Exclusive Coverage
Fox has become the exclusive home of the Daytona 500 after having alternated the event with NBC Sports throughout their first NASCAR contract. In partnership with co-owned motorsports cable network Speed, Fox has also broadcast the start of the Rolex 24 at Daytona and select Formula One races under Speed production since 2007, and also carries 2 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races per season transferred from Speed, produced under the NASCAR on Fox brand.
Fox Sports has been the exclusive broadcaster of the World Series since 2000. A new contract announced on July 11, 2006, guarantees that Fox Sports will keep the World Series through the 2013 season.
Since 2010, Fox has aired the final of the UEFA Champions League, the 2010 edition marked the network's first ever broadcast of soccer.
In August 2011, Fox Sports announced it had reached a 7 year broadcast agreement with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, ending the promotion's previous relationship with Spike. UFC programming will be aired on various Fox properties, including the Fox network (which will air four live events per year, the first of which priemiered in November 2011), FX, and Fuel TV. Fox previously carried the programming of UFC competitor International Fight League in 2007 on MyNetworkTV under a time-buy arrangement until that organization was purchased by UFC; however no MyNetworkTV components have been announced under the current UFC agreement.
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