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Brazil). Such channels primarily feature theatrical motion pictures of Twentieth Century Fox and three other studios
dubbed in Spanish and/or in the English language with Spanish subtitles.
FIC owns a 50.1% equity interest in Elite Sports Limited, a company that owns and distributes Baby TV, a 24-
hour channel dedicated to infants and toddlers under three years old. The Baby TV channel is currently shown in
more than 100 countries, including the United States.
In November 2012, FIC acquired a controlling 51% ownership stake in Eredivisie Media & Marketing CV
(“EMM”), a media company that holds the collective media and sponsorship rights of the Dutch Premier League.
The remaining 49% of EMM is owned by the Dutch Premier League and the global TV production company
Endemol.
FIC operates Fox Pan American Sports LLC, doing business as Fox Sports Latin America (“FSLA”), an
international sports programming and production entity. FSLA owns and operates the Fox Sports networks in Latin
America which are comprised of Spanish-language sports networks that are distributed to subscribers in Mexico and
certain Caribbean and Central and South American countries, as well as Fox Sports Brazil, a Portuguese-language
sports network specifically geared to the Brazilian audience. The Company also owns 100% of Fox Deportes, a
Spanish-language sports programming service distributed in the United States. Fox Deportes (formerly known as
Fox Sports en Español), has more than 2,100 hours of live and exclusive programming, including exclusive
coverage of premiere soccer matches (such as Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana) and MLB, including All-
Star, NLCS and World Series games. Fox Deportes reaches more than 21 million cable and satellite households in
the United States, of which more than 6.5 million are Hispanic.
FIC owns a 50% interest in MundoFox Broadcasting LLC, a joint venture with RCN MF Holdings, Inc., a
Latin American television network and production company. In August 2012, the joint venture launched MundoFox,
a Spanish-language broadcast television network targeted at the U.S. Hispanic market. MundoFox features original
news and original and syndicated entertainment programming.
FIC manages Channel [V] Thailand in which the Company owns a 49% interest. Channel [V] Thailand owns a
Thai language music channel. FIC licenses its Channel [V] brand to a third party in Australia to operate a music
channel.
FIC has a joint venture with CJ E&M (formerly CJ Media), a Korean media conglomerate for the distribution
of the M channel, a 24-hour general entertainment channel featuring Korean content, such as original dramas,
variety shows, reality and lifestyle programs.
In July 2012, FIC entered into a joint venture with TV Bank Corporation for the operation of the Japanese
language pay-TV sports channel, Fox Sports. FIC owns a 60% interest in the joint venture.
STAR India. STAR India develops, produces and broadcasts 49 channels in seven languages, which are
distributed primarily via satellite to local cable, internet protocol television (“IPTV”) and direct-to-home (“DTH”)
operators for distribution throughout Asia, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America and parts of
Africa to their subscribers. STAR India’s channels include the flagship Hindi general entertainment channels STAR
Plus and Life OK, the Hindi movie channels Star Gold and Movies OK, the English general entertainment channels
Star World, Star World Premier HD, FX and Fox Crime, the English movie channels Star Movies and Star Movies
Action, the Bengali general entertainment channel STAR Jalsha, the Bengali movie channel Jalsha Movies, the
Marathi general entertainment channel STAR Pravah, the South Indian languages general entertainment channels
Asianet, Suvarna, Suvarna Plus and Vijay TV, and six STAR Sports channels. STAR India’s primary sources of
programming for its channels include original programming produced, commissioned or acquired by STAR India.
STAR India also owns a Hindi film library comprised of approximately 1,182 titles, a South Indian languages film
library comprised of approximately 2,599 titles, a Bengali film library comprised of approximately 264 titles, a
Marathi film library comprised of approximately 151 titles, a Hindi television program library comprised of
approximately 868 titles, a South Indian languages program library comprised of approximately 4,363 titles, a
Bengali program library comprised of approximately 187 titles, a Marathi program library comprised of
approximately 115 titles, an English program library comprised of approximately 307 titles and an English movie
library comprised of approximately 609 titles.