Appear’s Andy Rayner explores how moving to a hybrid, IP-based infrastructure is enabling broadcasters to build the flexible, reusable architectures needed to compete long after the final whistle

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The pair will be paid $50,000 each to live in a "cube" for a month in Times Square while watching all 104 matches from the FIFA World Cup and posting their reactions to the games online.—

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With FIFA World Cup 2026 just days away, FOX One continues to expand its reach 30,000 feet in the sky. The streamer and American Airlines have struck a new partnership that gives AAdvantage members in-flight access to the streaming service across all domestic flights, starting June 8. Eligible travelers can get 24 hours of FOX One […]

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Broadcasters are leaning into the trend of soccer fandom in the U.S. by snatching up rights for their networks and streaming services — and those bets are producing results.—

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Passengers connected to in-flight Wi-Fi on American Airlines domestic trips will be able to activate 24 hours of free access to Fox One.—

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Millions of Americans have expressed renewed interest in the FIFA World Cup tournament in part because Fox-owned Tubi will offer some games for free, Nexxen said in a report.—

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Coverage will span satellite radio and streaming, with games airing primarily on SiriusXM’s Fox Sports channel.—

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Fox Sports will serve as the exclusive broadcast partner of most regular-season games aired in Mexico, the company announced on Monday.—

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Rebecca Lowe has exactly one concern about working with Zlatan Ibrahimović this summer, and it has nothing to do with whether he’ll be any good. The NBC Premier League host appeared on Sports Business Journal’s The Sports Media Podcast with Austin Karp this week and offered her first real public thoughts on her most intriguing…

With the 2026 FIFA World Cup under a week away, Fox Sports is revealing its commentator assignments for the tournament’s first week. Fox confirmed its commentator pairings earlier in April. As previously announced, John Strong and Stu Holden will serve as the lead commentary crew throughout the World Cup. Ian Darke and former USMNT player…

Roku has officially debuted a new bundle offering that pairs a Roku Streaming Stick Plus with access to Fox One for $25.—

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A broadcasting dispute is reportedly forcing a marquee Duke–Michigan college basketball game scheduled for the fall to be moved from Madison Square Garden to LoanDepot Park, the home of the Miami Marlins. In April, Amazon Prime Video announced an agreement with Duke to air three neutral-site games featuring the school: against UConn on Nov. 25,…

The launch of Fox One and Peacock on YouTube Primetime Channels comes about a week before both apps are set to offer live games from the FIFA World Cup tournament.—

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The Soccer Zone includes access to live matches played on Fox One and Peacock (Telemundo), in addition to clips, match stats and other data.—

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Will Buxton has been the voice of IndyCar since Fox Sports gained the rights to the series in 2025. The veteran motorsports announcer covered Formula One for many years, first with Speed Channel and NBC in the States before joining the series itself as one of their lead presenters. He is also known worldwide for…

When allowing cameras for the Fox Sports documentary You See L.A. into the lives of her players, UCLA women’s basketball head coach Cori Close, who just led the Bruins to a national championship, tried to stick to the wisdom of one of the school’s guiding sports lights. “I had the incredible privilege of being mentored […]

Through a litany of prior reporting and legal proceedings, it has long been assumed that FIFA awarded Fox broadcast rights to the 2026 World Cup because of its decision to move the 2022 World Cup in Qatar from its traditional summertime window to November and December, when playing conditions were more suitable in Qatar’s arid…

The 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 featured the closest finish in the event’s history. Felix Rosenqvist came away victorious by a margin of 0.0233 seconds, just ahead of David Malukas on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The previous closest Indy 500 finish came in 1992, with Al Unser Jr. winning by a margin…

The Basketball Tournament (TBT) is retooling its format in Year 13, and has scored a new media rights deal with Fox to go with it. On Friday, TBT announced a two-year broadcast rights extension with Fox Sports that will see 20 games aired across Fox, FS1, and FS2. In total, three TBT games will air…

Carli Lloyd knows what it feels like to lead U.S. Soccer to the promised land. She won two World Cups with the U.S. Women’s National Team during her international career, and won two Olympic gold medals to boot. The success of the women’s national team has always run in stark contrast to the struggles of…

The greatest spectacle in racing returns this Sunday, May 24, with the 2026 Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. FOX Sports will provide coverage throughout the race, which is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. ET, with prerace coverage beginning at 10 a.m. ET on FOX and FOX One. This year’s race is the 110th running of […]

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FIFA has made it clear that it will allow broadcasters to conduct halftime interviews and show commercials during the new “hydration breaks” in each half of the 2026 World Cup, but has left it to them to decide whether to do so. According to one Fox Sports exec, they’re a big yes on the first…

To understand just how gripping Indy 500 racing is, Fox will have a group of viewers—both at home and within The Brickyard—wearing biometric trackers on their hands this Sunday. By measuring sweat gland activity, the broadcaster hopes to demonstrate the unique pull of high-octane sports and optimize its presentation for maximum engagement in a world […]

Kyle Busch, the 2005 NASCAR Rookie of the Year and a two-time Cup Series champion, has died at age 41, shortly after being hospitalized with an undisclosed illness. Triumphant in a record 234 races across NASCAR’s three national series and widely esteemed as one of the greatest drivers in the history of stock-car racing, Busch […]

Fox Sports has announced its lineup of anchors, analysts and in-studio talent for this summer’s FIFA World Cup. The soccer tournament, which starts next month, has an expanded field compared with prior editions and will be hosted at multiple sites in North America. The home-field element for Fox, plus the growing popularity of soccer in […]

Since announcing its Fox One streaming service last year, Fox executives have been modest with expectations for the platform. After all, Fox One is designed almost purely as an option for those outside the pay-TV bundle to access the company’s linear television networks; exclusive original programming is not on the menu. So it is no…

Joel Klatt isn’t blaming ESPN for what’s happened to college football. He’s just explaining why ESPN is the reason it happened. The Fox Sports analyst made the case on his eponymous podcast that the College Football Playoff has swallowed the sport’s entire narrative whole and that ESPN, which is paying over a billion dollars annually…

The path forward for LIV Golf is looking shaky at best after news that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is pulling financing for the rogue golf league following this season. But it appears LIV has something resembling “a concept of a plan” to save the operation. According to a report by Dan Primack in Axios,…

In the aggregate, broadcasters are paying $10 billion per year to air NFL games. But are any of them making money doing so? One would be right to presume the answer is yes. After all, why pay billions of dollars each year for the most expensive content on the planet to not turn a profit?…

For the first time since reporting came out about Fox’s role in the recent federal attention on the NFL’s antitrust exemption, the NFL has addressed the maneuvering of its longtime Sunday afternoon broadcast partner. Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported on a meeting between Fox Corporation chairman emeritus Rupert Murdoch and President Donald Trump…