Hey Sports Fans! do you know what happened to ESPN Star Sports (ESS) after the acquisition? From January 28, 2013 all ESPN networks will be renamed
as FOX SPORTS networks. Malaysian
sports fans to enjoy same great content and more on FOX SPORTS networks.
Following News Corporation’s successful acquisition of
ESPN's partnership interest in ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) in November last year,
all ESPN networks will be renamed as FOX SPORTS networks on Astro, such as:
• ESPN to FOX SPORTS, the flagship sports channel,
available on Astro Ch 812
• ESPN HD to FOX SPORTS PLUS, the high-definition channel,
available on Astro Ch 832
• ESPNEWS to FOX SPORTS NEWS, the 24-7 sports news
channel, available on Astro Ch 818
• ESPN PLAYER to FOX SPORTS PLAY (www.foxsportsplay.my),
the LIVE and on-demand broadband network
The STAR Sports channel on Astro Ch 813 will remain
unchanged.
FOX International Channels (FIC) Asia, News Corporation’s international multi-media business and Asia’s leading pay-TV network, announced that FOX SPORTS, the world’s leading sports media brand, will be launched across multiple platforms including television, broadband and online in Malaysia and in various countries across Asia on January 28.
Sports fans can continue to follow their favourite sports
at foxsportsasia.com in place of espnstar.com for comprehensive, real time and
authoritative content across an unrivalled breadth of sports news, scores and
editorial opinions. Fans will also enjoy
the same innovative sports coverage online in Bahasa Malaysia at www.foxsports.my.
FOX SPORTS will also launch the new sports news programme
FOX SPORTS CENTRAL will replace the current program SportsCenter on ESPN and
will be aired on FOX SPORTS, weeknights at 7:30pm.
The new fan-focused initiatives also include introduction
of the new programming block such as the ‘Thursday
Fight Night’ showcasing a variety of content from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and further building upon the
recently launched ‘ABL Friday Basketball’ featuring ASEAN Basketball League
(ABL) where the Westports Malaysia Dragons will be aiming for top honours. In
addition, FOX SPORTS will continue to offer its world-class expertise and
sports coverage for Asian sports fans, with the broadcast of Sky Sports’ studio coverage of the key
games of the Spanish La Liga this
season.
Subscribers of ESPN networks in Malaysia will continue to
enjoy the same great sporting content and more on FOX SPORTS networks including
the most exciting football properties such as the Barclays Premier League, Spanish
Liga BBVA, Asian Football
Confederation events, motor-racing (Formula
One, SBK, MotoGP, NASCAR, Dakar Rally), Grand Slam tennis (Australian
Open, Wimbledon), events from the WTA
Tour and ATP World Tour and the Hopman Cup, the Golf Majors (The Masters, US
Open and The Open Championship)
as well as the PGA Grand Slam of Golf,
popular American sports (Major League
Baseball, NCAA College Football and
Basketball), and premier Asian sports (ASEAN
Basketball League, OneAsia golf
tournaments, HSBC Asian Five Nations)
among others.
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