Singapore - ESPN STAR Sports has launched ESPN Player, providing consumers with on-demand access to international world-class sports content, while offering an engaging online experience. Launched in Singapore with SingTel, the brand new revolutionary broadband service is the region’s first online multi-sports service to combine video, scores, and community within a single interactive experience. In addition, ESPN STAR Sports launched two new channel offerings in ESPN HD in South East Asia … [Read more...] about ESPN STAR Sports launches ESPN Player in Singapore & ESPN HD in South East Asia and Taiwan
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SingTel and StarHub extend ESPN, STAR Sports and STAR Cricket
Singapore - SingTel and StarHub announced an agreement to extend the cutover timing for the ESPN STAR Sports channels. The channels will now be carried on both platforms until midnight on 1 August 2010. Recently the carriers agreed to showcase the Wimbledon 2010 Championships on both platforms. With this extension, Singapore viewers can catch the Formula One’s British Grand Prix, German Grand Prix, Hungarian Grand Prix and prominent golf major, The Open Championship on both platforms. … [Read more...] about SingTel and StarHub extend ESPN, STAR Sports and STAR Cricket
Superbike rides on ESPN Star Sports
Singapore - ESPN Star Sports (ESS) and Infront Sports & Media announced has formed a rights agreement to broadcast the SBK Superbike World Championships across Asia for the remainder of the 2010 season. According to ESS the television broadcast agreement includes live and delayed races as well as race highlights and will reach Superbike fans across the region including China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. The addition of the SBK Superbike World Championship adds to a list of … [Read more...] about Superbike rides on ESPN Star Sports
KIA X Games Asia 2010 set to thrill Shanghai with new mini-megaramp
Shanghai - The 2010 KIA X Games Asia, organised by ESPN STAR Sports’ Event Management and ESPN X Games with title sponsor Kia Motors, returns to Shanghai with a line-up of new disciplines, headlined with the new mini-MegaRamp structure that will be showcased for the first time in Asia during the four-day action sports extravaganza from 27 to 30 May 2010. Held in Shanghai for the fourth consecutive year, the 2010 KIA X Games Asia will debut the monumental structure towering more than three … [Read more...] about KIA X Games Asia 2010 set to thrill Shanghai with new mini-megaramp
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games on ESPN
Singapore - ESPN STAR Sports kicked off the biggest Winter Sports extravaganza in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, starting with the Opening Ceremony on 13 February 2010. The Vancouver Games will showcase some of the best winter sport athletes in the world performing extraordinary herculean feats and achieving sporting glory over the next two weeks. ESPN STAR Sports, IOC's exclusive pay TV broadcast partner in Asia for the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Olympic Games across 22 countries, … [Read more...] about Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games on ESPN
Nat Geo, History, HBO, Astro Supersport and ESPN lead Astro’s HD line-up
Kuala Lumpur - Astro has launched multi-phased innovative service Astro B.yond, starting with their first ever HD broadcast. In HD, Astro has started with three key genres that they describe as ‘recognized as HD content drivers globally' namely sports, movies and documentaries. ASTRO has started with four HD channels - Astro Supersport HD, HBO HD, National Geographic Channel HD and History HD on 18 December 2009, followed by ESPN HD in January 2010. Sports fans will be able to watch the … [Read more...] about Nat Geo, History, HBO, Astro Supersport and ESPN lead Astro’s HD line-up