Fox Sports News (Australia)

Fox Sports News
Launched	October 1, 2006
Owned by	Fox Sports Pty Ltd.
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Audience share	0.2% (Apr '07, )
Country	Australia
Language	English
Sister channel(s)	Fox Sports Fox Footy
Website	foxsports.com.au
Availability
Satellite
Foxtel	Channel 500 (SD/HD) Channel 1500 (SD)
Cable
Foxtel	Channel 500 (SD/HD) Channel 1500 (SD)
IPTV
Fetch TV	Channel 101
Foxtel Play	Channel 500
Telstra T-Box	Channel ???

Fox Sports News reporter Richard Bayliss at the Welcome Home parade in Sydney

Fox Sports News is an Australian cable and satellite sports news channel. Owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited (formerly Premier Media Group) and is the sister channel of Fox Sports.

Fox Sports News launched on October 1, 2006. The channel runs live for 19 hours a day, broadcasting sports news. Initially, for 6 hours a day (midnight - 6am AEST) the channel would broadcast Sky Sports News live from the UK, similar to the set-up of Australian News channel Sky News Australia. Now this timeslot is occupied by Fox Sports News Overnight which runs a loop of the news of the day beginning at 1am AEST.

On 5 March 2013 at Fox Sports new headquarters launch in Artarmon, New South Wales, among the announcements relating to Fox Sports was the new logo of Fox Sports and Fox Sports News which is in line with its global affiliate broadcasters.

On 3 November 2014, Fox Sports News launched a HD simulcast. In addition, it moved from channel 513 to channel 500

Fox Sports News logo used until 2013.

Presenters

• Ryan Phelan
• Chris Warren
• Christian Jantzen

Occasional presenters

• Nick McArdle
• Brendon Julian
• Simon Hill
• Jason Dunstall

Former Presenters

• Melanie McLaughlin
• Lee Furlong
• Leith Mulligan
• John Casey

See also

• Fox Sports Australia
• Sky News Australia