Mediagazer: Fox Sports 1 will launch with DirecTV, Dish and Time Warner Cable (Joe Flint/Los Angeles Times)

4:30 PM ET, August 15, 2013

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Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:

Fox Sports 1 will launch with DirecTV, Dish and Time Warner Cable — Regis Philbin will host a show on Fox Sports 1. — Fox Sports 1 has struck agreements with three major distributors that will ensure that the new cable network will be available in the majority of pay-TV homes …

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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:

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Rachel Bartlett / Journalism.co.uk:

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