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ESPN Asia

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Launched
  
1 April 1992

Network
  
STAR TV

Closed
  
28 January 2013 (relaunched as Fox Sports Asia except in India, Southern Asia, Korea and China) 31 December 2013 (SBS ESPN Korea, relaunched as SBS Sports)

Owned by
  
ESPN Inc. through ESPN International News Corporation through STAR TV and Fox International Channels (1 April 1992-28 January 2013)

Slogan
  
The Asia Leader In Sports

Broadcast area
  
Hong Kong (channel based in Asia Pacific available: Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, China, India, Pakistan and Taiwan)

ESPN Asia is an Asian cable sports network owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels in partnership with ESPN International. It is the official Asian station of the Premier League. It is available in Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and other Asian territories.

Contents

On January 28, 2013, ESPN Asia was renamed into Fox Sports Asia. However, the ESPN brand is remained in China, India and South Asia.

ESPN has since refocused on its digital business building out online properties for football (ESPNFC), cricket (CricInfo), Formula 1 (ESPNF1), and Australian rugby union (ESPNscrum).

Channels

ESPN Asia feeds:

  • ESPN Asia
  • ESPN Hong Kong
  • ESPN China
  • ESPN India
  • ESPN Malaysia
  • ESPN Myanmar
  • ESPN Philippines
  • ESPN Singapore
  • ESPN Taiwan
  • ESPN Thailand
  • ESPN Indonesia
  • ESPN Vietnam
  • ESPNews Asia feeds:

  • ESPNews Asia
  • ESPNews India
  • ESPN HD Feeds:

  • ESPN HD Asia
  • ESPN HD India
  • ESPN HD Malaysia
  • ESPN HD Taiwan
  • Digital platform:

  • ESPN Player (available in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Indonesia)
  • Programs broadcast by ESPN Asia

    It is important to note that broadcast rights for various sports properties contain territorial limitations and in a lot of instances, the rights indicated below may not pertain to all territories in which ESPN STAR Sports operates.

    Motorsports

  • Formula One
  • Superleague Formula (except for Malaysia)
  • GP2 Series
  • GP3 Series
  • IndyCar Series (except for NBC aired race)
  • Red Bull Air Race World Championship
  • Red Bull X Fighters World Tour
  • FIM Motocross World Championship (except for Malaysia)
  • Superbike World Championship (except for Malaysia)
  • FIA World Touring Car Championship (only for highlights)
  • FIM S1 Supermoto World Championship (except for Malaysia)
  • MotoGP
  • V8 Supercars
  • Asian Festival of Speed
  • Rolex Sports Car Series
  • FIA World Endurance Championship
  • Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
  • NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
  • NASCAR Nationwide Series (only for highlights)
  • Baseball

  • Major League Baseball
  • Basketball

  • NBA (except for Hong Kong & Singapore)
  • Super Basketball League (only for Taiwan)
  • William Jones Cup
  • Asean Basketball League (except for China, Hong Kong & Taiwan)
  • WNBA
  • Extreme sports

  • X Games
  • Badminton

  • Thomas & Uber Cup (only for Hong Kong & Singapore)
  • Football

  • FIFA World Cup (only for Hong Kong, India & Singapore)
  • FIFA Confederations Cup
  • UEFA European Football Championship
  • Premier League (except for Hong Kong, China ,India ,Singapore & Vietnam)
  • FA Cup
  • FA Community Shield
  • England International matches
  • UEFA Champions League (only for Malaysia)
  • AFC Champions League
  • UEFA Europa League
  • Asian Cup
  • Malaysia Super League
  • Malaysia Cup
  • Tennis

  • Wimbledon
  • French Open
  • Australian Open
  • Professional wrestling

  • WWE SmackDown
  • Golf

  • PGA EuroPro Tour
  • Masters Tournament
  • U.S. Open Championship
  • The Open Championship
  • PGA Grand Slam of Golf
  • OneAsia Tour
  • Ladies European Tour (only for Highlights)
  • U.S. Women's Open
  • LPGA Tour (only for Taiwan)
  • PGA Championship (only for Taiwan)
  • Ryder Cup (only for Taiwan)
  • News

  • SportsCenter Asia
  • SportsCenter Hong Kong
  • SportsCenter Malaysia
  • SportsCenter Taiwan
  • Nokia Football Crazy
  • References

    ESPN Asia Wikipedia