joe Pascucci, the nightly newscast will air Monday to Friday. Along with Global SportsLink, Fox Sports World Canada will also feature such acclaimed news and information shows as Sky Sports News Sky Sports News (SSN) is a 24-hour sports news channel in the United Kingdom. It is run by BSkyB whose sports channels include Sky Sports 1, 2, 3, and Xtra, as well as Sky Sports HD1 and HD2. and Transworld Sport. "Our partnership with Fox Sports International has allowed us to create an international sports schedule that is second to none," said Adam Ivers, Vice President of Programming at Global. "For years Canadian sports fans have been denied complete coverage of the elite soccer leagues in England, Scotland, Holland, Argentina or Brazil. We're happy to say we've got all those and much, much more." "Canadians easily rank among the world's most passionate sports fans, and have deserved a network equal to their unique dedication for a long time," added Bob Thompson, president of Fox Sports International. "We're pleased to join with Global to continue to expand Fox's Canadian sports interests, and look forward to giving Canadians access to the best sports events the world can offer." CanWest Global Communications CanWest Global Communications Corp. TSX: CGS TSX: CGS.A NYSE: CWG is one of Canada's largest international media companies. The company's head office is situated in Winnipeg, Manitoba, at the tallest building (CanWest Global Place) in the city and it is on the Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CWG CWG Conversations with God CWG Core Working Group CWG Certification Working Group (WiMAX Forum) CWG Collaboration Working Group CWG Commercial Working Group (TAT-14) ; TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : CGS.S and CGS.A; www.canwestglobal.com) is an international media company. CanWest, now Canada's largest publisher of daily newspapers, owns, operates and/or holds substantial interests in newspapers, conventional television, out-of-home advertising, specialty cable channels, and radio networks in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The Company's program production and distribution division and interactive media division operate in several countries throughout the world. Based in Los Angeles, Fox Sports International is an international sports programming and production entity housed within the Fox Cable Networks Group, one of the major operating units within the Fox Entertainment Group (NYSE: FOX) and News Corporation (NYSE: NWS NWS National Weather Service NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) ). In addition to the new Fox Sports World Canada, FSI FSI Foreign Service Institute FSI Fluid Structure Interaction FSI Fuel Stratified Injection FSI Federazione Scacchistica Italiana (Italian Chess Federation) FSI Free Standing Insert FSI Flight Simulator operates the programming services Fox Sports World, Fox Sports World Espanol, Fox Sports Middle East, Fox Sports Israel and Fox Sports Eastern Europe, as well as a London-based programming syndication sales division. It also joined recently with Argentine media power TRISA TRISA Tradoc Intelligence Support Activity to form the world's largest Spanish-language sports operation, spanning North, Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean. |
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