Fox Sports Strikes a Digital Deal With AOL

AOL will host network's online originals, game highlights

Further expanding its sports coverage, AOL today unveiled a multi-year video content partnership with Fox Sports.

The new deal includes original Fox Sports digital properties like @TheBuzzer and Garbage Time, game highlights and the potential for co-produced content around tentpole sporting events, including the Olympics and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

"We're really identifying this idea of platinum partnerships and establishing business development relationships," said Dermot McCormack, AOL's president of video, who added, "Sports is something we can bring a unique package of assets to the table for."

Fox Sports holds the rights to games from the NFL, Major League Baseball, college football, UFC, NASCAR, World Cup soccer and UEFA Champions League.

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