Fox News TV Channel

Fox News

Launched October 7, 1996; 21 years ago
Owned by Fox Entertainment Group
Picture format 720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV)
Slogan Most Watched, Most Trusted, Fair and Balanced (formerly)
Country United States
Language English
Broadcast area Worldwide
Headquarters 1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York, U.S. 10036

Sister channel(s) Fox Business Network Fox Broadcasting Company Sky News Sky News Australia Sky TG24

Website foxnews.com

Availability

Satellite
DirecTV Channel 360 (HD/SD)
Dish Network Channel 205 (HD/SD)
Bell TV Channel 507
Shaw Direct Channel 503 / 154
Foxtel Channel 604
SKY TV (New Zealand) Channel 088
Sky Italia Channel 514
Digital+ Channel 77
Now TV Channel 77
StarHub Channel 702
MEO (Portugal) Channel 208
Cignal (Philippines) Channel 131
OSN Channel 411
beIN Channel 147 (HD)
Oi TV (Brazil) Channel 184
Asiasat 7

Cable
Available on most cable providers
Check local listings for channels
Verizon FiOS Channel 618 (HD)
Channel 118 (SD)
Pioneer Cable Vision Inc. (PCVI) (Philippines) Channel 14 (SD)
Macau Cable TV (Macau) Channel 816
Cablelink (Philippines) Channel TBA

Satellite radio
Sirius Channel 114
XM Channel 114
IPTV
Bell Fibe TV (Canada)Sky Angel Channel 507Channel 318
VMedia (Canada) Channel 181
Optik TV Channel 9811 (SD)
Channel 811 (HD)

Streaming media
FoxNewsGo.com Watch live
(U.S. cable subscribers only; requires login from participating television providers to access stream)
PlayStation Vue Internet Protocol television





Fox News (officially known as the Fox News Channel, commonly abbreviated to FNC) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. The channel broadcasts primarily from studios at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, New York.

The channel was created by Australian-American media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who hired former Republican Party media consultant and CNBC executive Roger Ailes as its founding CEO.[1] It launched on October 7, 1996, to 17 million cable subscribers.Fox News grew during the late 1990s and 2000s to become a dominant cable news network in the United States. Rupert Murdoch is the current chairman and acting CEO of Fox News.[5]

Fox News Channel has been accused of biased reporting, and promoting the Republican Party and conservative causes. Research shows that Fox News increases Republican vote shares among viewers.Critics have cited the channel as detrimental to the integrity of news overall.Fox News employees have responded that news reporting operates independently of its opinion and commentary programming, and have denied bias in news reporting.As of February 2015, approximately 94,700,000 US households (81.4% of cable, satellite & telco customers) receive the Fox News Channel.