Premier Sports Asia

Television channel

Premier Sports Asia

Country| Ireland
Broadcast area| Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam)
Programming
Language(s)| English
Picture format| 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner| Premier Media Broadcasting
History
Launched| 22 October 2020
Links
Website| www.premiersportsasia.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Astro
(Malaysia)| Channel 833 (HD)
Dialog TV
(Sri Lanka)| Channel 125 (HD)
Streaming media
Premier Player| Watch live

Premier Sports Asia is a pay television sports channel operating in the Asia Pacific region owned by Premier Media Broadcasting. It primarily airs the sport of rugby union.

## History

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The channel, a sister channel of Irish-based Premier Sports, was launched on 22 October 2020 as an over-the-top (OTT) streaming channel for Asia.[1][2] At its launch, the channel takes over the rights of Six Nations Championship and Autumn Nations Cup from Rugby Pass TV. Premier Sports Asia completed the takeover of all Rugby Pass customers on 31 July 2021.[3][4]

## Availability

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As of 29 December 2021, Premier Sports Asia is available as OTT subscription channels (branded as Premier Sports 1, Premier Sports 2 and Premier Sports 3) in over 16 Asian countries (Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam).[5] The channel is also available as a traditional linear channel (branded as Premier Sports) in Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Malaysia,[6] replacing the Rugby Pass TV channel in late 2021.

## Coverage

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### Rugby union

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* International tests
* Autumn Nations Cup
* 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa[7]
* Autumn rugby union internationals
* Mid-year rugby union internationals
* Six Nations Championship (from 2020)
* The Rugby Championship (from 2021)
* Super Rugby
* Premiership Rugby
* United Rugby Championship
* Bunnings NPC

### Rugby league

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* Super League
* National Rugby League[8]
* State of Origin series

### Australian Rules football

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* Australian Football League

## See also

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* Setanta Sports Asia
* Premier Sports

## References

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1. ^ "Premier Sports acquires rights to Six Nations and Autumn Nations Cup in Asia". 23 October 2020.
2. ^ "Premier Sports to debut Six Nations on new Asian OTT service". 22 October 2020.
3. ^ "Premier Sports Asia Takes Over RugbyPass Customers in Asia". 31 July 2021.
4. ^ "What OTT Rugby Streaming options are there in Asia?". 3 February 2022.
5. ^ "Premier Sports Asia". www.premiersportsasia.com.
6. ^ "Challenge Validation". www.irishjobs.ie.
7. ^ Hunt, Holly (23 June 2021). "Premier Sports secures multi-territory Lions tour rights in Asia".
8. ^ "Premier Sports Asia to broadcast NRL & NRLW across Asia". 20 February 2022.

## External links

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* Premier Sports Asia