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Fox Sports Renews Exclusive Deal With Microsoft's MSN

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 9, 2009 - 1:51pm.

Los Angeles - News Corp.'s Fox Sports has signed a multi-year extension to its deal to serve as the exclusive sports provider on Microsoft's MSN, PaidContent reported. FoxSports.com, which itself counts 15 million unique monthly visitors, replaced ESPN as MSN's sports partner in 2005.

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Report: Hoops Fans Favor ESPN.com, Yahoo, CBS SportsLine for Brackets

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 16, 2007 - 12:50pm.

New York - College basketball fans going online Monday and Tuesday to fill out brackets for the NCAA Men's Div. I Basketball Tournament kicking off this week spread themselves fairly evenly across ESPN.com, Yahoo Sports and CBS SportsLine.com, according to data from Hitwise.

Fox Soccer Websites Report Record Traffic During World Cup

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 14, 2006 - 12:02pm.

Los Angeles - News Corp.'s Fox Soccer Channel on Friday announced that its websites saw record traffic over the past month during the FIFA World Cup.

RealNetworks, Fox Sports Team on College Football Webcasts

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 18, 2003 - 6:31am.

Seattle -- Media delivery technology provider RealNetworks announced on Thursday that it has partnered with Fox Sports to offer exclusive, live video webcasts of both out-of-market and non-televised college football games for the 2003 season. The games to be broadcast will be announced on a weekly basis, depending on Fox Sports Net's college football television broadcast schedule. Out-of-market games will be available to subscribers to RealNetworks' RealOne SuperPass service for an additional $9.95 per month; the weekly Internet-only pay-per-view game (FOX Sports Game of the Week) will be offered for free to SuperPass subscribers, or else for $14.95 per game to non-subscribers.

WildTangent Launches Online Game Titles for Nike, Fox Sports, FX Networks

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 3, 2003 - 3:14am.

Redmond, Wash. -- WildTangent, an online game publisher and provider of online game technology, announced on Thursday that it has created new games for websites operated by Nike, Fox Sports and FX Networks. For Nike, WildTangent developed "Magia," a three-on-three online soccer game featuring real-life soccer stars and online tournaments that will be offered for free at NikeFootball.com. Redmond, Wash.-based WildTangent also announced the release of FoxSports.com's "Hit the Pros 2003," the latest version of its game that lets batters swing at real pitches from major league pitchers, as analyzed from in-game cameras on the field. Finally, for FX Networks WildTangent created an online game to promote its upcoming series, "Lucky," as well as a video game-style presentation for the network to show prospective advertisers as part of the TV industry's traditional "upfront" presentation. "Today's announcements demonstrate that online games are truly an effective and immersive advertising medium with unlimited potential to uniquely connect brand marketers to millions of consumers worldwide," said WildTangent CEO Alex St. John.