StarzPlay Sports will offer premium international and regional tournaments in football, cricket, boxing, basketball, golf, and more.
SVOD platform StarzPlay has announced the launch of StarzPlay Sports, an all-new service dedicated to sports lovers.
To be launched on Friday, August 12, StarzPlay Sports will bring the most popular live sport events under one platform.
Subscribers of StarzPlay Sports are in for many surprises including the latest addition of the Italian League Serie A, enabling football fans across the region to watch all 380 matches live with Arabic and English commentary exclusively. The Italian League will be streamed on the newly launched channels AD Sports Premium 1 and AD Sports Premium 2 exclusively on StarzPlay.
All year round, StarzPlay Sports will bring premium international and regional tournaments such as the Coppa Italia, Supercoppa Italiana, and the Dutch Eredivisie. It will be the home of the Indian home series and the Pakistan Super League, Frank Warren boxing, EuroLeague and EuroCup basketball competitions, PGA Tour, and many more sports, leagues and tournaments.
StarzPlay Sports will bring global sporting events round the clock through live on-demand events and bespoke live channels bringing subscribers uninterrupted live coverage in all 19 countries that the platform operates in, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. All live events will become immediately available to watch on demand once the event has ended, allowing users who miss out on the live action to watch whenever and wherever they want.
Commenting on the new launch, Danny Bates, Chief Commercial Officer, StarzPlay, said: “As the pioneer of SVOD in the region and since launching our first sports channel in 2021, building an exclusive portfolio of sports in the OTT space has been our strategic priority. Now, we are challenging the status quo of sports streaming in the region with StarzPlay Sports, a platform like no other that will provide sports lovers more reasons to cheer. We are dedicated to ensuring that the best sports entertainment is readily accessible to our subscribers. For this, we leverage cutting-edge technology to bring users a seamless, high-quality experience and the best industry low latency live streaming possible.”
As part of its long-term strategy, StarzPlay is building the sports content category into one of its core products, offering the best in sports entertainment to its 2.1m subscribers across the region. The new StarzPlay Sports package will complement the platform’s existing entertainment offering.
