What Will Disney/ESPN Purchase Of Fox Mean For NASCAR?

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Looks as if FOX Sports, FS1 and FS2 will keep NASCAR and stay together but under a new slimmer company formed by the Murdochs. It probably won’t mean much change at least short term but maybe we’ll get lucky and they’ll get rid of Darrell and Mikey :rolleyes:! Longer term, it looks like anybody's guess about what will happen to FS1 and its programming.

https://www.metro.us/sports/espn-buying-fox-sports-merger-fs1

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opini...-change-how-you-watch-local-sports-ncna830136

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-disney-buys-21st-century-fox-20171214-story.html
 
From the 3rd link you posted it says this

"Murdoch will form a new company to keep the U.S. television networks, including Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network and Fox Broadcasting.

Murdoch's new company will get national rights to Major League Baseball, the NFL, NASCAR and college sports through the Fox TV network and cable networks FS1, FS2 and Big Ten Network. Disney is getting Fox's regional sports networks, including the Yes Network showing the New York Yankees."

So what that means FOX is retaining the NASCAR rights which means overall control I would guess, so there should no real major changes at least till the contract is up, but who knows


Its kind of funny when you think about eh, FOX Sports flipped SPEED to create FS1/2 to try and compete with E$PN, and now some years later, they are getting bought up by the parent company.
 
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Personally I'm glad Fox Sports wasn't part of the buyout. I enjoy their Motorsports coverage, something ESPN would eradicate.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
It won't mean anything. Disney is buying the movie and television series production portions of the company. As jws926 noted, Murdoch will retain the national networks, including the national sports networks.
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Right, the FOX entity is being divided up , so Disney is getting one part of the FOX pie
 
I'm thinking we may finally see the midweek race concept trialed outside of Eldora.

The hope came from the idea that the new Fox company will make an even bigger bet on sports.

The deal still is so new that Fox executives have no strategy for how it will grow once the acquisition gains regulatory approval.

With its Disney deal, it’s clear that Fox is making a big bet on live content — news and sports — as the future of TV, as opposed to scripted shows. Fox kept its sports and news divisions, while it shed its movie studio and entertainment networks. That means the Fox broadcast channel would have to license scripted prime-time shows, not own them.

Some Fox Sports staffers hope the move means sports programming will be even more vital to the new Fox network and will take a bigger prime-time position on the Fox broadcast network. The idea is that Fox, which has two hours of prime time per night from 8 to 10 p.m., would use live rights such as sports, news and talent shows for prime time. After the transaction, the new Fox will be debt-free, which could give it the luxury to be in acquisition mode. Think less investment in “Empire” and more in Red Sox-Yankees.
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http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2017/12/18/Media/Disney-Fox.aspx
 
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