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Category Television Date 1/3/2007 |
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Fox Sports World Canada Launches “Fox Soccer Report”
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New Name, New Look
For Internationally Acclaimed Soccer Highlights Program
7 Nights a Week @ 10 p.m. ET
Beginning January 8
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(WINNIPEG) Fox Sports World Canada today unveiled a brand-new name and visual identity for its internationally watched flagship World Game highlights program. Formerly Fox Sports World Report, the refreshed, re-imagined package will premiere Monday, January 8 in more than 21 million homes worldwide as Fox Soccer Report.
Airing nightly at 10 p.m. ET, Fox Soccer Report moves forward on its reputation for being the world’s soccer authority - delivering extended highlights from marquee games, post-match insight, and commentary on the world’s top leagues, including Barclays English Premiere League, SPL, Bundesliga, Ligue1, La Liga, Serie-A, and the Portuguese Superliga. The program will also be invigorated by a dynamic new logo and graphic elements package.
“With the World Game as popular as ever, fans are increasingly hungry for their nightly fix of soccer news,” said Daniel Eves, Director of Programming, Fox Sports World Canada. “Our new name, renewed focus and visual identity is on-strategy with what soccer fans across the globe demand – highlights, coverage and expert analysis delivered nightly on a world-class broadcast. Fox Soccer Report will continue to be a fan’s number one stop for quality soccer coverage.”
Hosted by soccer fan favourites Jeremy St. Louis, Mitch Peacock and Carlos Machado and new anchor Derek Taylor, with expert analysis by Bobby McMahon and commentary by Max Bretos,Fox Soccer Reportis produced seven nights a week at Global Television’s Winnipeg studios. Fox Soccer Report is also seen in over 20 million homes on Fox Soccer Channel in the United States, as well as in the Caribbean, Middle East, Turkey and Africa.
About Fox Sports World Canada
Fox Sports World Canada is owned by CanWest MediaWorks Inc. and offers international sports with a Canadian twist. Fox Sports World Canada brings the world’s sports home, offering the most extensive coverage of Barclays English Premier League soccer and popular Argentine and Italian Serie-A matches guaranteed to thrill soccer fans that thirst for action. Canadian-produced Fox Soccer Report provides further insight and in-depth analysis that keeps fans in the game.
CanWest MediaWorks Inc. is a wholly owned division of CanWest Global Communications Corp. (www.canwestglobal.com), an international media company listed on the TSX (CGS and CGS.A) and NYSE (CWG), is Canada's largest media company. CanWest is Canada's largest publisher of daily newspapers, and owns, operates and/or holds substantial interests in free-to-air and subscription-based television networks, out-of-home advertising, web sites, and radio stations and networks in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, Singapore, Malaysia, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
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Media Contact:
Dan Kenning
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