Supercross Gets Five-Year TV Deal With FOX Sports
Cycle News Staff | November 11, 2013
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Feld Motor Sports and FOX Sports have announced a five-year agreement to telecast Monster Energy AMA Supercross, Monster Jam, AMSOIL Arenacross and the Monster Energy Cup on FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2 beginning in January of 2014.
FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2, launched in August by FOX Sports, are set to deliver more than 291 hours of Feld Motor Sports property programming per year to their multi-sport audience, according to Feld. FOX Sports 1 is available in more than 90 million homes and FOX Sports 2 is in more than 40 million. Included in the agreement are 115 hours of original programming and 51 hours of live coverage.
In 2014, 13 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship races will air live on FOX Sports 1 starting January 4, at the season opener from Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, with re-airings on FOX Sports 2, which will air three live races.
Additionally, FOX Sports will provide digital coverage of all four Feld properties on the motorsports channel of FOXSports.com, reaching 40 million unique users per month.
