Fox Sports World Canada

Fox Sports World Canada was a Canadian subscription television

channel. The channel's programming primarily featured soccer and Fox Sports World Canada
covered other world sports such as rugby. Although its original
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
(CRTC) licence called for Fox Sports World Canada to carry soccer,
cricket and rugby as their core sports, cricket and rugby matches all
but disappeared from the channel after the first few years. Fox Sports
World Canada's flagship program was the Fox Soccer Report, which
comprised most of its Canadian content. Country Canada
Broadcast National
On October 27, 2010, Shaw Communications gained control of Fox
Sports World Canada as a result of its acquisition of Canwest; which area
subsequently was renamed Shaw Media.[1] Programming
Picture 480i (SDTV)
On March 6, 2012, Shaw Media released a statement announcing that
they would cease the broadcast of Fox Sports World Canada on format
midnight of April 30 of that year. The company had been examining Ownership
the possibility of launching a mainstream sports channel in Owner Shaw Media
competition with TSN and Sportsnet, but ultimately decided against it.
Shaw claimed the channel "no longer makes strategic and economic History
sense for Shaw Media going forward" in light of that decision.[2] The Launched September 7, 2001
channel officially shut down on April 30, 2012, while its license was
Closed April 30, 2012
officially revoked on April 19, 2016, nearly four years after the
(10 years, 236 days)
channel went off the air.[3]

Contents
Programming
Noted programs
See also
References

Programming
Fox Sports World Canada featured both live and taped events from the following leagues and competitions:

Australia: A-League
England: Premier League, FA Cup
France: Ligue 1
Italy: Serie A
United States: United Soccer Leagues (USL) First Division (also from Canada and Puerto
Rico), Major Indoor Soccer League, NCAA Men's Soccer, NCAA Women's Soccer & WPS
CONMEBOL: Copa Libertadores
Noted programs
Asia Contender
Football Asia - Soccer highlights from around Asia
Football Rivalries
Fox Soccer Report - Flagship news show that featured highlights from all the major leagues in
Europe, South America, MLS, International competitions and more.
Hyundai A-League Highlights - Highlights from the Hyundai A-League.
PGA Tour Highlights
Serie-A Highlights - Highlights from Italy's Serie A.
Sports Unlimited
Sky Sports News - A feed taken directly from the UK channel of the same name.

See also
Soccer on Canadian television
Fox Soccer

References
1. Shaw Communications closes purchase of Canwest TV assets, rebrands as Shaw Media (htt
p://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/headline_news/article.jsp?content=b4951353)
2. "Fox Sports World - Channel Removal" (http://www.shaw.ca/customer-bulletins/fox-sports-worl
d/). Shaw Communications. Retrieved 2013-09-02. "Last summer, Shaw Media decided not to
pursue a mainstream sports channel. With this decision, keeping Fox Sports World as part of
their portfolio no longer made strategic and economic sense."
3. "Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-142" (http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2016/2016-142.htm).
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Retrieved 2016-04-19.

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