ESPN in Asia and Japan

8 March 2010, (New Delhi) – ESPN STAR Sports has tied-up with Media Star Global to produce and air ‘Super Soccer Star’, India’s first football reality show. Media Star Global holds the India license for the Super Soccer Star property which is owned by Galleon Holdings PLC (AIM: GON), an AIM listed entertainment media company that develops and produces multi-platform properties with a focus on emerging markets. 

Super Soccer Star is a multi-platform entertainment property and reality show, which aims to discover young football talent in association with the famed Chelsea Football Club.  Under the terms of the deal, ESPN STAR Sports will broadcast the show around the 2010 FIFA World Cup football frenzy on Saturday and Sunday over five weekends during the tournament.  Read more…

7 October 2009, Singapore: ESPN STAR Sports (ESS), Asia’s biggest sports content provider, announced today that

Manu Sawhney, Managing Director, ESPN STAR Sports

it has secured exclusive rights to broadcast the Barclays Premier League (BPL) on multiple platforms in 18 markets across Asia including: India, Indonesia, East Timor, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, North & South Korea, The Philippines, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and in partnership with Astro for Malaysia & Brunei.

For the first time, all 380 matches of BPL will be available to be shown live across multiple platforms including Television, Internet and Mobile with up to 190 matches available on a VOD basis. This win reaffirms ESPN STAR Sports’ longstanding partnership with the Premier League stretching back more than a decade, a relationship which has seen the BPL brand enjoying massive growth since its initial broadcast on the ESS networks in 1995.

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