Astro SuperSport | |
Launch Date: | 2000 (Astro Box Office Sport) (Astro SuperSport 2) (HD) (Astro SuperSport 3) (Astro SuperSport 2 HD) (Astro SuperSport 3 HD, Astro SuperSport 4) (Astro SuperSport 4 HD) (Astro SuperSport 5 HD) |
Closed Date: | 1 August 2016 (HyppTV) 30 November 2020 (SD) 15 July 2023 (Astro Supersport 5 HD) |
Picture Format: | 16:9 (HDTV) |
Owner: | Astro |
Country: | Malaysia |
Language: | English Chinese |
Area: | International |
Headquarters: | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Former Names: | Astro Showcase/Season Pass (for Astro Box Office Sport) |
Replaced By: | W-Sport HD (Channel 815) |
Sister Channels: | Astro Arena Astro Arena Bola Astro Box Office Sport Astro Cricket |
Astro SuperSport is an English language in-house subscription satellite television network in Malaysia dedicated to broadcasting sports-related content 24 hours a day. Astro SuperSport 1 to 4 are available on the Astro via Channels 811 to 814 (HD) to subscribers of the Sports Pack only. The Sports Pack features a total of 15 sports channels covering sporting events from all over the world.
Launched in 1996 as one of Astro's original channels, Astro SuperSport offers a variety of international sporting events such as football, badminton, motorsport, rugby, volleyball, golf and WWE shows. Astro SuperSport broadcasts in HD. The network has been broadcasting studio shows around major football in HD like the Premier League and FIFA World Cup since 2010 and magazine shows like FourFourTwo since 2011.
Astro Box Office Sport is the second pay-per-view channel of Astro. Launched on 2001, this channel focuses on the most sporting events live around the world, such as boxing and WWE.
Astro SuperSport Plus was the extra channel of Astro SuperSport. It is broadcast on Astro in HD.
Astro SuperSport 2 is the second channel of Astro SuperSport. Launched on 18 November 2009, it is broadcast on Astro via Channel 812. Sporting events that are aired on this network events include the BWF Super Series, the ATP World Tour Finals, the J-League, the Bundesliga, the Ligue 1 as well as American competitions like NFL and NHL and Mexican competitions like Copa MX.
Astro SuperSport 3 is the third channel of Astro SuperSport. Launched on 12 August 2010, it is broadcast on Astro via Channel 813. It simulcasts games such as Premier League, K League 1, ASEAN Championship, and CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Astro SuperSport 4 is the fourth channel of Astro SuperSport. Launched on 23 April 2013, it is broadcast on Astro via Channel 814. It simulcasts games such as FA Cup, NBA Games, WNBA, Badminton Premier, Superseries and Grand Prix Gold, WTA Tour plus pulsating shows of WWE such as WWE Raw, WWE SmackDown, WWE NXT, WWE This Week and WWE Bottomline.[1]
eGG (every Good Game) is the first 24/7 eSports, Gaming Entertainment Network in Southeast Asia and is the gaming channel Of Astro Supersport. Launched on 13 August 2015 as the Astro SuperSport Plus, previously this channel only available in Malaysia as the special sister channel of Astro SuperSport but due to high enthusiasm of eSports fans outside Malaysia, from 7 June 2016, the channel changed its name and was launched officially as eGG.[2] After the eGG Network launched in 2016, the channel is also available for the viewers in Australia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. This channel focuses on e-sports, and broadcasts electronic games tournaments live around the world. The first tournament broadcast through this channel was The International 2015.[3] However, this channel was ceased broadcast on 23 January 2023, but the remaining program were handover to Astro Arena and Astro Arena 2.
Astro SuperSport 5 was the fifth channel of Astro SuperSport. Launched on 1 October 2021, it was broadcast on Astro via Channel 815. It was airing world-class sporting events that were on FOX Sports (which is set to cease its operations also on the same date) such as UFC, Bundesliga, Formula 1, BWF, AFC, ATP, and more. Astro SuperSport 5 also aired some SPOTV 2 programming until the channel launch on 28 August 2022. The channel was ceased on 15 July 2023, W-Sport takes over the channel slot.