SPOTV

Not to be confused with Spotify or SporTV.

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).

SPOTV

Broadcast area	South Korea Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand & Vietnam) Macau
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Programming
Language(s)	Korean (South Korea) English Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese; Macau, Singapore & Malaysia only) Malay(sian) (Malaysia & 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]
Links
Website	spotv.net (South Korea) spotvasia.com (Southeast Asia)

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]

Broadcasting rights

South Korea

Football

• Australia: A-League Men
• Saudi Arabia: Saudi Professional League, Saudi King's Cup, and Saudi Super Cup^[13]
• England: Premier League (until 2025), FA Cup, EFL Cup, FA Community Shield^[14]
• 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:
  • Football at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games – Men's tournament^[a][15]
  • Finalissima 2022^[16]
  • ASEAN Championship (2024–present)
  • ASEAN Club Championship (2024–present)

Baseball

• KBO League (shared with KBS, MBC, SBS)^[9]
• Major League Baseball^[9]

Basketball

• NBA
• NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• KBL
• WKBL

Tennis

• ATP
• WTA
• Wimbledon (from 2022)^[17]
• U.S. Open (from 2022)^[18]

Motorsports

• Asia Road Racing Championship
• Formula E
• MotoGP^[19][20]
  • Moto2
  • Moto3
• Superbike World Championship^[21][22]
• IndyCar Series
• Indy NXT
• NASCAR
  • NASCAR Cup Series
  • NASCAR Xfinity Series
• IMSA
  • IMSA SportsCar Championship
  • IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge
  • Michelin Pilot Challenge

Volleyball

• CVL^[b][23]

Golf

• Ladies European Tour
• Ryder Cup^[24]
• LIV Golf^[c][25]
• Icon Series^[d][26]

Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and Macau

Football

• Football Australia
  • Australia Cup (final only)
  • Australia women's national soccer team matches (excluding Malaysia)
• Saudi Pro League^[13][e]
• Saudi King's Cup^[13]
• Saudi Super Cup
• Major League Soccer^[f]
• A-League Men
• Thai League 1 (excluding Thailand)
• Globe Soccer Awards
• FIFA Club World Cup^[27] (excluding Vietnam)
• UEFA European Championship (Malaysia and Singapore only)^[28]

Motorsports

• MotoGP^[29]
  • Moto2
  • Moto3
  • MotoE
• Superbike World Championship
• Formula E
• Supercars Championship^[g]
• Extreme E^[h][30]
• IndyCar Series^[i]
• Indy NXT^[i]
• NASCAR
  • NASCAR Cup Series
  • NASCAR Xfinity Series
• IMSA
  • IMSA SportsCar Championship
  • IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge
  • Michelin Pilot Challenge

Badminton (excluding Malaysia for BWF)

• BDMNTN-XL^[j]
• BWF World Tour (2022–2024)^[k]
• Thomas Cup (2022–2024)^[31]
• Uber Cup (2022–2024)^[31]
• Sudirman Cup (2022–2024)^[31]
• BWF World Tour Finals (2022–2024)^[31]

Billiards (excluding Philippines)

• Derby City Classic Billiards Tournament
• World 10-ball Championship
• Women's World 10-ball Championship

Tennis

• Wimbledon
• U.S. Open
• Mubadala World Tennis Championship

Baseball

• Major League Baseball (beginning 2024 season)^[32]
• 2023 World Baseball Classic

Table Tennis

• World Table Tennis

Volleyball

• LOVB Pro

Golf

• The Masters^[33]
• U.S. Open
• U.S. Senior Open
• The Open Championship
• Senior Open Championship
• Women's British Open
• Asian Tour^[34]
• LIV Golf^[l][25]
• Icon Series^[d][26]

Triathlon

• PTO Tour^[m][35]

Figure Skating

• ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating^[n]
• World Figure Skating Championships

Ice Hockey

• IIHF World Championship (2024–present; quarter finals, semi finals, and both gold/silver and bronze finals only)

Squash

• Canary Wharf Squash Classic

Horse racing

• Saudi Cup

Wrestling (Malaysia only)

• All Elite Wrestling

Notes

1. 6 Vietnam matches only- included the final match, shared with SBS Sports (Non-Exclusive Rights)
2. Women's Super League, from 2021-22 season, all Shanghai Bright Ubest matches
3. Shared with SBS Sports and MBC Sports+
4. Shared with DAZN
5. Shared with VieON (Vietnam)
6. Sunday Night Soccer games only
7. Selected events only; shared with beIN Sports, MyTV (Vietnam)
8. Shared with Eleven Sports/DAZN and W-Sport (Non-Exclusive Rights)
9. shared with Astro SuperSport
10. shared with Garuda TV [id]
11. Excluding Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open, which are not available in Indonesia as MNC Vision Networks held its rights.
12. Shared with Eleven Sports/DAZN and K+ (Vietnam)
13. Shared with DAZN, Eurosport and BeIN Sports (Non-Exclusive Rights)
14. Shared with TAP Sports/Premier Sports (Philippines)