Fox Sports 2

Fox Sports 2 (FS2), is an American sports-oriented cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the Fox Sports Media Group, a unit of the Fox Entertainment Group division of 21st Century Fox. The channel is based out of the Fox Sports division's headquarters in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, California.

The network was originally founded as Fuel TV on July 1, 2003, focusing on the culture of extreme sports, including skateboarding, snowboarding, wakeboarding, motocross, surfing, BMX and FMX. The network's prominence expanded further with the introduction of UFC mixed martial arts programming to its lineup in 2012 as part of a wider deal with Fox Sports. On August 17, 2013, Fuel TV was rebranded as Fox Sports 2, refocusing primarily as an overflow channel for the newly-launched mainstream sports network Fox Sports 1. The relaunch of Fuel TV as FS1's sister network received little advanced promotion.

As of February 2015, approximately 45,393,000 households (39% of those with television) receive Fox Sports 2.

Fuel TV (Portugal)

Fuel TV Global is a Portuguese owned digital cable and satellite television action sports channel that is owned by Fluid Youth Culture (FYC) and Fuel TV founder, CJ Olivares. The channel is available in many countries including Portugal, Republic of Ireland, North Africa and Middle East.

Development

Fuel TV was launched in the US in 2003 by FOX. In 2008, FOX sold the channel and the brand to Portuguese owned Fluid Youth Culture (FYC). Fuel TV in the US and Australia continued to be owned by FOX but rebranded to FOX Sports in both territroies. The Portuguese channel continued under new ownership and began to roll-out the Fuel TV brand into other territories.

Los Angeles-based Fuel TV existed since 2003 in the United States and started its European coverage in Portugal with Portugal-based FYC as representatives of the channel for the Europe, the Middle East and Africa region. In 2013, Fuel TV was replaced by Fox Sports 2 in the United States, but kept broadcasting around the globe, including in Portugal. Fuel TV Portugal was owned by 21st Century Fox until 2014, when FYC and Fuel TV founder, CJ Olivares, bought the channel and founded Fuel TV Global, based in Lisbon, with offices in Los Angeles.

Fuel TV (Australia)

Fuel TV was a cable and satellite action sports network that airs in Australia. It launched in 2004, and was owned by Fox Sports Pty Ltd. Fuel TV mainly aired content originally sourced for the now defunct American Fuel TV.

It also screened limited original content, UFC programming, Impact Wrestling and formerly aired Attack of the Show! and X-Play from G4 until their January 2013 cancellation. It also showed live coverage of all ASP World Tour men's surfing events. It was also used as an "overflow" channel for Fox Sports Australia when all 3 main Fox Sports are being used for other obligations and they have a fourth, motorsport/extreme sport obligation, which gets shown on Fuel TV live, and delayed on Fox Sports.

For non-motorsport/extreme sport obligations, Pay-per-view channel Main Event is used to broadcast the program under the "Fox Sports Plus" banner, for no extra cost to a Foxtel/Austar subscription.

On 2 November 2014, Fuel TV closed and was replaced by FOX Sports 4.