SPOTV

SPOTV
Broadcast area	South Korea; Southeast Asia
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Programming
Language(s)	Korean; English; Malay (Malaysia and Brunei only)
Picture format	720p/1080i HDTV; (downscaled to 16:9 576i/480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Eclat Entertainment
History
Founded	April 29, 2010
Launched	May 1, 2010 (South Korea); October 1, 2021 (Malaysia, Astro feed; Thailand); October 4, 2021 (Philippines); 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);
Links
Website	spotv.net
Availability
Cable
Sky Cable (Philippines)	SPOTV: Channel 31 (SD) / Channel 253 (HD) (Metro Manila); Channel 304 (SD) / Channel 758 (HD) (Provincial); SPOTV2: Channel 32 (SD) / Channel 254 (HD) (Metro Manila); Channel 305 (SD) / Channel 759 (HD) (Provincial);
Satellite
Astro (Malaysia)	SPOTV: Channel 816 (HD)
KT Skylife TV (South Korea)	SPOTV: Channel 200 (HD); SPOTV2: Channel 201 (HD);
TrueVisions (Thailand)	SPOTV: Channel 183 / 689 (HD); SPOTV2: Channel 184 / 690 (HD);
IPTV
KT Olleh TV (South Korea)	SPOTV: Channel 51 (HD); SPOTV2: Channel 52 (HD);
LG U+TV (South Korea)	SPOTV: Channel 107 (HD); SPOTV2: Channel 108 (HD);
Singtel TV (Singapore)	SPOTV: Channel 114 (HD); SPOTV2: Channel 115 (HD);
SK B TV (South Korea)	SPOTV: Channel 120 (HD); SPOTV2: Channel 128 (HD);
Starhub TV (Singapore)	SPOTV: Channel 205 (HD); SPOTV2: Channel 206 (HD);
Unifi TV (Malaysia)	SPOTV: Channel 706 (HD); SPOTV2: Channel 707 (HD);
Streaming media
SPOTV Now (South Korea)	Watch Live; (requires subscription)

SPOTV is a South Korean pay television network, which featured sports programming and some sports-related talk show. Founded on 2010, the network was the fourth non-'free-to-air' broadcaster, unlike other sports channels which has been operated by the South Korean public broadcasters such as KBS N Sports, SBS Sports and MBC Sports+. (The latter two was previously founded under the 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 as 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.[1] They also got SPOTV ON, which aired the sports that was not screened on SPOTV and SPOTV2, alongside with SPOTV NOW, an sports-dedicated streaming service. They also got SPOTV Golf and Health, which was formerly named as SPOTV+.

In May 2020, the U.S. television network ESPN began showing Korea Baseball Organization games with video feed by SPOTV following the lack of live sports programming in the United States due to the pandemic.[2]

On September 14, 2021, Eclat Entertainment announced that they will bring SPOTV to 13 Southeast Asian countries.[3] SPOTV will take over the role of recently closed Fox Sports Asia in those countries, awhile to promoting some K-sports that haven't been aired outside Korea other than KBO League, which previously aired on that networks during the pandemic.[4] SPOTV were also responsible to covering the remaining 2021 MotoGP World Championship where Fox Sports abruptly concluding the coverage following the shutdown announcement.[5]

Broadcasting rights

Football

England: Premier League (until 2022), FA Cup, EFL Cup, FA Community Shield, Premie Asia Trophy (2019)
Italy: Serie A, Coppa Italia, Supercoppa IndiHome
Spain: La Liga, Supercopa de España, Copa del Rey
UEFA: UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, UEFA Nations League, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA European Qualifiers
Japan: J1 League, Japanese Super Cup
EAFF: EAFF E-1 Football Championship & EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women) (from 2017)
Other:
- 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (all UEFA, China home, selected Vietnam home, and South Korea away matches-second round only)
- International Champions Cup
- Football at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games – Men's tournament[lower-alpha 1] - shared with SBS Sports[6]
- Copa América 2021[7]
- AFC Champions League[8]

Baseball

Basketball

Tennis

ATP
WTA

Motorsports

Mixed Martial Arts

Volleyball

Chinese Volleyball Super League[lower-alpha 2][10]

Golf

Rugby

World Rugby Sevens Series[12]

Motorsports

MotoGP[13]
Moto2
Moto3
MotoE
Superbike World Championship[14]

Tennis

Baseball

KBO League[lower-alpha 3][5]

Basketball

Korean Basketball League[5]

Volleyball

Korean V-League[5]

Table Tennis

World Table Tennis[16]

Golf

Rugby

World Rugby Sevens Series[lower-alpha 4][12]

Notes

6 Vietnam matches only - included the final match
Women's Super League, from 2021-22 season, all Shanghai Bright Ubest matches
beginning from 2021 season, including postseason playoffs and Korean Series
Sub-license with Hongkong I-Cable, Malaysia Astro, Thailand Mono 29 and the Philippines TAP Sports

References

Wolf, Jacob (November 27, 2015). "OnGameNet may lose exclusive broadcast rights to the LCK". The Daily Dot. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
ESPN News Services (May 4, 2020). "ESPN to televise Korea Baseball Organization games". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
"[보도자료] SPOTV 보유한 에이클라 미디어 그룹, 동남아 13개국 스포츠 미디어 시장 진출 발표". SPOTV (in Korean). 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
McCullagh, Kevin (September 17, 2021). "Eclat to replace Fox Sports Asia with 'lean and localised' SPOTV". SportBusiness. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
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.
"박항서감독 베트남축구 준결승 캄보디아전 중계 시간[2019 동남아시아게임(SEA GAMES)] SBS스포츠, SPOTV(스포티비)". 네이버 블로그 | 준의 필리핀이야기 * PhilippineS StorY OyoyO ♬ (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-10-08 – via Naver Blog.
"코파 아메리카 14일 시작...브라질 vs 베네수엘라 개막전, 스포티비 생중계". 싱글리스트 (in Korean). 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
"6/22(화) ~ 6/28(월) 코파아메리카 & ACL 생중계 일정 안내". SPOTV. 2021-06-21. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
"9/11(토) ~ 9/12(일) 2021 MotoGP Gran Premio TISSOT de Aragon 중계". spotv.net. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
"11/27(토) ~ 김연경 출전 중국 여자배구 전 경기 생중계 안내". spotv.net. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
"9/24(금) ~ 9/27(월) 2020 라이더컵 중계 안내". spotv.net. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
"Where to watch HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". World Rugby. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
Sports, Dorna (September 16, 2021). "MotoGP™ welcomes Eclat Media Group as Asian media partner". www.motogp.com (Press release). Retrieved September 23, 2021.
"WorldSBK partners with Eclat Media Group across Asia". www.worldsbk.com (Press release). September 14, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
"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.
Chia, Laura (October 8, 2021). "Singtel to launch two dedicated sports channels". The Straits Times. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
"StarHub launches two dedicated sports channels 11 days after Singtel". The Straits Times. October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.

External links

Official website (Korean)

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[6] 6 Vietnam matches only - included the final match

[11] Women's Super League, from 2021-22 season, all Shanghai Bright Ubest matches

[19] rom 2021 season, including postseason playoffs and Korean Series

[21] Sub-license with Hongkong I-Cable, Malaysia Astro, Thailand Mono 29 and the Philippines TAP Sports

[1] Wolf, Jacob (November 27, 2015). "OnGameNet may lose exclusive broadcast rights to the LCK". The Daily Dot. Retrieved December 1, 2015.

[2] ESPN News Services (May 4, 2020). "ESPN to televise Korea Baseball Organization games". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 23, 2021.

[3] "[보도자료] SPOTV 보유한 에이클라 미디어 그룹, 동남아 13개국 스포츠 미디어 시장 진출 발표". SPOTV (in Korean). 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2021-09-15.

[4] McCullagh, Kevin (September 17, 2021). "Eclat to replace Fox Sports Asia with 'lean and localised' SPOTV". SportBusiness. Retrieved September 21, 2021.

[SPOTVHK-5] 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.

[7] "박항서감독 베트남축구 준결승 캄보디아전 중계 시간[2019 동남아시아게임(SEA GAMES)] SBS스포츠, SPOTV(스포티비)". 네이버 블로그 | 준의 필리핀이야기 * PhilippineS StorY OyoyO ♬ (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-10-08 – via Naver Blog.

[8] "코파 아메리카 14일 시작...브라질 vs 베네수엘라 개막전, 스포티비 생중계". 싱글리스트 (in Korean). 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-10-08.

[9] "6/22(화) ~ 6/28(월) 코파아메리카 & ACL 생중계 일정 안내". SPOTV. 2021-06-21. Retrieved 2021-06-27.

[10] "9/11(토) ~ 9/12(일) 2021 MotoGP Gran Premio TISSOT de Aragon 중계". spotv.net. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

[12] "11/27(토) ~ 김연경 출전 중국 여자배구 전 경기 생중계 안내". spotv.net. Retrieved 2021-11-23.

[13] "9/24(금) ~ 9/27(월) 2020 라이더컵 중계 안내". spotv.net. Retrieved 2021-09-25.

[WorldRugby-14] "Where to watch HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". World Rugby. Retrieved 2021-12-03.

[15] Sports, Dorna (September 16, 2021). "MotoGP™ welcomes Eclat Media Group as Asian media partner". www.motogp.com (Press release). 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.

[AstroSports-17] "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.

[SPOTVSG1-18] Chia, Laura (October 8, 2021). "Singtel to launch two dedicated sports channels". The Straits Times. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[SPOTVSG2-20] "StarHub launches two dedicated sports channels 11 days after Singtel". The Straits Times. October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.