Astro SuperSport
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| Country | Malaysia |
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| Broadcast area | International |
| Headquarters | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 16:9 (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Astro |
| Sister channels | Astro Arena Astro Arena Bola Astro Box Office Sport Astro Cricket |
| History | |
| Launched | 3 August 1997 2000 (Astro Box Office Sport) 18 November 2009 (Astro SuperSport 2) 11 December 2009 (HD) 12 August 2010 (Astro SuperSport 3) 8 August 2011 (Astro SuperSport 2 HD) 23 April 2013 (Astro SuperSport 3 HD, Astro SuperSport 4) 1 September 2016 (Astro SuperSport 4 HD) 1 October 2021 (Astro SuperSport 5 HD) |
| Founder | Ananda Krishnan |
| Closed | 1 August 2016 (HyppTV) 30 November 2020 (SD) 15 July 2023 (Astro Supersport 5 HD) 17 October 2024 (Astro Supersport brand) |
| Replaced by | W-Sport HD (Channel 826) Astro Grandstand HD (Channel 810) Astro Premier League HD (Channel 811) Astro Premier League 2 HD (Channel 812) Astro Football HD (Channel 814) Astro Badminton HD (Channel 815) Astro Sports Plus HD (Channel 817) |
| Former names | Astro Showcase/Season Pass (for Astro Box Office Sport) |
Astro SuperSport is an English language in-house subscription satellite television network in Malaysia dedicated to broadcasting sports-related content 24 hours a day. Astro SuperSport 1 to 4 are available on the Astro via Channels 811 to 814 (HD) to subscribers of the Sports Pack only. The Sports Pack features a total of 15 sports channels covering sporting events from all over the world.
Launched in 1996 as one of Astro's original channels, Astro SuperSport offers a variety of international sporting events such as football, badminton, motorsport, rugby, volleyball, golf and WWE shows. Astro SuperSport broadcasts in HD. The network has been broadcasting studio shows around major football in HD like the Premier League and FIFA World Cup since 2010 and magazine shows like FourFourTwo since 2011.
From 17 October 2024, the Astro SuperSport brand was discontinued and replaced with the new and revamped Astro Sports channels.[1][2]
Channels
[edit]Former channels
[edit]eGG Network
[edit]eGG (every Good Game) is the first 24/7 eSports, Gaming Entertainment Network in Southeast Asia and is the gaming channel Of Astro Supersport. Launched on 13 August 2015 as the Astro SuperSport Plus, previously this channel only available in Malaysia as the special sister channel of Astro SuperSport but due to high enthusiasm of eSports fans outside Malaysia, from 7 June 2016, the channel changed its name and was launched officially as eGG.[3] After the eGG Network launched in 2016, the channel is also available for the viewers in Australia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. This channel focuses on e-sports, and broadcasts electronic games tournaments live around the world. The first tournament broadcast through this channel was The International 2015.[4] However, this channel was ceased broadcast on 23 January 2023, but the remaining program were handover to Astro Arena and Astro Arena 2.
Astro SuperSport Plus
[edit]Astro SuperSport Plus was the extra channel of Astro SuperSport. It is broadcast on Astro in HD. The channel was ceased on 17 October 2024, Astro Sports Plus takes over the channel slot.
Astro SuperSport 2
[edit]Astro SuperSport 2 is the second channel of Astro SuperSport. Launched on 18 November 2009, it is broadcast on Astro via Channel 812. Sporting events that are aired on this network events include the BWF Super Series, the ATP World Tour Finals, the J-League, the Bundesliga, the Ligue 1 as well as American competitions like NFL and NHL and Mexican competitions like Copa MX. The channel was ceased on 17 October 2024, Astro Premier League 2 takes over the channel slot.
Astro SuperSport 3
[edit]Astro SuperSport 3 is the third channel of Astro SuperSport. Launched on 12 August 2010, it is broadcast on Astro via Channel 813. It simulcasts games such as Premier League, K League 1, ASEAN Championship, and CONCACAF Gold Cup. The channel was ceased on 17 October 2024.
Astro SuperSport 4
[edit]Astro SuperSport 4 is the fourth channel of Astro SuperSport. Launched on 23 April 2013, it is broadcast on Astro via Channel 814. It simulcasts games such as FA Cup, NBA Games, WNBA, Badminton Premier, Superseries and Grand Prix Gold, WTA Tour plus pulsating shows of WWE such as WWE Raw, WWE SmackDown, WWE NXT, WWE This Week and WWE Bottomline.[5] The channel was ceased on 17 October 2024, Astro Football takes over the channel slot.
Astro SuperSport 5
[edit]Astro SuperSport 5 was the fifth channel of Astro SuperSport. Launched on 1 October 2021, it was broadcast on Astro via Channel 815. It was airing world-class sporting events that were on FOX Sports (which is set to cease its operations also on the same date) such as UFC, Bundesliga, Formula 1, BWF, AFC, ATP, and more. Astro SuperSport 5 also aired some SPOTV 2 programming until the channel launch on 28 August 2022. The channel was ceased on 15 July 2023, W-Sport takes over the channel slot.
Coverage
[edit]Former
[edit]Broadcasting rights
[edit]Football
[edit]Futsal and Beach Soccer
[edit]- FIFA (until 2022)
- National teams
- FIFA Confederations Cup (until 2017, now the tournament abolished)
- FIFA Club World Cup (until 2021)
- FIFA Arab Cup
- Women's :
- UEFA
- National teams
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship (until 2017)
- UEFA Futsal Championship (until 2016)
- UEFA European Championship (until 2021)
- Clubs (until 2018–19)
- UEFA Champions League
- UEFA Europa League
- UEFA Super Cup (until 2017)
- National teams
- EFL (until 2015–16, except for EFL Cup until 2018–19)
- La Liga
- International Champions Cup (until 2019)
- RFEF (until 2016 Supercopa)
- Lega Serie A (until 2012–13, except for Serie A until 2014–15)
- DFL
- Bundesliga (until 2022–23)
- Super Cup
- Primeira Liga
- Saudi Professional League (until 2023)
Motorsport
[edit]- Formula One (until 2022)
- Formula 2 (until 2022)
- Formula 3 (until 2022)
- W Series (until 2022)
References
[edit]- ^ Chee, Ian (7 October 2024). "Astro Sports Channels Get New Names, Channel Numbers Starting 17 October". Lowyat.Net. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Wong, Alexander (7 October 2024). "Astro SuperSport is no more. Here's Astro's revamped Sports Content lineup". SoyaCincau. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "Astro launches eGG, the first eSports channel in Southeast Asia". Astro Awani. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "Astro offers Dota 2 Championships 2015 live". Astro Awani. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "Astro Content". content.astro.com.my. Retrieved 1 March 2022.