However, both Fox Sport and Dish will continue in an open dialogue so that they can reach an agreement to continue with the transmission of the sports grid.
“We reiterate our commitment to continue with an open dialogue with the Dish Board at all times, as long as the conditions offered by Dish are adequate for the value of our channels and the value that subscribers give to our programming”
Expansion reviewed that in the Dish system the Fox Sports channels stopped transmitting their content.
Since April 2, Fox Sports put into operation its streaming application where users can enjoy content on WWE wrestling, F1, the women’s and men’s MX league, the Champions League, CONCACAF, the Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, NFL and MLB, among others.
Cristina Ruiz de Velasco, director of business development at Grupo Lauman, explained to Expansion in a recent interview that the contents were chosen for their premium channel because they are the most sought after and demanded by the audience, especially by young people who turn to consume them on online platforms.
Last year Grupo Lauman, owner of the newspaper El Financiero, acquired the Fox Sports channels by obtaining authorization from the Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT). The sale of Fox Sports was one of the conditions established by the IFT so that it could approve the merger between Disney and 21st Century Fox in 2019, since both companies concentrated between 70 and 80% of sports content on pay TV.
Now that these sports programs can be consumed not only through television but also through its streamingFox Sports Mexico will seek to reach the youngest audiences, who are the most difficult to capture due to changes in content consumption.