Fox Soccer Channel to be axed?

Fox is reportedly planning to axe the Fox Soccer Channel after losing the US broadcast rights to the Premier League.

By Neil Wilkes, Editor-in-chief

Published: January 18 2013 | 01:18

Fox is planning to axe its dedicated soccer channel after losing the rights to broadcast the Premier League in the US.

According to reports, Fox Soccer Channel will likely close this summer after the conclusion of the current season. Fox was outbid for the rights to the Premier League by rival broadcaster NBC in a three-year deal worth $83m (£52m) per season beginning in 2013-14.

Fox Soccer will reportedly be replaced by a new entertainment channel, FXX - a spinoff of its male-skewed FX network - with a lineup featuring comedy series and movies.

A Fox spokesperson told TV Line of the plans: "We are constantly evaluating our programming offerings and this is just one notion we have considered over the past year or so."

Separately, Fox is gearing to launch a new national sports service, Fox Sports 1, to compete directly with ESPN in the US.

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1	Liverpool	12	10	1	1	24	8	16	31
2	Manchester City Man City	12	7	2	3	22	17	5	23
3	Chelsea	12	6	4	2	23	14	9	22
4	Arsenal	12	6	4	2	21	12	9	22
5	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	12	6	4	2	21	16	5	22
6	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	12	6	1	5	27	13	14	19
7	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	12	5	4	3	15	13	2	19
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9	Fulham	12	5	3	4	17	17	0	18
10	Newcastle United Newcastle	12	5	3	4	13	13	0	18
11	Brentford	12	5	2	5	22	22	0	17
12	Manchester United Man Utd	12	4	4	4	13	13	0	16
13	Bournemouth	12	4	3	5	16	17	-1	15
14	West Ham United West Ham	12	4	3	5	15	19	-4	15
15	Everton	12	2	5	5	10	17	-7	11
16	Leicester City Leicester	12	2	4	6	15	23	-8	10
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	12	2	3	7	20	28	-8	9
18	Ipswich Town Ipswich	12	1	6	5	13	23	-10	9
19	Crystal Palace	12	1	5	6	10	17	-7	8
20	Southampton	12	1	1	10	9	24	-15	4