January 23, 2013 (Manila) – 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 in the Philippines and in various countries across Asia on January
28.
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
in the Philippines such as:
·
ESPN to FOX SPORTS, the flagship sports channel
·
ESPN HD to FOX SPORTS PLUS, the high-definition channel
·
ESPNEWS to FOX SPORTS NEWS, the 24-7 sports news channel
This will take effect across various
networks in the Philippines including Sky Cable, PPC, Destiny Cable, Cable
Link, Parasat, Unicable, Philippines Multi-Media System (DREAM), MediaScape
(Cignal), Global Broadcasting and Multimedia (G-Sat) and various local
provincial cable operators.
STAR Sports and STAR Cricket
channels will remain unchanged.
Subscribers of ESPN networks in the
Philippines will continue to enjoy the same great sporting content and more on FOX SPORTS networks, including comprehensive basketball coverage such
as the National Basketball Association, NCAA College Basketball and the ASEAN
Basketball League; the most exciting football properties such as the Barclays
Premier League, Spanish Liga BBVA, Asian Football Confederation events; top motor-racing
events (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), premier Asian sports (OneAsia
golf tournaments, HSBC Asian Five Nations) and top cricket properties
(International Cricket Council events, Champions League Twenty20, international
and domestic cricket from the BCCI, Cricket Australia and England and Wales
Cricket Board) among others.
Sports fans can continue to follow
their favorite 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.
Driven with a single-minded aim to
deliver the most engaging sports experience through an innovative and
cliché-busting approach, FOX SPORTS will also launch the new sports news
programme FOX SPORTS CENTRAL. The show’s bold sports presentation brings alive
the most important sport news by offering a comprehensive 360 degree coverage
delivered by the most credible presenters and unique insights and opinions from
the most knowledgeable and well-informed experts. The new FOX SPORTS CENTRAL
programme will replace the current program SportsCenter on ESPN and will be
aired on FOX SPORTS, weeknights at 7.30 pm.
The new fan-focused initiatives also
include the recently launched programming block ‘ABL Friday Basketball’
featuring the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) where the local Philippines’ team,
the San Miguel Beermen will aim to finish this season on top. 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 Liga BBVA this season.
“It is exciting to be launching in Asia the leading brand that has
changed the sports experience for fans across the world,” said Peter
Hutton, Senior Vice President, Sports, FOX International Channels. “Moving forward, FOX SPORTS is
committed to further enhancing this experience for sports fans in the Philippines by showcasing even more
engaging, localized programming and delivering to them all the best content in
the most convenient ways.”
FOX SPORTS, along with its associate
sports networks is the world’s no. 1 sports media brand with the widest
coverage across the USA, Latin America, Europe, Australia, Middle East and
North Africa and Asia, and has a strong record of fan-centric innovations and
unrivalled expertise in sports presentation, such as being the first to
introduce on-screen time-clocks and scoreboards that revolutionised the way
viewers enjoy LIVE sports.
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