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'''Fox News Channel''' ('''FNC''') is a [[United States]]-based [[cable television|cable]] and [[satellite television|satellite]] [[news channel]]. It is owned by the [[Fox Entertainment Group]], and is a [[subsidiary]] of [[News Corporation]]. As of [[January 2005]], it is available to 85 million households in the U.S. and further to viewers [[Fox News Channel#International transmission|internationally]], broadcasting primarily out of its [[New York City]] studios.
The channel was created by [[Australia]]n media magnate [[Rupert Murdoch]], who hired [[Roger Ailes]] as its founding CEO. The network was launched on [[October 7]], [[1996]]<ref>[[American Public Media]]: [http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/1996/10/07_mpp.html News Archive for October 7, 1996]</ref> to 17 million cable subscribers. The network slowly rose to prominence in the late 1990s. In the United States, Fox News Channel is [[Nielsen ratings|rated]] as the cable news network with the largest number of regular viewers, although [[CNN]] retains a larger number of unique viewers.<ref name=Nielsen_2008>{{cite web|url=http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2008/narrative_cabletv_audience.php?cat=2&media=7|title=The State of the News Media 2008|publisher=Project for Excellence in Journalism|date=2008-04-27}}</ref>
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Critics and some observers of the channel say that Fox News Channel exclusively promotes [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] political positions. Fox News Channel and others disagree with allegations of [[media bias|bias]] in the channel's reporting.
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== History ==
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In May 1985, [[Australia]]n publisher [[Rupert Murdoch]] announced that he and [[United States|American]] [[industrialist]] and [[philanthropist]] [[Marvin Davis]] intend to develop "a network of independent stations as a fourth marketing force" to compete directly with [[CBS]], [[NBC]] and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] through the purchase of six television stations then owned by [[Metromedia]].<ref>Lenzner, Robert. ([[May 5]], [[1985]]) [[Boston Globe]] ''[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADEAE8781FD7AD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Murdoch, partner plan 4th network.]'' Section: National/Foreign; Page 1 (the six stations cover many of the nation's major markets - New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston and Washington)</ref> In July 1985, [[20th Century Fox|20th Century-Fox Film Corporation]] announced that publisher [[Rupert Murdoch]] had completed his purchase of 50 percent of [[Fox Filmed Entertainment]], the parent company of 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation.<ref>[[New York Times]] ([[July 11]], [[1985]]) ''[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400E5D81738F932A25754C0A963948260&sec=&spon= $55.9 Million Fox Film Loss.]'' Section: D; Page D19.</ref> A year later, [[Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.]] earned $5.6 million in its fiscal third period ended [[May 31]], [[1986]], in contrast to a loss of $55.8 million in the year-earlier period.<ref>[[Chicago Tribune]] (July 17, 1986) ''[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24921105.html?dids=24921105:24921105&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT&type=current&date=Jul+17%2C+1986&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=TURNAROUND+FOR+FOX+FILM Turnaround for fox films]'' Section: Business; Page 1.</ref>
In other Fox programming efforts, Murdoch's company, [[News Corp]], had gained significant experience in the 24-hour news business when its [[BSkyB]] subsidiary started [[Europe]]'s first 24 hour news channel, [[Sky News]], in the [[United Kingdom]] by 1989.<ref>Shah, Saeed. ([[September 24]], [[2002]]) [[The Independent]] ''[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1704677.html Business Analysis: Unstoppable Sky machine rolls on as ITV troubles worsen Dawn Airey's free-to-air television experience will be invaluable to BSkyB as it moves beyond its pay-TV model.]'' Section: Business; Page 21.</ref> With the success of his [[The Fourth Network|fourth network]] efforts in the United States,<ref>Schulberg, Pete. ([[July 15]], [[1994]]) [[The Oregonian]] ''Fox is a business, if not artistic, success.'' Section: Televison; Page E1.</ref><ref>Braxton, Greg. ([[April 6]], [[1997]]) [[Chicago Sun-Times]] ''[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4395441.html How Fox broke from the pack to become cutting-edge network.]''</ref> 24-hour news business experience with [[Sky News]] in the [[United Kingdom]], and turnaround of 20th Century Fox, Murdoch announced on [[January 31]], [[1996]] that [[News Corporation|News Corp.]] would be launching the Fox 24-hour news channel to air on both cable and satellite systems as part of a News Corp. "worldwide platform" for Fox programming, reasoning that "The appetite for news - particularly news that explains to people how it affects them - is expanding enormously".<ref>Williams, Scott. ([[January 31]], [[1996]]) [[Associated Press]] ''[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB8296FA53CDCD2&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Murdoch taps Ailes for new network; Former CNBC chief set to direct 24-hour news channel, take on CNN.]''</ref>
[[Image:111407a.jpg|thumb|250px|Exterior of the Fox News Channel studios in [[New York City]]]]
In February 1996, after well-known former Republican political strategist<ref>{{cite-web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E4DE1F3FF934A35753C1A960958260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/A/Ailes,%20Roger%20E.|title=At the new Fox News Channel, the buzzword is fairness, separating news from bias}}</ref> [[Roger Ailes]] left [[America's Talking]] (now [[MSNBC]]), and Murdoch called him to start the ''Fox News Channel''. A group of Ailes loyalists who followed him throughout the [[NBC]] empire joined him at Fox. From there, the [[CNBC]] expatriates, who joined a team already in place at Fox News, created the programming concept and proceeded to select space in New York. Ailes worked individuals through five months of 14-hour workdays and several weeks of rehearsal shows before launch, on [[October 7]], [[1996]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newscorp.com/management/foxnewschannel.html |title=News Corporation: FOX News Channel |accessdate=2008-04-21 |date=2008-04-18 |publisher=News Corporation}}</ref>
At launch, only 10 million households were able to watch Fox News, with none in the major media markets of [[New York City]] and [[Los Angeles]]. According to published reports, many media reviewers had to watch the first day's programming at Fox News studios because it was not readily available. The rolling news coverage during the day consisted of 20-minute single topic shows like ''Fox on Crime'' or ''Fox on Politics'' surrounded by news [[headlines]]. Interviews had various facts at the bottom of the screen about the topic or the guest. The flagship newscast at the time was called ''The Schneider Report'', with [[Mike Schneider]] giving a fast paced delivery of the news. During the evening, Fox had opinion shows: ''The O'Reilly Report'' (now, ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]''), ''The Crier Report'' hosted by [[Catherine Crier]], and ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]''.
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[[Image:111807q.jpg|thumb|200px|left|<center>FNC's Newsroom</center>]]
From the beginning, Fox News has placed heavy emphasis on visual presentation. Graphics were designed to be colorful and attention grabbing and to allow people to get the main points of what was being said even if they couldn't hear the host, through the use of on-screen text summarizing the position of the interviewer or speaker and "bullet points" when a host was giving commentary.
Fox News also created the "Fox News Alert," which interrupted regular programming when a [[breaking news]] story occurred.
To accelerate its adoption by cable companies, Fox News paid systems up to $11 per subscriber to distribute the network.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_199605/ai_n17968405 | author = Richard Katz |date=1996-05 | title = "Bold grab for subs: Murdoch offers $11 to carry Fox News" | publisher = BNET | accessmonthday = March 2 | accessyear = 2008 }}</ref> This contrasted with the normal practice, in which cable operators paid stations carriage fees for the programming of channels. When [[Time Warner]] bought out [[Ted Turner]]'s [[Turner Broadcasting]], a federal [[antitrust]] [[consent decree]] required Time Warner to carry a second all-news channel in addition to its own [[CNN]]. Time Warner selected MSNBC as the secondary news network, instead of Fox News. Fox News claimed that this violated an agreement to carry Fox News, and Ailes used his connections to persuade Mayor [[Rudolph Giuliani]] to carry Fox News and [[Bloomberg Television]] on two underutilized city-owned cable channels.<ref>{{cite-web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9504E3DA123FF937A35753C1A960958260|title=Giuliani Pressures Time Warner to Transmit a Fox Channel}}</ref>
New York City also threatened to revoke Time Warner's cable [[exclusive right|franchise]] for not carrying FOX News.<ref>{{cite-web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E7DB103FF936A35753C1A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=City Hall Threatens Action if Time Warner Rejects Channel}}</ref>
A lawsuit was filed by Time Warner against the City of New York claiming undue interference and for inappropriate use of the city's educational channels for commercial programming. News Corporation countered with an antitrust lawsuit against Time Warner for unfairly protecting CNN. This led to an acrimonious battle between Murdoch and Turner, with Turner publicly comparing Murdoch to [[Adolf Hitler]] while Murdoch's ''[[New York Post]]'' ran an editorial questioning Turner's [[sanity]]. Giuliani's motives were also questioned, as his then-wife was a producer at Murdoch-owned [[WNYW-TV]]. In the end, Time Warner and News Corporation signed a [[settlement (law)|settlement]] agreement to permit Fox News to be carried on New York City cable system beginning in October 1997, and to all of Time Warner's cable systems by 2001, though Time Warner still does not carry Fox News in all areas.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.twcnyc.com/downloads/chlineupMV.pdf | title = "Time-Warner Cable channel list in Mt. Vernon, NY" | publisher = [[Time Warner]] | accessmonthday = March| accessyear = 2006 }}</ref> In return, Time Warner was given some rights to News Corporation's [[satellite]]s in Asia and Europe to distribute Time Warner programming, would receive the normal compensation per subscriber paid to cable operators, and News Corporation would not object to the continuation of [[Atlanta Braves]] baseball games being carried on [[TBS (TV network)|TBS]] (which could have expired because of the Fox television network's contract with [[Major League Baseball]]).
On [[May 1]], [[2008]], Fox News launched a [[High-definition television|high definition]] channel [[simulcast]]. Time Warner has agreed to carry this channel in parts of New York and [[Texas]],<ref>http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6555936.html</ref> though rollout to other providers is expected to go slowly.{{Fact|date=June 2008}}
==Outlets==
===Television===
{{main|Fox News Channel programming}}
Fox News Channel presents a variety of programming with up to 15 hours of live programming per day, in addition to programming and content for the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]]. Most of the programs are broadcast from Fox News headquarters in [[New York City, New York|New York City]] in their street-side studio on [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Sixth Avenue]] in the west extension of [[Rockefeller Center]]. Audio simulcasts of the channel are aired on [[XM Satellite Radio]] and [[Sirius Satellite Radio]].
===Online===
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Like other news networks, Fox News Channel produces a news [[website]] featuring the latest coverage, including [[video clip]]s from the network's television division, [[audio clip]]s from Fox News Radio, in addition to columns from the network's assorted television, radio, and online personalities. Introduced in [[December 1995]], the network's website ranks below many other news websites, ranking in the lower teens in the list of top news websites. {{cite web |url= http://news.nettop20.com/ |title= net top 20 |accessdate=2008-03-17 }}
'''[http://www.foxnews.com/mobile/index.html FOX News Mobile]''' is a part of the FOX News website that is dedicated to [[Streaming media|streaming]] news clips that are formatted for video enabled [[mobile phone]]s.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/mobile/index.html FOX News Mobile website]</ref>
===Radio===
{{main|Fox News Radio}}
With the growth of the Fox News Channel, the network introduced a radio division entitled ''Fox News Radio'' in 2003. [[Broadcast syndication#Radio syndication|Syndicated]] throughout the United States, the division provides short [[newscasts]] and [[talk radio]] programs, featuring personalities from both the television and radio divisions. In addition, the network has also introduced [[Fox News Talk]] in 2006, a [[satellite radio]] station which features programs syndicated by and featuring Fox News personalities.
== Personalities ==
[[Image:111807s.jpg|thumb|250px|FNC's Studio A for ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' and ''[[America's Newsroom]]'']]
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Producing a variety of different programming, Fox News Channel has a number of different program hosts, [[news anchor]]s, [[correspondent]]s, and [[contributor]]s which appear throughout daily programming on the network. The network has a number of different signature hosts, including [[Bill O'Reilly (commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]], [[Sean Hannity]], [[Alan Colmes]], [[Greta Van Susteren]], [[Shepard Smith]], and [[Brit Hume]], all of whom host programs which are on the list of the top 10 most watched programs on cable news.<ref>{{cite web | title = April 2007 Weekday Ranker | publisher = TV Newser | url = http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/apr07ranker.pdf | format = [[PDF]]}}</ref>
== Controversies ==
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{{Main|Fox News Channel controversies}}
===Accusations of political bias===
Critics, politicians, and observers have accused Fox News of having a bias towards the [[Right-wing politics|political right]] or [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] point of view at the expense of neutrality.<ref>Timothy Noah, [http://www.slate.com/id/2119864/ Fox News admits bias!], ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'', 31 May 2005, accessed 26 September 2006</ref><ref>[http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/09/dean_on_preside_3.php Dean On President Clinton Standing Up To Right-Wing Propaganda On Fox News Sunday], The Democratic Party, September 25, 2006</ref> Fox News, Murdoch, Ailes, and other personalities have reacted against allegations of bias, Murdoch saying that Fox has "given room to both sides, whereas only one side had it before."<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/26/1098667750250.html News Corp denies Fox News bias] Australian Associated Press, October 26, 2004 </ref><ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/5b77af92-548c-11db-901f-0000779e2340.html Interview transcript: Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes], the [[Financial Times]], October 6, 2006</ref>
In 2004, ''[[Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism]]'' , a film by director [[Robert Greenwald]], was released. The film argues that Fox News has a conservative bias, including as evidence internal memos distributed by Rupert Murdoch. This was later distributed on [[DVD]] by [[MoveOn.org]].
Murdoch claims to have established Fox News to fill what he saw as a niche in the market for news that was "fair and balanced".{{Fact|date=April 2008}} In the opinion of [[Ken Auletta]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'', it was to counter a news media that Murdoch believed was predominantly [[Liberalism in the United States|liberal]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/05/26/030526on_onlineonly01 | author = Amy Tübke-Davidson |date=2003-05-26 | title = "Broadcast News" | publisher = ''[[The New Yorker]]'' | accessmonthday = May 10 | accessyear = 2007 }}</ref>
===Internal memos===
Critics of Fox News such as [[Media Matters for America]] cite the use of memos in editorial control as evidence of a clear interest in furthering a conservative agenda.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200407140002|title=33 internal FOX editorial memos reviewed by MMFA reveal FOX News Channel's inner workings|accessdate=2007-01-25}}</ref>
=== Trademark disputes ===
In 2003, [[Penguin Books]] published ''[[Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them]]: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right'', by comedian [[Al Franken]]. The book criticized a number of persons and institutions, but singled out Fox with allegations of conservative bias. Before the book was released, Fox brought a [[lawsuit]], alleging that the book's subtitle violated Fox's [[trademark]] on the promotional phrase "[[Fair and Balanced]]." On that basis, Fox moved for a preliminary [[injunction]] to block the publication of the book. The [[United States district court]] judge hearing the case denied the motion, causing Fox to withdraw the suit.
In [[December 2003]], the [[Independent Media Institute]] brought a petition before the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] seeking the cancellation of Fox's trademark of the phrase "Fair & Balanced," on the grounds that is "notoriously misdescriptive."<ref>[http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?qt=adv&pno=92042790&qs=&propno=&propnameop=&propname=&pop=&pn=&pop2=&pn2=&cop=&cn= Independent Media Institute vs. Fox News Channel on Cancellation of "Fair & Balanced" trademark phrase], Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System</ref> After losing early motions, the IMI withdrew its petition and the USPTO dismissed the case.<ref>[http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=92042790&pty=CAN&eno=1 Official Documentation of Petitioned Cancellation of "Fair & Balanced" trademark phrase], Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System</ref>
== Ratings ==
Fox News leads the cable news market in the United States.<ref>http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6517290.html Fox News Channel Leads in 2007 Cable News Ratings</ref>
The [[BBC]] reported that Fox News saw its profits double during the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Iraq conflict]]. By some reports, at the height of the conflict they enjoyed as much as a 300 percent increase in viewership, averaging 3.3 million viewers daily.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3148015.stm | title = "War coverage lifts News Corp" | publisher = [[The British Broadcasting Corporation]] | accessmonthday = November 29 | accessyear = 2005 }}</ref>
In 2004, the gain in ratings became more apparent. In September, Fox News Channel's ratings for its broadcast of the [[2004 Republican National Convention|Republican National Convention]] beat those of all three broadcast networks. During President [[George W. Bush]]'s address, Fox News notched 7.3 million viewers nationally, while [[NBC]], [[CBS]], and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] scored ratings of 5.9, 5.0, and 5.1, respectively.
[[Image:111807v.jpg|thumb|250px|left|<center>FNC's ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]'' production area</center>]]
In late 2005 and early 2006, Fox saw a brief decline in ratings. One of the most notable decline in ratings came in the second quarter of 2006, when compared to the previous quarter, Fox News had a loss in viewership for every single primetime program. One of the most noteworthy losses of viewership was that of ''[[Special Report with Brit Hume]]''. The show's total viewership was down 19 percent compared to the previous quarter. However, several weeks later, in the wake of the [[North Korean missile test, 2006|North Korean Missile Crisis]] and the [[2006 Lebanon War]], Fox saw a surge in viewership and remained the #1 rated cable news channel.<ref>[http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/fncs_2554_prime_downward_spiral_20939.asp FNC's 25-54 Prime "Downward Spiral"], TV Newser</ref><ref>[http://www.stateofthemedia.org/2005/narrative_cabletv_contentanalysis.asp?cat=2&media=5 Cable TV: Content Analysis], The State of the News Media 2005</ref> Fox still held eight of the ten most-watched nightly cable news shows, with ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' and ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]'' coming in first and second places, respectively.<ref>[http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/ranker_april05.pdf April 2005 Competitive Program Ranker (M-F 6a-11p programs)], TV Newser</ref>
For the year 2007, Fox News was the number one rated cable news network. It was down 1 percent in total daily viewers and down three percent in the 25-54 year old [[demographic]]. In comparison, [[CNN]] was up one percent and three percent, respectively. Fox News finished 2007 as #6 rated overall cable network.<ref>[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6517290.html]Fox News Channel Leads in 2007 Cable News Ratings</ref>
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== International transmission ==<!-- This section is linked from [[Fox News Channel]] -->
The Fox News Channel feed is available internationally, while the Fox News Extra segments provide alternate programming.
=== Fox News Extra ===
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Initially, US advertisements were replaced on Fox News with viewer e-mail and profiles of Fox News anchors set to music. In 2002 these were replaced with international weather forecasts. In 2006, the weather segments were replaced with 'Fox News Extra' segments, various narrated reports from FOX reports on a variety of topics. These reports are generally on lighter issues not related to current news events, and the segments are repeated. Fox News Channel also shows international weather forecasts when the Fox News Extra segments run short.
The Fox News feed in the [[United Kingdom]] does not feature Fox News Extra, and instead features break fillers from sister channel [[Sky News]]'s International Variant. For a short period in 2001, a still of the Fox News logo replaced this other content.
=== Australia ===
In Australia, Fox News Channel is broadcast on the three major Pay-TV providers, [[Foxtel]], [[Austar]] and [[Optus Television]]. Foxtel is 25 percent owned by News Corporation, with Austar and Optus Television rebroadcasting Foxtel content. The Australian syndication previously featured some local programming, including a [[John Laws]] current affairs program in place of part of ''[[Fox & Friends]]''. Local advertisements and promotions are aired in place of every second 'Fox News Extra' segment. [[Sky News Australia]] is Fox's sister channel.
=== Brazil ===
Since 2002 Fox News has been broadcast to [[Brazil]], but the commercials are replaced with Fox News Extra. It is broadcast by [[SKY Latin America|Sky]] (satellite operator, a joint-venture between [[News Corporation]] and [[Globosat]]) and in the digital packages of [[Net Serviços de Comunicação S/A|NET]].
=== Canada ===
On [[December 14]], [[2000]], the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) approved '''Fox News Canada''' on behalf of the [[Global Television Network]], for broadcast in [[Canada]]. Fox News Canada was to be a domestic Canadian version of Fox News.<ref>{{cite-web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2000/DB2000-565.htm|title=Decision CRTC 2000-565 - Registration with CRTC for Fox News Canada|accessdate=2007-01-25}}</ref> The channel, or "specialty television service", was never implemented by Fox, and the deadline for commencement of the service expired on [[November 24]], [[2004]]. That same day, a similar license was granted to [[Rogers Communications]] for "MSNBC Canada", which went to air in [[September 2001]]. During this period, it was speculated by some, and repeated by Fox News personalities, that the station was being "banned in Canada." The CRTC's previous refusal to grant Fox News an outright license had been contested by some Canadians, as well as American fans of the channel, who believed the decision to be politically motivated. However, it is rare for any American cable network to be licensed in Canada outright.
On [[November 18]], [[2004]] the CRTC announced that a digital license would be granted to Fox News.<ref>{{cite-web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Notices/2004/pb2004-88.htm|title=Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2004-88 - Requests to add Fox News and NFL Network from the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association|accessdate=2007-01-25}}</ref> In its proposal, Fox News stated, with reference to Fox News Canada, that "Fox News does not intend to implement this service and therefore will not meet the extended deadline to commence operations."<ref>{{cite-web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Notices/2004/pb2004-45.htm|title=Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2004-45 - Call for comments on proposals for the addition of Fox News and NFL Network|accessdate=2007-01-25}}</ref> On [[December 16]], [[2004]], Rogers Communications became the first Canadian cable or satellite provider to broadcast Fox News, with other companies following suit within the next several weeks.
=== New Zealand ===
In [[New Zealand]], Fox News is broadcast on Channel 92 of pay satellite operator [[SKY Network Television|Sky]] TV's digital platform. It is also broadcast overnight on New Zealand TV channel [[Prime Television (New Zealand)|Prime]], owned by Sky. Fox News parent corporation [[News Corp]] has a stake in both Sky and Prime.
=== Scandinavia ===
Between 2003 and 2006, in [[Sweden]] and the other [[Scandinavia]]n countries, Fox News was broadcast 16 hours a day on [[TV8 (Sweden)|TV8]], with Fox News Extra segments replacing U.S. advertising. Fox News was replaced by [[Germany|German]] news channel [[Deutsche Welle]] in September 2006.
=== United Kingdom ===
Fox News is also carried in the United Kingdom by the British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) satellite television network (Sky Digital) which is 40% owned by Fox's parent [[News Corporation]]. It is run as a sister channel to BSkyB's popular [[Sky News]]. Fox News is usually broadcast as a [[VideoGuard]] encrypted channel but during major news stories it may be simulcast on Sky Active, which is free to air. As of [[September 2006]] the channel has carried UK specific advertising, along with headlines and weather provided by Sky News during its breaks. These run under the brand of [[Fox News International]].
Due to the shared ownership of Fox and Sky, Fox News and Sky News routinely share bureaus and reporters for breaking news stories from around the world.
=== Other countries ===
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Fox News Channel is also carried in more than 40 countries. Although service to [[Japan]] stopped in the summer of 2003, it can still be seen on Americable (distributor for American bases),<ref>{{cite-web|url=http://americablejapan.com|title=Americable}}</ref> Mediatti (Kadena Air Base),<ref>{{cite-web|url=http://www.mccokinawa.com/cable|title=Mediatti}}</ref> and Pan Global TV Japan.<ref>{{cite-web|url=http://www.panglobaltvjapan.com/|title=Pan Global TV Japan}}</ref>
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== Archive and licensing ==
Fox News Channel maintains an archive of most of its programs. This archive also handles the [[Fox Movietone]] newsreels. Licensing of the Fox News archive is handled by ITN Source, the archiving division of [[ITN|Independent Television News]].
== See also ==
* [[Fox Business Network]]
* [[Fox effect]]
* [[Sky News]] (sister channel)
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:FOX News Channel Stand.jpg|Fox News stand in [[Hennepin County, Minnesota]]
Image:FNC - America's Newsroom.jpg|Outdoor advertisement of ''America's Newsroom'' in New York City
Image:111807t.jpg|FNC's Studio C for ''[[Hannity's America]]'' and ''[[Fox News Watch]]''
Image:111807z13.jpg|FNC's Studio D for ''[[Your World]]'' and ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]''
Image:111807z10.jpg|FNC's Studio E for ''[[Fox and Friends]]'' & ''[[Fox Report]]''
</gallery>
== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commonscat|FOX News Channel}}
* [http://www.foxnews.com FoxNews.com] Official PC Site
* [http://www.foxnews.mobi FoxNews.mobi] Official Mobile Site
* [http://www.foxnews.fm FoxNews.FM] Listen Live to Foxnews Radio
* [http://www.newscorp.com/ News Corporation] - Fox's parent company.
==Further reading==
* [http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/sticksandstones.html The Fifth Estate: Sticks and Stones], [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] - Bob McKeown investigates Fox News for The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 45 min.
* {{cite book | first = Scott | last = Collins | title = Crazy Like a Fox: The Inside Story of How Fox News Beat CNN | id = ISBN 1-59184-029-5 }}
* {{cite web|publisher=MediaWeek|title=FNC Ratings Soar as War in Lebanon Rages|url=http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002913098}}
* {{cite news|publisher=Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel|title=Fox's Smith tops cable news ranks in ratings|url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=478008}}
* {{Cite news|publisher=Associated Press|title=NH GOP drops out as fox forum partner|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2008/01/05/nh_gop_drops_out_as_fox_forum_partner/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+New+Hampshire+news}}
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