Sportstars
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| Country | Indonesia |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | MNC Media |
| Parent | MVN/iNews Media Group |
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| History | |
| Launched | 5 September 2005 (as Vision 1 The Football Channel) 2 November 2011 (relaunched as MNC Sports) 1 July 2023 (relaunched as Sportstars) |
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| Website | www |
Sportstars, formerly known as MNC Sports, is an Indonesian satellite and cable sports television channel owned by Media Nusantara Citra through MVN and iNews Media Group. The in-house channel was launched on 5 September 2005, making it considered as the first sports channel in the country. The channel is available on satellite providers MNC Vision and K-Vision, as well as MNC Play, and Vision+.
History
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Vision 1 The Football Channel (later Vision 1 Sports) began on 5 September 2005. At first, Vision 1 – which can be seen through the channel 1 Indovision, only broadcast football games from around the world live. Since August 2007, it also presented impressions of extreme sports and badminton.
In each match live, broadcast was done directly from the studio to bring Vision1 with the presenter and commentator for the match to guide the way.
On 2 November 2011, Vision 1 Sports was rebranded into MNC Sports.
On 1 July 2023, MNC Sports was rebranded into Sportstars.[1]
Current Programming
[edit]- BWF World Tour (selected tournaments only, including Indonesia Open and Masters; shared with SPOTV)
- FFI
- Formula E (licensed from SPOTV)
- Southeast Asian Games (2011, 2019 until 2023)
- FIBA
- FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- FIBA U-17 World Cup (2024-present)
- FIBA U-17 Women's World Cup (2024-present)
- FIBA Asia Cup (2022-present)
Football (as Soccer Channel)
[edit]- FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC, UEFA (2016 until 2017 and 2025 until 2026), and CONMEBOL)
- AFC
- AFC Asian Cup
- AFC U-23 Asian Cup
- AFC U-20 Asian Cup
- AFC U-17 Asian Cup
- AFC Futsal Asian Cup
- AFC U-20 Futsal Asian Cup
- AFC Women's Asian Cup
- AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (final round only)
- AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
- AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
- AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup
- AFC Champions League Elite
- AFC Champions League Two
- AFC Challenge League
- AFC Futsal Club Championship
- AFC Women's Champions League
- AFF
- ASEAN Championship (2008 until 2024)
- ASEAN Club Championship (2024-present)
- ASEAN Futsal Championship
- ASEAN Futsal Club Championship
- UEFA (2022-23 until 2027-28)
- Nations League
- UEFA Euro (qualifiers and finals tournament until 2028)
- US Soccer (2023-present)
- USMNT friendlies
- LIB (MNC Vision and K-Vision subscribers only)
- Saudi Professional League (exclusive in 2022-23 only, licensed from SpoTV for 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons)
- Saudi King's Cup (exclusive in 2022-23 only, licensed from SpoTV for 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons)
- Saudi Super Cup (exclusive in 2022-23 only, licensed from SpoTV for 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons)
- Thai League 1
- Bundesliga
- RFEF (?-2016, returned again for 2022-23 until 2024-25)
Former Programming
[edit]- 2010 FIFA World Cup
- 2018 FIFA World Cup
- 2023 AFF U-19 Women's Championship
- J1 League (licensed from SPOTV in 2022)
- K League 1
- K League 2
- Serie A (discontinued)
- La Liga (discontinued)
- Piala Indonesia
- 2023 FIBA World Cup
- NBA
- ATP Masters 1000
- ATP World Tour 500 series
- French Open
- US Open (tennis)
- Volleyball men's and women's Nations Leagues
- SEA Volleyball League
- Proliga
References
[edit]- ^ Harnoko, Rizqi Arie. "MNC Channels Rebranding 4 Saluran per Hari Ini: Ada Sportstars, Sindonews TV, Celebrities TV, dan Okezone TV - Kabar Rakyat". MNC Channels Rebranding 4 Saluran per Hari Ini: Ada Sportstars, Sindonews TV, Celebrities TV, dan Okezone TV - Kabar Rakyat (in Indonesian). Retrieved November 20, 2024.