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Fox Sports (Asian TV network)
Defunct Southeast Asian pay television network / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fox Sports Asia (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian pay television network broadcasting in Asia, 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. Originally launched in early 1990s as Star Sports (earlier Prime Sports) and ESPN by Satellite Television Asian Region (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.
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Network | Fox Sports International |
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Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
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Owner | Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific (Disney International Operations)[1] |
Sister channels | List
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Replaced by | Astro SuperSport 5 (Malaysia) Eurosport (Asia) Premier Sports (Philippines) SKTV Sports 4 (Vietnam) SPOTV (Southeast Asia) ESPN Asia (digital service via social networking sites and YouTube) |
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Website | global |