82-736: YourTV was a television channel owned by Fox Networks Group , a unit of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International . It began broadcasting on 1 October 2015 in the United Kingdom and Ireland . On 3 September 2015, Fox International Channels announced they were going to launch a new, free-to-air channel in the UK. YourTV promised "sensational real-life stories, irresistible experiences and thrilling tales". The channel launched on 1 October 2015 on Freeview , YouView , Freesat and Sky . It launched on Virgin Media on channel 218 on 21 July 2018. YourTV +1
164-673: A libertarian , saying "What does libertarian mean? As much individual responsibility as possible, as little government as possible, as few rules as possible. But I'm not saying it should be taken to the absolute limit." In a speech he delivered in New York in 2005, Murdoch claimed that Blair described the BBC coverage of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, which was critical of the Bush administration's response, as full of hatred of America. On 28 June 2006,
246-567: A Baltic regional office was set up in Tallinn with the independent marketing agency owner, Karoli Kindriks, as regional manager reporting to Ase Ytreland, Managing Director of Fox International Channels for Nordic & Baltic Region. On August 19, 2009, News Corporation announced that it would reorganize their Asia-Pacific subsidiary Star TV in Hong Kong. Star TV was split into Star India and Star Greater China . A few of such arrangements were that
328-663: A convergence of interests between the two men over the muting of Britain's communications regulator Ofcom . In August 2008, Cameron accepted free flights to hold private talks and attend private parties with Murdoch on his yacht, the Rosehearty . Cameron declared in the Commons register of interests he accepted a private plane provided by Murdoch's son-in-law, public relations guru Matthew Freud ; Cameron did not reveal his talks with Murdoch. The gift of travel in Freud's Gulfstream IV private jet
410-502: A different position from local editors on such matters as climate change and stimulus packages to combat the financial crisis. Murdoch is a supporter of the formation of an Australian republic , having campaigned for such a change during the 1999 referendum . In 1968, Murdoch entered the British newspaper market with his acquisition of the populist News of the World , followed in 1969 with
492-623: A division of Fox Networks Group that enables innovative ad sales partnerships, including native advertising and branded content, across multiple platforms. Fox Hispanic Media was the advertisement sales arm of Fox's portfolio of Spanish-language brands. Rupert Murdoch Defunct Newspapers Journals TV channels Websites Other Economics Gun rights Identity politics Nativist Religion Watchdog groups Youth/student groups Miscellaneous Other Keith Rupert Murdoch AC KCSG ( / ˈ m ɜːr d ɒ k / MUR -dok ; born 11 March 1931)
574-440: A joint initiative for new animation talent that would allow them to produce two minute shorts as pilots for new series. Fox TV had concurrently started its animation division 20th Century Fox Television Animation with Jennifer Howell, the same executive heading up both Inkubation and Fox TV Animation with Inkubation later being discontinued in 2012, as plans for a late night animation block moved forward and none of its projects got on
656-771: A major reorganization of its non-U.S. television businesses. Fox International Channels (FIC), which have been operating separately from 21CF's U.S. domestic television businesses, would be abolished and the head of its regional divisions would report to CEO Peter Rice and COO Randy Freer at Fox Networks Group in the United States, instead of outgoing FIC CEO Hernan Lopez , thus absorbing the international television businesses into Fox Networks Group. With that absorption, FIC's regional divisions being renamed Fox Networks Group Europe, Fox Networks Group Latin America and Fox Networks Group Asia, effectively abolishing Fox International Channels as
738-433: A majority share in the international operations of Israeli channel BabyTV with the founders retaining their original business. Argentinian lifestyle channel Utilisima , launched in 1996, was sold to Fox International Channels in 2007, who launched an American feed of the channel on May 10, 2010 (later renamed Fox Life US). The channel went global in 2008, with the addition of a Portuguese feed (which later rebranded as
820-666: A producer of documentaries, which had a stake in Singapore-based Beach House Pictures. FIC entered the Spanish market with the launch of Fox in 2001, followed by National Geographic Channel, Fox Crime and Fox Life on. In January 2004, the FX289 channel for UK and Ireland was launched, later rebranded as FX as it moved to Sky EPG in April 2005. The channel was rebranded as Fox on January 11, 2013. In early 2006, FIC formed
902-618: A production company called Fox Toma 1 with Argentine content producer Ernesto Sandler. FIC purchased a majority interest in Colombian television production company Telecolombia in June 2007 and renaming it Fox Telecolombia , to boost Spanish-language original shows for Latin America and the US, although Fox Telecolombia would still provide American channel Telefutura (now UniMás ) and Colombian channel Canal RCN with programming. In September 2007, FIC purchased
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#1732858360912984-594: A production office in Abu Dhabi. Fox would also establish its Middle East operations, a global online ad network business,. In May 2010, FIC purchased a stake in Aquavision, a Johannesburg , South Africa production company, to be managed by NHNZ. In June 2010, FIC and Jan Dekker Holdings formed a joint venture to operate 24Kitchen in the Dutch market. On September 1, 2011, Fox Channels Benelux launched 24Kitchen on UPC in
1066-472: A radio station in a remote mining town, and chairman of the Herald and Weekly Times publishing company. Murdoch had three sisters: Helen (1929–2004), Anne (born 1935) and Janet (born 1939). His Scottish-born paternal grandfather, Patrick John Murdoch , was a Presbyterian minister . Murdoch attended Geelong Grammar School , where he was co-editor of the school's official journal The Corian and editor of
1148-572: A separate unit from 21st Century Fox's television business in the United States. All three international divisions of Fox Networks Group were collectively referred as Fox Networks Group International in 21CF's formal documents (including the group's annual reports). On December 5, 2017, 21st Century Fox appointed Star India chairman and CEO Uday Shankar as president for the Asia-Pacific region of Fox Networks Group. The new role would oversee Fox's television and online video platform business across
1230-625: A share in National Geographic Partners and international operations of Fox Networks Group. The Murdoch family would retain the ownership of Fox Broadcasting Company , Fox Television Stations , the American Fox Sports units , Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network , through a new company, eventually named Fox Corporation . Disney also acquired the regional Fox Sports Networks , but the U.S. Department of Justice ordered that those assets be sold within 90 days of closing of
1312-458: Is an Australian-born American business magnate , investor, oligarch, and media proprietor. Through his company News Corp , he is the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including in the UK ( The Sun and The Times ), in Australia ( The Daily Telegraph , Herald Sun , and The Australian ), in the US ( The Wall Street Journal and
1394-513: The New York Post ), book publisher HarperCollins , and the television broadcasting channels Sky News Australia and Fox News (through the Fox Corporation ). He was also the owner of Sky (until 2018), 21st Century Fox ( until 2019 ), and the now-defunct News of the World . With a net worth of US$ 21.7 billion as of 2 March 2022, Murdoch is the 31st richest person in
1476-459: The 1992 general election , which had been expected to end in a hung parliament or a narrow win for Labour, then led by Neil Kinnock . In the general elections of 1997 , 2001 and 2005 , Murdoch's papers were either neutral or supported Labour under Tony Blair . The Labour Party, from when Blair became leader in 1994, had moved from the centre-left to a more centrist position on many economic issues before 1997. Murdoch identifies himself as
1558-509: The micropayments model for obtaining revenue from online news, although this has been criticised by some. In January 2018, the CMA blocked Murdoch from taking over the remaining 61% of BSkyB he did not already own, over fear of market dominance that could potentialise censorship of the media. His bid for BSkyB was later approved by the CMA as long as he sold Sky News to The Walt Disney Company , which
1640-470: The papers . It'll be the journalists who decide that – the editors." Murdoch described Howard's successor, Labor Party Prime Minister Kevin Rudd , as "more ambitious to lead the world [in tackling climate change] than to lead Australia" and criticised Rudd's expansionary fiscal policies in the wake of the financial crisis of 2007–2008 as unnecessary. In 2009, in response to accusations by Rudd that News Limited
1722-467: The 1980s, Murdoch formed a close alliance with Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher . In February 1981, when Murdoch, already owner of The Sun and The News of the World , sought to buy The Times and The Sunday Times , Thatcher's government let his bid pass without referring it to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission , which was usual practice at the time. Although contact between
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#17328583609121804-514: The 32-year-old Murdoch was ultimately successful. Later in 1964, Murdoch launched The Australian , Australia's first national daily newspaper, which was based first in Canberra and later in Sydney. In 1972, Murdoch acquired the Sydney morning tabloid The Daily Telegraph from Australian media mogul Sir Frank Packer , who later regretted selling it to him. In 1984, Murdoch was appointed Companion of
1886-757: The BBC reported that Murdoch and News Corporation were considering backing new Conservative leader David Cameron at the next General Election – still up to four years away. In a later interview in July 2006, when he was asked what he thought of the Conservative leader, Murdoch replied "Not much". In a 2009 blog, it was suggested that in the aftermath of the News of the World phone hacking scandal , which might yet have transatlantic implications, Murdoch and News Corporation might have decided to back Cameron. Despite this, there had already been
1968-456: The British broadcaster BSkyB in 1990 and, during the 1990s, expanded into Asian networks and South American television. By 2000, Murdoch's News Corporation owned more than 800 companies in more than 50 countries, with a net worth of more than $ 5 billion. In July 2011, Murdoch faced allegations that his companies, including the News of the World , owned by News Corporation, had been regularly hacking
2050-470: The Fox Broadcasting Company and 20th Century Fox Television , was formed in July 2014 and placed under Fox Networks Group. In June 2014, Fox Networks Group and Gail Berman formed The Jackal Group to provide programming for its various channels. In July 2014, Fox Networks Group and DNA Films formed DNA TV Limited. Fox Networks Group would have global-first rights with co-financing options to
2132-581: The Middle East market in order to cater to the Arab world and audience to feature American television shows in region. Fox then purchased a stake in Rotana in a joint venture agreed with Disney to carry its content and that of ABC for 4 years. With Abu Dhabi Media Company in July 2009, FIC started National Geographic Abu Dhabi Channel. In mid-2008, Fox Broadcasting and 20th Century Fox Television formed Fox Inkubation,
2214-676: The Netherlands, in partnership with Jan Dekker Holdings. It was later launched on other television channel/network providers on October 1, 2011. In April 2011, FIC Nordic launched Fox Crime in Norway. Finnish free-to-air TV channel, Suomi TV, was acquired by FIC on January 18, 2012. and then rebranded as Fox in April 2012, expanding the channel's air time to 12 hours while adding FIC's co-produced series The Walking Dead along with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution, National Geographic Channel and 24Kitchen content. On July 1, 2011, Fox Movies
2296-589: The Order of Australia (AC) for services to publishing. After the Keating government relaxed media ownership laws, in 1986 Murdoch launched a takeover bid for The Herald and Weekly Times , which was the largest newspaper publisher in Australia. There was a three-way takeover battle between Murdoch, Fairfax and Robert Holmes à Court , with Murdoch succeeding after agreeing to some divestments. In 1999, Murdoch significantly expanded his music holdings in Australia by acquiring
2378-810: The People's Republic of China, and public ownership of Australia's oil, gas and mineral resources. Rupert Murdoch's backing of Whitlam turned out to be brief. Murdoch had already started his short-lived National Star newspaper in America, and was seeking to strengthen his political contacts there. Asked about the 2007 Australian federal election at News Corporation's annual general meeting in New York on 19 October 2007, its chairman Rupert Murdoch said: "I am not commenting on anything to do with Australian politics . I'm sorry. I always get into trouble when I do that." Pressed as to whether he believed Prime Minister John Howard should continue as prime minister, he said: "I have nothing further to say. I'm sorry. Read our editorials in
2460-507: The Portuguese Fox Life channel), and ended up being distributed across Latin America, Canada, Spain, New Zealand and Australia and the United States. The US version of the channel launched in May 2010. In 2013, it was rebranded as MundoFox and stopped being available internationally outside of Latin America (excluding Brazil). In July 2017, it was rebranded as Nat Geo Kids . Its Brazilian feed
2542-501: The UK, US, and Australia. As of September 2024 , the Murdoch family is involved in a court case in the US in which his three children Elisabeth , Prudence , and James are challenging their father's bid to amend the family trust to ensure that his eldest son, Lachlan , retains control of News Corp and Fox Corp, rather than the trust benefiting all of his six children, as is specified in its "irrevocable" terms. Keith Rupert Murdoch
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2624-539: The UK. Murdoch has a seat on the Strategic Advisory Board of Genie Oil and Gas , having jointly invested with Lord Rothschild in a 5.5% stake in the company which conducted shale gas and oil exploration in Colorado , Mongolia , Israel , and the occupied Golan Heights . In response to print media's decline and the increasing influence of online journalism during the 2000s, Murdoch proclaimed his support of
2706-404: The United States and the 71st richest in the world according to Forbes magazine. After his father Keith Murdoch died in 1952, Murdoch took over the running of The News , a small Adelaide newspaper owned by his father. In the 1950s and 1960s, Murdoch acquired a number of newspapers in Australia and New Zealand before expanding into the United Kingdom in 1969, taking over the News of
2788-522: The United States. The greater degree of automation led to significant reductions in the number of employees involved in the printing process. In England, the move roused the anger of the print unions, resulting in a long and often violent dispute that played out in Wapping , one of London's docklands areas, where Murdoch had installed the very latest electronic newspaper purpose-built publishing facility in an old warehouse. The bitter Wapping dispute started with
2870-761: The World , followed closely by The Sun . In 1974, Murdoch moved to New York City, to expand into the US market; however, he retained interests in Australia and the UK. In 1981, Murdoch bought The Times , his first British broadsheet , and, in 1985, became a naturalized US citizen, giving up his Australian citizenship, to satisfy the legal requirement for US television network ownership. In 1986, keen to adopt newer electronic publishing technologies, Murdoch consolidated his UK printing operations in London, causing bitter industrial disputes. His holding company News Corporation acquired Twentieth Century Fox (1985), HarperCollins (1989), and The Wall Street Journal (2007). Murdoch formed
2952-444: The acquisition of 21st Century Fox. This rendered Fox Networks Group as a standalone unit abolished. Disney then retooled its local television networks unit at the time . Disney, FX Networks and U.S. operations of National Geographic television channels were placed under Walt Disney Television , 20th Century Fox Television and Fox 21 Television Studios became a part of Disney Television Studios , and Fox Networks Group CEO Peter Rice
3034-648: The air with Howell exiting Fox at the end of her contract in May 2013. FIC launched the Fox Life channel in 2004 and in swathes of time periods in Italy, the Balkans, Bulgaria, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Poland, Portugal, Russia and Turkey. The channel was available in its originality in Greece with Greek dub on December 1, 2008. An independent sales and marketing agency was set up in Tallinn, Estonia in June 2009. In March 2011,
3116-542: The changes to Fox Networks Group or other Disney-owned Fox-branded units. In the following years, Disney begun closing various channels from the Fox Networks Group due to dwindling ratings and to refocus its resources for Disney+ with the remaining active international Fox channels being rebranded as Star Channel (based upon the Star hub available on Disney+) or as FX Channels (with the exception of Japan and Turkey where
3198-615: The channel later being shut down on September 27, 2019. In 2015, 21st Century Fox and the National Geographic Society formed a new joint venture named National Geographic Partners that would oversee the Society's commercial ventures. This included the U.S. domestic and international versions of National Geographic-branded TV channels, but Fox Networks Group would continue to handle advertisement sales and distribution of these channels. In January 2016, 21st Century Fox announced
3280-440: The channels were respectively renamed as a revival of Dlife and Now respectively), effectively closing Fox Networks Group. Transferred to Disney General Entertainment Content A partnership with National Geographic Society in which Fox owned 73% Transferred to Disney General Entertainment Content Transferred to Fox Corporation Transferred to Fox Corporation Fox Networks Digital Consumer Group (FNDCG)
3362-806: The completed acquisition of 21st Century Fox by the Walt Disney Company on March 20, 2019, the units making up the Fox Networks Group were dispersed into both the division's parent company's successor, Fox Corporation and Disney. Disney then revived the Walt Disney Television name previously used for their former television production company for their networks division at the time known as Disney–ABC Television Group to and retooled its international networks division previously known as Disney International Operations (later renamed latter as Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International , then Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution ) to absorb
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3444-616: The controlling share in a leading Australian independent label, Michael Gudinski 's Mushroom Records ; he merged that with Festival Records , and the result was Festival Mushroom Records (FMR). Both Festival and FMR were managed by Murdoch's son James Murdoch for several years. Murdoch found a political ally in Sir John McEwen , leader of the Australian Country Party (now known as the National Party of Australia ), who
3526-495: The deal due to Disney's majority ownership of ESPN . On April 10, 2018, European Commission officials conducted an unannounced search of Fox Networks Group's West London offices, as part of an antitrust inquiry surrounding broadcast rights to sporting events. On March 19, 2019, Fox Corporation was officially spun off from 21st Century Fox and began trading on the Nasdaq . The next day, March 20, The Walt Disney Company completed
3608-570: The dismissal of 6,000 employees who had gone on strike and resulted in street battles and demonstrations. Many on the political left in Britain alleged the collusion of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government with Murdoch in the Wapping affair, as a way of damaging the British trade union movement . In 1987, the dismissed workers accepted a settlement of £60 million. In 1998, Murdoch made an attempt to buy
3690-472: The first episode of Body of Proof season two being the very last programme scheduled between 11am - 12pm) This article on a United Kingdom television channel is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Fox Networks Group Fox Networks Group ( FNG ), formerly known as Fox International Channels ( FIC ), was the television networks division of News Corporation and later 21st Century Fox that operated from 1993 to 2021. It oversaw
3772-459: The first-ever outright majority in the proportionally elected Scottish Parliament. Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's official spokesman said in November 2009 that Brown and Murdoch "were in regular communication" and that "there is nothing unusual in the prime minister talking to Rupert Murdoch". In 1986, Murdoch introduced electronic production processes to his newspapers in Australia, Britain and
3854-517: The football club Manchester United F.C. , with an offer of £625 million, but this failed. It was the largest amount ever offered for a sports club. It was blocked by the United Kingdom's Competition Commission , which stated that the acquisition would have "hurt competition in the broadcast industry and the quality of British football". Murdoch's British-based satellite network, Sky Television , incurred massive losses in its early years of operation. As with many of his other business interests, Sky
3936-572: The joint venture in 2015, and the channel was renamed as MundoMax on July 28 that year, before it ceased operations on November 30, 2016. In May 2012, Fox International Channels Latin America announced that it would acquire MGM 's share in LAPTV , which operated The Film Zone, Cinecanal and Moviecity . In October 2013, FIC purchased Paramount 's shares in LAPTV to become the sole owner. LAPTV's businesses were later folded into FIC Latin America and Moviecity
4018-401: The joint venture's shows. DNA TV would be managed by DNA Films management with Eric Schrier, president of original programming for FX Networks and FX Productions, handling Fox's interest. In October 2014, Fox Crime Spain was replaced with FoxLife, with the latter's series programming moving primarily to Fox. FIC merged its Turkey pay-TV and free-to-air operations, were merged in late 2014. In
4100-475: The latter two as Fox Sports and Fox Sports 2, respectively in August 2014 in time for the 2014–15 football league season . In 2014, FIC took over the distribution of Star World, Star Movies, National Geographic -branded channels, Fox-branded channels, Channel V International, Baby TV and Sky News in the Middle East region from Star Select after its closure in the region. Fox Television Group, encompassing of
4182-742: The life governor of the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne and established the Murdoch Children's Research Institute ; at the age of 102 (in 2011), she had 74 descendants. While his father was alive, he worked part-time at the Melbourne Herald and was groomed by his father to take over the family business. After his father's death, Rupert began working as a sub-editor with the Daily Express for two years. Following his father's death, when he
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#17328583609124264-648: The main Nat Geo channel in June 2010. In January 2008, Fox International Channels purchased a controlling stake in Real Estate TV (RETV), a UK property-themed channel. In April 2008, FIC launched Fox Next in Portugal, on Meo 's Meo Mix package. Fox Next targets audiences between the ages from 25 to 44 and is programmed with films and TV shows with thematic primetime and weekday blocks. On March 8, 2008, FIC and Rotana Media Services launched Fox Movies and Fox Series channels in
4346-472: The non-U.S. units. Walt Disney Television changed name to Disney General Entertainment Content in 2021, DMED was dissolved in 2023 and the units of the latter got transferred to Disney's latest division, Disney Entertainment , with the channels being subsequently rebranded as either FX or the Star Channel while being taken over by Disney's international regional subsidiaries. The last Fox channel rebranding
4428-549: The original Star TV company would take over representation of FIC's channels in the region from NGC Network Asia, LLC and Star itself would transform into a regional operation of Fox International Channels. Meanwhile, Star India would handle Fox-branded channels in India. In early March 2010, Fox International Channels agreed to move its Middle East and North Africa market channels' operations from Hong Kong and other locations to an Abu Dhabi facility. Its NHNZ subsidiary would also open
4510-694: The papers around. Harold Evans , editor of the Sunday Times from 1967, was switched to the daily Times , though he stayed only a year amid editorial conflict with Murdoch. During the 1980s and early 1990s, Murdoch's publications were generally supportive of Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher . At the end of the Thatcher / Major era, Murdoch switched his support to the Labour Party and its leader, Tony Blair . The closeness of his relationship with Blair and their secret meetings to discuss national policies
4592-621: The phones of celebrities, royalty, and public citizens. Murdoch faced police and government investigations into bribery and corruption by the British government and FBI investigations in the US. On 21 July 2012, Murdoch resigned as a director of News International . In September 2023, Murdoch announced he would be stepping down as chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp. Many of Murdoch's papers and television channels have been accused of biased and misleading coverage to support his business interests and political allies, and some have linked his influence with major political developments in
4674-665: The production, broadcasting and distribution of the Fox , Fox Sports , National Geographic and BabyTV brands in the United States and over 1.725 billion households globally. The division also operated video on demand services Fox Play and Fox Plus. The domestic broadcast units of 21st Century Fox jointly operated Fox International Channels until 2016 when its units were absorbed into this division. This domestic unit (FIC) consisted of Fox Television Group, Fox Cable Networks, Fox Sports Media Group , Fox News Group , National Geographic Partners and Fox Networks Digital Consumer Group. Following
4756-645: The purchase of a controlling interest in the New Zealand daily The Dominion . In January 1964, while touring New Zealand with friends in a rented Morris Minor after sailing across the Tasman, Murdoch read of a takeover bid for the Wellington paper by the British-based Canadian newspaper magnate Lord Thomson of Fleet . On the spur of the moment, he launched a counter-bid. A four-way battle for control ensued in which
4838-414: The purchase of the struggling daily The Sun from IPC . Murdoch turned The Sun into a tabloid format and reduced costs by using the same printing press for both newspapers. On acquiring it, he appointed Albert 'Larry' Lamb as editor and – Lamb recalled later – told him: "I want a tearaway paper with lots of tits in it". In 1997 The Sun attracted 10 million daily readers. In 1981, Murdoch acquired
4920-527: The region, and the president of Fox Networks Group Asia would report directly to Shankar (instead of the equivalent at FNG U.S.). This did not affect 20th Century Fox's filming business in the region, whose heads would continue to reported to the Charman and CEO of the film company. On December 14, 2017, The Walt Disney Company formally announced its intention to acquire most of 21st Century Fox assets . Businesses to be bought by Disney included FX Networks,
5002-405: The struggling Times and Sunday Times from Canadian newspaper publisher Lord Thomson of Fleet . Ownership of The Times came to him through his relationship with Lord Thomson, who had grown tired of losing money on it as a result of an extended period of industrial action that stopped publication. In the light of success and expansion at The Sun the owners believed that Murdoch could turn
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#17328583609125084-489: The student journal If Revived . Murdoch studied philosophy, politics and economics at Worcester College, Oxford , in England, where he kept a bust of Lenin in his rooms and came to be known as "Red Rupert". He was a member of the Oxford University Labour Party , stood for secretary of the Labour Club and managed Oxford Student Publications Limited , the publishing house of Cherwell . After his father's death from cancer in 1952, his mother did charity work as
5166-412: The third quarter of 2013, FIC's French-language channels, including National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild and the travel-based Voyage, were expanded to Africa via RRsat's Global Network and Measat's Africasat-1a. On November 6, 2013, Fox International Channels acquired the 3 Setanta Sports African channels; Zuku Sports (East Africa), Setanta Africa (English and French) and Setanta Action relaunched
5248-624: The third quarter of 2014, a Fox-branded channel was launched in Sweden via Com Hem . On November 27, 2014, FIC acquired Jan Dekker Holdings' stake of the 24Kitchen joint venture. FIC also closed the venture's production facility. On December 9, 2013, A&E Networks established an Italian branch and took full ownership of the Italian History channel from FIC Italy. In early 2014, the versions of Nat Geo Adventure in Asia and Pacific were relaunched as Nat Geo People . On October 1, 2015, Fox International Channels UK launched YourTV , which would target female viewers, on Freeview and YouView , with
5330-524: The troubled Sunday Times in Perth , Western Australia (1956) and over the next few years acquiring suburban and provincial newspapers in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and the Northern Territory , including the Sydney afternoon tabloid The Daily Mirror (1960). The Economist describes Murdoch as "inventing the modern tabloid", as he developed a pattern for his newspapers, increasing sports and scandal coverage and adopting eye-catching headlines. Murdoch's first foray outside Australia involved
5412-403: The two before this point had been explicitly denied in an official history of The Times , documents found in Thatcher's archives in 2012 revealed a secret meeting had taken place a month before in which Murdoch briefed Thatcher on his plans for the paper, such as taking on trade unions. The Sun credited itself with helping her successor John Major to win an unexpected election victory in
5494-449: The way for the stronger Australian Labor Party to dominate Australian politics. It was the beginning of a long campaign that served McEwen well. After McEwen and Menzies retired, Murdoch threw his growing power behind the Australian Labor Party under the leadership of Gough Whitlam and duly saw it elected on a social platform that included universal free health care, free education for all Australians to tertiary level, recognition of
5576-547: Was in Spain on March 11, 2024. Australian-born American media magnate Rupert Murdoch purchased Hong Kong commercial broadcasting company Star TV in 1993 to launch Fox International Channels as the unit for the international expansion of the American Fox TV channel and subsequent multimedia businesses owned at the time by his company News Corporation . Murdoch later retooled and rebranded Star TV as Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific (later Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific ). In 1997, Fox International Channels purchased NHNZ,
5658-400: Was 21, Murdoch returned from Oxford to take charge of what was left of the family business. After liquidation of his father's Herald stake to pay taxes, what was left was News Limited , which had been established in 1923. Rupert Murdoch turned its Adelaide newspaper, The News , its main asset, into a major success. He began to direct his attention to acquisition and expansion, buying
5740-465: Was a division of 21st Century Fox . Following the Disney-21CF transaction, FX Now and Nat Geo TV transferred to the second incarnation of Walt Disney Television (now Disney General Entertainment Content ) while Fox Now was transferred to Fox Corporation and Fox Sports Go (now Bally Sports app ) was sold to Diamond Sports Group , a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Allen Media Group . Fox Networks Group Content Distribution
5822-400: Was a global distributor of high-quality scripted and unscripted programming and formats. It was a division of Fox Networks Group. Fox Networks Engineering & Operations was the engineering and operation arm for Fox Networks Group. Fox Global Networks was a division of Fox Networks Group that was responsible for the distribution and marketing of Fox Networks Group USA. Fox Media was
5904-640: Was already set to acquire 21st Century Fox. However, it was Comcast who won control of BSkyB in a blind auction ordered by the CMA. Murdoch ultimately sold his 39% of BSkyB to Comcast. News Corporation has subsidiaries in the Bahamas , the Cayman Islands , the Channel Islands and the Virgin Islands . From 1986, News Corporation's annual tax bill averaged around seven percent of its profits. In Britain, in
5986-546: Was also launched on 1 October 2015 on Freeview channel 78 but only broadcast for a couple of hours. It moved to 73 a while later before being removed. YourTV continued its programming as a regular channel. However, in 2019, Disney decided to consolidate YourTV's programming into the main Fox channel's schedule, with the channel closing down at 12pm on 27 September 2019 with its Sky slot being taken by Sky Two . The last shows to be shown on YourTV were Sea Patrol and Body of Proof (with
6068-454: Was appointed as the Chairman of Walt Disney Television. The international businesses of Fox Networks Group would be integrated with Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International (later renamed Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution ). On January 17, 2020, Disney dropped the "Fox" name from the 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures film units, though no mention was made about
6150-500: Was born on 11 March 1931 in Melbourne , Victoria , the second of four children of Sir Keith Murdoch (1885–1952) and Dame Elisabeth ( née Greene ; 1909–2012). He is of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. His parents were also born in Melbourne. His father was a war correspondent and later a regional newspaper magnate, owning two newspapers in Adelaide , South Australia, and
6232-451: Was governing in coalition with the larger Menzies-Holt-Gorton Liberal Party . From the first issue of The Australian, Murdoch began taking McEwen's side in every issue that divided the long-serving coalition partners. ( The Australian , 15 July 1964, first edition, front page: "Strain in Cabinet, Liberal-CP row flares.") It was an issue that threatened to split the coalition government and open
6314-416: Was heavily subsidised by the profits generated by his other holdings, but convinced rival satellite operator British Satellite Broadcasting to accept a merger on his terms in 1990. The merged company, BSkyB , has dominated the British pay-TV market ever since, pursuing direct to home (DTH) satellite broadcasting. By 1996, BSkyB had more than 3.6 million subscribers, triple the number of cable customers in
6396-501: Was launched separately on October of that same year. National Geographic Channels International attempted to launch new sister channels in in India , Nat Geo Wild , Nat Geo Adventure , Nat Geo Music and Nat Geo HD, by making them available to the market in May 2008. Fox International Channels relaunched the Nat Geo channels again along with FX , Fox Crime and BabyTV to add to its existing Fox History (later renamed Fox Life India ) and
6478-453: Was made available in Portugal on pay TV services and Angola and Mozambique on free-to-air TV. On October 27, 2011, FIC purchased Spanish travel television channel Viajar , from PRISA . On January 23, 2012, FIC and RCN Televisión announced that they would launch a new Spanish-language terrestrial television network named MundoFox in the United States as a joint venture. The network was formally launched on August 13 that year. Fox exited
6560-589: Was relaunched as Fox+ in November 2014. Former Fox Networks Group president David Haslingden's Racat Group purchased New Zealand-based documentaries production company NHNZ and its sister company, Singapore-based Beach House Pictures, in October 2012 from Fox. Portugal-based Fluid Youth Culture purchased Fuel TV by January 2013. On July 1, 2013, Fox Crime was replaced by Fox Network in Norway. FIC also renamed its premium Dutch network Eredivisie Live to Fox Sports Eredivisie, with its channels renamed as Fox Sports 1 to 3. In
6642-678: Was running vendettas against him and his government, Murdoch opined that Rudd was "oversensitive". Although News Limited's interests are extensive, also including the Daily Telegraph , the Courier-Mail and the Adelaide Advertiser , it was suggested by the commentator Mungo MacCallum in The Monthly that "the anti-Rudd push, if coordinated at all, was almost certainly locally driven" as opposed to being directed by Murdoch, who also took
6724-619: Was to become a political issue in Britain. This later changed, with The Sun , in its English editions, publicly renouncing the ruling Labour government and lending its support to David Cameron 's Conservative Party , which soon afterwards formed a coalition government. In Scotland, where the Conservatives had suffered a complete annihilation in 1997, the paper began to endorse the Scottish National Party (though not yet its flagship policy of independence), which soon after came to form
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