Worldscreen.com, 29 Jan 2013, Mansha Daswani: "The FOX Sports brand is taking the place of ESPN-branded networks in more than 100 million homes across the Asia Pacific, following News Corporation's takeover of the ESPN STAR Sports joint venture last year. The brand, currently available in 16 Asia-Pac markets on platforms such as now TV in Hong Kong, Sky Vision in Indonesia, Astro in Malaysia, Sky Cable in the Philippines and True Visions in Thailand, is being managed by FOX International Channels Asia, alongside the current STAR Sports, FOX Football Channel, STAR Cricket and STAR Cricket HD networks across various countries in the region."