Will StarHub score with Goal TV?
New English Premiership content producer, which replaces ESPN Star Sports, is not well known in its Hong Kong base The Straits Times Sunday, July 29, 2007 By Terrence Voon Mention Goal TV in Hong Kong, and you are likely to get a blank look. That is the reality for the football television network, which is partnering Dubai’s Ten Sports to produce content for Singapore’s StarHub. Their programmes will supplement StarHub’s broadcast of live English Premier League matches on its new 24-hour Football Channel this season. Goal TV is a relative newcomer to the sports broadcasting scene in Asia. Since 2004, it has been screening football content on its channels Goal TV 1 and 2 in countries like India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Its selling point: live matches from the Dutch, French and Scottish leagues. It also broadcasts in-house programmes produced by clubs such as Barcelona, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. In Hong Kong, few have heard of Goal TV. “Now Sports and
