LeSports, Now TV to carry Premier League football in Hong Kong until 2019
Joseph O'Halloran
| 21 July 2016
All 380 football matches in each season of the English Premier League during 2016-19 will be broadcast live in HD in Hong Kong by LeSports HK and Now TV through their co-branded channels.
A subsidiary of Letv Sports Culture Develop (Beijing), LeSports HK was officially established in September 2015 with a mission to support and promote the sports industry and associations in the city. Delivered by PCCW Media, Now TV is one of the world's largest commercial deployments of IPTV and Hong Kong's largest pay-TV provider. It offers a range of local and international content on its platform in Hong Kong.
Content will be fully produced by LeSports HK and delivered to the companies’ respective customers via their platforms such as the official website , LeSports HK smartphone app, Le Super TV app and Le TV Box. Now TV platforms include IPTV, Now Player app and website (nowplayer.now.com), and Now Soccer app.
The eleven co-branded channels include ten bilingual channels (Cantonese and English) and one English-language channel (PLTV Channel). Football fans may also access the matches live via Le Sports and Now TV OTT platforms, or relive their favourite moments via on-demand services.