Astro SuperSport

Malaysian sports TV channel

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Television channel

Astro SuperSport

Country| Malaysia
Broadcast area| International
Headquarters| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Programming
Language(s)| English
Chinese
Picture format| 16:9 (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner| Astro
Sister channels| Astro Arena
Astro Arena Bola
Astro Box Office Sport
Astro Cricket
History
Launched| 3 August 1997; 27 years ago (1997-08-03)
2000 (Astro Box Office Sport)
18 November 2009; 14 years ago (2009-11-18) (Astro SuperSport 2)
11 December 2009; 14 years ago (2009-12-11) (HD)
12 August 2010; 14 years ago (2010-08-12) (Astro SuperSport 3)
8 August 2011; 13 years ago (2011-08-08) (Astro SuperSport 2 HD)
23 April 2013; 11 years ago (2013-04-23) (Astro SuperSport 3 HD, Astro SuperSport 4)
1 September 2016; 7 years ago (2016-09-01) (Astro SuperSport 4 HD)
1 October 2021; 2 years ago (2021-10-01) (Astro SuperSport 5 HD)
Closed| 1 August 2016 (HyppTV)
30 November 2020 (SD)
15 July 2023 (Astro Supersport 5 HD)
Replaced by| W-Sport HD (Channel 815)
Former names| Astro Showcase/Season Pass (for Astro Box Office Sport)

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.

## Channels

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### Current channels

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#### Astro Box Office Sport

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Further information: Astro Box Office

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

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Astro SuperSport Plus was the extra channel of Astro SuperSport. It is broadcast on Astro in HD.

#### Astro SuperSport 2

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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

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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

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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]

### Former channels

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#### eGG Network

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Further information: EGG Network

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

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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.

## Coverage

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### Current

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#### Broadcasting rights

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#### Football

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##### Futsal and Beach Soccer

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* FIFA
* FIFA World Cup (including qualifiers) for Europe (all matches) and Asia (selected matches)
* FIFA U-17 World Cup
* International Friendly
* UEFA
* UEFA European Qualifiers
* UEFA Nations League
* CONMEBOL–UEFA
* CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
* AFC
* AFC Asian Cup
* AFC Champions League Elite
* AFC Champions League Two
* AFC Challenge League
* CONCACAF
* Gold Cup
* Nations League
* CONMEBOL
* Copa America
* CONCACAF Champions Cup
* Football Australia
* Australia women's national football team matches
* J1 League (until 2022, returned again in 2024)
* K League 1
* A-League Men (including both men's plus women's All Stars matches)
* English Premier League
* Premier League Summer Series
* Eredivisie
* FA
* Cup
* Community Shield
* DFB-Pokal
* ASEAN Championship

#### Badminton

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* BWF
* BWF World Tour
* World Championships
* Teams
* Thomas Cup (men's championship)
* Uber Cup (women's championship)
* Sudirman Cup (mixed team championship)
* Individuals
* Badminton Asia (national teams (men's, women's, and mixed) and Individuals)

#### Basketball

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* ASEAN Basketball League
* NBA
* FIBA
* FIBA Basketball World Cup

#### Hockey

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* FIH
* Men :
* Men's FIH Hockey World Cup World Cups (including qualifiers for senior teams)
* Men's FIH Pro League
* FIH Junior World Cup
* Women's :
* Women's FIH Hockey World Cup
* Women's FIH Junior World Cup World Cups (including qualifiers for senior teams)
* Women's FIH Pro League
* Asia Hockey
* Men :
* Men's Hockey Asia Cup
* Women :
* Women's Hockey Asia Cup

#### Netball

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* Netball World Cup

#### Table tennis

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* ITTF

#### Tennis

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* ATP
* WTA

#### Fight Sports

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#### Boxing

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* TBA

#### Wrestling

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* WWE
* Raw
* SmackDown!

#### Mixed martial arts

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* ONE Championship
* UFC

#### Motorsports

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* NASCAR Cup Series
* IndyCar Series[a]
* Indy NXT[b]

#### Multi-sport events

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* Asian Games
* Commonwealth Games
* Summer Olympic Games
* Winter Olympic Games

### Former

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#### Broadcasting rights

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#### Football

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#### Futsal and Beach Soccer

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* FIFA (until 2022)
* National teams
* Men's :
* FIFA U-20 World Cup
* FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
* FIFA Futsal World Cup
* FIFA Confederations Cup (until 2017, now the tournament abolished)
* FIFA Club World Cup (until 2021)
* FIFA Arab Cup
* Women's :
* FIFA Women's World Cup (until 2019)
* FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
* FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
* UEFA
* National teams
* UEFA European Under-21 Championship (until 2017)
* UEFA Futsal Championship (until 2016)
* UEFA European Championship (until 2021)
* Clubs (until 2018–19)
* UEFA Champions League
* UEFA Europa League
* UEFA Super Cup (until 2017)
* EFL (until 2015–16, except for EFL Cup until 2018–19)
* Cup
* Championship
* League One
* EFL League Two
* La Liga
* International Champions Cup (until 2019)
* RFEF (until 2016 Supercopa)
* Copa del Rey
* Supercopa
* Lega Serie A (until 2012–13, except for Serie A until 2014–15)
* Serie A
* Coppa Italia
* Supercoppa Italiana
* DFL
* Bundesliga (until 2022–23)
* Super Cup
* Primeira Liga
* Saudi Professional League (until 2023)

#### Motorsport

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* Formula One (until 2022)
* Formula 2 (until 2022)
* Formula 3 (until 2022)
* W Series (until 2022)

## Notes

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1. ^ shared with SPOTV
2. ^ shared with SPOTV

## References

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1. ^ "Astro Content". content.astro.com.my. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
2. ^ "Astro launches eGG, the first eSports channel in Southeast Asia". Astro Awani. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
3. ^ "Astro offers Dota 2 Championships 2015 live". Astro Awani. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

## See also

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* Astro
* Astro Arena

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Television in Malaysia

Free-to-air television

| Public broadcasting|

| RTM|

* TV1
* TV2
* TV Okey
* Berita RTM
* Sukan RTM
* TV6

|

Bernama|

* Bernama TV

Alhijrah Media|

* TV Alhijrah

Sarawak Media|

* TVS

Ministry of Education|

* TV Pendidikan

Commercial broadcasting|

| Media Prima|

* 8TV
* NTV7
* TV3
* TV9
* WOWSHOP (Malay, Chinese)

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Awesome Media|

* Awesome TV

DNF Group|

* SUKE TV

Defunct|

* Channel 9
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* Muzik Aktif
* TV5
* TVi
* Worldview Broadcasting Channel
* Enjoy TV5

Pay television channels

| Astro|

* Astro AEC
* Astro AOD
* Astro Arena
* Astro Arena 2
* Astro Arena Bola
* Astro Arena Bola 2
* Astro Awani
* Astro Best (VOD)
* Astro Box Office
* BollyOne HD
* Thangathirai
* Astro Ceria
* Astro Citra
* Astro Cricket
* Astro First (VOD)
* Astro Hua Hee Dai
* Astro Oasis
* Astro Prima
* Astro Quan Jia HD
* Astro Rania
* Astro Ria
* Astro SuperSport
* Astro SuperSport 2
* Astro SuperSport 3
* Astro SuperSport 4
* Astro SuperSport 5
* Astro Tutor TV
* Astro Tutor TV PT3
* Astro Tutor TV SPM
* Astro Tutor TV SK
* Astro UHD
* Astro Vaanavil
* Astro Vellithirai
* Astro Vinmeen HD
* Astro Wah Lai Toi On Demand
* Astro Warna
* BOO
* Go Shop
* GO Shop Chinese
* GO Shop Baaru
* GO Shop Ruuma
* Showcase Movies

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Unifi TV|

* DEGUP HD
* Dunia Sinema HD
* Inspirasi HD
* Sensasi HD
* Pesona HD
* Parlimen Malaysia
* Salam HD
* SIAR HD
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Defunct|

* Astro Aruna
* Astro Bella
* Astro hitz
* Astro Kirana
* Astro Shuang Xing
* Astro TVIQ
* Astro Xiao Tai Yang
* Astro Xi Yue HD
* Astro Zhi Zun HD
* Bintang
* Disney XD Asia
* Disney Channel Asia
* Disney Junior Asia
* eGG Network
* Hypp Sports HD
* Jia Yu Channel
* Maya HD
* Mega TV
* Mustika HD
* Naura HD
* Pelangi
* PRIMEtime
* TA-DAA!
* Tara HD
* Zee Variasi

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