Star Sports (East Asian TV channel)

Star Sports

Logo used since 2009.
Country	China
Broadcast area	China
Network	Fox Sports Asia
Headquarters	Hong Kong SAR, China
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific (Disney International Operations)
Sister channels	Mainland China: Star Movies National Geographic
History
Launched	August 21, 1991 (Star Sports) June 1, 1992 (ESPN, Star Sports 2)
Replaced by	SPOTV (South Korea)
Former names	Star Sports 2 ESPN (1992–2014)
Links
Website	global.espn.com

Star Sports is an East Asian pay television sports channel broadcast to Mainland China and formerly South Korea, operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia). It was previously part of the Fox Sports operations in East and Southeast Asia, but this version retained Star Sports name; ESPN Mainland China was instead renamed Star Sports 2.