Fox Sports Houston
Fox Sports Houston was an American regional sports network that was owned by Fox Cable Networks, a unit of the Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary of News Corporation, and operated as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. The channel, which operated out of facilities based in downtown Houston, Texas, originally began in April 2005 as a sub-feed of sister network Fox Sports Southwest and became a separate 24-hour channel on January 12, 2009.
Final Fox Sports Houston logo, used from September 1 to October 5, 2012. | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Eastern New Mexico, and Arkansas |
| Network | Fox Sports Networks |
| Headquarters | The Woodlands, Texas |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 720p (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Fox Entertainment Group (News Corporation) |
| Sister channels | Broadcast: KRIV/Houston KTXH/Houston |
| History | |
| Launched | April 2005 (as a sub-feed of FSN Southwest) January 12, 2009 (as a standalone feed) |
| Closed | October 5, 2012 |
| Replaced by | Comcast SportsNet Houston |
Fox Sports Houston held the broadcast rights to most of the professional sports franchises based in Houston, carrying games from the Houston Astros (Major League Baseball), Houston Rockets (NBA) and the Houston Dynamo (Major League Soccer); it also carried coverage of collegiate events involving Conference USA members, the Houston Cougars and Rice Owls as well as high school sports events throughout the Houston area. After losing the broadcast rights to the Astros and Rockets to Root Sports Southwest, the network was re-absorbed into Fox Sports Southwest on October 5, 2012.