Fox Sports 3

Fox Sports 3 is an Argentine subscription television channel in the Fox Sports family. It launched on 5 November 2012, replacing the Latin American version of Speed. The channel was introduced as part of a wider Fox Sports brand update and was initially presented as a home for extreme sports, combat sports and motorsport. It later carried a range of sporting events, including football competitions, alongside specialist programming. The channel’s ownership and role in the market changed during the 2019–2022 transition following The Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of most of 21st Century Fox’s assets. In Argentina, regulatory conditions on that acquisition led Disney to agree to divest the local Fox Sports signals and specified sports content. The Argentine government approved the sale to Mediapro on 27 April 2022. Mediapro began operating the three Argentine Fox Sports channels on 1 August 2022. Fox Sports 3’s name and some programming are licensed from Fox Corporation, a separate company from Mediapro. A new Fox Sports identity was introduced in August 2022, and a renewed service under Mediapro began on 6 February 2023. In that programming arrangement, Fox Sports 3 was positioned toward younger audiences, with an emphasis on esports competitions, gaming, streaming and social-media culture. The channel has also been described as airing other sports events, including CONMEBOL Libertadores and UEFA Champions League matches. Its exact current schedule and distribution are not specified in the supplied evidence.

Fox Sports 3 launched on 5 November 2012, replacing the Latin American version of Speed. Its introduction was announced at an October 2012 Fox International Channels conference in Mexico City, where the company also presented a new Fox Sports logo. At launch, a Fox Sports programming and production executive described the new signal as focusing on extreme sports, combat sports and motorsport. In December 2012, Fox Sports 3 broadcast the Race of Champions live to Latin America for the first time; the channel continued carrying that event through 2016. The channel expanded its distribution in high definition during 2013. The HD signal was first added to UNE’s offer in Colombia in April, and it was added to Chilean operator GTD Manquehue’s lineup in June. These developments formed part of the channel’s wider Latin American distribution history, although the later ownership and programming information in the supplied account concerns the Argentine service. The acquisition of most 21st Century Fox assets by The Walt Disney Company in 2019 prompted a prolonged change in the Argentine sports-television market. In October 2020, the Argentine Football Association ended its television contract in the context of the Fox acquisition. Disney and the AFA later reached a new agreement, announced on 29 January 2021, covering football-television rights through 2030 and allowing Disney’s ESPN channel to carry two matches per round in Argentina. On 1 December 2021, Fox Sports channels in Central and South America outside Argentina were replaced by ESPN 4, while Fox Sports 2, Fox Sports 3 and Fox Sports Premium remained on air in Argentina pending local regulatory approval of the acquisition. On 18 January 2022, Argentina’s National Commission for the Defense of Competition conditioned approval of Disney’s acquisition and required measures intended to restore effective competition in basic sports-channel distribution. Disney submitted a divestment proposal covering the Argentine Fox Sports signal and its Fox Sports 2 and Fox Sports 3 sister channels, along with specified sports content. The Argentine government approved the sale to Spanish company Mediapro on 27 April 2022. Mediapro began operating the three Argentine Fox Sports signals on 1 August 2022, and Fox Sports introduced a new visual identity and slogan across the channels on 3 August. A licensing agreement with Fox Deportes, a Fox Corporation subsidiary, was reported on 4 October 2022; it covered use of the channel brands and production of programming for Argentina. A renewed Fox Sports service under Mediapro began on 6 February 2023, with new graphics, a new journalistic team and programming divided among the three channels. In that arrangement, Fox Sports 3 was assigned a younger-skewing remit centered on esports competitions, streaming and social-media culture. The source also describes the channel as carrying other sports events, including CONMEBOL Libertadores and UEFA Champions League. The supplied evidence does not establish a precise present-day schedule or distribution footprint.

• Fox Sports 3 announced

• Channel launch

• First live Latin American Race of Champions broadcast

• HD signal added to UNE in Colombia

• HD signal added to GTD Manquehue in Chile

• Disney acquisition of most 21st Century Fox assets

• Fox Sports channels replaced outside Argentina

• Argentine regulator imposed acquisition conditions

• Sale to Mediapro approved

• Mediapro began operating the Argentine channels

• New Fox Sports identity introduced

• Brand and programming license reported

• Renewed Mediapro-led programming phase began

An Argentine sports channel in the Fox Sports family, positioned in its 2023 programming structure toward younger audiences and esports, gaming, streaming and social-media culture.

• Fox Sports 3 subscription television channel

  An Argentine sports channel carrying sports programming and event broadcasts, with a documented focus on esports, gaming, streaming and online culture in its 2023 programming structure.

• Fox Sports 3 HD signal

  A high-definition version of the channel distributed by operators in Latin America during 2013.

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