FoxBox (sports)
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Fox Box was Fox Sports' term for the chyron graphic used during its broadcasts of baseball and the National Football League, among others, which displayed the score of the game and other real-time information (time left in periods/outs left in baseball innings, football downs and yards-to-go, base positions in baseball, speed of baseball pitches, etc.) in the upper corner of the screen during the telecast.
This graphic remained superimposed over video whenever live action coverage was in progress; it was removed during videotaped replays of field action, during on-camera segments in which the announcers appeared, and during commercial breaks or studio cut-ins.
Fox was initially sharply criticized by viewers who saw this persistent graphic as an annoyance and distraction. However, Fox persisted and ultimately prevailed, and the concept of a constant, live-updating graphic positioned over live action has become the norm in virtually all sports broadcasts at the national and regional production levels.
In 2001, Fox discontinued the box in favor of a graphic header that appears at the top of the screen and provides real-time game information during live action.
