Fox Sports Networks

E103742

regional sports network group television network brand

Fox Sports Networks was a group of regional American sports television channels that broadcast local professional and collegiate sporting events across the United States.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (31)

Label	Occurrences
Fox Sports Net	14
Fox Sports Networks canonical	8
Fox Sports Media Group	3
Fox Sports South	3
Fox Sports networks	3
Bally Sports	2
Bally Sports regional sports networks	2
Fox Sports North	2
Fox Sports Ohio	2
Fox Sports Southwest	2
Rainbow Sports Networks	2
Bally Sports family of regional sports networks (through Sinclair)	1
DirecTV Sports Networks	1
Fox Sports (regional networks)	1
Fox Sports Arizona	1
Fox Sports Carolinas	1
Fox Sports Detroit	1
Fox Sports Florida	1
Fox Sports Indiana	1
Fox Sports Kansas City	1
Fox Sports Midwest	1
Fox Sports Networks (as acquired assets)	1
Fox Sports New Orleans	1
Fox Sports San Diego	1
Fox Sports Southeast	1
Fox Sports Tennessee	1
Fox Sports West	1
Fox Sports Wisconsin	1
Fox Sports cable network portfolio	1
Fox regional sports networks	1
Prime Sports Networks	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T695202 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fox Sports Networks
Context triple: [21st Century Fox, owned, Fox Sports Networks]

A. Fox Sports
Fox Sports is a major American sports television network and media brand known for broadcasting professional and collegiate sports, including NFL, MLB, and college football.
B. Fox Sports 1
Fox Sports 1 is a national U.S. cable sports television channel owned by Fox Sports that broadcasts a wide range of live sporting events, news, and analysis programming.
C. Fox Sports 2
Fox Sports 2 is an American sports television channel owned by Fox Sports that airs live and recorded coverage of a wide range of sporting events and related programming.
D. Marquee Sports Network
Marquee Sports Network is a regional sports television channel primarily dedicated to broadcasting Chicago Cubs baseball games and related programming.
E. NBC Sports
NBC Sports is the sports division of the NBC television network, known for producing and broadcasting major sporting events such as NFL games, the Olympics, and Premier League soccer.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fox Sports Networks
Target entity description: Fox Sports Networks was a group of regional American sports television channels that broadcast local professional and collegiate sporting events across the United States.

A. Fox Sports
Fox Sports is a major American sports television network and media brand known for broadcasting professional and collegiate sports, including NFL, MLB, and college football.
B. Fox Sports 1
Fox Sports 1 is a national U.S. cable sports television channel owned by Fox Sports that broadcasts a wide range of live sporting events, news, and analysis programming.
C. Fox Sports 2
Fox Sports 2 is an American sports television channel owned by Fox Sports that airs live and recorded coverage of a wide range of sporting events and related programming.
D. Marquee Sports Network
Marquee Sports Network is a regional sports television channel primarily dedicated to broadcasting Chicago Cubs baseball games and related programming.
E. NBC Sports
NBC Sports is the sports division of the NBC television network, known for producing and broadcasting major sporting events such as NFL games, the Olympics, and Premier League soccer.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	regional sports network group ⓘ television network brand ⓘ
acquiredFrom	Liberty Media ⓘ
brandOf	Fox Sports Media Group ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks
brandOwner	Fox Corporation ⓘ
broadcastArea	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America regional ⓘ
broadcastPlatform	cable television ⓘ satellite television ⓘ
contentType	live sports events ⓘ sports news ⓘ sports programming ⓘ sports talk shows ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
distribution	multichannel video programming distributors ⓘ
focus	collegiate sports ⓘ local professional sports ⓘ
formerName	Prime Sports ⓘ Prime Sports Networks ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks
formerParentCompany	21st Century Fox ⓘ News Corporation ⓘ
industry	sports broadcasting ⓘ television broadcasting ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCompetitor	AT&T SportsNet ⓘ MSG Network ⓘ NBC Sports Regional Networks ⓘ linked to: NBC Sports YES Network ⓘ
notableChannelGroup	Fox Sports Arizona ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks Fox Sports Carolinas ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks Fox Sports Detroit ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks Fox Sports Florida ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks Fox Sports Indiana ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks Fox Sports Kansas City ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks Fox Sports Midwest ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks Fox Sports New Orleans ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks Fox Sports North ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks Fox Sports Ohio ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks Fox Sports San Diego ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks Fox Sports South ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks Fox Sports Southwest ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks Fox Sports Tennessee ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks Fox Sports West ⓘ Fox Sports Wisconsin ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks
operatedIn	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
owner	Fox Sports Media Group ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks
parentCompany	Fox Corporation ⓘ
programmingBlock	Fox Sports Live ⓘ regional postgame shows ⓘ regional pregame shows ⓘ
rebrandedAs	Bally Sports ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks
rebrandedChannelsOperatedBy	Diamond Sports Group ⓘ
status	defunct brand ⓘ
typicalRightsHeld	Major League Baseball regional rights ⓘ National Basketball Association regional rights ⓘ National Hockey League regional rights ⓘ college sports conference rights ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

21st Century Fox → owned → Fox Sports Networks ⓘ

Diamond Sports Group → owns → Bally Sports regional sports networks ⓘ

subject linked to: Sinclair Broadcast Group (minority stake, via Diamond Sports)