Fox Entertainment Group
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Subsidiary of 21st Century Fox | |
Industry | Film, television |
Founded | 1985 |
Headquarters | Fox Plaza, Century City, Los Angeles, California, United States |
Key people
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Jim Gianopulos, Chairman, CEO |
Products | Motion pictures, Television programs |
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Number of employees
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12,100 (2012) |
Parent | 21st Century Fox |
Website | www |
Fox Entertainment Group, Inc is an American entertainment industry company that operates through four segments, mainly filmed entertainment, television stations, television broadcast networks, and cable network programming. The company is wholly owned and controlled by the American media conglomerate 21st Century Fox, which is chaired and owned by the Australian-American Rupert Murdoch, since the company acquired all the stock of Fox. The transaction was completed on March 12, 2005. The division was part of the renamed 21st Century Fox after it had spun off its publishing divisions into the newly formed "New" News Corporation in 2013 as part of a corporate re-organization.[1][2]
It is named after William Fox, born Wilhelm Fuchs, who created the original Fox Film Corporation. Jim Gianopulos is currently the chairman of Fox Entertainment Group, a position he shared with Tom Rothman until 2012.[3]
Contents
History
The Fox Entertainment Group was formed in the 1990s after the purchase of the Metromedia-owned independent stations by the 20th Century Fox film studio, at the time jointly owned by Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, and Denver billionaire Marvin Davis. These stations would later become the foundation of the Fox television network, which launched in October 1986, as well as the company (named after the TV network) itself. Not long after the Metromedia deal was made, Murdoch purchased Davis's shares and News Corp assumed complete control of 20th Century Fox.
In 1995, Saban entered into a joint venture with the Fox children's television network to form Fox Kids Worldwide, which was best known for the first ten Power Rangers series. In 1997 it was renamed Fox Family Worldwide.[4] On July 23, 2001, it was announced that Fox Family Worldwide (now ABC Family Worldwide Inc.) would be sold to Disney from News Corporation and businessperson Haim Saban.[5] On October 24, 2001, the sale was completed.[6]
In September 2013, Fox Networks divided FX into two channels, with the new channel FXX leaning toward comedy shows and targeting younger viewers.[7]
Corporate divisions and subsidiaries
Motion picture
- 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
- Fox Studios Australia
- Fox Baja Studios
- Fox 2000 Pictures
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Fox Faith
- 20th Century Fox Español
- 20th Century Fox International
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Fox Atomic (former)
- 20th Century Fox Animation
- Fox Animation Studios (former)
- Blue Sky Studios
- Fox Star Studios
- Fox International Productions
- UGC Fox Distribution (joint venture with UGC)
Television production and distribution
- 20th Century Fox Television
- Fox 21 Television Studios (television studio unit)
- Fox World (former reality television unit)
- 20th Television (syndication unit) (20th Century Fox International Television, global distribution unit)
- Foxstar Productions (TV movie and documentary unit)
- FNM Films
- Fox Lab
- FX Productions
- Zero Day Fox
Television stations
Television broadcast network
Broadcast syndication service
Cable network programming
Fox Networks Group
- Fox Business Network
- Fox News Channel
- FX
- FXX
- FX Movie Channel
- National Geographic Channel (with the National Geographic Society)
- Nat Geo Mundo (with the National Geographic Society)
- Nat Geo Wild (with the National Geographic Society)
- Fox on Demand
Fox Sports Media Group
- Big Ten Network (51%, with the Big Ten Conference)
- Fox College Sports
- Fox Soccer Plus
- Fox Sports 1
- Fox Sports 2
- Fox Sports Networks (some affiliates owned by Cablevision and DirecTV Sports Networks)
Fox Latin America
- Fox (1993–present)
- FX (2005–present)
- Utilisima (2006-2013)
- Fox Sports (1996–present)
- Fox Life (2005–present)
- National Geographic Channel (2000–present)
International
Film series
Release Date | Title | Notes |
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Cheaper by the Dozen | 1950-2005 | |
Planet of the Apes | 1968-present | |
Star Wars | 1977-2005 | Rights transferred to Disney |
Alien | 1979-present | |
The Gods Must Be Crazy | 1980-1989 | |
Predator | 1987-present | |
Die Hard | 1988-present | |
Big Momma's House | 2000-2011 | |
X-Men | 2000-present | |
Ice Age | 2002-present | |
Fantastic Four | 2005-present | |
Night at the Museum | 2006–2014 | |
Alvin and the Chipmunks | 2007-present | co production with Bagdasarian Productions & Regency Enterprises |
Taken | 2008-present | co-production with EuropaCorp |
Avatar | 2009-present | |
Percy Jackson | 2010-present | |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid | 2010-2012 |
See also
References
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External links
- Official website
- MundoFox.com
- 21st Century Fox - Fox Entertainment Group's parent company
- Fox Careers - Fox Entertainment Group's Career site
- Pages with broken file links
- Official website not in Wikidata
- Fox Entertainment Group
- 21st Century Fox subsidiaries
- Entertainment companies of the United States
- American cable network groups
- Broadcasting companies of the United States
- Entertainment companies based in California
- Companies based in Los Angeles, California
- Los Angeles Dodgers owners
- News Corporation former subsidiaries
- Entertainment companies established in 1985
- Media companies established in 1985
- 1985 establishments in California
- Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange