Launched October 1, 2009 Language English, Hindi | Country India, China Broadcast area Asia, India, USA, UK | |
Owned by ASN Limited
Time Inc. (Sports Illustrated) Picture format 4:3/16:9 576i (SDTV)
16:9 1080i (HDTV) | ||
Sports Illustrated is the first and leading 24-hour sports HD network in Asia. Launched in October 1, 2009 by Yes Television, the channel was relaunched in 2016 by the newly-formed joint-venture between ASN Ltd. and Time Inc. (owners of the Sports Illustrated magazine).
Sports Illustrated features a wide range of sports content from the world’s biggest sport brands and is known throughout Asia as the “Home of American sports programming.” It manages 3,200 hours of licensed sports content, with exclusive Asian rights to NFL (including the Super Bowl), NHL, NCAA March Madness, NASCAR and Extreme Sports as well as exclusive game rights to certain NCAA football, NCAA basketball and other major collegiate events.
Sports Illustrated reaches 12 territories – Hong Kong, Cambodia, Laos, India, Indonesia, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines and Vietnam.
Programming Broadcast by Sports Illustrated
( NFL programming is excluded in Thailand (True Visions), Hong Kong (Now TV) and Taiwan (Sportcast)