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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.fox.com/ Fox.com]
*[http://www.fox.com/ Fox.com (USA)]
*[http://www.mundofox.com/ MundoFox.com]


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Fox Entertainment Group, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary of News Corporation
IndustryMotion pictures, Television
Founded1990s
HeadquartersNew York City
Key people
Peter F. Chernin, President and COO
RevenueIncrease$13.28 billion USD (2004)
Increase$2.9 billion USD (2004)
Increase$1.85 billion USD (2004)
Number of employees
12,500 (2004)

Fox Entertainment Group is an American entertainment industry company that owns film studios and terrestrial, cable, and direct broadcast satellite television properties. It is wholly owned and controlled by American media conglomerate News Corporation, since the company acquired all the stock of Fox. The transaction was completed on March 12 2005.

It is named after William Fox, born Wilhelm Fuchs, who created the original Fox Film Corporation.

In 1996, Saban entered into a joint venture with the Fox Children's Network to form Fox Kids Worldwide. In 1999 it was renamed Fox Family Worldwide. In August 2001, Disney acquired Fox Family (now ABC Family) from News Corp and Saban.

Corporate divisions

Filmed Entertainment

Television Stations

Television Broadcast Network

Cable Network Programming

External links