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The '''Fox Broadcasting Company''' is the original [[United States|US]] home of the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 tele-film]] with [[Paul McGann]].  
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The '''Fox Broadcasting Company''', better known simply as '''FOX''', is an [[United States|American]] commercial broadcast network.


Though seen as a full competitor to the older ABC, NBC and CBS terrestrial networks in the 21st century, it was just emerging as a significant national broadcaster in 1996. At the time of the broadcast of the film, they had only been programming full seven-day weeks for three years, and were still acquiring stations in the smaller markets of the [[United States]]. Nevertheless, their flagship programme, ''[[The Simpsons]]'', a growing stable of successful primetime soaps, and their recent acquisition of rights to broadcast professional [[American football]], had begun to threaten the dominance of "{{w|Big Three television networks|The Big Three}}" when McGann debuted.  
It was the original US home of the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 ''Doctor Who'' television film]].


== North American release of ''Doctor Who'' (1996) ==
It was also the original network of ''[[X-Men: The Animated Series (series)|X-Men: The Animated Series]]'' via the [[Fox Kids]] block.
Fox retains partial ownership of the 1996 movie, and this ownership had prevented the release of the tele-film on home video in [[North America]] until 2011.
 
Fox is a part of the same group as {{w|Twentieth Century Fox}}, a bitter rival of {{w|Warner Brothers}}, the parent of [[Warner Video]]. Because [[BBC Worldwide]] is contractually obligated to use Warner for North American distribution of their videos, they are at odds with Fox, who would obviously prefer to release the film through their own home video division. Thus, the film remained hostage to the competing interests of Fox and the BBC in [[Region 1]] until 2011, when it received its Region 1 DVD release.


Though seen as a full competitor to the older ABC, NBC and CBS terrestrial networks in the 21st century, it was just emerging as a significant national broadcaster, at the time of the tele-movie's broadcast in [[1996 (releases)|1996]]. At that time, they had only been programming full seven-day weeks for three years, and were still acquiring stations in the smaller markets of the [[United States]]. Nevertheless, their flagship programme, ''[[The Simpsons (franchise)|The Simpsons]]'', a growing stable of successful primetime soaps, and their recent acquisition of rights to broadcast professional [[American football]], had begun to threaten the dominance of "{{w|Big Three television networks|The Big Three}}" when McGann debuted.
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The Fox Broadcasting Company, better known simply as FOX, is an American commercial broadcast network.

It was the original US home of the 1996 Doctor Who television film.

It was also the original network of X-Men: The Animated Series via the Fox Kids block.

Though seen as a full competitor to the older ABC, NBC and CBS terrestrial networks in the 21st century, it was just emerging as a significant national broadcaster, at the time of the tele-movie's broadcast in 1996. At that time, they had only been programming full seven-day weeks for three years, and were still acquiring stations in the smaller markets of the United States. Nevertheless, their flagship programme, The Simpsons, a growing stable of successful primetime soaps, and their recent acquisition of rights to broadcast professional American football, had begun to threaten the dominance of "The Big Three" when McGann debuted.

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