Star Sports is an East Asian pay television sports channel broadcast to Mainland China and formerly South Korea, operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia).

Later, ESPN has joined in the region as a competitor to Star Sports.

In October 1996, ESPN and Star Sports agreed to combine their operations across Asia.

[1] As a result, a joint venture named, ESPN Star Sports was formed, to be headquartered in Singapore.

[5][6] Unlike 16 other channels owned by Disney which were shut down in 2021 and 2023, Star Sports China continues to operate until this day.