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 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).

Broadcast areaSouth Korea
Southeast Asia
Hong Kong
Macau
Taiwan

HeadquartersSeoul, South Korea

LanguagesKorean (South Korea)
English
Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese; Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia only)
Malay(sian) (Malaysia and Singapore only)
Indonesian (Indonesia only)
Filipino (Philippines only)
Thai (Thailand only)
Vietnamese (Vietnam only)

Picture format720p/1080i HDTV

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SPOTV

Broadcast area	South Korea Southeast Asia Hong Kong Macau Taiwan
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Programming
Languages	Korean (South Korea) English Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese; Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia only) Malay(sian) (Malaysia and Singapore 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	October 1, 2021 (Malaysia, Astro feed; Thailand, TrueVisions feed) 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)[3] March 3, 2022 (Indonesia, First Media feed)[4] June 16, 2022 (Philippines, Cignal feed)[5] December 24, 2023 (Vietnam, MyTV feed)[6] March 9, 2024 (Indonesia, Vidio feed)
Closed	February 1, 2025 (Hong Kong)[7] November 4, 2025 (Philippines, Sky Cable feed) January 1, 2026 (Malaysia, Astro feed)
Links
Website	spotv.net (South Korea) spotvasia.com (Southeast Asia)

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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,^[8] 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.^[9]

On September 14, 2021, Eclat Entertainment announced that they will bring SPOTV to 13 Southeast Asian countries.^[10] 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.^[11] SPOTV were also responsible to covering the remaining 2021 MotoGP World Championship where Fox Sports abruptly concluding the coverage following the shutdown announcement.^[12]