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________________________________________________________________________ About FOX SPORTS Australia: FOX SPORTS Australia Pty Limited (FOX SPORTS) is Australia’s leading producer of sports television coverage and is home to Australia's favourite subscription television sports channels as well as Australia's number one general sports website. FOX SPORTS is owned by News Corp Australia and is located in a brand-new, purpose-built broadcast facility in Artarmon on Sydney’s north shore, with operations nationwide in Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane. FOX SPORTS compiles and produces the FOX SPORTS and FOX FOOTY subscription television channels, available via the Foxtel subscription television platform. The suite of FOX SPORTS channels and FOOTY Play Powered by FOX SPORTS are also available on Foxtel’s flexible internet TV service, Foxtel Play; Foxtel on T-box; and Foxtel’s ground-breaking Foxtel Go App. FOX SPORTS operates the website www.foxsports.com.au which contains and a wide range of video content and articles. FOX SPORTS broadcasts over 10,000 hours of LIVE sports programming per year into 2.5 million homes around Australia. Media Release 21 September 2015 MEET ‘YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND’ INTRODUCING THE FOX SPORTS APP - THE BEST MULTI-SPORTS APP IN AUSTRALIA Australia’s leading sports content provider, FOX SPORTS, has launched ‘your new best friend’, a super App that offers sports fans the most comprehensive sporting experience in the palm of their hand. The new FOX SPORTS App brings to life the best features of foxsports.com.au by providing users with extensive video highlights, live scores, enhanced statistics and analysis, fixtures and results, breaking news, and exclusive editorial features all in the one App. You will be inseparable from your new best friend as it entertains and informs, feeds your thirst for content and analysis from across 14 sports and over 140 competitions. Users will be able to personalise the App according to the way they like to follow sport by customising the layout to suit their preferences, providing access to the information that is most relevant to them. Sports lovers will be kept in the know and across all the latest and breaking news with the FOX SPORTS News 500 channel available on the App for free. FOX SPORTS’ CEO, Patrick Delany said: “FOX SPORTS is Australia’s leading sports provider; no one does sport better than us and fans love our depth and breadth of content. “We’ve listened to sports fans and know there is a demand for an app that covers all the big sports. “With more than 4.5 million Australians who don’t just follow one sport but around three to four, the all-in-one FOX SPORTS App will be the ultimate destination for them to get all the information they want. “The ability to personalise the content and tailor to the way fans like to follow their sport and their team will really set this app apart from the rest. Features like alerts on score changes across multiple matches, notifications when games are close or breaking news on their favourite teams, will make every fan fall in love with our new app,” Mr Delany concluded.

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Page 1: MEET ‘YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND’ - INTRODUCING THE FOX …€˜YOUR_NEW_BEST_FRIEND’_-_INT… · The new FOX SPORTS App brings to life the best features of foxsports.com.au by providing

________________________________________________________________________ About FOX SPORTS Australia: FOX SPORTS Australia Pty Limited (FOX SPORTS) is Australia’s leading producer of sports

television coverage and is home to Australia's favourite subscription television sports channels as well as Australia's number one

general sports website. FOX SPORTS is owned by News Corp Australia and is located in a brand-new, purpose-built broadcast

facility in Artarmon on Sydney’s north shore, with operations nationwide in Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane. FOX

SPORTS compiles and produces the FOX SPORTS and FOX FOOTY subscription television channels, available via the Foxtel

subscription television platform. The suite of FOX SPORTS channels and FOOTY Play Powered by FOX SPORTS are also available on Foxtel’s flexible internet TV service, Foxtel Play; Foxtel on T-box; and Foxtel’s ground-breaking Foxtel Go App. FOX SPORTS

operates the website www.foxsports.com.au which contains and a wide range of video content and articles. FOX SPORTS

broadcasts over 10,000 hours of LIVE sports programming per year into 2.5 million homes around Australia.

Media Release

21 September 2015

MEET ‘YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND’

INTRODUCING THE FOX SPORTS APP -

THE BEST MULTI-SPORTS APP IN

AUSTRALIA

Australia’s leading sports content provider, FOX SPORTS, has launched ‘your new

best friend’, a super App that offers sports fans the most comprehensive sporting

experience in the palm of their hand.

The new FOX SPORTS App brings to life the best features of foxsports.com.au by

providing users with extensive video highlights, live scores, enhanced statistics and

analysis, fixtures and results, breaking news, and exclusive editorial features all in

the one App.

You will be inseparable from your new best friend as it entertains and informs,

feeds your thirst for content and analysis from across 14 sports and over 140

competitions.

Users will be able to personalise the App according to the way they like to follow

sport by customising the layout to suit their preferences, providing access to the

information that is most relevant to them.

Sports lovers will be kept in the know and across all the latest and breaking news

with the FOX SPORTS News 500 channel available on the App for free.

FOX SPORTS’ CEO, Patrick Delany said: “FOX SPORTS is Australia’s leading sports

provider; no one does sport better than us and fans love our depth and breadth of

content.

“We’ve listened to sports fans and know there is a demand for an app that covers

all the big sports.

“With more than 4.5 million Australians who don’t just follow one sport but around

three to four, the all-in-one FOX SPORTS App will be the ultimate destination for

them to get all the information they want.

“The ability to personalise the content and tailor to the way fans like to follow their

sport and their team will really set this app apart from the rest. Features like alerts

on score changes across multiple matches, notifications when games are close or

breaking news on their favourite teams, will make every fan fall in love with our

new app,” Mr Delany concluded.

Page 2: MEET ‘YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND’ - INTRODUCING THE FOX …€˜YOUR_NEW_BEST_FRIEND’_-_INT… · The new FOX SPORTS App brings to life the best features of foxsports.com.au by providing

________________________________________________________________________ About FOX SPORTS Australia: FOX SPORTS Australia Pty Limited (FOX SPORTS) is Australia’s leading producer of sports television coverage and is home to Australia's favourite subscription television sports channels as well as Australia's number one

general sports website. FOX SPORTS is owned by News Corp Australia and is located in a brand-new, purpose-built broadcast

facility in Artarmon on Sydney’s north shore, with operations nationwide in Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane. FOX

SPORTS compiles and produces the FOX SPORTS and FOX FOOTY subscription television channels, available via the Foxtel

subscription television platform. The suite of FOX SPORTS channels and FOOTY Play Powered by FOX SPORTS are also available

on Foxtel’s flexible internet TV service, Foxtel Play; Foxtel on T-box; and Foxtel’s ground-breaking Foxtel Go App. FOX SPORTS

operates the website www.foxsports.com.au which contains and a wide range of video content and articles. FOX SPORTS

broadcasts over 10,000 hours of LIVE sports programming per year into 2.5 million homes around Australia.

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The FOX SPORTS App is free to download and includes live scores, enhanced

statistics, breaking news, exclusive editorial features, video highlights for all major

sports and LIVE streaming of FOX SPORTS News 500.

FOX SPORTS’ Digital Subscribers will be able to access additional content including

match replays and entertainment shows On Demand.

Users can now download the app by searching ‘FOX SPORTS AUSTRALIA’ in the App

Store or Google Play.

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