Sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has entered into an agreement with TV7, the latest terrestrial television station in Indonesia.
The sports broadcaster is aiming at further expansion of its distribution coverage and growing list of distribution partners across the region, an official release states.
TV7 subscribers will be able to view sporting events like the English Premier League. Coverage will include EPL highlights and preview shows. The US Open Tennis Tournament, the ESPN X Games as well as the CGU Asian Bowling Tour will also air on the station.
In Indonesia, ESS programming is also syndicated to free-to-air channel TPI. The 24-hour ESPN and Star Sports cable channels are available on the platform of pay television cable operators Indovision, Kabelvision, Telkomvision and PT Indosat Mega Media. Over 91,500 cable households receive the two sports channels in Indonesia.
ESS, a 50:50 joint venture between ESPN and Star, runs nine networks in the region - ESPN Asia, ESPN India, ESPN Taiwan, ESPN Philippines, MBC-ESPN, Star Sports Asia, Star Sports India, Star Sports Taiwan and Star Sports SEA.
