- This page is for the unit owned by The Walt Disney Company that operates the international Fox networks. For the non-Disney United States equivalent owned by Fox Corporation, see here.
Fox Networks Group (stylized as FOX NETWORKS GROUP) is a unit of The Walt Disney Company founded on February 27, 1993 by Robert Murdoch through their international operations unit that airs content from the 20th Century Studios library onto various international Fox networks worldwide.
It became a subsidiary of Disney following their acquisition of 21st Century Fox's film and television studios on March 20, 2019. Other networks included with the purchase were FX, FXX, a majority stake in National Geographic Partners, Star India, a stake in Hulu, and the overseas Fox Sports networks outside of the US, Canada and Australia. Disney also briefly owned the US-based Fox Sports Networks division in 2019, but was forced to sell the unit as the US Justice Department ruled that Disney would have a monopoly in the sports broadcasting industry as they already own ESPN, which was deemed to become a violation of anti-trust laws had Disney continued to own Fox Sports Networks. Furthermore, FSN and ESPN were direct rivals, and therefore, Disney could not own two sports networks as US laws limit major film studios to only be affiliated with one sports and news network respectively.
In the United States however, the Fox Network is still owned by Fox Corporation through Fox Broadcasting Company instead of Disney where the Fox Networks originate from; whereas elsewhere Disney owns the rights to the network in other territories.
Unlike 20th Century Fox, which dropped the Fox from the title and became 20th Century Studios to avoid brand confusion between Fox Corporation, the studios' previous owner, Fox networks owned by Disney through Fox Networks Group outside of the United States retain the Fox trademark and didn't change its name for unknown reasons. However, it will have to change by 2024, in-which as part of the terms and conditions that were made by Fox Corporation, for the acquisition, Disney must phase out the Fox trademark by that time.
List of Fox Networks Group subsidiaries[]
Defunct[]
- Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific Limited - Ceased operations; shut down on October 1, 2021 and rebranded as Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific Limited (Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific)
List of other channels owned by Disney through Fox Networks Group[]
- Notice: Fox and Fox Sports networks have their own separate lists. To view these lists, click here and here.
Active[]
- Star Channel (Latin America) - Still in operation; operations transferred to Disney International Operations
Defunct[]
- Channel V - Ceased operations; shut down on October 1, 2021
