This article is on the television channel. For other selections, see FSC (disambiguation)
Fox Soccer Channel is a United States digital cable network, owned by News Corporation, that specializes primarily in soccer, with additional coverage of other football codes such as rugby union. The channel took its current name on February 7, 2005; before then, the network was known as Fox Sports World.
FSC features live and tape-delayed soccer matches from Europe and Latin America, featuring at least one live match each week from the French Ligue 1 and German Bundesliga, multiple matches from the English Premier League, and FA Cup ties. In 2005, FSC added coverage of European World Cup qualifiers and England under-21 matches. FSC also extensively covers North American soccer; it has shared broadcast rights for Major League Soccer, and airs at least one live match weekly from that league. It also has exclusive national rights in the USA for the United Soccer Leagues, and airs one live match weekly from USL's top league, the USL First Division. The network's soccer coverage is not limited to game play; FSC airs Dream Team, a British soap opera that airs in the UK on FSC's corporate cousin Sky One and focuses on a fictional Premiership team.
Another featured sport, although far less than in the channel's days as Fox Sports World, is rugby, especially Super 12, selected international matches, and domestic matches from New Zealand and South Africa.
Before the network changed to its current focus, it aired highlight packages from the Australian Football League, plus the league's Grand Final live. Fox Sports World filled out its schedule with an eclectic mix of programming; among the sports featured (either in anthology form or actual events) were motorsports, cricket, pool, darts, and extreme sports. FSC still airs an occasional sports anthology program.
FSC picks up the feed from its corporate cousin, Sky Sports News in the United Kingdom, live for one hour nightly, and reruns the feed twice during the following 23 hours. This arrangement dates back to its days as Fox Sports World. FSC will also continue to air the Fox Sports World Report, a nightly international sports recap produced by Fox Sports World Canada, a Canadian international sports network in which News Corporation holds a minority interest.
However, FSC has not yet filled out its day with sports programming; the morning hours are usually the province of infomercials as well as the random half hour in between games on some days.
