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As we
first reported last October, it appears that the
Speed channel - currently offered in more than 80 million homes in North America - will likely be rebranded as
Fox Sports 1 late this summer. The renaming will allow
Fox to broaden the channel's focus and air content from its
Major League Baseball and
National Football League contracts. A more general sports format will also position
Fox more aggressively against
ESPN and its various sports channels.
There is no word as to what the network plans to do with
Speed's 75,000 square-foot facility in Charlotte, North Carolina, but its current renovation may be part of the plan to turn it into an anchor desk for
Fox Sports 1.
Pending an official announcement from
Fox, there has been no mention as the to fate of
Speed's automotive content - both
The List and
Translogic, AOL's programming, currently appear on the
Speed.
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