SPOTV

SPOTV is a South Korean pay television network, which features sports programming and some sports-related talk shows. Founded in 2010, the network is the fourth non-'free-to-air' broadcaster in South Korea alongside KBS N Sports, MBC Sports+ and SBS Sports (the latter two of which were previously founded under a joint venture with ESPN International in the early 2000s and 2010s respectively).

SPOTV

Broadcast area	South Korea Southeast Asia (except Vietnam) Hong Kong
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Programming
Language(s)	Korean English Japanese Malay (Malaysia only) Indonesian (Indonesia only) Filipino (Philippines only)
Picture format	720p/1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i/480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Eclat Media Group
History
Founded	April 29, 2010
Launched	May 1, 2010 (South Korea) October 1, 2021 (Malaysia, Astro feed; Thailand) October 4, 2021 (Philippines, Sky Cable feed) October 11, 2021 (Singapore, Singtel TV feed) October 14, 2021 (Malaysia, Unifi TV feed) October 22, 2021 (Singapore, StarHub TV feed) December 1, 2021 (Brunei, Kristal Astro feed) January 11, 2022 (Indonesia, MNC Vision Networks (MVN) and IndiHome feed)^[1]^[2] March 1, 2022 (Hong Kong) March 3, 2022 (Indonesia, First Media feed)^[3] June 16, 2022 (Philippines, Cignal feed)
Links
Website	spotv.net (South Korea) spotvasia.com (Southeast Asia)
Availability
Streaming media
SPOTV Now (South Korea)	Watch Live (requires subscription)
SPOTV Now (Japan)	Watch Live (requires subscription)
SPOTV Now (Southeast Asia)	Watch Live (requires subscription, currently available on mobile)
Vision+ (Indonesia)	Watch Live (requires subscription)
Maxstream (Indonesia)	Watch Live (Telkomsel customers only)

On December 1, 2015, The Daily Dot reported that SPOTV may be acquiring the rights to broadcast League of Legends Champions Korea from OnGameNet (now called as OGN) for its sister channel SPOTV Games, which mostly aired eSports tournaments,^[4] before it was rebranded as STATV in March 2020, which focus on athletes and celebrities. They also got SPOTV ON, which aired sports that didn't usually air on SPOTV & SPOTV2, along with SPOTV NOW, a sports-dedicated streaming service similar to DAZN and ESPN+. They also got SPOTV Golf & Health, for golf and eellness, as the channel previously founded as its additional in-house channel SPOTV+.

In May 2020, the U.S. television network ESPN began showing Korea Baseball Organization games with video feed from SPOTV following the lack of live sports programming in the United States due to the pandemic.^[5]

On September 14, 2021, Eclat Entertainment announced that they will bring SPOTV to 13 Southeast Asian countries.^[6] SPOTV will take over the role of recently closed Fox Sports Asia in those countries, awhile to promoting other sporting events which has been aired in the respective Asian countries.^[7] SPOTV were also responsible to covering the remaining 2021 MotoGP World Championship where Fox Sports abruptly concluding the coverage following the shutdown announcement.^[8]

Broadcasting rights

South Korea

Football

• England: Premier League (until 2025), FA Cup, FA Community Shield, Premier League Asia Trophy
• Italy: Serie A, Coppa Italia, Supercoppa Italiana
• Spain: La Liga (until 2022/23), Supercopa de España
• Germany: DFB-Pokal (2022 final)^[9]
• UEFA: UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League (from 2021-22), UEFA Nations League, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA European Qualifiers
• EAFF: EAFF E-1 Football Championship & EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women) (from 2017)
• Other:
  • Football at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games – Men's tournament^[a][10]
  • Finalissima 2022^[11]

Baseball

• KBO League
• Major League Baseball

Basketball

• NBA
• NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• KBL
• WKBL

Tennis

• ATP
• WTA
• Wimbledon (from 2022)^[12]
• U.S. Open (from 2022)^[13]

Motorsports

• Asia Road Racing Championship
• Formula E
• MotoGP^[14][15]
• Moto2
• Moto3
• MotoE
• Superbike World Championship^[16][17]

Volleyball

• CVL^[b][18]

Golf

• Japan Golf Tour Organization
• Ladies European Tour
• Ryder Cup^[19]
• LIV Golf^[c][20]
• Icon Series^[d][21]

Rugby

• World Rugby Sevens Series^[22]

Southeast Asia & Hong Kong (except Vietnam)

Football

• J-League^[e]
• Globe Soccer Awards
• 2022 FIFA Club World Cup

Motorsports

• MotoGP^[f][15]
• Moto2
• Moto3
• MotoE
• Superbike World Championship^[f][16][17]
• Formula E^[g][23]
• Supercars Championship^[h]
• Extreme E^[i][24]
• W Series^[j]
• Super GT

Badminton (excluding Malaysia)

• BWF World Tour^[25][k]
• Thomas Cup^[25]
• Uber Cup^[25]
• Sudirman Cup^[25]
• BWF World Tour Finals^[25]
• BWF World Championships^[25]

Billiards (excluding Philippines)

• Derby City Classic Billiards Tournament
• World 10-ball Championship
• Women's World 10-ball Championship

Tennis

• Wimbledon^[26][27]
• U.S. Open^[26][27]
• Mubadala World Tennis Championship
• Davis Cup

Baseball

• KBO League^[l][8]
• 2023 World Baseball Classic

Basketball

• KBL^[8]

Volleyball

• CVL
• Japanese V-League
• Korean V-League^[8]

Table Tennis

• World Table Tennis^[27]

Golf

• The Masters^[23]
• U.S. Open
• U.S. Senior Open
• The Open Championship^[27]
• Senior Open Championship
• Women's British Open
• Asian Tour^[28]
• LIV Golf^[m][20]
• Icon Series^[d][21]

Triathlon

• PTO Tour^[n][29]

Rugby

• World Rugby Sevens Series^[o][22]

Figure Skating

• ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating

Squash

• Canary Wharf Squash Classic

Horse racing

• Saudi Cup

Japan

Football

• England (until 2025): Premier League^[30][p], Scottish Professional Football League^[33]

Baseball

• Major League Baseball

Notes

1. 6 Vietnam matches only- included the final match, shared with SBS Sports (Non-Exclusive Rights)
2. Women's Super League, from 2021-22 season, all Shanghai Bright Ubest matches
3. Shared with SBS Sports and MBC Sports+
4. Shared with DAZN
5. Selected matches only; shared with MNC Sports (Indonesia), Solar Sports (Philippines), Astro SuperSport (Malaysia and Brunei) and Singtel TV/StarHub TV (Singapore)
6. Shared with Trans 7 (Indonesia)
7. Shared with MNC Media (Indonesia)
8. Selected events only; shared with beIN Sports
9. Shared with Eleven Sports/DAZN (Non-Exclusive Rights)
10. Shared with Astro SuperSport (Malaysia & Brunei)
11. Excluding Indonesia for Indonesia Masters (Super 500) and Indonesia Open (Super 1000), which was under MNC Media (iNews, MNCTV and MNC Sports), but MNC Vision, K-Vision, and MNC Play subscribers still can access it from SPOTV alongside Vision+.
12. beginning from 2021 season, including postseason playoffs and Korean Series
13. Shared with Mola (Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia) and Eleven Sports/DAZN
14. Shared with DAZN, Eurosport and BeIN Sports (Non-Exclusive Rights)
15. Selected matches only; shared with Cable TV (Hong Kong), Astro SuperSport (Malaysia), Mono 29 (Thailand) and TAP Sports/Premier Sports (Philippines)
16. Shared with Abema^[31][32]

References

1. "MNC Vision Networks x SPOTV Resmi Siarkan MotoGP, Badminton BWF & Program Sport Lainnya". Sindonews.com (in Indonesian). January 6, 2022.
2. Kurniawan, Haris (January 14, 2022). "Bersama SPOTV, IndiHome Hadirkan Tayangan Olahraga Terbaik Dunia". Merdeka.com (in Indonesian).
3. "First Media World on Instagram: "Mimin datang membawa kabar gembira!!! Kini First People bisa menikmati pertandingan kelas dunia seperti Moto GP, Wimbledon, the Open Championships, BWF dan masih banyak lagi di SPOTV yang hadir di First Media. Nikmati FREE Preview mulai 3-17 Maret 2022 yang hadir di no channel : SPOTV SD - CH 139 SPOTV HD - CH 329 SPOTV 2 SD - Ch 140 SPOTV 2 HD - Ch 330 Yuk stay tuned dan tunggu kejutan lainnya dari mimin! #FirstMedia #BeneranTanpaBatas #LinkNet"".
4. Wolf, Jacob (November 27, 2015). "OnGameNet may lose exclusive broadcast rights to the LCK". The Daily Dot. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
5. ESPN News Services (May 4, 2020). "ESPN to televise Korea Baseball Organization games". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
6. "[보도자료] SPOTV 보유한 에이클라 미디어 그룹, 동남아 13개국 스포츠 미디어 시장 진출 발표". SPOTV (in Korean). September 14, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
7. McCullagh, Kevin (September 17, 2021). "Eclat to replace Fox Sports Asia with 'lean and localised' SPOTV". SportBusiness. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
8. White, Jonathan (October 3, 2021). "South Korea's SPOTV launches in Hong Kong with Moto GP coverage". South China Morning Post. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
9. "5/22(일) 21-22 DFB 포칼 결승 '프라이부르크 vs 라이프치히' 중계 안내" [5/22 (Sun) 21-22 DFB Pokal Final 'Freiburg vs Leipzig' broadcast information]. SPOTV. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
10. "Korean firms to broadcast all of Vietnam's matches at the SEA Games". VietNamNet. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
11. "6/2(목) 2022 피날리시마 '이탈리아 vs 아르헨티나' 독점 생중계 안내". SPOTV. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
12. "Wimbledon on Spotv". spotv.net. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
13. "US Open on SPOTV". spotv.net. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
14. "9/11(토) ~ 9/12(일) 2021 MotoGP Gran Premio TISSOT de Aragon 중계". spotv.net. Retrieved September 10, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
15. "MotoGP™ welcomes Eclat Media Group as Asian media partner". www.motogp.com (Press release). Dorna Sports. September 16, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
16. "WorldSBK partners with Eclat Media Group across Asia". www.worldsbk.com (Press release). September 14, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
17. "Where can you watch the WorldSBK title race on TV in 2022?". www.worldsbk.com. March 29, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
18. "11/27(토) ~ 김연경 출전 중국 여자배구 전 경기 생중계 안내". spotv.net. Retrieved November 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
19. "9/24(금) ~ 9/27(월) 2020 라이더컵 중계 안내". spotv.net. Retrieved September 25, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
20. Dixon, Ed (June 9, 2022). "LIV Golf bags DAZN global broadcast deal". SportsPro. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
21. "ICONS SERIES ANNOUNCES COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL BROADCAST COVERAGE SPANNING OVER 20 COUNTRIES FOR INAUGURAL USA EVENT". Icons Series. June 28, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
22. "Where to watch HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". World Rugby. Retrieved December 3, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
23. "Regional Sports Streamer SPOTV Launches in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia". Variety. March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
24. "SPOTV extends broadcast deal with Extreme E". Advance Television. February 23, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
25. "BWF SIGNS MEGA DEAL WITH SPOTV". www.bwfbadminton.com (Press release). January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
26. "3 New Sports Channels on Astro from 1 Oct 2021. Your Favourite Sports and more on Astro SuperSport 5, SPOTV and Astro Arena 2". Astro (Press release). September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
27. Chia, Laura (October 8, 2021). "Singtel to launch two dedicated sports channels". The Straits Times. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
28. "StarHub launches two dedicated sports channels 11 days after Singtel". The Straits Times. October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
29. "PTO signs deals with WBD, DAZN, ESPN, beIN and more". Advance Television. July 22, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
30. "SPOTV, 한국과 일본 PL 판권 확보 발표! 日도 NOW" (in Korean). SPOTV. April 15, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
31. Jones, Rory (July 21, 2022). "Premier League to air on Abema in Japan in SPOTV sublicensing deal". SportsPro. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
32. "「ABEMA」で世界最高峰のサッカーリーグ「プレミアリーグ」 2022-23シーズンの放送決定！世界屈指の強豪クラブ同士のビッグマッチや日本代表候補の注目試合を毎節無料で生中継" (in Japanese). Abema. July 21, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
33. Jones, Rory (July 19, 2022). "Scottish Premiership gets SPOTV Now rights deal to feed Japanese interest in Celtic". SportsPro. Retrieved July 28, 2022.

External links

• Official website