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Background

The Company is a news, sports and entertainment company, which manages and reports its businesses in four operating segments: Cable Network Programming, Television, Credible and the FOX Studio Lot with the following two reportable segments:

  • Cable Network Programming**, which produces and licenses news and sports content distributed through traditional cable television systems, direct broadcast satellite operators and telecommunication companies (“traditional MVPDs”), virtual multi-channel video programming distributors (“virtual MVPDs”) and other digital platforms, primarily in the U.S.

  • Television**, which produces, acquires, markets and distributes programming through the FOX broadcast network, advertising supported video-on-demand (“AVOD”) service Tubi, 29 full power broadcast television stations, including 11 duopolies, and other digital platforms, primarily in the U.S. Eighteen of the broadcast television stations are affiliated with the FOX Network, 10 are affiliated with MyNetworkTV and one is an independent station. The segment also includes various production companies that produce content for the Company and third parties.

Credible is a U.S. consumer finance marketplace. The FOX Studio Lot, located in Los Angeles, California, provides television and film production services along with office space, studio operation services and includes all operations of the facility.

Unless otherwise indicated, references in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Annual Report”) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 (“fiscal 2024”) to “FOX,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” mean Fox Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries. We use the term “MVPDs” to refer collectively to traditional MVPDs and virtual MVPDs.

FOX became a standalone publicly traded company on March 19, 2019, when Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (“21CF”) spun off the Company to 21CF stockholders and FOX’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock (collectively, the “Common Stock”) began trading on The Nasdaq Global Select Market (the “Transaction”). The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”) acquired the remaining 21CF assets and 21CF became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Disney. The Company is party to a separation and distribution agreement and a tax matters agreement that govern certain aspects of the Company’s relationship with 21CF and Disney following the Transaction.

The Company’s fiscal year ends on June 30 of each year. The Company was incorporated in 2018 under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036 and its telephone number is (212) 852-7000. The Company’s website is www.foxcorporation.com. The Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are available, free of charge, through the Company’s website as soon as reasonably practicable after the material is electronically filed with or furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. We are providing our website address solely for the information of investors. We do not intend the address to be an active link or to otherwise incorporate the contents of the website, including any reports that are noted in this Annual Report as being posted on the website, into this Annual Report.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. All statements other than statements of historical or current fact are “forward-looking statements” for purposes of federal and state securities laws. Forward-looking statements may include, among others, the words “may,” “will,” “should,” “likely,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “believes,” “estimates,” “outlook” or any other similar words. Although the Company’s management believes that the expectations reflected in any of the Company’s forward-looking

statements are reasonable, actual results could differ materially from those projected or assumed in any forward-looking statements. The Company’s future financial condition and results of operations, as well as any forward-looking statements, are subject to change and to inherent risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause the Company’s actual results, performance and achievements to differ materially from those estimates or projections contained in the Company’s forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, government regulation, economic, strategic, political and social conditions. For more detailed information about these factors, see Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” and Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements.”

Forward-looking statements in this Annual Report speak only as of the date hereof. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update or release any revisions to any forward-looking statement made herein or to report any events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events or to conform such statements to actual results or changes in our expectations, except as required by law.

Business Overview

FOX produces and delivers compelling news, sports and entertainment content through its iconic brands, including FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations and Tubi Media Group. The Company differentiates itself in a crowded media and entertainment marketplace through its simple structure, the leadership positions of its brands and premium programming that focus on live and “appointment-based” content, a significant presence in major markets, and broad distribution of its content across traditional and digital platforms.

Our Competitive Strengths

Premium brands that resonate deeply with viewers.

Under the FOX banner, we produce and distribute content through some of the world’s leading and most valued brands. Our long track record of challenging the status quo emboldens us to continue making innovative decisions, disrupting norms and forming deeper relationships with audiences. FOX News Media is among the most influential and recognized news brands in the world. FOX Sports has earned a reputation for bold sports programming and, with its availability in virtually every U.S. market, is a leading destination for live sports events and sports commentary. FOX Entertainment is renowned for its engaging primetime entertainment, including scripted dramas, leading unscripted programming and its longstanding Sunday animation block. Tubi, our leading AVOD service, attracts a young, diverse and highly engaged audience to its content library of over 260,000 movies and television episodes. These brands and others in our portfolio, such as our 29 owned and operated local television stations, including 18 broadcasting under the FOX brand, hold cultural significance with consumers and commercial importance for distributors and advertisers. The quality of our programming and the strength of our brands maximize the value of our content through a combination of affiliate fees and advertising sales.

Leadership positions across strategically significant programming platforms.

FOX enjoys leadership positions across its core news, sports and entertainment businesses. As linear television viewership declines across the industry, “appointment-based” programming that is the FOX hallmark remains resilient. For over 20 consecutive years, FOX News has been the top-rated national cable news channel in Monday to Friday primetime viewing, according to The Nielsen Company (“Nielsen”). FOX News also finished the fiscal year as the #1 cable network in Monday to Friday primetime and total day viewing among total viewers for the eighth consecutive year. A leader in marquee live sports broadcasts, FOX Sports programs the National Football League (“NFL”) (including the #1 show on television among Adults 18-49, America's Game of the Week), college football (including the Big Ten Conference), Major League Baseball's (“MLB”) Regular Season, All-Star Game and World Series, National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (“NASCAR”) and other marquee cyclical events, including the Super Bowl and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (“FIFA”) Men's and Women's World Cup. FOX Sports has secured a significant portion of its marquee rights under long-term contracts. FOX Entertainment has delivered the youngest and most diverse audience of the broadcast networks across all programming in primetime for over two decades. During the 2023-2024 broadcast season, FOX Entertainment featured the season’s #1 new entertainment series with the FOX-owned animated comedy Krapopolis, launched the #1 game show with The Floor, once again presented television’s top cooking

competition series with Gordon Ramsay’s Next Level Chef, Hell’s Kitchen, MasterChef Junior and Kitchen Nightmares, and had four of the top comedies on television with Krapopolis, The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy.

FOX Television Stations covers 18 Nielsen-designated market areas (“DMAs”), including 14 of the 15 largest, and was the #1 or #2 rated news provider in the hours of 5 a.m. - 9 a.m. in the majority of the markets in which it operates. Under FOX’s ownership, Tubi has become one of the most relevant and fastest growing AVOD services in the country, with over 40% growth in total view time (the total number of hours watched) in fiscal 2024 compared to the prior fiscal year. Tubi finished the fiscal year with approximately 2.0% of all television viewing according to Nielsen’s The Gauge, further cementing its leadership as the most watched free ad-supported TV (“FAST”) streaming service in the U.S. We believe the strength and leadership of our brands will continue to support industry leading affiliate fee revenue growth and sustained advertising revenue, while enabling us to nimbly respond to the opportunities and challenges traditional media companies are facing as technologies and changes in consumer behavior continue to rapidly evolve.

Significant presence and relevance in major domestic markets.

The FOX portfolio combines the range of national cable and broadcast networks and digital distribution platforms with the power of tailored local television. FOX News and FOX Business are available in over 65 million U.S. households and FOX Sports and FOX Entertainment programming on the FOX Network is available in virtually every U.S. market. Additionally, our 29 owned and operated television stations cover 18 DMAs, including 14 of the 15 largest, and maintain duopolies in 11 DMAs, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, the three largest. These stations provide balanced content of national interest with programming of note to local communities, producing over 1,200 hours of local news coverage each week. Tubi’s ubiquitous availability provides broad distribution of films, episodic television programming, live local and national news content and sports programming. Tubi carries over 100 local station feeds (including feeds of our owned and operated stations), covering 77 DMAs and 23 of the top 25 markets. The breadth and depth of our footprint allows us to produce and distribute our content in a cost-effective manner and share best business practices and models across regions. It also enables us to engage audiences, develop deeper consumer relationships and create more compelling product offerings.

Attractive financial profile, including multiple revenue streams, strong balance sheet and other assets.

We have consistently achieved strong operational and financial results in a complex industry environment. Additionally, our solid balance sheet provides us with the financial flexibility to continue to invest across our businesses, allocate resources toward investments in growth initiatives, take advantage of strategic opportunities, including potential acquisitions across the range of media categories in which we operate and related adjacencies, and return capital to our stockholders. We have maintained significant liquidity, ending fiscal 2024 with approximately $4.3 billion of cash and cash equivalents on our balance sheet while returning approximately $1.25 billion of capital to our stockholders through our stock repurchase program and cash dividends during fiscal 2024. We also benefit from a tax asset that resulted from the step-up in the tax basis of our assets following the Transaction, which is expected to provide an annual cash tax benefit for many years. Our asset portfolio also includes the FOX Studio Lot in Los Angeles, California, which spans over 50 acres and close to 2 million square feet of space for administration and television and film production services available to industry clients, including 15 sound stages, two broadcast studios, and other production facilities. Additionally, we own an equity stake in Flutter Entertainment plc (“Flutter”), an online sports betting and gaming company with operations in the U.S. and internationally, and we maintain a valuable option to acquire 18.6% of FanDuel Group, a majority-owned subsidiary of Flutter.

Goals and Strategies

Maintain leading positions in live news, live sports and quality entertainment.

We have long been a leader in news, sports and entertainment programming, and we believe that building on our leading market positions is essential to our success. The strength of our core businesses has allowed us to invest in attractive growth opportunities and brand extensions. Examples of this include digital brand extensions at FOX News Media, including the FOX Nation SVOD service and the FOX Weather FAST service. At Tubi, our investment in content, technology and marketing has yielded new viewers and increased engagement from our audience, which has translated into robust revenue growth. In fiscal 2024, Tubi expanded

its content library through the premiere of over 140 new original titles and the launch of over 60 sports, entertainment and local news channels, for a total of over 280 sports, entertainment and local news channels as of the end of the fiscal year. We consistently review opportunities to optimize our sports portfolio with the dual goal of maintaining and growing our audience while achieving accretive financial returns. Fiscal 2024 highlights of this include a rights extension with NASCAR and the launch of the United Football League (the “UFL”) professional spring football league. Recognizing the industry-wide changes in viewership habits, FOX Entertainment has continued to expand its footprint across owned and unscripted content, including leveraging the breadth of offerings from FOX Entertainment studios to populate its primetime lineup and reduce its reliance on third-party content providers. FOX Entertainment studios also co-produces original content for third parties, such as Prime Video’s animated hit Hazbin Hotel, addressing the demand generated by the growth and proliferation of entertainment content streaming services. FOX Television Stations’ rollout of local news content on connected televisions and FAST services in a number of markets has led to the stations’ total view time for the period of March 2024 through June 2024 that was approximately four times higher compared to the same period in the prior year. We believe continuing to provide compelling news, sports and entertainment programming across platforms will increase audience engagement and drive growth across our distribution, affiliate and advertising relationships.

Increase revenue growth through the continued delivery of high quality, premium and valuable content.

With a focused portfolio of assets, we create and produce high quality programming that delivers value for our viewers, our affiliates and our advertisers. We expect our internal production capabilities and co-production arrangements will facilitate growth by enabling us to directly manage the economics and programming decisions of our broadcast network and television stations. We also believe our unique ability to deliver “appointment-based” viewing and audiences at scale, along with innovative advertising platforms, delivers substantial value to our advertising customers, and the unique nature of our “appointment-based” content positions us to maintain and even grow audiences during a time of increasing consumer fragmentation.

Expand our digital distribution offerings and direct engagement with consumers, increasing complementary sources of revenues.

The availability of our key networks on all major virtual MVPD services reflects the strength of our brands and the highly coveted nature of our content. We are also cultivating and growing direct interactions between FOX brands and consumers outside traditional linear television. For example, Tubi provides us with a wholly-owned digital platform to access a wider digital audience and further the reach of our content. Tubi continues to experience significant growth in total view time across a library of over 260,000 movies and television episodes, including key FOX entertainment, news and sports programming, and it streamed approximately 9.7 billion hours of content over the course of the fiscal year (a record for the platform). Tubi’s young, diverse and highly engaged viewers, the majority of which are classified as “cord-cutters” or “cord-nevers,” is an audience that advertisers are eager to reach. FOX News Media operates a number of digital businesses, including FOX News Digital, which remains the most engaged brand in digital news (leading in total views, minutes spent and social interactions), along with the FOX Nation SVOD service, which offers U.S. consumers a variety of content (including original programming), and FOX Weather, which offers local, regional and national weather reporting in addition to live programming. Additionally, FOX Television Stations operates a portfolio of digital businesses, including the FLX (or FOX Local Extension) digital advertising platform and the LiveNOW from FOX, FOX Locals and FOX Soul FAST services, in addition to distributing its local news programming on Tubi and across a range of third-party platforms. Venu Sports, a digital sports programming distribution joint venture with ESPN (a subsidiary of Disney) and Warner Bros. Discovery, is expected to launch in fall of 2024 and expand the reach of our sports programming beyond FOX’s existing footprint.

Reportable Segments

Cable Network Programming

The Cable Network Programming segment produces and licenses news, business news and sports content for distribution through traditional and virtual MVPDs and other digital platforms, primarily in the U.S. The businesses in this segment include FOX News Media (which includes FOX News and FOX Business) and our primary cable sports programming networks FS1, FS2, the Big Ten Network and FOX Deportes.

The following table lists the Company’s significant cable networks and the number of subscribers as estimated by Nielsen:

As of June 30,
20242023
(in millions)
FOX News Media Networks
FOX News6772
FOX Business6570
FOX Sports Networks
FS16772
FS24852
The Big Ten Network4548
FOX Deportes1213

FOX News Media. FOX News Media includes the FOX News and FOX Business networks and their related properties. For over 20 consecutive years, FOX News has been the top-rated national cable news channel in Monday to Friday primetime viewing. FOX News also finished the fiscal year as the #1 cable network in Monday to Friday primetime and total day viewing among total viewers for the eighth consecutive year. FOX Business is a business news national cable channel and was the #1 business network in business day among total viewers during fiscal 2024. FOX News also produces a weekend political commentary show, FOX News Sunday, for broadcast on the FOX Television Stations and stations affiliated with the FOX Network throughout the U.S. FOX News also produces FOX News Audio, which licenses news updates, podcasts, and long-form programs to local radio stations and to mobile, Internet and satellite radio providers.

FS1. FS1 is a multi-sport national network that features live events, including regular season and post-season MLB games, NASCAR, college football, college basketball, the FIFA Men’s and Women’s World Cup, Major League Soccer (“MLS”), the UFL, the Union of European Football Associations (“UEFA”) European Championship, UEFA Nations League, Concacaf and CONMEBOL soccer and horse racing. In addition to live events, FS1 offers daily studio shows featuring key talent, including Colin Cowherd, Nick Wright and Emmanuel Acho.

FS2. FS2 is a multi-sport national network that features live events, including NASCAR, collegiate sports, horse racing, rugby, soccer and motor sports.

FOX Sports Racing. FOX Sports Racing is a 24-hour video programming service consisting of motor sports programming, including National Hot Rod Association, motorcycle racing and horse racing. FOX Sports Racing is distributed to subscribers in Canada and the Caribbean.

FOX Soccer Plus. FOX Soccer Plus is a premium video programming network that showcases exclusive live soccer and rugby competitions, including events from FIFA, UEFA, Concacaf, CONMEBOL, Saudi Pro League, Super Rugby League, Australian Football League and the National Rugby League.

FOX Deportes. FOX Deportes is a Spanish-language sports programming service distributed in the U.S. FOX Deportes features coverage of a variety of sports events, including premier soccer (such as matches from MLS and Liga MX), the NFL NFC Championship and the Super Bowl, MLB (including regular season games, the National League Championship Series in alternating years and the All-Star and World Series games), NASCAR Cup Series, college football and UFL. In addition to live events, FOX Deportes also features multi-sport news and highlight shows and daily studio programming. FOX Deportes is available to approximately 11.8 million cable and satellite households in the U.S., of which approximately 2.5 million are Hispanic.

The Big Ten Network. The Big Ten Network is a 24-hour national video programming service dedicated to the collegiate Big Ten Conference and Big Ten athletics, academics and related programming. The Big Ten Network televises live collegiate events, including football games, regular-season and post-season men’s and women’s basketball games, and men’s and women’s Olympic events (including wrestling, volleyball and ice hockey), as well as a variety of studio shows and original programming. The Big Ten Network also owns and

operates B1G+ (formerly branded BTN+), a subscription video streaming service that features live streams of non-televised sporting events, replays of televised and streamed events, and a large collection of classic games and original programming. The Company owns approximately 61% of the Big Ten Network.

Digital Distribution. The Company’s cable network programming is also distributed through FOX-branded websites, apps, podcasts and social media accounts and licensed for distribution through MVPDs’ websites and apps. The Company’s websites and apps provide live and/or on-demand streaming of network-related programming primarily on an authenticated basis to allow video subscribers of the Company’s participating distribution partners to view Company content via the Internet. These websites and apps include FOXNews.com, FOXBusiness.com, FOXWeather.com, FOXSports.com, FOXDeportes.com and OutKick.com, and the FOX News, FOX Business, FOX Weather, FOX Sports and FOX Deportes mobile apps. FOX News Media also operates direct-to-consumer services FOX Nation, an SVOD service that offers U.S. consumers a variety of content (including original programming), and FOX Weather, a FAST service that offers local, regional and national weather reporting in addition to live programming. The Big Ten Network distributes live-streaming and video-on-demand programming through the B1G+ subscription video streaming service. The Company also distributes non-authenticated live-streaming and video-on-demand content, podcasts, as well as static visual content such as photography, artwork and graphical design across FOX and Big Ten Network branded social media and third-party video and audio platforms.

Outkick Media. The Company owns Outkick Media, a digital media company focused on the intersection of sports, news and entertainment.

Cable Network Programming Competition

General. Cable network programming is a highly competitive business. Cable networks compete for content, distribution, viewers and advertisers with a variety of media, including broadcast television networks; cable television systems and networks; direct-to-consumer streaming and on-demand platforms and services; mobile, gaming and social media platforms; audio programming; and print and other media. Important competitive factors include the prices charged for programming, the quantity, quality and variety of programming offered, the accessibility of such programming, the ability to adapt to new technologies and distribution platforms, the quality of user experience and the effectiveness of marketing efforts. Competition for sales of advertising time is based primarily on the anticipated and actually delivered size and demographic characteristics of audiences as determined by various measurement services, price, the time of day when the advertising is to be broadcast, competition from other cable networks, broadcast networks, cable television systems, direct broadcast satellite television, social and digital media, and general economic conditions. Competition for audiences is based primarily on the selection of programming, the popularity and success of which depend on the reaction of the viewing public, which is often difficult to predict.

FOX News Media. FOX News' primary competition comes from the broadcast networks' national news divisions and cable news networks such as CNN and MSNBC. FOX Business' primary competition comes from the cable networks CNBC and Bloomberg Television. FOX News and FOX Business also compete for viewers and advertisers within a broad spectrum of television networks, including other non-news cable networks, free-to-air broadcast television networks and direct-to-consumer streaming and on-demand platforms and services. FOX News and FOX Business also face competition online from CNN.com, NBCNews.com, NYTimes.com, CNBC.com, Bloomberg.com, Yahoo.com and The Wall Street Journal Online, among others.

FOX Sports. A number of basic and pay television programming services, direct-to-consumer streaming services, and free-to-air stations and broadcast networks compete with FS1, FS2 and the Big Ten Network for sports programming rights, distribution, audiences and advertisers. On a national level, the primary competitors to FS1, FS2, and the Big Ten Network are ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, TBS, USA Network, CBS Sports Network; league-owned networks such as NFL Network, NHL Network, NBA TV and MLB Network; collegiate conference-specific networks such as the SEC Network and ACC Network; and direct-to-consumer streaming services such as ESPN+, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Apple TV+, Paramount+, Max, FuboTV and Roku. In regional markets, the Big Ten Network competes with regional sports networks, local broadcast television stations and other sports programming providers and distributors.

Television

The Television segment produces, acquires, markets and distributes programming through the FOX broadcast network, the Tubi AVOD service, broadcast television stations and other digital platforms, primarily in the U.S. The segment also includes various production companies that produce content for the Company and third parties.

FOX Television Stations

FOX Television Stations owns and operates 29 full power broadcast television stations, which deliver broadcast network content, local news and syndicated programming to viewers in 18 local markets. These include stations located in 14 of the top 15 largest DMAs and two stations (referred to as duopolies) in each of 11 DMAs, including the three largest DMAs (New York, Los Angeles and Chicago). In two of the duopoly markets, FOX Television Stations is internally channel sharing whereby both of its stations in the market operate using a single 6 MHz channel. Of the 29 full power broadcast television stations, 18 stations are affiliated with the FOX Network. These stations leverage viewer, distributor and advertiser demand for the FOX Network’s national content. In addition, the FOX Network’s strategy to deliver fewer hours of national content than other major broadcasters benefits stations affiliated with the FOX Network, which can utilize the flexibility in scheduling to offer expanded local news and other programming that viewers covet. Our 29 stations collectively produce over 1,200 hours of local news coverage every week. For a description of the programming offered to affiliates of the FOX Network, see “—The FOX Network.” In addition, FOX Television Stations owns and operates 10 stations broadcasting programming from MyNetworkTV.

FOX Television Stations also operates a portfolio of digital businesses. These include the FLX (or FOX Local Extension) digital advertising platform and digital distribution businesses, including the LiveNOW from FOX, FOX Locals and FOX Soul FAST services described below under the heading “Digital Distribution.”

The following table lists certain information about each of the television stations owned and operated by FOX Television Stations. Unless otherwise noted, all stations are affiliates of the FOX Network.

FOX Television Stations

DMA/RankStationDigital Channel RF (Virtual)TypePercentage of U.S. Television Households in the DMA (a)
New York, NY1WNYW27(5)UHF6.0%
WWOR-TV(b)(c)25(9)UHF
Los Angeles, CA*2KTTV11(11)VHF4.7%
KCOP-TV(b)13(13)VHF
Chicago, IL*3WFLD24(32)UHF2.9%
WPWR-TV(b)(d)31(50)UHF
Philadelphia, PA*4WTXF-TV31(29)UHF2.5%
Dallas, TX*5KDFW35(4)UHF2.5%
KDFI(b)27(27)UHF
Houston, TX*6KRIV26(26)UHF2.2%
KTXH(b)19(20)UHF
Atlanta, GA*7WAGA-TV27(5)UHF2.2%
Washington, DC*9WTTG36(5)UHF2.1%
WDCA(b)(e)36(20)UHF
San Francisco, CA*10KTVU31(2)UHF2.0%
KICU-TV(f)36(36)UHF
Phoenix, AZ*11KSAZ-TV10(10)VHF1.7%
KUTP(b)26(45)UHF
Tampa, FL*12WTVT12(13)VHF1.7%
DMA/RankStationDigital Channel RF (Virtual)TypePercentage of U.S. Television Households in the DMA (a)
Seattle-Tacoma, WA*13KCPQ13(13)VHF1.7%
KZJO(b)36(22)UHF
Detroit, MI*14WJBK7(2)VHF1.5%
Minneapolis, MN*(g)15KMSP-TV9(9)VHF1.5%
WFTC(b)29(29)UHF
Orlando, FL*16WOFL22(35)UHF1.5%
WRBW(b)28(65)UHF
Austin, TX*35KTBC7(7)VHF0.8%
Milwaukee, WI38WITI(h)31(6)UHF0.8%
Gainesville, FL*158WOGX31(51)UHF0.1%
TOTAL38.4%

Source: Nielsen, January 2024

*Denotes a market where stations are also broadcasting in the ATSC 3.0 "NextGenTV" standard in partnership with broadcasters in the applicable DMA through channel sharing arrangements or, in the case of KCOP-TV, KTXH and WRBW, each of those stations has made the conversion to and is broadcasting in the ATSC 3.0 standard.
(a)VHF television stations transmit on Channels 2 through 13 and UHF television stations on Channels 14 through 36. The Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) applies a discount (the “UHF Discount"), which attributes only 50% of the television households in a local television market to the audience reach of a UHF television station for purposes of calculating whether that station’s owner complies with the national station ownership cap imposed by FCC regulations and by statute; in making this calculation, only the station’s RF Broadcast Channel is considered. In a duopoly market, both stations must be UHF for the discount to apply. In addition, the coverage of two commonly owned stations in the same market is counted only once. The percentages listed are rounded and do not take into account the UHF Discount. For more information regarding the FCC’s national station ownership cap, see “Government Regulation.”
(b)MyNetworkTV licensee station.
(c)WWOR-TV hosts television station WRNN, New Rochelle, NY, licensed to WRNN License Company, LLC, an unrelated third party pursuant to a channel sharing agreement between FOX Television Stations and shared WRNN License Company, LLC. A portion of the spectrum formerly licensed to WWOR-TV is now shared with and licensed to WRNN.
(d)WPWR-TV channel shares with WFLD.
(e)WDCA channel shares with WTTG.
(f)Independent station.
(g)The Company also owns and operates full power station KFTC, Channel 26, Bemidji, MN as a satellite station of WFTC, Channel 29, Minneapolis, MN. Station KFTC is in addition to the 29 full power stations described in this section.
(h)WITI hosts television station WVCY, Milwaukee, WI, licensed to VCY America, Inc., an unrelated third party pursuant to a channel sharing agreement between WITI Television, LLC, the predecessor in interest of FOX Television Stations, and VCY America, Inc. A portion of the spectrum family licensed to WITI is now shared with and licensed to WVCY.

The FOX Network

The FOX Network is a premier national television broadcast network, renowned for disrupting legacy broadcasters with powerful sports programming and appealing primetime entertainment. The FOX Network regularly delivers 15 hours of weekly primetime programming to 209 local market affiliates, including 18 stations owned and operated by the Company, covering virtually every U.S. market, according to Nielsen. The FOX Network primetime lineup is intended to appeal primarily to the 18 to 49 year old audience, the demographic

group that advertisers seek to reach most often, with particular success in the 18 to 34 year old audience. The FOX Network has ranked among the top two networks in the 18 to 34 year old audience for the past 29 broadcast seasons. During the 2023-2024 broadcast season, the FOX Network ranked #2 in the 18 to 49 and 18 to 34 year old audiences and #1 in the male 18 to 49 and 18 to 34 year old audiences (based on Nielsen’s live+7 ratings). The median age of the FOX Network viewer is 58 years, as compared to 65 years for ABC, 66 years for CBS and 65 years for NBC.

  • FOX Sports. A significant component of FOX Network programming consists of sports programming, with the FOX Network providing to its affiliates during the 2023-2024 broadcast season live coverage of the NFL, including the premier NFC rights package and America's Game of the Week (the #1 show on television). The FOX Network also provides live coverage of MLB (including the post-season and the World Series), college football and basketball, the NASCAR Cup Series (including the Daytona 500), MLS and the UFL. In certain years, FOX Sports broadcasts the Super Bowl, the FIFA Men’s and Women’s World Cup, the Copa América tournament and the UEFA European Championship. FOX Sports entered into an expanded 11-year media rights agreement with the NFL in fiscal 2021 that extended FOX Sports' coverage of NFL games and expanded FOX's digital rights to enable future direct-to-consumer opportunities as well as NFL-related programming on Tubi.

  • FOX Entertainment. FOX Entertainment delivers high-quality scripted, unscripted, animated and live event content. FOX Entertainment primetime programming during the 2023-2024 broadcast season featured such scripted series as The Cleaning Lady and Alert: Missing Persons Unit, along with the FOX Entertainment-owned comedy Animal Control; animated series, including The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, Family Guy and The Great North; and unscripted series, such as Next Level Chef and Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars from Studio Ramsay Global (FOX’s co-owned production company with Gordon Ramsay), The Masked Singer, I Can See Your Voice, LEGO Masters, Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, Farmer Wants a Wife and investigative report specials from FOX-owned TMZ. During the 2023- 2024 broadcast season, FOX Entertainment featured the season’s #1 new entertainment series with the FOX-owned animated comedy Krapopolis; launched the #1 game show with The Floor; once again presented television’s top cooking competition series with Gordon Ramsay’s Next Level Chef, Hell’s Kitchen, MasterChef Junior and Kitchen Nightmares; and had four of the top comedies on television with Krapopolis, The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy.

The FOX Network obtains national sports programming through license agreements with professional or collegiate sports leagues or organizations, including long-term agreements with the NFL, MLB, college football and basketball conferences, NASCAR, FIFA, UEFA, Concacaf and CONMEBOL. Entertainment programming is obtained from major television studios, including 20th Television (formerly known as Twentieth Century Fox Television and which is owned by Disney), Sony Pictures Television and Warner Bros. Television, and independent television production companies pursuant to license agreements. The terms of these agreements generally provide the FOX Network with the right to acquire broadcast rights to a television series for a minimum of four seasons. Entertainment programming is also provided by the Company's in-house production companies, which are described below.

The FOX Network provides programming to affiliated stations and the right to broadcast network television programming on the affiliated stations in accordance with agreements of varying durations. Such agreements typically run three or more years and have staggered expiration dates. These affiliation agreements require affiliated stations to carry the FOX Network programming in all time periods in which the FOX Network programming is offered to those affiliated stations, subject to certain exceptions stated in the affiliation agreements.

FOX Entertainment Studios

Through its FOX Entertainment studios business, the Company produces entertainment programming for its own traditional and digital entertainment platforms, as well as for third parties. MarVista Entertainment is a global entertainment studio that produces and distributes movies and other content for Tubi and third-party networks and digital platforms. TMZ produces daily syndicated magazine programs, broadcast and other television specials, and other content for distribution on traditional and digital platforms, including FOX Television Stations, Tubi, FOX Nation and other digital platforms. The Company has also formed a co-owned production company with Gordon Ramsay called Studio Ramsay Global that develops, produces and distributes culinary and lifestyle programming such as Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars and Next Level Chef for FOX, Kitchen Commando for Tubi and other programs for global markets. A full-service production studio, Fox Alternative

Entertainment develops and produces unscripted and alternative programming primarily for the FOX Network, including The Masked Singer, I Can See Your Voice and Name That Tune. Animation production company Bento Box Entertainment produces programming for cable and broadcast networks (including programming such as Krapopolis, Bob's Burgers and The Great North that air on the FOX Network) and digital platforms.

Tubi

Tubi is a leading AVOD service that is available on multiple digital platforms in the United States and select international regions. The business is part of the Tubi Media Group division formed in fiscal 2023 to house the Company's digital platform services. Tubi offers a content library of over 260,000 movies and television episodes from over 400 content partners, including every major Hollywood studio, and a growing number of new original titles. In fiscal 2024, Tubi expanded its content library through the premiere of over 140 new original titles. Tubi also features key FOX content, such as The Masked Singer and Next Level Chef, as well as live local and national news content and sports programming. In addition to its on-demand library, Tubi offers over 280 sports, entertainment and local news linear streaming channels. These include channels featuring FOX Entertainment’s The Masked Singer, TMZ and Studio Ramsay Global’s Gordon Ramsay and feeds from over 100 local television stations (including FOX’s owned and operated stations), covering 77 DMAs and 23 of the top 25 markets. As of June 2024, Tubi is available on 32 digital platforms, including connected television devices, and online at www.tubitv.com. In fiscal 2024, the service generated approximately 9.7 billion hours of total view time (the total number of hours watched) and finished the fiscal year with approximately 2.0% of all television viewing according to Nielsen’s The Gauge. Tubi enables the Company’s advertising partners to access a substantial, incremental digital audience. Tubi’s viewers are young, diverse and highly engaged, and the majority of its audience is classified as “cord-cutters” or “cord-nevers.”

FOX Entertainment Global

FOX Entertainment Global is FOX’s wholly-owned sales and distribution business. FOX Entertainment Global engages in domestic and international sales and licenses of scripted and unscripted series and other programs owned or controlled by various FOX entities, as well as content owned by third parties that contract with Fox Entertainment Global for distribution.

Digital Distribution

The Company’s Television segment also distributes programming through FOX-branded websites, apps, podcasts and social media accounts and licenses programming for distribution through MVPDs’ websites and apps. The Company’s websites and apps include FOX.com, FOXSports.com, TMZ.com, the FOX Sports app and the TMZ app and provide live and/or on-demand streaming of FOX Network shows and programming from broadcast stations affiliated with the FOX Network. Other digital properties offering Television segment programming and other content include Tubi and the TMZ FAST service. FOX Television Stations distributes content across websites and mobile apps associated with the stations, Tubi, a range of third-party platforms and FOX Television Station’s FAST services. These services include LiveNOW from FOX, which offers live news coverage; FOX Soul, a service dedicated to the African American viewer that features original and syndicated programming; and FOX Locals, a group of FAST services that offer live and recorded content from over 15 FOX-owned and operated local television stations. The Company’s FAST services are distributed across multiple devices and platforms, including traditional and virtual MVPDs, Tubi, connected TV device platforms and other digital platforms.

MyNetworkTV

The programming distribution service, Master Distribution Service, Inc. (branded as MyNetworkTV), distributes two hours per night, Monday through Friday, of off-network programming from syndicators to its over 185 licensee stations, including 10 stations owned and operated by the Company, and is available to approximately 95% of U.S. households as of June 30, 2024.

Competition

The network television broadcasting business is highly competitive. The FOX Network (with respect to both its sports and entertainment programming), MyNetworkTV and Tubi compete for audiences, programming and advertising revenue with a variety of competing media, including other broadcast television networks; cable television systems and networks; direct-to-consumer streaming and on-demand platforms and services; mobile, gaming and social media platforms; audio programming; and print and other media. In addition, the FOX

Network and MyNetworkTV compete with other broadcast networks and programming distribution services to secure affiliations or station agreements with independently owned television stations in markets across the U.S. ABC, NBC and CBS each broadcast a significantly greater number of hours of programming than the FOX Network and, accordingly, may be able to designate or change time periods in which programming is to be broadcast with greater flexibility than the FOX Network. Technological developments are also continuing to affect competition within the broadcast television marketplace. Our entertainment programming production businesses compete with other content creators for creative talent, new content ideas, intellectual property and the distribution of their content. FOX Entertainment Global competes with other content licensors and sellers for

the distribution of its content.

Each of the stations owned and operated by FOX Television Stations also competes for advertising revenues with other television stations, radio and cable systems in its respective market area, along with other advertising media, including direct-to-consumer streaming and on-demand platforms and services; mobile, gaming and social media platforms; newspapers, magazines, outdoor advertising and direct mail. All of the stations owned and operated by FOX Television Stations are located in highly competitive markets. Additional factors that affect the competitive position of each of the television stations include management experience, authorized power and assigned frequency of that station. Competition for sales of broadcast advertising time is based primarily on the anticipated and actually delivered size and demographic characteristics of audiences as determined by various rating services, price, the time of day when the advertising is to be broadcast, competition from the other broadcast networks, cable television systems, direct broadcast satellite television, services and digital media and general economic conditions. Competition for audiences is based primarily on the selection of programming, the acceptance of which is dependent on the reaction of the viewing public, which is often difficult to predict.

Other Operating Segments

FOX Studio Lot

FOX owns the FOX Studio Lot in Los Angeles, California. The historic lot is located on over 50 acres of land and has over 1.85 million square feet of space for both administration and production and post-production services available to service a wide array of industry clients, including 15 sound stages, two broadcast studios, theaters and screening rooms, editing rooms and other television and film production facilities. The FOX Studio Lot provides two primary revenue streams — the lease of a portion of the office space to Disney and other third parties and the operation of studio facilities for third-party productions, which until 2026 will predominantly be Disney productions.

Credible

The Company holds 66% of the equity in Credible Labs Inc. (“Credible”), which operates consumer finance and insurance marketplaces in the U.S. Credible’s offerings provide consumers personalized product and rate options for a range of financial products, including student loans, personal loans, mortgages and insurance policies from multiple consumer lending and insurance providers. Credible is part of the Tubi Media Group division.

Investments

Flutter

The Company holds an equity interest in Flutter, an online sports betting and gaming company with operations in the U.S. and internationally. The Company owns approximately 4.3 million ordinary shares, which represents approximately 2.4% of Flutter as of June 30, 2024. In addition FOX Sports holds a 10-year call option expiring in December 2030 to acquire an 18.6% equity interest in Flutter's majority-owned subsidiary, FanDuel Group ("FanDuel"), the exercise of which is subject to certain conditions and applicable gambling regulatory approvals. As of June 30, 2024, the option exercise price is approximately $4.3 billion. FOX has no

obligation to commit capital towards this opportunity unless and until it exercises the option. In addition, Flutter cannot pursue an initial public offering for FanDuel without FOX's consent or approval from the arbitrator.

United Football League

Launched in January 2024, the UFL is a professional spring football league that consists of eight teams playing a 40-game regular season schedule in addition to two playoff games and a championship game. FOX Sports and Disney/ESPN are the domestic distribution partners of the UFL games under multi-year rights agreements. As of June 30, 2024, the Company owns approximately 42% of the UFL.

Venu Sports

In February 2024, FOX announced that it would enter into a joint venture with ESPN, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, and Warner Bros. Discovery to form a digital distribution platform focused on sports. Each company is expected to own one-third of the joint venture, have equal board representation and license their sports content to the joint venture on a non-exclusive basis. The Venu Sports subscription-based streaming service is expected to launch in the fall of 2024.

Government Regulation

The Communications Act and FCC Regulation

The television broadcast industry in the U.S. is highly regulated by federal laws and regulations issued and administered by various agencies, including the FCC. The FCC regulates television broadcasting, and certain aspects of the operations of cable, satellite and other electronic media that compete with broadcasting, pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the “Communications Act”). The introduction of new laws and regulations or changes in the enforcement or interpretation of existing laws and regulations could have a negative impact on the operations, prospects and financial performance of the Company.

In its most recent term, the U.S. Supreme Court issued several decisions that fundamentally change the landscape of federal regulation. These include the June 28, 2024 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overturned the longstanding “Chevron” doctrine under which administrative agencies were entitled to deference in the interpretation of “ambiguous” federal statutes. The full impact of these decisions is not yet known, but they are wide-ranging and could lead to significant changes in the federal regulation of the Company’s businesses and the industry in which they operate.

Broadcast Licenses. The Communications Act permits the operation of television broadcast stations only in accordance with a license issued by the FCC upon a finding that the grant of the license would serve the public interest, convenience and necessity. The Company, through its subsidiaries, holds broadcast licenses in connection with its ownership and operation of television stations. Under the Communications Act, television broadcast licenses may be granted for a maximum term of eight years. Generally, the FCC renews broadcast licenses upon finding that the television station has served the public interest, convenience and necessity; there have been no serious violations by the licensee of the Communications Act or FCC rules and regulations; and there have been no other violations by the licensee of the Communications Act or FCC rules and regulations which, taken together, indicate a pattern of abuse. The current renewal cycle for FOX Television Stations’ FCC applications for its full power broadcast licenses began in 2020 and all license renewal applications for the current cycle have been filed. One of the pending applications has been opposed by a third party.

Ownership Regulations. Under the FCC’s national television ownership rule, one party may own television stations with a collective national audience reach of not more than 39% of all U.S. television households, subject to the UHF discount. Under the UHF discount, a UHF television station is attributed with reaching only 50% of the television households in its market for purposes of calculating national audience reach. In December 2017, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking pursuant to which it will consider modifying, retaining or eliminating the 39% national television audience reach limitation (including the UHF discount). If the FCC determines in the future to eliminate the UHF discount and the national television audience reach limitation is not eliminated or modified, the Company’s ability to acquire television stations in additional markets may be negatively affected.

The Company is also subject to other communications laws and regulations relating to ownership. For example, FCC dual network rules prohibit any of the four major broadcast television networks — FOX, ABC,

CBS, and NBC — from being under common ownership or control. In addition, under the Communications Act, no broadcast station licensees may be owned by a corporation if more than 25% of the corporation’s stock is owned or voted by non-U.S. persons, their representatives or by any other corporation organized under the laws of a foreign country. This ownership limit can be waived if the FCC finds it to be in the public interest. The FCC could review the Company’s compliance with the foreign ownership regulations in connection with its consideration of FOX Television Stations’ license renewal applications. The Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to take action to prevent, cure or mitigate the effect of stock ownership above the applicable foreign ownership threshold, including: refusing to permit any transfer of common stock to or ownership of common stock by a non-U.S. stockholder; voiding a transfer of common stock to a non-U.S. stockholder; suspending rights of stock ownership if held by a non-U.S. stockholder; or redeeming common stock held by a non-U.S. stockholder.

Must-Carry/Retransmission Consent. FCC regulations require each television broadcaster to elect, at three-year intervals, either to require carriage of its signal by traditional MVPDs in the station’s market or to negotiate the terms through which that broadcast station would permit transmission of its signal by the traditional MVPDs within its market, which we refer to as retransmission consent. FOX Television Stations have historically elected retransmission consent for all of their owned and operated stations, and the Company has been compensated as a result.

Children’s Programming. Federal legislation limits the amount of commercial matter that may be broadcast during programming originally designed for children 12 years of age and younger to 10 ½ minutes per hour during the weekend and 12 minutes per hour during the week. In addition, FCC regulations generally require television stations to broadcast a minimum of three hours per week of programming, which, among other requirements, must serve, as a “significant purpose,” the educational and informational needs of children 16 years of age and under. Under FCC rules, one of the three hours per week may air on a television’s station’s multicast stream(s); the other two hours must air on the primary programming stream. A television station found not to have complied with the programming requirements or commercial limitations could face sanctions, including monetary fines and the possible non-renewal of its license.

Program Regulation. The FCC also regulates the content of broadcast, cable network, and other video programming. The FCC prohibits broadcasters from airing obscene material at any time and indecent or profane material between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. The FCC also monitors compliance relating to political advertising, identification of program sponsors and the use and integrity of the Emergency Alert System. In addition, FCC regulations require the closed captioning of almost all broadcast and/or cable programming, as well as certain programming in the U.S. delivered by internet protocol. Broadcast television stations in certain markets that are affiliated with one of the four major U.S. broadcast networks must also provide a certain amount of programming every quarter that includes audio-narrated description of a program’s key visual elements that make the program accessible to blind and low-vision viewers. Commercials embedded in our networks’ television content stream also must adhere to certain standards for ensuring that those commercials are not transmitted at louder volumes than our program material.

Advertising Regulation. The Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, has increased its focus on unfair and deceptive advertising practices, particularly with respect to social media marketing. Both FCC and FTC rules and guidance require marketers to clearly and conspicuously disclose whenever there has been payment for a marketing message or when there is a material connection between an advertiser and a product endorser. Additionally, a number of states have recently introduced or passed legislation as it relates to disclosures of the use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in political advertising. The disclosure and record retention requirements for AI in political advertising vary greatly by state. The FCC has also issued a rulemaking on the use of AI in political advertising, which, if adopted, would require broadcasters to collect information from political advertisers and disclose the use of AI, which may impact the sale of political advertising.

Broadcast Affiliation. In addition, FCC regulations govern various aspects of the agreements between networks and affiliated broadcast stations, including a mandate that television broadcast station licensees retain the right to reject or refuse network programming in certain circumstances or to substitute programming that the licensee reasonably believes to be of greater local or national importance.

Broadcast Transmission Standard. In November 2017, the FCC adopted rules to permit television broadcasters to voluntarily broadcast using the “Next Generation” broadcast television transmission standard

developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc., also referred to as “ATSC 3.0” or “NEXTGEN TV”. FOX Television Stations is actively building out ATSC 3.0 facilities and is participating in various ATSC 3.0 testing with other broadcasters, but it is too early to predict the impact of this technical standard on the Company's operations. In June 2020, the FCC adopted a Declaratory Ruling and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking declaring that local and national ownership restrictions do not apply to non-video services. In June 2023, the FCC issued a Report and Order that extended the simulcast requirement for ATSC 1.0 and ATSC 3.0 signals to July 2027. This extension may impact the adoption and roll out of both video and non-video ATSC 3.0 services, as well as the broadcast requirements for the ATSC 1.0 standard.

Violation of FCC regulations can result in substantial monetary forfeitures, periodic reporting conditions, short-term license renewals and, in egregious cases, denial of license renewal or revocation of license. Violation of FTC-imposed obligations can result in enforcement actions, litigation, consent decrees and, ultimately, substantial monetary fines.

Privacy and Information Regulation

The laws and regulations governing the collection, use, retention and transfer of consumer information are complex and rapidly evolving, particularly as they relate to the Company's digital businesses. Federal and state laws and regulations affecting the Company’s online services, websites and other business activities include: the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, which prohibits websites and online services from collecting personally identifiable information online from children under age 13 without prior parental consent; the Video Privacy Protection Act, which prohibits the knowing disclosure of information that identifies a person as having requested or obtained specific video materials from a “video tape service provider;” the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which restricts certain marketing communications, such as text messages and calls, without explicit consent; the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which regulates the collection, handling, disclosure and use of certain personal information by companies that offer consumers financial products or services, imposes notice obligations and provides certain individual rights regarding the use and disclosure of certain information; and the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) (as amended by the California Consumer Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”)), which imposes broad obligations on the collection, use, handling and disclosure of personal information of California residents. For example, subject to certain exceptions, the CCPA provides individual rights for Californians, such as the right to access, delete, correct, and restrict the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information, including in connection with targeted advertising. Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and Utah have similar privacy laws that became effective in 2023.

A number of privacy and data security bills that address the collection, retention and use of personal information, breach notification requirements and cybersecurity that would impose additional obligations on businesses, including in connection with targeted advertising, are pending or have been adopted at the state and federal level. For example, the CPRA, which generally became effective on January 1, 2023, creates a new state privacy protection agency, expands individual rights and introduces new requirements for businesses, among other things. Several of these matters are subject to additional rulemaking. Other states have passed or introduced similar privacy legislation, including Virginia, Colorado, Utah, Connecticut, Iowa, Indiana and Tennessee. In addition, the FTC and state attorneys general and other regulators have made privacy and data security an enforcement focus. The FTC also has initiated a rulemaking proceeding to explore rules concerning the collection, use, disclosure and security of personal information. Other federal and state laws and regulations that could impact our businesses also may be adopted, such as those relating to minors, tailored advertising and its measurement, and oversight of user-generated content.

Foreign jurisdictions also have implemented and continue to introduce new privacy and data security laws and regulations, which apply to certain of the Company’s operations. It is possible that our current data protection policies and practices may be deemed inconsistent with new legal requirements or interpretations thereof and could result in the violation of these new laws and regulations. The EU General Data Protection Regulation, in particular, regulates the collection, use and security of personal data and restricts the trans-border flow of such data. Other countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, China, and Mexico, also have enacted data protection legislation.

The Company monitors and considers these laws and regulations, particularly with respect to the design and operation of digital content services and legal and regulatory compliance programs. These laws and regulations and their interpretation are subject to change, and could result in increased compliance costs, claims, financial penalties for noncompliance, changes to business practices, including with respect to tailored

advertising, or otherwise impact the Company’s business. Violations of these laws and regulations could result in significant monetary fines and other penalties, private litigation, require us to expend significant resources to defend, remedy and/or address, and harm our reputation, even if we are not ultimately responsible for the violation.

Consumer Finance Laws and Regulations

Credible operates consumer finance and insurance marketplaces that market and provide services in heavily regulated industries across the United States. As a result, Credible is subject to a variety of federal and state laws and regulations. These include the laws and regulations governing the collection, use and transfer of consumer information described above and the following:

  • the Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, or “RESPA,” and similar state laws, and federal and state unfair and deceptive acts and practices, or “UDAAP,” laws and regulations, which place restrictions on the manner in which consumer loans and insurance products are marketed and originated and the amount and nature of fees that may be charged or paid to Credible by lenders, insurance carriers and real estate professionals;

  • the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which, among other things, imposes requirements related to mortgage disclosures; and

  • federal and state licensing laws, such as the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008, or “SAFE Act,” which establishes minimum standards for the licensing and regulation of mortgage loan originators, and state insurance licensing laws.

Intellectual Property

The Company’s intellectual property assets include copyrights in television and other programming, other publications, websites, digital properties and technologies; trademarks, trade dress, service marks, logos, slogans, sound marks, design rights, symbols, characters, names, titles and trade names, domain names; patents or patent applications for inventions related to its products, business methods and/or services, trade secrets and know how; and licenses of intellectual property rights of various kinds. The Company derives value from these assets through the production, distribution and/or licensing of its programming to third-party distributors, the operation of websites and other digital properties, and through the sale of products, such as collectible merchandise, apparel, books and publications, among others.

The Company devotes significant resources to protecting its intellectual property, relying on a combination of copyright, trademark, unfair competition, patent, trade secret and other laws and contract provisions. There can be no assurance of the degree to which these measures will be successful in any given case. Policing unauthorized use of the Company’s products and services and related intellectual property is often difficult and the steps taken by the Company may not in every case prevent the infringement. The Company seeks to limit that threat through a combination of approaches, including offering legitimate market alternatives, deploying digital rights management technologies, asserting infringement claims, and by pursing takedowns and/or monetization of Company content uploaded to the Internet by third parties without Company authorization. Piracy, including in the digital environment, continues to present a threat to revenues from products and services based on intellectual property.

Third parties may challenge the validity or scope of the Company’s intellectual property from time to time, and such challenges could result in the limitation or loss of the Company’s intellectual property rights. Even if not valid, such claims may result in substantial costs and diversion of resources that could have an adverse effect on the Company’s operations.

The legal landscape for new technologies, including AI, remains uncertain, and development of the law in this area could negatively impact the Company’s ability to protect against unauthorized third-party infringing uses or result in intellectual property infringement claims against the Company.

Human Capital Resources

Our workforce is the creative, strategic and operational engine of FOX’s success, and we are committed to developing and supporting our employees. We aim to develop our human capital by recruiting a talented and diverse workforce, offering competitive compensation and benefits, fostering a healthy work-life balance, providing growth and development opportunities, protecting health and safety, fostering workplace civility and inclusion and encouraging our employees to have an impact in their communities.

As of June 30, 2024, we had approximately 10,200 full-time employees. In the ordinary course of our business and consistent with industry practice, we also employ freelance and temporary workers who provide important production and broadcast support services. The vast majority of our workforce is based in the United States, and a portion is unionized. We have posted on our website our Employment Information Report (EEO-1), showing the race, ethnicity and gender of our U.S. employees at https://www.foxcorporation.com/eeo-1-data.

FOX’s Corporate Social Responsibility Report, also posted on our website at www.foxcorporation.com, provides a detailed review of our human capital programs and achievements. Our key human capital initiatives include:

Recruitment and Diversity

Our commitment begins at the highest level of the organization. Our Board requires that minority and female candidates are presented for consideration with each Director vacancy. We believe that the more voices in the room and the more diverse the experiences of our colleagues, the better FOX’s internal culture and external programming are. Our diversity enables us to be more reflective of the audiences we reach and enhances our ability to create news, sports and entertainment programming that serves all viewers across the country.

FOX lists job openings internally and externally because we believe this is one of the best tools to reach the widest and most diverse pool of candidates. We include the salary range in job postings to promote pay transparency and further pay equity. We also collaborate with professional organizations that offer FOX access to talent at recruiting events and conventions. These organizations include:

  • American Corporate Partners

  • Asian American Journalists Association

  • National Association of Black Journalists

  • National Association of Hispanic Journalists

  • Radio Television Digital News Association

  • The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists

  • U.S.VETS Camo to Careers Program

We also offer paid internships to build a diverse pipeline of early-career talent and emerging leaders. The FOX Internship Program offers students an exciting opportunity to gain practical experience, participating in real-world projects and seminars on the media industry, technology and professional development. This internship program, which runs for 8-10 weeks three times per year, welcomed approximately 600 students in fiscal year 2024. We are proud that our internship program was listed on Vault’s 2023 “100 Best Internships,” and it was the 2023 Winner of the Interns 2 Pros Internship Program of the Year. We also partner with a variety of organizations that provide media internships for promising students such as the Emma Bowen Foundation, T. Howard Foundation, International Radio and Television Society, Sports Biz Careers, National Association of Broadcasters’ Emerson Coleman Fellowship, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media’s Chuck Stone Program for Diversity Education and Media and the Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program.

Additionally, FOX has established and put into action numerous early career training initiatives aimed at equipping promising individuals with vital job skills and career advancement opportunities. These initiatives are

instrumental in cultivating a reservoir of our future leadership, many of whom are from underrepresented backgrounds. Notable examples include:

  • FOX Ad Sales Fast Future Initiative (“FFI”): Launched in 2021, this six-month career development program offers FOX Ad Sales team members resources and experiences designed to equip tomorrow’s leaders with skills they can implement today. FFI nurtures a sense of community, propels career growth and offers opportunities to engage with industry experts. FOX Ad Sales celebrated the graduation of its third cohort in early 2024.

  • FOX News Multimedia Reporters: This program positions qualified candidates across the country to shoot, produce, edit and report content for FOX News Media platforms. After two years of ongoing development and mentorship, reporters are positioned to become stronger journalists in the field.

  • FOX Sports Professional Development Program: This program prepares production team leaders with skills for the unique sports production environment, such as communication and influence in the control room under short deadlines.

  • FOX Television Stations Sales Training Program: This program was created to develop and mentor the next generation of diverse and motivated sales professionals for FOX Television Stations. Trainees participate in both intensive classroom study of all aspects of the television station advertising sales business and shadowing of FOX Television Stations sales account executives.

  • FOX Writers Incubator Initiative: This FOX Entertainment program, which welcomed its first class in 2022, nurtures and trains talented writers with diverse voices, backgrounds and life experiences. Writers work intensively on their scripts with the support of established writers, executives, directors and producers across all genres (comedy, drama, animation, etc.).

Employee Compensation and Benefits

We are proud to invest in our people through competitive pay and comprehensive benefits designed to attract, motivate and retain our talent. Providing equal pay for equal work, without regard to race, gender or other protected characteristics, is an imperative at FOX. We link our more senior employees’ pay to corporate performance through annual incentive compensation awards. Other employees may be eligible for other long-term incentives depending on their business unit and level/role.

FOX also provides generous benefits that support the health, wellness and financial stability of our employees and their families. Full-time employees are eligible for medical insurance through a choice of several plans, in which employees also may enroll family members, including domestic partners and their children. Many employees benefit from the convenience of covered telemedicine visits as well as virtual primary care services. In addition, we provide vision and dental insurance, which includes coverage for adult orthodontic care. Our coverage is generous, with employee contributions and costs more favorable than national averages according to a 2023 Mercer LLC survey. Eligible employees may participate in flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, and qualified transportation expense accounts. We also provide employees with a health advocate service, with experts who support employees and their eligible family members in navigating a wide range of health and insurance-related issues.

Additional benefits FOX provides to eligible employees include paid company holidays, floating holidays, vacation, sick and safe time, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, business travel accident insurance, salary replacement for up to 26 weeks of short-term disability, basic long-term disability insurance, charitable gift matching, cybersecurity and malware protection for personal devices and an employee assistance program that offers onsite counseling in our New York and Los Angeles worksites, as well as smoking cessation and weight management programs. The FOX 401(k) Savings Plan provides employees with a company contribution, and it offers a company match, Roth and post-tax contribution options and catch-up contributions. Freelance employees who work a minimum number of hours are also eligible for a medical, dental and vision plan, as well as our FOX 401(k) Savings Plan and the health advocate service. Finally, FOX also offers employees group discounts in various voluntary benefits such as critical illness insurance, group universal life insurance, auto and home insurance, access to legal services, pet insurance, supplemental long-term disability insurance and student loan refinancing.

Employee Wellness and Workplace Flexibility

We believe offering our employees the tools necessary for a healthy work-life balance and overall wellness empowers them to thrive in our modern workforce. To that end, FOX allows eligible individuals the opportunity to work on a partially remote (i.e., “hybrid”) or fully remote basis in appropriate circumstances.

Our parental leave policy allows eligible new parents to bond with their children for a substantial period with full pay, and our workplaces have lactation rooms for our new mothers. We provide onsite subsidized childcare to full-time employees at the Los Angeles FOX Child Care Center. In addition, we offer up to 40 days of backup child, adult, elder and return-to-work care. Starting in 2022, we added backup pet care and online academic help with homework and tutors for all ages. In addition, we have onsite fitness centers in our New York and Los Angeles worksites.

In 2024, FOX expanded its partnership with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (“NAMI”) to provide additional mental health resources to employees. Through the collaboration within the NAMI-NYC Workplace Mental Health Collaborative, FOX leadership gains access to an array of organizational best practices.

Throughout the year, FOX employees engaged in multiple training sessions, endorsed by research and peer-reviewed studies, such as the “Beyond Burnout” course which provided strategies to build resilience, maintain mental well-being, and protect against workplace burnout. NAMI has tailored training for FOX, focusing on managing workplace crises and trauma. The program, beneficial for all staff levels, provides essential best practices and coping strategies to maintain mental health, promote staff safety, and support uninterrupted business operations.

Learning and Development

FOX offers employees multiple learning and development programs, including tuition reimbursement, management and leadership development, online and on-demand e-learning, live webinars and assessment tools. Our annual MentorMatch program provides junior employees with the tools and resources to grow their careers through relationship-building and networking. We also identify key individuals for ongoing talent management, retention and succession planning. Within FOX News Media and FOX Television Stations, we deliver specialized training on the First Amendment, defamation, privacy, infringement and other newsgathering and reporting topics to educate employees on these principles and provide advice on best practices.

Health and Safety

FOX is committed to protecting the health, safety and work environment of our employees, clients and neighbors. Our Environment, Health and Safety (“EHS”) Program manages risks by implementing proactive, practical and feasible controls into daily work activities, as appropriate. Employees receive health and safety training orientations and have access to several workplace safety programs and resources. The program works to continuously improve performance through preventive measures, as well as efforts to correct hazards or dangerous conditions and minimize the environmental impact of our activities. The day-to-day management of FOX’s EHS Program, sustainability initiatives and compliance is overseen by our President and General Manager, Studio Operations and implemented by our dedicated EHS team.

Moreover, FOX has a Global Security team that oversees the Company’s security and emergency response efforts as well as emergency planning and preparedness. The team proactively monitors, reports and responds to potential and actual threats to people, physical assets, property, as well as productions and events, using a number of tools, including advanced technology, active training programs and risk assessment and management processes.

Workplace Civility and Inclusion

Trust begins in the workplace every single day. We are committed to fostering a working environment of trust for our colleagues, in which people do their best work. Harassment, discrimination, retaliation and threats to health and safety all undermine our working environment of trust and make it harder for people to excel. Therefore, it is our policy to provide a safe work environment free from this or any other unlawful conduct.

Creating and maintaining an environment free of discrimination and harassment begins at the highest leadership level of the Company and we have focused on embedding this commitment throughout our policies

and practices. The FOX Standards of Business Conduct and the Preventing Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation Policy, which are posted on our website, create our framework for addressing complaints and taking remedial measures as needed. These policies offer multiple complaint channels, including a third-party managed hotline that allows for anonymous reporting of concerns. In addition, all new hires must complete training on the Preventing Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation Policy, as well as compliance and business ethics, and existing employees must complete the training periodically.

FOX also has several employee-driven Employee Resource Groups (“ERGs”) formed around shared identity, interests or pursuits for the purpose of advancing careers, encouraging a more respectful workplace community and fostering a sense of belonging. All FOX colleagues are welcome to join or participate in any or multiple ERGs. Opportunities are also available for colleagues to impact their personal and professional development by becoming an ERG board member. They include:

  • ABLE – committed to breaking the stigma around seen and unseen disabilities and supporting our FOX colleagues, and those affected by them, through education, advocacy and allyship

  • ACE (Asian Community Exchange) – serves Asian Americans at FOX and their allies by advancing their members, championing their stories and empowering their communities

  • BLK+ – celebrates the intersectionality of our Black colleagues across the diaspora of FOX and seeks to build community through programming and professional development

  • HOLA (Hispanic Organization for Leadership and Advancement) – develops Hispanic leaders, enriches FOX's diverse culture and drives positive impact for Hispanic employees at FOX and their allies

  • PRIDE – cultivates community among FOX’s LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies, supports causes important to the LGBTQ+ community

  • VETS – committed to the community of veterans, current service members, military supporters and military spouses employed at FOX by embracing four core values – Community, Appreciation, Connection & Education

  • WiT (Women in Tech) – attracts, empowers and connects women technologists and amplifies their impact at FOX

  • WOMEN@FOX – committed to developing female leadership at all levels and fostering a culture where all women thrive

Maintaining a work environment where employees can thrive, advance and feel included is one of our top priorities at FOX.

As a result of these and other efforts, many outside organizations have recognized FOX for our deep commitment to inclusion and diversity. For example:

  • DiversityComm once again recognized FOX as a Top Hispanic, Black and Women Employer and as a Top LGBTQ+ Friendly Company for 2024

  • FOX was appointed to the Military Friendly® Employer list again for 2024 and named a Military Friendly® Brand; FOX also was rated a 4-Star Employer by VETS Indexes

  • FOX was named to Disability Equality Index's “Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion” list for 2024, continuing year-over-year recognition as a top scoring employer

Community Impact

The dedication of FOX team members to their local communities is profoundly exhibited by their active participation. This is particularly visible within the scope of our charitable initiative, FOX Forward, which embodies our commitment through volunteerism, skill sharing and support of meaningful causes. FOX employees offer significant support to a variety of community non-profit organizations, aid for veterans, educational institutions and families facing hardships. We seek to motivate our employees to invest their time and resources in institutions that drive positive changes. Throughout fiscal year 2024, the various FOX businesses collectively propelled our philanthropic efforts to realize an impressive impact, contributing over $9.5 million to diverse communities.

During the fiscal year, FOX supported military veterans, active-duty military, first responders and their families by partnering with U.S.VETS to champion their Make Camo Your Cause campaign, awarding the first two FOX Pat Tillman Veterans Center scholarships to Cronkite School of Journalism and Media Communications student veterans and presenting grants to caretakers of veterans through the Elizabeth Dole Foundation’s Hidden Heroes program. Additionally, FOX committed $2 million to Tunnel to Towers’ Homeless Veteran Program, which will fund housing and supportive services for American veterans experiencing homelessness.

FOX continued to serve as an Annual Disaster Giving Program partner for the American Red Cross while also making additional donations to their Hawaii Wildfires and Hurricane Idalia relief efforts. Along with FOX viewer contributions, over $3 million in aid supported these relief efforts.

The growth of our FOX For Students program continued as we renewed our commitment as a Founding Partner of the Roybal Film and Television Production Magnet Program doubling our financial commitment to the school and its mission to build an inclusive pipeline to below-the-line career paths in the entertainment industry through education and real-life experience.

FOX holiday giving programs raised over $500,000 in November and December of 2023 for non-profit organizations across the country, including the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, New York Cares, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the National Alliance on Mental Illness, providing meals, coats, holiday gifts and mental health resources for those in need. FOX supported communities experiencing food insecurity through multiple organizations such as Feeding America, Northwest Harvest and Capital Area Food Bank resulting in over 270,000 meals served.

As part of the Company’s commitment to give back to the communities in which its employees live and work, our FOX Giving program matches contributions made by regular full-time employees to eligible non-profit organizations, dollar for dollar, up to a total of $1,000 per fiscal year when submitted through the FOX Giving platform. We also track and reward employee volunteer hours with the opportunity to earn up to $1,000 per year that employees may direct to charities through the program. Over the course of the fiscal year, across all FOX businesses, contributions through FOX Giving exceeded $1.5 million.

Additionally, FOX provides invaluable in-kind support through public service announcements and editorial coverage for non-profit organizations such as the Special Olympics, the USO and Stand Up to Jewish Hate, while also creating further impact in our communities through efforts such as FOX Sports Supports’ Gamechanger Fund, FOX Entertainment’s #TVForAll, FOX Television Stations’ Holiday Community Giving Campaigns and FOX News Media’s support of the First Responders Children’s Foundation and Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

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