ESPN STAR Sports

**ESPN STAR Sports (ESS)**
Type	cable television network
Branding	ESPN STAR
Country	Singapore
Availability	Asia
Owner	ESPN Inc. 50%, News Corp 50%
Launch date	1995
	Website; www.espnstar.com

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ESPN STAR Sports (or ESS) is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (through ESPN Inc., which it directly owns) and News Corporation (through Star TV, which it directly owns). The venture operates 17 ESPN and STAR Sports branded networks throughout Asia, transmitting in 5 languages (English, Cantonese, Hindi, Korean and Mandarin). The networks broadcast various local and international sporting events, and also local editions of SportsCenter for China, Hong Kong, India, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. ESPN STAR Sports also operates a 24-hour Cricket channel, STAR Cricket. STAR Sports launched STAR Sports Thailand on Monday August 4, 2008 exclusively for Thai viewers.

ESPN STAR Sports also has Asia's leading Event Management team that has been successfully staging large-scale sporting events across Asia. The Event Management team is a completely integrated events group that manages concept creation, sponsorship, marketing, PR, TV broadcast, operations, and logistics for clients. Events currently in their portfolio include the X Games Asia, 9 Ball Tour, KL World 5's Futsal, Cartier Polo, Formula Drift Singapore, Nations Cup Netball, Indian Hockey League, and the World Pool Championship.

One of the biggest successes for the Event Management team was the creation of the Premier Hockey League (PHL) in India. PHL is a professional league competition for field Hockey clubs in the top division of the Indian hockey system, though there has always been strong foreign representation among the players. PHL is a joint venture between ESPN STAR Sports and the erstwhile Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) but with the suspension of the IHF on April 28 2008, the future of PHL remains uncertain.

[edit] Local Beams/Feeds

Screenshot from ESPN Asia with the new Station ID

Screenshot from ESPN Philippines with the new Station ID

ESPN Asia
ESPN India
ESPN Hong Kong
ESPN China
ESPN Malaysia
ESPN Philippines
ESPN Singapore
ESPN Taiwan
MBC ESPN Korea
Star Sports Asia
STAR Sports India
STAR Sports Hong Kong
STAR Sports China
STAR Sports Malaysia
STAR Sports Singapore
STAR Sports Southeast Asia
STAR Sports Taiwan
STAR Sports Thailand
STAR Cricket

[edit] Programs broadcast by ESPN STAR Sports

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.