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Fox Sports Asia
Fox Sports Asia (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian pay television network operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. It also oversaw a version of Star Sports available in mainland China and South Korea.
The network was originally launched in 1991 as Star Sports (earlier Prime Sports) and ESPN by Satellite Television Asian Region (STAR TV) and ESPN International. The two companies combined their Asian operations in October 1996. News Corporation assumed full control of the venture in 2012 and relaunched the channels in two phases, in January 2013 and August 2014.
In March 1991, HutchVision announced it would jointly operate a sports channel with Denver-based Prime Network International, to be distributed in more than 30 Asian countries, reaching an audience of nearly three billion.
Star Sports was first launched on 21 August 1991 as Prime Sports (體育台). Its first broadcast was the US Open tennis tournament.[citation needed] It was a 24-hour multi-sport television channel broadcasting in English and Chinese. Operated by Hong Kong–based STAR TV, the channel was carried on AsiaSat 1 and reached from the Far East to the Middle East. STAR TV later regionalized the service to better serve its audience.
On 1 February 1996, the channel changed its logo from the original 1991 design to a box-type STAR symbol featuring a frame, a pentagram star, and a square.
On 1 April 1999, the channel introduced its first major logo redesign, changing from a vertical to horizontal layout, consistent with other STAR TV channels.
During this time, the feed was used in both Southeast Asia and the Chinese region (Taiwan and China) until it was split into two dedicated channels on 31 March 2001.
ESPN was part of the "Gang of Five", a consortium formed with CNN International, HBO, TVB (with TVB Superchannel), and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Australia Television International), to compete against STAR TV in the region. The group's channels were initially transmitted via the Palapa satellite, and later also via the Apstar satellite.
Fox Sports Asia
Fox Sports Asia (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian pay television network operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. It also oversaw a version of Star Sports available in mainland China and South Korea.
The network was originally launched in 1991 as Star Sports (earlier Prime Sports) and ESPN by Satellite Television Asian Region (STAR TV) and ESPN International. The two companies combined their Asian operations in October 1996. News Corporation assumed full control of the venture in 2012 and relaunched the channels in two phases, in January 2013 and August 2014.
In March 1991, HutchVision announced it would jointly operate a sports channel with Denver-based Prime Network International, to be distributed in more than 30 Asian countries, reaching an audience of nearly three billion.
Star Sports was first launched on 21 August 1991 as Prime Sports (體育台). Its first broadcast was the US Open tennis tournament.[citation needed] It was a 24-hour multi-sport television channel broadcasting in English and Chinese. Operated by Hong Kong–based STAR TV, the channel was carried on AsiaSat 1 and reached from the Far East to the Middle East. STAR TV later regionalized the service to better serve its audience.
On 1 February 1996, the channel changed its logo from the original 1991 design to a box-type STAR symbol featuring a frame, a pentagram star, and a square.
On 1 April 1999, the channel introduced its first major logo redesign, changing from a vertical to horizontal layout, consistent with other STAR TV channels.
During this time, the feed was used in both Southeast Asia and the Chinese region (Taiwan and China) until it was split into two dedicated channels on 31 March 2001.
ESPN was part of the "Gang of Five", a consortium formed with CNN International, HBO, TVB (with TVB Superchannel), and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (with Australia Television International), to compete against STAR TV in the region. The group's channels were initially transmitted via the Palapa satellite, and later also via the Apstar satellite.
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