Fuel TV (international)

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FUEL TV

Country	Portugal
Broadcast area	EMEA Australia and New Zealand Portugal North America
Headquarters	Lisbon, Portugal
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	16:9 576i (SDTV) 16:9 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	FUEL TV Global, S.A.
History
Launched	March 2004 April 2008 (Portugal)
Former names	Fuel (2004–05)
Links
Website	fuel.tv

Fuel TV is a sports-orientated digital cable and satellite television action sports channel owned by FUEL TV Global, S.A. The channel is focused on the culture of extreme sports such as skateboarding, snowboarding, wakeboarding, motocross, surfing, BMX, FMX and is available in many countries including Portugal, China, North Africa and the Middle East.

Originally, Fuel TV was launched as a weekly regional music and extreme sports television series in September 2001 by video producer Chris Braly^[1] and aired on American WB affiliate WFLI-TV (channel 53, now a CW affiliate) in Chattanooga, Tennessee in the Saturday evening programming slot.^[2]

In July 2003 News Corporation began negotiations to buy out the Fuel TV trademark^[1] and concept from Chris Braly and make it a part of their Fox-Sports Network. As a rebranded cable and satellite channel, Fuel TV featured extreme sports programs ranging from original series, exclusive events, licensed films and creative interstitials.

In 2007, News Corporation sold Fuel TV to Portuguese-based FLUID Youth Culture, S.A. after an agreement was reached in order to acquire Fuel TV in Portugal with the rest of the international operations being later acquired in 2014. In 2008, Fuel TV was launched in Portugal in partnership with the network service provider MEO.

Between 2010 and 2014, Fuel TV expanded their business to the EMEA region with the channel being launched in over 40 countries in the EMEA region, reaching 8 million households.

The American Fuel TV channel was re-branded as Fox Sports 2 in August 2013 following the seamless transition of Speed to Fox Sports 1.^[3] The network continued overseas, most prominently as an online streaming service and FAST channel available on different platforms.