SPOTV
Broadcast area | South Korea Southeast Asia Hong Kong Macau |
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Headquarters | Seoul, South Korea |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Korean English Chinese (Hong Kong, Taiwan only) Malay (Malaysia only) Indonesian (Indonesia only) Filipino (Philippines only) Thai (Thailand only) Vietnamese (Vietnam only) |
Picture format | 720p/1080i HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Eclat Media Group |
History | |
Launched |
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Links | |
Website | spotv spotvasia |
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 premium sports network in South Korea following by 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).
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 OGN) for its sister channel SPOTV Games, which mostly aired eSports tournaments, 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 Golf & Health for golf and wellness. SPOTV Now, a sports-dedicated streaming service similar to DAZN and ESPN+, has also launched, not just in South Korea, but also recently in Southeast Asia.
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.
On September 14, 2021, Eclat Entertainment announced that they will bring SPOTV to 13 Southeast Asian countries. 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. SPOTV were also responsible to covering the remaining 2021 MotoGP World Championship where Fox Sports abruptly concluding the coverage following the shutdown announcement.
Broadcasting rights
South Korea
Football
- Australia: A-League Men
- Saudi Arabia: Saudi Professional League, Saudi King's Cup, and Saudi Super Cup
- England: Premier League (until 2025), FA Cup, EFL Cup, FA Community Shield
- 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:
Baseball
- KBO League (shared with KBS, MBC, SBS)
- Major League Baseball
Basketball
Tennis
Motorsports
- Asia Road Racing Championship
- Formula E
- MotoGP
- Moto2
- Moto3
- NASCAR Cup Series
- NASCAR Xfinity Series
- MotoE
- IMSA SportsCar Championship
- IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge
- Michelin Pilot Challenge
- Superbike World Championship
Volleyball
Golf
- Ladies European Tour
- Ryder Cup
- LIV Golf
- Icon Series
Rugby
Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and Macau
Football
- Football Australia
- Saudi Pro League
- Saudi King's Cup
- Saudi Super Cup
- A-League Women
- Globe Soccer Awards
- FIFA Club World Cup
- FIFA Intercontinental Cup
- UEFA European Championship (Malaysia and Singapore only)
- Vietnam Futsal League (Vietnam only)
Cycling
Motorsports
- MotoGP
- Moto2
- Moto3
- MotoE
- Superbike World Championship
- Formula E
- Supercars Championship
- Extreme E
Badminton (excluding Malaysia)
- BWF World Tour
- Thomas Cup
- Uber Cup
- Sudirman Cup
- BWF World Tour Finals
- BWF World Championships
- BWF World Junior Championships
Billiards (excluding Philippines)
- Derby City Classic Billiards Tournament
- World 10-ball Championship
- Women's World 10-ball Championship
Tennis
Baseball
- KBO League
- Major League Baseball (beginning 2024 season)
- 2023 World Baseball Classic
Basketball
Volleyball
- CVL
- Korean V-League
Table Tennis
Golf
- The Masters
- U.S. Open
- U.S. Senior Open
- The Open Championship
- Senior Open Championship
- Women's British Open
- Asian Tour
- LIV Golf
- Icon Series
Triathlon
Rugby
- World Rugby Sevens Series
Figure Skating
Squash
Horse racing
Wrestling (Malaysia only)
Notes
- ^ 6 Vietnam matches only- included the final match, shared with SBS Sports (Non-Exclusive Rights)
- ^ Women's Super League, from 2021-22 season, all Shanghai Bright Ubest matches
- ^ Shared with SBS Sports and MBC Sports+
- ^ a b Shared with DAZN
- ^ Shared with VieON (Vietnam)
- ^ shared with VTC4 and ON Football (Vietnam)
- ^ Shared with SKTV (Vietnam)
- ^ Selected events only; shared with beIN Sports, MyTV (Vietnam)
- ^ Shared with Eleven Sports/DAZN and W-Sport (Non-Exclusive Rights)
- ^ shared with SKTV (Vietnam)
- ^ shared with SKTV (Vietnam)
- ^ beginning from 2021 season, including postseason playoffs and Korean Series
- ^ Shared with Eleven Sports/DAZN and K+ (Vietnam)
- ^ Shared with DAZN, Eurosport and BeIN Sports (Non-Exclusive Rights)
- ^ Selected matches only; shared with Cable TV (Hong Kong), Astro SuperSport (Malaysia), Mono 29 (Thailand) and TAP Sports/Premier Sports (Philippines)
- ^ Shared with TAP Sports/Premier Sports (Philippines)