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| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto,Ontario, Canada |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Shaw Media |
| History | |
| Launched | September 7, 2001 |
| Closed | April 30, 2012 (10 years, 236 days) |
| Replaced by | Sportsnet World |
Fox Sports World Canada was a Canadianpay television channel. The channel's programming primarily featuredsoccer and covered other world sports such asrugby. Although its originalCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) licence called for Fox Sports World Canada to carry soccer, cricket and rugby as their core sports, cricket and rugby matches almost disappeared from the channel after the first few years. Fox Sports World Canada's flagship program was theFox Soccer Report, which comprised most of itsCanadian content.
On October 27, 2010,Shaw Communications gained control of Fox Sports World Canada as a result of its acquisition of Canwest; which subsequently was renamedShaw Media.[1]
On March 6, 2012, Shaw Media released a statement announcing that they would cease the broadcast of Fox Sports World Canada on midnight of April 30 of that year. The company had been examining the possibility of launching a mainstream sports channel in competition withTSN andSportsnet, but ultimately decided against it. Shaw claimed the channel "no longer makes strategic and economic sense for Shaw Media going forward" in light of that decision.[2] The channel officially shut down on April 30, 2012, while its license was officially revoked on April 19, 2016, nearly four years after the channel went off the air.[3]
Fox Sports World Canada featured both live and taped events from the following leagues and competitions:
Last summer, Shaw Media decided not to pursue a mainstream sports channel. With this decision, keeping Fox Sports World as part of their portfolio no longer made strategic and economic sense.
