ESPN STAR Sports to Deliver Live Mobile Content

SINGAPORE: ESPN STAR Sports has partnered with SpeedCast to deliver live premium mobile sports content across Asia.

mobileESPN will feature live streaming content from the ESPN STAR Sports TV networks, delivered via satellite to operators’ streaming platforms across the region. SpeedCast has been tapped to provide technical services, using the provider’s MobiCast platform to stream live sports events such as the FIA Formula One, MotoGP and the English FA Cup. SpeedCast will provide the channel downlink, live encoding and delivery systems, as well as 24-hour monitoring and operations out of its Network Operations Centre and teleport facilities in Hong Kong.

Adam Zecha, ESPN STAR Sports’ executive VP and head of sales for Southeast Asia, said: “We are delighted to work with SpeedCast as this presents a great opportunity for us to deliver the premium live sports content to fans wherever they are. SpeedCast’s extensive reach across the region and expertise with mobile content delivery will play a key role in our goal to maximize the availability of world-class premier sports programming, engage sport fans beyond our broadcast channels, and expand our audience demographic across Asia.”

Pierre-Jean Beylier, the CEO of SpeedCast, added, “We are thrilled to welcome ESPN STAR Sports to our portfolio of premium digital content providers to distribute their content across Asia. SpeedCast’s expertise in the secure delivery of premium digital content in key markets across the Asia-Pacific will help ESPN STAR Sports save both time and resources, and help them to expand their broadcast reach in new regions in Asia and with new delivery channels.”