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programming business currently consists primarily of ownership interests in 15 RSNs, including an 80% ownership
interest in the Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network as a result of the acquisition of an additional 31% equity
interest in February 2014, and numerous sub-regional feeds (the “FSN RSNs”) and National Sports Programming,
which operates FSN (“FSN”), a national sports programming service. FSN is affiliated with an additional five RSNs
that are not owned by FSN, Inc. (the “FSN Affiliated RSNs”). FSN provides the FSN RSNs and the FSN Affiliated
RSNs with national sports programming, featuring original and licensed sports-related programming, as well as live
and replay sporting events. In the aggregate, the FSN RSNs and the FSN Affiliated RSNs currently have
approximately 91 million subscribers and have rights to telecast live games of 51 of 81 U.S. professional sports
teams in Major League Baseball (“MLB”), the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League;
collegiate conferences; and numerous college and high school sports teams.
Fox Sports 1. In August 2013, the Company launched Fox Sports 1, a multi-sport national cable network.
During calendar year 2014, Fox Sports 1 will feature over 700 live events, including college football and basketball,
UEFA Champions League and other premier soccer, National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (“NASCAR”),
and Ultimate Fighting Championship (“UFC”), as well as regular season and post-season MLB games. Beginning in
2015, Fox Sports 1 will also feature United States Golf Association (“USGA”) events and the International
Federation of Football Association (“FIFA”) Women’s World Cup events. In addition to live events, Fox Sports 1
features a nightly multi-hour live national sports news show, Fox Sports Live, an afternoon multi-sport news and
highlight show, America’s Pregame Show, original and documentary programming and daily studio programming.
Fox Sports 2. In August 2013, FUEL TV became Fox Sports 2, a multi-sports national cable network featuring
live events from the UFC and NASCAR, along with college basketball, rugby, Australian Football League, world-
class soccer and motorsports programming. Since its launch, Fox Sports 2 has featured over 350 live events.
SPEED. SPEED is a 24-hour programming service consisting of motorsports programming, including
NASCAR races, events and original programming (with exclusive coverage of the annual NASCAR Sprint All-Star
Race, NASCAR Hall of Fame ceremonies and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series), The 24 Hours of Le Mans,
AMA Supercross, Monster Jam and MotoGP. SPEED was distributed in the United States until August 2013, and
continues to be distributed to subscribers in Canada and the Caribbean. SPEED is also distributed by Foxtel in
Australia.
Fox College Sports. Fox College Sports consists of three regionally-aligned networks, FCS Pacific, FCS
Central and FCS Atlantic. Fox College Sports provides live and delayed collegiate events from a variety of
collegiate conferences, coaches’ shows and collegiate highlight and magazine-format programming from the FSN
RSNs across the country.
Fox Soccer Plus. Launched in fiscal 2010, Fox Soccer Plus is a premium cable network showcasing nearly
700 exclusive live soccer and rugby competitions. Soccer events include matches from the UEFA Champions
League and FA Cup. Rugby coverage includes matches from the Heineken Cup, Aviva Premiership and the National
Rugby League.
Big Ten Network. The Company owns an approximate 51% interest in the Big Ten Network, a 24-hour
national programming service dedicated to the collegiate Big Ten Conference and Big Ten athletics, academics and
related programming, and Big Ten Network HD, a 24-hour national programming service produced and distributed
in HD.
FX. Currently reaching close to 100 million U.S. households according to Nielsen Media Research, FX
Networks, LLC (“FX”) is a general entertainment network that telecasts a growing roster of original series, as well
as acquired television series and motion pictures. FX’s lineup for the 2014-2015 season includes the critically
acclaimed Sons of Anarchy, Justified, American Horror Story, The Americans and The Bridge, as well as the first
seasons of The Strain and Tyrant. Also included in the 2014-2015 season line-up are the comedies Archer, Louie,
Wilfred and the premiere seasons of Married and You’re the Worst. FX televises acquired series including Two and
a Half Men, Anger Management and, later in 2014, Mike and Molly, and showcases the television premieres of
theatrical motion pictures, which in the 2014-2015 season will include The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, The
Bourne Legacy, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Zero Dark Thirty, Fast & Furious 6, Life of Pi and Identity Thief, among