Grupo Lauman launches Nación Deportes after Fox Sports México license expires, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico): The era of Fox Sports México has ended with the launch of Grupo Lauman’s new sports platform, after the license it obtained in 2021 to use the brand on its televised content in the country expired.
In a statement, the company presented Nación Deportes, its new specialized sports channel, which began operating on Wednesday. According to Grupo Lauman, the new channel will feature four signals: Nación Deportes, Nación Deportes 2, Nación Deportes 3 and Nación Deportes Premium, with programming 24 hours a day.
The company said Nación Deportes is a 100% Mexican brand offering sports television in the country. The channel presents four signals with national and international sports content, exclusive events and original productions.
The launch is part of an expansion project by Grupo Lauman following the loss of the Fox Sports México brand. The company positions Nación Deportes as a Mexican proposal intended to strengthen competition in the sports television market, broaden entertainment options and reach different generations and fan communities.
According to the channel’s social media, it will keep the original content the group broadcast on its former signal. It will also cover exclusive events, mainly basketball, lucha libre and soccer.
Events will include matches from the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and All Elite Wrestling (AEW), as well as fights from Lux Fight League and Legacy Fight League.
Basketball programming includes games from the LNBP, LNBP Femenil, Liga Endesa and the FIBA Basketball World Cup Qatar 2027. The premium version will offer events without commercial breaks, including pay-per-view events from AEW and CMLL, subject to availability, as well as original productions.
The dispute over the Fox Sports name began in 2019, when Disney acquired Twenty First Century Fox. Mexican authorities at the time determined that Fox Corporation had to maintain an exclusivity agreement with Grupo Lauman for the company to keep using the sports brand in its Mexican broadcasts.
Grupo Lauman said it obtained the exclusivity license through Media Deportes México (MDM). Fox Corporation, however, claimed the agreement was obtained fraudulently, alleging that local authorities raided the offices of one of its production partners.
In August 2025, the U.S. company filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York against MDM over the use of the Fox Sports México name.
Despite this, Grupo Lauman kept the brand on the grounds that the exclusivity contract ran until November of this year.
The launch of Nación Deportes ends the years-long dispute between Fox Corporation and the Mexican company and opens a new chapter in Mexico’s sports entertainment industry.
