Sports Illustrated Television (Asia)
 | This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. (August 2016) |
| Country | India, China |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English, Hindi |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | ASN Limited Time Inc. (Sports Illustrated) |
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.[1][2]
Sports Illustrated reaches 12 territories – Hong Kong, Cambodia, Laos, India, Indonesia, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore and Philippines.
Programming Broadcast by Sports Illustrated
- NHL
- NHL Tonight
- NCAA Football & Basketball
- National Lacrosse League
- Better Than Four
- Dream Car Garage
- Epic TV
- NASCAR Xfinity Series ( Race & Highlights )
- NASCAR Camping World Truck Series ( Race & Highlights )
- NASCAR Whelen Euro Series ( Race & Highlights ) (2016 onward)
- NFL
- NFL Total Access
- NFL GameDay
( NFL programming is excluded in Thailand (True Visions), Hong Kong (Now TV) and Taiwan (Sportcast)
- SI Now
Channel Availability
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel Number |
|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | Cable TV Hong Kong | Channel 164 (SD) |
| Hong Kong | Now TV | Channel 680 (HD) |
| India | BiG TV | Channel 955 |
| Indonesia | First Media | Channel 150 (Digital), Channel 8 (Analog) |
| Indonesia | Skynindo | Channel 50/51 |
| Indonesia | Topas TV | Channel 51 |
| Macau | Macau Cable TV | Channel 634 |
| Malaysia | HyppTV | Channels 701 & 702 |
| Philippines | Cignal | Coming Soon |
| Philippines | SkyCable & Destiny Cable | Channel 83 (SD), Channel 177 (HD) |
| Singapore | SingTel | Channel 129 |
| Singapore | Starhub | Channel 215 (SD/HD) |
| Taiwan | MOD | Channel 185 (HD) |
| Thailand | TrueVisions | Channel 672 (HD) |
References
- ^ All Sports Network Channel Distribution in Asia retrieved via www.asn.tv 1-08-2010
- ^ ASN Sports Content retrieved via www.asn.tv 12-30-2009
