Fox College Sports

**Fox College Sports**
Type	Cable Network
Country	United States
Founded	2002; by Rupert Murdoch
Owner	Fox Cable Networks (a division of News Corporation)
Former names	Fox Sports Digital Networks, 2000-2002
DirecTV	617 (SD) / 617-1 (HD) - used for live games only

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Fox College Sports is a group of three United States digital cable networks, FCS Atlantic, FCS Central and FCS Pacific owned by News Corporation, that specialize primarily in showing collegiate programming, live events, coaches shows & various DI, DII, & DIII content surrounding college athletics. The channels show a wide array of all collegiate sports licensed by the NCAA as well as club sports. FCS also producing a number of exclusive original programs. Major events include;

Football
Basketball
Baseball
Softball
Wrestling
Hockey
Men's & women's soccer
Women's volleyball
Lacrosse
Track & field
Gymnastics
Swimming & diving
Tennis
Collegiate Paintball

The channels are divided into three geographical areas, which are FCS Pacific, FCS Central and FCS Atlantic. In addition to the events, the network features weekly coach's shows for various universities, programs from the various conferences and schools that highlight their athletes, and the regional sports reports from Fox Sports Net and other regional sports channels not within the FSN system. Also featured are high school basketball and football games and some state championships for these sports.

FCS Final Score, a news program similar to Final Score, also airs on this network at the top of the hour.

The channels also features the FISU International Collegiate Olympic Games every 2 years - both Winter and Summer. FCS is the exclusive domestic television carrier for these events.

While FCS is primarily a digital cable-only service (the networks were founded as Fox Sports Digital, referring to digital cable, select programs have been seen on Fox Sports Net affiliates or on alternate satellite channels. Beginning in the Fall of 2008, Fox College Sports Original LIVE content airs on DirecTV channel 617.

FCS Produced Content: The 3 FCS Channels offer the FSN feeds from the following channels, including live games (FSN has rights to show live Big 12 Conference football, Pacific 10 Conference football and basketball and Atlantic Coast Conference basketball games on Fox College Sports). They also rerun shows originally produced by and shown on the networks listed:

FCS Atlantic: Shows Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East Conference, Southeastern Conference content from FSN Pittsburgh, Fox Sports South, SportSouth, FSN Florida, Sun Sports, and MSG Plus.
FCS Central: Shows Big 12 Conference, and Mid-American Conference content from FSN Detroit, FSN Southwest, FSN Houston, FSN North, FSN Wisconsin, FSN Midwest, FSN Kansas City, FSN Indiana, and FSN Ohio
FCS Pacific: Shows Big 12 Conference and Pacific 10 Conference content from FSN Arizona, FSN Rocky Mountain, FSN Utah, FSN Northwest, FSN West, and FSN Prime Ticket.

Fox College Sports also develops original content. The list below includes original programming aired nationally exclusively on FCS.

The National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship
Exclusive Home to The Paradise Jam Tournament from the Virgin Islands
The FCS Tailgate Tour
The NSSA College Surfing Championships
The South Padre Invitational
The FISU International Games (International College University Games)
The FCS Final Score

[edit] Partner channels

Big Ten Network - 49% of Big Ten Network is also owned by Fox Cable Networks (a division of News Corporation). It exclusively shows games and content involving Big Ten Conference schools, but shares some content (such as magazine and coach's shows) with Fox College Sports.