Singapore– Eleven Sports Network has announced the appointment of Fang Ye Ting as Director of Finance and Administration for Singapore. Fang joins a burgeoning Eleven its operations across Asia in the future. Based in the network’s Singapore office, Fang will begin her role immediately and will report directly to Asia Managing Director Joyee Biswas. Having led the Financial Planning and Analysis team at ESPN Star Sports, and subsequently Fox International Channels for 18 years, Fang is a … [Read more...] about Eleven Sports appoints director
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Peter Hutton to join MP & Silva
London - International media rights company, MP & Silva, has announced that Peter Hutton is the new Chief Operating Officer of the MP & Silva Group. Peter will be based in MP & Silva’s London office starting from July 2013. Hutton was the managing director of ESPN Star Sports, the Asian regional broadcaster, which has rebranded as Fox Sports in South East Asia. Since 2010, he has worked for News Corporation, setting up their international sports syndication business, sitting on … [Read more...] about Peter Hutton to join MP & Silva
ESPN STAR Sports launches STAR Sports 2 in India
ESPN STAR Sports, one of India's leading sports broadcaster, has expanded the sports bouquet with the addition of a new channel, STAR Sports 2. The new channel is being launched especially for the Indian sub-continent. The new channel will be officially launched next week, on March 11. STAR Sports 2, which will be the sixth channel to be launched by ESPN STAR Sports in India after STAR Sports, STAR Cricket, STAR Cricket HD, ESPN and ESPN HD, will showcase live and non-live events across … [Read more...] about ESPN STAR Sports launches STAR Sports 2 in India
ESPN STAR Sports ends 2012 with a string of creative awards
Singapore – ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) clinched two Gold and two Silver awards at the recent Promax Asia Awards, bringing its awards haul for in-house on-air campaigns in 2012 to a total of 14. These wins come on the heels of ESS’s most memorable performance at Promax International USA where it won two Gold & two Bronze awards, beating stiff competition in sports from across the globe. Likewise in India in May this year, ESS scored another record number of six awards at the PromaxBDA … [Read more...] about ESPN STAR Sports ends 2012 with a string of creative awards
ESPN STAR Sports returns to StarHub TV
Singapore – StarHub has announced its acquisition of the broadcast rights to ESPN STAR Sports’ (ESS) portfolio of multimedia assets including television, broadband, and mobile services on a non-exclusive basis. This comprises six ESPN STAR Sports TV channels, which brings the number of dedicated sports channels on StarHub TV to 22; the broadband video player ESPN Player and the live streaming mobile service, Mobile ESPN. The six TV channels and ESPN Player will be launched on StarHub … [Read more...] about ESPN STAR Sports returns to StarHub TV
News Corp completes acquisition of ESPN STAR Sports
Hong Kong and New York – News Corporation and ESPN announced that News Corporation, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, has completed its acquisition of ESPN's partnership interest in ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) pursuant to their agreement announced on June 6, 2012. Upon the closing of the acquisition, ESS became a wholly-owned subsidiary of News Corporation. … [Read more...] about News Corp completes acquisition of ESPN STAR Sports