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ESPN (formerly ESPN Star Sports and Fox Sports) is a Southeast Asian pay television network broadcasting on Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, currently operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia). It also oversees a version of Star Sports available in Mainland China and South Korea. As ESPN Star Sports, it was also operated in South Asia, but Star India took over the Indian business in 2013.

Originally launched in early 1990s as Star Sports (earlier Prime Sports) and ESPN by Star TV and ESPN International respectively, both parties agreed to combine their operations in Asia in October 1996. News Corporation took the full control of the venture in 2012, and relaunched the channels in two phases in January 2013 and August 2014, respectively.

Star Sports was originally launched as Prime Sports on 21 August 1991. Star TV, based in Hong Kong, operated the channel in partnership with TCI in the United States, which owned Prime-branded regional sports channels there. The channel was broadcast across the continent of Asia, reaching from the Far East to the Middle East, as with AsiaSat 1's footprint. Star TV have since regionalised the channel.

ESPN was originally a part of the so-called "Gang of Five", which was a consortium that was set up to compete against Star TV in the region. (The others in the group were CNN International, HBO, TVB [with TVB Superchannel] and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation [with Australia Television International]) The consortium's channels were initially transmitted via Palapa satellite, but were later also added to Apstar satellite.

ESPN and Star Sports were competing with each other across Asia, but their businesses were making loss. In October 1996, both channels agreed to combine their operations in the region. The resulting joint venture, later named ESPN Star Sports, was to be headquartered in Singapore (where ESPN's operations in Asia had been based).

On 16 January 1998, a version of Fox Sports was launched in the Middle East, as carried by Star Select. This apparently replaced Star Sports in the region.

On 6 June 2012, it was announced that News Corp would buy ESPN International's share in ESPN Star Sports. Later, Star India took over ESPN Star Sports' businesses in India, and relaunched all of its sports channels under the Star Sports brand on 6 November 2013.

In October 2012, Fox Football Channel was launched in Malaysia.

On 28 January 2013, ESPN and ESPN HD was relaunched as Fox Sports and Fox Sports Plus HD in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. The regional version of ESPNews was relaunched as Fox Sports News, and SportsCenter Asia was relaunched as Fox Sports Central.

On 15 August 2014, Star Sports was rebranded as Fox Sports 2, and Fox Sports Plus HD was renamed Fox Sports 3 (or Fox Sports HD in Vietnam). The corresponding HD and SD versions of all channels were also launched.

The relaunch of ESPN Star Sports as Fox Sports did not affect much of East Asia, as a version of Star Sports broadcast to Mainland China and South Korea kept the brand, and instead, the version of ESPN for Mainland China was renamed as Star Sports 2 on 10 January 2014.

ESPN International has since refocused on its digital business building out online properties for football (ESPNFC), cricket (CricInfo), Formula 1 (ESPNF1), and Australian rugby union (ESPNscrum), and established partnership with Multi Screen Media in India (Sony ESPN TV channel until 31 March 2020), TV5 Network in the Philippines (ESPN5 programming division), Tencent in Mainland China (a dedicated ESPN section at qq.com), and Mediacorp in Singapore (local ad sales only for the ESPN website through its Partner Network division).

On 1 July 2015, Fox Sports lanuched two new channels - Fox Sports 4 and Fox Sports 5.

On 31 March 2020, the website of Fox Sports Asia was replaced by the asian version of ESPN website.

On 1 October 2020, it was announced that the networks would once again rebrand as ESPN on 1 January 2021, due to the acquisition of News Corp's entertainment assets by Disney.

ESPN Asia Channels:
ESPN (formerly Fox Sports)
ESPN2 (formerly Prime Sports, Star Sports and Fox Sports 2)
ESPN3 (formerly ESPN HD, Fox Sports Plus HD and Fox Sports 3)
ESPN4 (formerly Fox Sports 4)
ESPN5 (formerly Fox Sports 5)
ESPN Football Channel (formerly Fox Football Channel)
ESPNews (formerly Fox Sports News)

The individual regional variations of ESPN channels include:
Hong Kong: Additionally, a schedule variant is offered to Hong Kong Cable Television customers due to broadcasting rights issues.
Indonesia
Malaysia and Brunei: This variant does not provide coverage of field hockey events.
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Vietnam
Taiwan: This variant which is transmitted by Fox Networks Group Taiwan and produces from the studios in Taipei.

In South Korea, as Fox Sports, it was partnered with JTBC until 11 March 2020, which operated JTBC3 Fox Sports. As ESPN Star Sports, it has previously partnered with MBC (MBC ESPN) from 2001 until July 2010, and SBS (SBS ESPN) from December 2010 until 2013.

Broadcast rights for various sports properties contain territorial limitations and in a lot of instances, the rights indicated below may not pertain to all Asian territories in which ESPN operates.

Australian Rules Football:
Australian Football League

Baseball:
Major League Baseball:
Select spring training and regular season games (home games only and select road games)
ESPN Major League Baseball (Sunday Night Baseball and select special games, tie-breaker and Home Run Derby)
MLB All-Star Game (MLB International feed)
Postseason (wild card, Division Series and Championship Series)
World Series (MLB International feed)
World Baseball Classic
Australian Baseball League
Nippon Professional Baseball
Korean Baseball Organization (ESPN feed)

Basketball
US NCAA Men's College Basketball (Fox College Hoops, except Philippines)
BIG3
High School Basketball League (only for Taiwan)
Junior High School Basketball League (only for Taiwan)
University Basketball Association (only for Taiwan)
NBA (only for Taiwan and the Philippines)
Philippine Basketball Association (only for the Philippines)
Super Basketball League (only for Taiwan)
William Jones Cup
Asean Basketball League (except for China and Hong Kong)
WNBA

Badminton:
BWF World Tour (only for Indonesia)

Boxing:
Versus
World Boxing Matches

Bull Riding:
Professional Bull Riders events

Cricket:
ICC
Cricket World Cup (all matches available on official website and Fox+, highlights on television)
Under-19 Cricket World Cup (all matches available on Fox+, highlights and live coverage of final on television)
Women's Cricket World Cup (all matches only available on Fox+, highlights on television)

Extreme sports:
X Games

Football:
Liga NOS
AFC Cup
AFC Champions League
AFC Asian Cup
AFF Suzuki Cup
CAF African Cup of Nations
CAF Champions League
CAF Super Cup
EAFF East Asian Cup
UEFA Champions League (available only in select territories)
UEFA Europa League (available only in select territories)
UEFA Super Cup (available only in select territories)
UEFA Women's Champions League (available only in select territories)
A-League (available only in select territories)
FFA Cup (available only in select territories)
J1 League (available only in select territories)
K-League Classic
Indian Super League
Russian Premier League
Premier League (available only in select territories)
FA Cup (available only in select territories)
Scottish Professional Football League (available only in select territories)
Ligue 1 (available only in select territories)
Coupe de France (available only in select territories)
La Liga (available only in select territories)
Serie A (available only in select territories)
Major League Soccer (available only in select territories)
Süper Lig (available only in select territories)
Eredivisie
Bundesliga
Brazilian League

Golf:
The Masters Tournament
U.S. Open Championship
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
PGA EuroPro Tour
ANA Inspiration
United States Women's Open Championship (golf)
Women's PGA Championship
Ricoh Women's British Open
The Evian Championship
Ladies European Tour (Highlights only)
LPGA Tour
Ryder Cup (only for Taiwan)

Kickboxing:
Kunlun Fight

Mixed Martial Arts:
Ultimate Fighting Championship

Motorsports:
Formula One
FIA Formula 2 Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship
FIM Motocross World Championship
Superbike World Championship
World Touring Car Cup (only for highlights)
MotoGP
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series (only for highlights)
FIA World Endurance Championship (only for highlights)
IndyCar Series
Formula E
Supercars Championship
MotoAmerica (2020-present)
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (available only in select territories)

Rugby Union:
Rugby World Cup (available only in select territories)
Global Rapid Rugby

Rugby League:
National Rugby League (only for Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore)

Tennis:
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (available only in select territories)
ATP Tour 500 (available only in select territories)
ATP Tour 250 (available only in select territories)
Australian Open
French Open
Wimbledon
US Open
Fed Cup (final only)
ATP Cup
Laver Cup
Hawaii Open

News:
SportsCenter Asia
SportsCenter Taiwan
ESPN FC

Other:
The G.O.A.T. (only for the Philippines)
Full Throttle (only for the Philippines)
76 Rider (only for Indonesia)
Special Force 2 Pro League
ESPN Live (pre/post match/game/race shows)
2 Wheels
Chequered Flag
The John Dykes Show
Sport Confidential
International Motorsports News
Gilette World of Sports
Football Asia

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ESPNews Asia (formerly Fox Sports News Asia) is an Asian sports news channel operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia). The channel was first launched as ESPNews in November 2009 in Singapore on Singtel's Mio TV, and later expanded to other areas, including Hong Kong, where it was launched in August 2011 on PCCW's Now TV. The channel was renamed as Fox Sports News on 28 January 2013. On 1 October 2020, it was announced that the channel would once again rebrand as ESPNews on 1 January 2021, due to the acquisition of News Corp's entertainment assets by Disney.

Consisting of highlights, scores, updates and comprehensive sports information, ESPNews feeds the Asian sports fans' insatiable appetite for real-time sports news and action from their favourite sports. The channel delivers content from local, regional and international sporting events in a viewer-friendly format. Whether it's scores from overnight European football matches or results from sports events that take place around the world from different time zones, ESPNews keeps fans up-to-date with the latest at anytime of the day.

The channel's layout features four main data streams - a 'video window' carrying all the exciting sports action and highlights; a 'bottom line' graphic streaming results and upcoming fixtures, a 'top line' graphic which provides a continuous update of news, and the 'sideline' graphic which will provide the latest standings, rankings and statistics from the top professional leagues around the world.

Developed with a state-of-the-art graphics system, ESPNews' on-air presentation boasts of a contemporary look and feel designed to channel vast amounts of information and statistics into clear streams of information delivered via a viewer-friendly interface. The channel's layout also offers advertisers the flexibility to be more creative in their on-air elements and provide innovative branding and sponsorship placements opportunities.